Author: Vincent Osuwo

Bashir Ahmad, former President Muhammadu Buhari’s digital media aide, has rejected widespread media allegations that the former Nigerian leader is seriously sick and has been hospitalised in the Intensive Care Unit. Ahmad, Buhari’s Special Assistant on Digital Media, clarified the situation in a statement posted on Thursday, amid mounting uncertainty about the ex-president’s health. “In light of the recent media reports suggesting that former President Muhammadu Buhari is critically ill and has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), we find it necessary to set the record straight,” the statement partly read. Confirming that Buhari is certainly ill, Ahmad…

Portuguese football legend Cristiano Ronaldo has expressed tremendous grief for the tragic loss of his national teammate, Diogo Jota, and Jota’s younger brother, André Silva, following a catastrophic vehicle accident in Spain. In an emotional letter released on Thursday via Instagram, Ronaldo pondered on the terrible nature of the loss, recalling recent moments they spent together. “Doesn’t make any sense. Just now we were together in the national team; just now you were married,” Ronaldo wrote. He sent his condolences to the mourning family, saying, “To your family, wife, and children, I send my condolences and wish them all the…

A cross-section of Nigerians have stated that they will go for an abortion rather than raise a child with special needs. In various comments on social media seen by our correspondent, Nigerians mentioned that the abortion of a fetus medically confirmed to be a special needs child when given birth to is best for the child and the parents of the baby. They mentioned that the task of taking care of a special needs child is herculean and also a financial burden on the parents. A special needs child is a child who has been identified as requiring specialized care, education,…

Renowned activist and leader of the #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, has described the newly formed opposition coalition, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), as a coalition of criminals. In a statement shared on his official X page on Wednesday, the publisher of Sahara Reporters alleged that the coalition is a gathering of past criminals in the country who have destroyed the country economically and politically. His comments come after the unveiling of the opposition coalition led by former vice president Atiku Abubakar, former governor of Kaduna State Nasir el-Rufai, ex-senate president David Mark, Labour Party chieftain Peter Obi and other politicians…

Afolabi Adeola, a police inspector, was reportedly killed after being hit by a truck at a checkpoint on the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway in Ogun State. It was gathered on Thursday that the incident happened on Sunday, about 12:30 p.m., near the Judiciary Complex checkpoint in Abeokuta. The truck, which was claimed to be loaded with 900 bags of cement, was apparently approaching the checkpoint at high speed when the accident occurred. Before crashing into the officer, the truck allegedly rammed into another truck that had stopped at the checkpoint in accordance with police traffic control. The crash’s impact was alleged to…

Mr Baltasar Engonga, the infamous former Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency, faces 18 years in prison after appearing in Malabo court for his corruption trial. Engonga has been jailed at Black Beach Prison since September 2024 as part of a corruption investigation unrelated to the over 400 sex tapes involving high-profile women discovered in his workplace and home. He faces embezzlement allegations alongside numerous other former senior officials. During Monday’s court sessions, prosecutors presented a complex plot to divert public cash for personal benefit. Engonga allegedly orchestrated the plan while serving as Director General of Insurance…

Former Labour Party presidential candidate for the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has stated that the African Democratic Congress alliance (ADC) will always prioritise Nigerians in all its choices. Obi expressed his support for using the ADC as a coalition platform in the 2027 general elections to topple President Bola Tinubu. Obi stated that the decision was made out of a desire to give competent and caring leadership for Nigeria. In a post on his X handle on Thursday, the former Anambra governor stated that the coalition’s decision to join under the ADC was not made lightly, but rather after “deep…

Staff members of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, under the Joint Union Action Committee, JUAC, ended their three-day protest on Wednesday. The FCTA have now issued a fresh 21-day ultimatum, within which their demands must be met. It was gathered that the FCTA staff members commenced the protest on Monday over non-payment of salaries to staff, the prolonged FCT Primary School Teachers’ strike, and the payment of wage awards to health workers, while demanding the sacking of the Chairman of the FCT Civil Service Commission, Emeka Ezeh. The demonstration followed a statement issued by the President of JUAC, Rifkatu…

Authorities in Mexico uncovered approximately 400 human corpses inside a building in Juárez, a city bordering El Paso, Texas, in a startling discovery that has sent shockwaves throughout the region. On Tuesday, Mail Online reported that 383 entire human corpses and six sets of partial remains were discovered heaped inside what was once assumed to be a private property but was apparently used as a hidden cremation. The terrible discovery was revealed last Thursday after a tip led security officers to the location. Investigators determined that some of the remains had been held for as long as three to four…

Chelsea have signed Brazilian striker Joao Pedro from Brighton for a reputed £60 million ($79 million) deal on Wednesday. Pedro flew to the United States, where Chelsea is competing in the Club World Cup, on Sunday after the conditions of his eight-year contract were finalised. Pedro is now available to participate in Enzo Maresca’s Club World Cup quarter-final versus Palmeiras in Philadelphia, having had his transfer confirmed following a medical. FIFA has extended clubs in the Club World Cup knockout stage until July 3 to register fresh players for the event. “Everyone knows this is a big club with a…