Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has picked an all-Cameroonian match officials squad for Nigeria’s AFCON 2025 Round of 16 match versus Mozambique. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Super Eagles and Mambas will face off in the knockout round on Monday at Morocco’s Complexe Sportif de Fès. The match will be officiated by center referee Abdou Abdel Mefire, 29, who is the tournament’s youngest official. Despite his age, Mefire has demonstrated maturity and poise on the European scene. He recently officiated the intense group-stage match between hosts Morocco and Mali. His handling of crucial occurrences in…

Troops from Joint Task Force North East’s ‘Operation HADIN KAI’ (OPHK) have made a breakthrough in their counter-terrorism operations by identifying Shariff Umar as the primary coordinator of suicide bomber actions responsible for recent strikes in the region. On Friday, the same forces discovered a substantial stockpile of high-caliber munitions in Maiduguri’s Bulumkutu Railway general area, demonstrating the effectiveness of ongoing intelligence-driven security operations across the battlefield. Lt. Col. Sani Uba, Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force North East ‘Operation HADIN KAI,’ announced this in a statement issued on Saturday in Maiduguri. Speaking on the identification of Umar as the…

President Donald Trump revealed Saturday that US forces had captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after launching a “large-scale strike” on the South American country. “The United States of America has successfully carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the country,” Trump said on Truth Social, around two hours after explosions rocked Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. There was no confirmation from Venezuela’s administration about the fate of Marxist President Nicolas Maduro, who has held power since 2013. His government accused the United States of…

British-Nigerian heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua narrowly escaped death in a Monday car crash after he swapped from the front to the back seat of a Lexus SUV, a revelation made Friday by his driver’s lawyer. The tragedy, which happened on a busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway, killed two of Joshua’s companions, Ayodele Kelvin Olu (36), a Nigerian-British citizen, and Gami Sina (36), a British citizen, and injured others, including the boxing champion. Kayode Adeniyi (46), Joshua’s driver, has been remanded in detention on four charges, including dangerous and irresponsible driving and driving without a valid license. The driver’s lawyer, Olalekan Abiodun, told…

The Nigeria Police Force has called upon the Divisional Police Officer of the GRA Police Station in Asaba, Delta State, due to claims of extortion and intimidation related to a Nigerian man who tried to help a dying individual. The action came after a public complaint from Tomi Akporoghene Wojuola, who shared his experience in a Facebook post on Wednesday, which has since stirred significant anger online. Wojuola stated that the event took place earlier this year when he paused to help a young man who had fallen on the street in Asaba. Following the guidance of a physician he…

Residents of Mangu town, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, have been thrown into mourning following the deaths of six siblings in a late-night fire outbreak on Thursday. A local of the town, Saidu Nasir, confirmed the deaths to to newsmen in Jos on Friday. He said, “Six children eventually died from the fire incident. I know their father. He is a vulcanizer, and right now, the family is in deep mourning. I pray that God will comfort them.” Family members disclosed that the deceased children, who died around the Old Mangu Market area, were aged between four months and…

The Ogun State Police Command has charged the driver of the Lexus Sports Utility Vehicle implicated in the tragic accident that resulted in the deaths of two of Anthony Joshua’s close friends, but the case has been adjourned until January 20, 2026, to facilitate additional proceedings, reports Saturday. The motorist, identified as Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, was arraigned on Friday at a Sagamu Magistrate Court, as stated by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi. In a statement released in Abeokuta on Friday, Babaseyi revealed that the case has been postponed until January 20, 2026, to…

Canada deported 366 Nigerians from January to October 2025, ramping up its immigration enforcement efforts at the quickest rate seen in more than ten years. The data, sourced from the Canada Border Services Agency’s removals program statistics, indicated that 974 Nigerians are presently in the “removal in progress” inventory, pending deportation from Canada. Updated on November 25, 2025, the most recent statistics revealed that Nigeria held the ninth position among the top 10 nationalities deported from Canada, with 974 Nigerians ranked fifth among those pending removal. An analysis of the data revealed that the number of Nigerian deportations has varied…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refuted reports claiming that it has released the timetable and schedule of activities for the 2027 general election, describing such information as false and misleading. In a statement endorsed by the Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser to the INEC Chairman, Adedayo Oketola, released on Friday, the Commission mentioned that it had not published any timetable or schedule for the 2027 elections, countering claims circulating in certain areas. INEC emphasized that it functions solely within the legal framework, highlighting that Section 28(1) of the Electoral Act, 2022, requires the Commission to announce an…

US President Donald Trump has warned Iran’s leaders against harming peaceful demonstrators, stating that Washington “will come to their aid.” In a short social media post, he stated, “We are geared up and prepared to proceed,” but provided no additional information. A top advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cautioned that Trump should “take care” if he gets involved, alerting to possible turmoil in the Middle East. Reports indicate that at least eight individuals have died in Iran following nearly a week of widespread protests triggered by deteriorating economic conditions. In a post on Truth Social on Friday,…