Author: Vincent Osuwo

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…

No fewer than 45 people have been injured after a huge explosion at a Rome petrol station caused widespread damage. According to reports, emergency personnel were already on the scene in the Prenestino neighbourhood on Friday after a tanker truck collided with a pipe while maneuvering, resulting in a gas leak and a minor initial blast at 08:00 local time (07:00 BST). Shortly after, a second, stronger explosion shook the region when a fire started. Police reported that 45 people, including police officers, were hurt in the event. Footage of the explosion shows a massive fireball and dense black smoke…

The Senate has given conditions for the reinstatement of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan after a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja nullified the six-month suspension handed down on her by the Sen. Godswill Akpabio-led Senate. In her ruling on Friday, Justice Binta Nyako ordered the Senate to reinstate the Kogi Central senator, citing her suspension as disproportionate. Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended for six months by the Red Chamber in March for alleged gross misconduct after a disagreement with Akpabio about the seating arrangement. Tensions rose when Natasha claimed on national television that Akpabio was punishing her for rejecting his alleged sexual advances.…

Juventus Football Club confirmed on Friday the signing of Canadian international Jonathan David from French club Lille. Juventus announced on Friday via its website that David was born in Brooklyn to Haitian parents and raised in Ottawa, Canada. He began his football career with local clubs Ottawa Gloucester and Ottawa Internationals before making the move to Europe at age 17. He joined with Belgian club Gent, where he soon made an impression, scoring on his debut in August 2018. During his two seasons in Belgium, he scored 37 goals and assisted 15 times in 83 games, finishing as the Belgian…

President Bola Tinubu has departed St Lucia for Brazil on the second half of his two-nation tour. Tinubu will attend the 2025 BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, which will take place on July 6-7, 2025. The president left the Caribbean country following a six-day state visit that began on June 28, 2025. Prime Minister Philip Pierre saw Tinubu off at Hewanorra’s Lucian International Airport. During the state visit, the Nigerian leader met separately with Saint Lucian authorities, Governor General Cyril Charles and Prime Minister Pierre. On Monday, he spoke in a special joint session of the Senate and House…

Women from the Agan community, Benue State, on Friday turned out in numbers to protest against what they termed the indiscriminate arrest of their children in the area. The protesters stated that they were aggrieved by the manner in which security operatives in the state were arresting their children indiscriminately. One of the aggrieved demonstrators, who simply identified herself as Nguyan, said that there had been indiscriminate arrests of youths in the area in recent times. Nguyan said, “Many of our children had been arrested in the past few days; security men would just swoop on this community, arresting our…

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday found the suspended senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, guilty of contempt over a satirical apology she posted on her Facebook page on April 27. While delivering judgement in Natasha’s petition challenging her suspension, Justice Binta Nyako began by addressing the Senate President’s contempt application. Akpabio’s motion disputed the senator’s social media post, saying that it violated a previous court order prohibiting all parties from commenting on the case in the press or making social media posts about it. Natasha’s counsel contended that the post was unrelated to the…

The remains of Portugal international Diogo Jota and his younger brother Andre Silva were received with a solemn reception as heartbroken supporters lined the streets outside a church in Gondomar, northern Portugal, on Thursday evening. According to the Daily Mail, tears spilt down mourners’ faces as hearses carrying the boys’ coffins arrived at the Capela de Ressurreicao shortly after 11 p.m., ahead of an early morning wake. The two siblings were sadly killed in a car crash at Cernadilla, just across the Spanish border, in the early hours of Thursday when Jota’s Lamborghini Huracan’s tyre reportedly burst while overtaking another…

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike said yesterday that peace has finally returned to Rivers State, claiming that he owes no one an explanation for the terms of the agreement signed with suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara. His statement came as the Rivers Elders and Leaders Forum urged President Tinubu to abolish the state’s de facto state of emergency and fully restore democratic institutions. During a monitored media talk in Abuja, Wike stated that certain individuals had exploited the Rivers political issue for selfish gain, treating it as a personal “oil well” from which they drew illicit benefits. Wike stated…

Mr Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation, made a solid argument yesterday for Nigeria’s next president to be from the South, stating that leadership should be defined by capacity, competence, and character rather than regional entitlement or supremacy. In an interview with Channels Television, Amaechi hailed the 2027 general elections as a watershed event for Nigeria, describing it as a war between “ordinary Nigerians and the entrenched political elite”. He urged everyone to rally behind a new national movement that prioritises equity, accountability, and meaningful change. Reiterating his position, the former governor of Rivers State stated that it was time…