Author: Vincent Osuwo

Rauf Aregbesola, a former interior minister and interim national secretary of the party, returned to Lagos on Friday with an important message for his party’s followers following the African Democratic Congress’s formal inauguration in Abuja. Aregbesola warned ADC members not to criticise or attack supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress as the newly formed coalition seeks to unseat the Tinubu administration, during which he served as Lagos State’s commissioner for works and infrastructure. In a statement posted on Friday via his social media accounts, the former minister thanked those who came to greet him at the Lagos airport. He…

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has reorganised Kano Pillars Football Club’s management board and named Ahmed Musa, a former Super Eagles captain, as the club’s new general manager. The restructuring is part of a larger plan to reposition the legendary club for the 2025/2026 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season. This was reported in a statement released Friday by the governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, who stated that the decision was made after thorough consultations with key stakeholders in the football community following the end of the outgoing board’s one-year term. Under the previous board’s leadership, Kano Pillars finished tenth…

Solomon Dalung, a former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, stated that he has promised President Bola Tinubu that his government will be destroyed in 2027, even if his son, Seyi Tinubu, is chosen Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission. Dalung stated during an interview with New Central on Friday that President Tinubu’s administration has declared war on Nigerians and weaponised poverty. According to him, the only option to save Nigeria is for opposition party leaders to join a newly formed coalition on the African Democratic Congress (ADC) platform and challenge the APC government in the 2027 elections. He…

Close family, friends, and football players gathered on Saturday for the funeral of Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota and his brother, Andre Silva, 48 hours after their car crash. Jota, 28, and Andre Silva, 25, were killed on Thursday after their vehicle went off a road in northeastern Spain and caught fire, only a week after the Portugal forward married. The funeral, which begins at 0900 GMT, will be conducted at his hometown of Gondomar, near Porto. The Bishop of Porto will lead the liturgy, according to local media. On Friday, hundreds held a wake for the brothers. Among…

When Liverpool kicks off the domestic football season next month against Crystal Palace in the Community Shield, Diogo Jota’s song will likely be heard at Wembley Stadium. Jota and his younger brother Andre Silva died in a fatal car crash on Thursday, a development that has turned the football world into mourning. As the tributes over the last few days have shown, the forward was well-liked by Liverpool fans for his cleverness and goal-scoring ability, and he was rewarded with his own anthem on the terraces. Referenced by Liverpool manager Arne Slot in an emotional tribute, the song – a…

President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the 17th Summit of Heads of State and Government for the Global South and Emerging Economic Block. Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are known as the BRICS countries. The President’s flight landed on the Galeao Air Force Base tarmac at 8:45 p.m. local time on Friday, where the Galeao Air Force Base Commander oversaw the Guard of Honour. Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, confirmed this in a statement on Saturday headed ‘President Tinubu Arrives In Rio De Janeiro For BRICS Meeting’. President…

Akwa Ibom state governor Umo Eno has approved an increment in the monthly state allowance for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in the state from N5,000 to N20,000. Eno made the announcement on Friday during the State Delivery Meeting, held at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Uyo. According to the governor, the increment, which will take effect from August 1, was to support the Federal Government’s ₦77,000 monthly allowance towards helping corps members meet their basic needs. “More than 10,000 corps members are posted to Akwa Ibom annually. We must continue to encourage and support them,” Eno…

Fans holding Portugal flags, flowers, and other memorabilia were spotted weeping as they lined up to pay their respects to Diogo Jota. Those in attendance were President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, national team stars João Moutinho, Diogo Dalot, and Ricardo Horta, as well as Jota’s agent Jorge Mendes. Jota spent years as a young lad playing for local team Gondomar SC, which will name its academy after him in 2022. Its sign features a phrase from Jota: “It’s not about where we come from, but where we’re going.” Shirts and scarves were placed out in front…

No fewer than 13 people have died in Kerr County in the US state of Texas, according to authorities, after severe weather and flooding hit parts of the state. More individuals remain missing, including perhaps 20 youngsters from a summer camp, according to Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. “Within 45 minutes, the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet and it was a destructive flood, taking property and, sadly, lives,” he said during a news conference on Friday. He delivered a statement from the all-girls Camp Mystic, which had approximately 750 students in attendance. He described the flooding as “catastrophic”. Patrick also…

US President Donald Trump has announced that the White House will host a UFC bout next year as part of activities commemorating 250 years of American freedom. On Thursday, Trump assured a crowd in Iowa that the event will be a “championship fight” with an audience of 20,000-25,000. The president, a friend of UFC president Dana White, stated, “We are going to have some incredible events, some professional events, some amateur events.” Trump has been to many UFC events, including UFC 316 in Newark, New Jersey, last month, where he was photographed watching a bout with White. Speaking to the…