Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Premier League has officially started the 2025/26 season following its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, June 4. With the administrative changeover completed, all 20 teams, including promoted sides Leeds United, Burnley, and Sunderland, are now officially accepted as Premier League members. “The change from the 2024/25 to the 2025/26 campaign has been formalised,” the League confirmed in a statement posted on its website on Wednesday, marking the official start of the new season. Leeds, Burnley, and Sunderland have all obtained their Premier League share certificates, which is the final legal stage in confirming their promotion. Each team was registered…

A man and woman were publicly flogged 100 times each in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh region on Wednesday after being found guilty of sex outside marriage by a strict Islamic court. Sexual contacts between unmarried couples are prohibited in Aceh, which follows a variant of Sharia, the Islamic legal system. Indonesia banned sex outside of marriage in its penal code in 2022, but the rule will not take effect until next year. A small crowd watched as the two were lashed in sets of 10 with a rattan stick in a park in Banda Aceh. The female suspect was lashed by…

Hundreds of women in Benue State’s embattled Apa Local Government Area on Tuesday marched to protest the ongoing killings in their communities. Women gathered on a major route in Ugbokpo, Apa LGA’s headquarters, to express their outrage at the rising atrocities. Many people grieved being widowed, with countless children left orphaned. Chronicle NG reported that communities like Ijaha Ikobi, Edikwu-Ankpali, and Odugbo had been subjected to multiple attacks, resulting in the deaths of countless citizens. Just past Sunday, 25 individuals were reported slain in the area. Protesting under the title “Voice of the Hopeless Women”, members of the group carried…

Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, Rivers State’s sole administrator, has appointed 11 new permanent secretaries. The appointment was announced in a Special Government Announcement released in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. The three-paragraph statement was signed by Rivers State’s Acting Head of Service, Dr Mrs Inyingi Brown, and distributed to journalists. According to the statement, the newly appointed permanent secretaries will be sworn in by the single administrator on a date to be determined. The statement reads, “His Excellency, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (retd), the Administrator of Rivers State has approved the appointment of the under-listed persons as Permanent Secretaries. “They…

Elon Musk has publicly slammed President Donald Trump’s proposed spending bill as an “outrageous, pork-filled, disgusting abomination” just days after leaving a White House advising role. The billionaire entrepreneur, who recently finished a 130-day tenure as a special government employee overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency, expressed his displeasure in a post on X on Tuesday. The billionaire entrepreneur, who recently finished a 130-day tenure as a special government employee overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency, expressed his displeasure in a post on X on Tuesday. “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled congressional…

A Sokoto State High Court has sentenced Gerald Eugene to two years in prison for receiving two human trafficking victims for exploitation. On Tuesday, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Human Trafficking posted a statement on its Facebook page. According to the announcement, the 43-year-old defendant was brought before Justice Mu’awiya Dahiru on April 15, 2025, and found guilty. According to the announcement, the 43-year-old defendant was brought before Justice Mu’awiya Dahiru on April 15, 2025, and found guilty. “A Sokoto State High Court presided over by Hon. Justice Mu’awiya Dahiru has convicted Gerald Eugene (43, male) for receiving…

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) on Tuesday called off its indefinite strike, which began on Sunday night. The union issued a communiqué on Monday, signed by JUSUN National Vice-President Mustapha Laminu and major officers from several parts of the court, directing workers to return to work on Wednesday. M.J. Akwashiki, JUSUN’s interim General Secretary, declared the strike in response to unproductive discussions with the Minister of Labour and Employment. The union raised concerns about non-payment of a five-month wage award, the implementation of the ₦70,000 national minimum wage, and a 25%/35% salary rise outlined in the 2025 Appropriation…

No fewer than seven persons were killed in a boat accident that occurred while they were travelling from Gidan Husaini to Gwargawu village in Kambama Ward in Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State on Monday. The victims were reportedly commuting across a local waterway when the sad tragedy occurred, causing shockwaves across the immediate community and beyond. The identities of the deceased have not yet been made public, but local authorities verified to our correspondent on Tuesday that all seven were from Gidan Husaini village. Leading a condolences delegation on behalf of the Sokoto State Government, the Commissioner for…

Super Eagles talisman Ademola Lookman has described his decision to switch international allegiance from England to Nigeria as one of the most defining choices of his football career. The 2024 CAF African Footballer of the Year stated that choosing to represent Nigeria changed everything for him, both personally and professionally. “Without doubt, it changed my career and my life,” Lookman said in an interview with ARISE TV. “People know that. This is my home. This is my place. I enjoy it here. I am the son of the soil.” Lookman was born in London and played for England at the…

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria’s strike halted the arraignment of Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, a suspended senator from Kogi Central Senatorial District, on Tuesday. The walkout, which began on Monday, resulted in the closure of most courts, including all Federal Capital Territory high courts. Akpoti-Uduaghan was set to appear in the FCT High Court on Tuesday, June 3, on a criminal charge filed by the Federal Government for making defamatory statements about Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello. According to the CR/297/25 charge, Natasha was accused of making criminal imputations during a live broadcast and a…