Author: Vincent Osuwo

Basketball legend Michael Jordan led star-studded names to pay tribute to Pep Guardiola at the Manchester City manager’s farewell party. Guardiola, 55, announced last week he will step down as City manager following a decade in charge, leading the club to 20 trophies during his tenure. Jordan, one of the NBA’s all-time greats, and City’s former captain Vincent Kompany were surprise participants in Guardiola’s send-off at Co-Op Live arena, which was attended by 19,000 supporters. “I just wanted to congratulate you on an unbelievable career,” said Chicago Bulls legend Jordan via a video message played on the big screen inside the venue. Guardiola is…

The Israeli military reports that it has initiated a series of strikes throughout Lebanon after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the nation will escalate its assaults on Hezbollah. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it had carried out attacks on Hezbollah in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon and additional regions of the nation. Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Shia Muslim militia in Lebanon, announced it had responded with 22 drone and rocket assaults, targeting Israeli soldiers, tanks, barracks, and structures. Earlier this month, Lebanon and Israel reached an agreement to lengthen a 45-day ceasefire, although some clashes have persisted.…

The US announced it conducted fresh attacks in southern Iran, focusing on Iranian missile facilities and vessels trying to lay mines. US Central Command stated that the strikes were carried out in “self-defense” and aimed “to safeguard our troops from threats from Iranian forces.” Central Command spokesman Capt. Tim Hawkins stated that the US military “remains committed to protecting our forces while exercising restraint amid the current ceasefire” between the two nations. Iran has not yet reacted to the US assault. Nevertheless, Esmail Baqai, spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry, stated earlier that although there has been some advancement in…

POPope Leo XIV delivered an unusual apology for the Vatican’s part in justifying slavery, calling the delay in condemning the practice “a wound in Christian memory.” In a key text warning about the potential of “new forms of slavery” in the digital economy, Leo stated that church institutions kept slaves until the Middle Ages. “In the early modern period, the Apostolic See of Rome, responding to requests from sovereigns, intervened several times in order to regulate and legitimize forms of subjugation and, in certain cases, the enslavement of ‘infidels,'” he wrote. It was in the 19th century that “a formal,…

Youths in Umuadara, Umulogho community, Obowo Local Government Area, Imo State, captured a suspect in the murder of Wendy Achumba, a student at the College of Nursing, Obowo. The Imo youth leader Chidiebere Iweajunwa directed the operation after local youths conducted an inquiry, according to a community source. The culprit, Onyema Okonkwo, was reportedly arrested after a video interview apparently featuring a confession went viral online. According to neighborhood sources, the suspect stated he and another person known only as Emmanuel went to the student’s house on the evening of the incident. The victim was said to be living alone…

Lionel Messi remained at the center of an injury scare just weeks before the World Cup, as medical tests revealed muscle fatigue in his left hamstring, Inter Miami said on Monday. The Major League Soccer club’s report did not specify a specific timeline for the Argentine superstar’s comeback following his dramatic exit from Miami’s 6-4 triumph over Philadelphia in the 73rd minute on Sunday. The 38-year-old legend for the defending World Cup champions grasped the back of his left leg and asked to be removed, but he looked to walk normally as he left the locker room. “After undergoing further…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has petitioned the Abuja Court of Appeal to overturn the verdict that nullified the dates it provided for the 2027 general elections. The Commission also requested a stay of execution of the judgment pending the resolution of its appeal. INEC filed a notice of appeal on May 25 through its team of attorneys led by Dr. Alex Izinyon, SAN, on nine grounds, urging the appellate court to consider and vacate the May 20 ruling of the Federal High Court in Abuja. Aside from claiming that the high court erred in law by failing to…

AC Milan have terminated the appointment of head coach Massimiliano Allegri after a dramatic end to their season saw the club miss out on qualification for the UEFA Champions League for a second consecutive year. The sack came after a 2–1 defeat to Cagliari Calcio on the final day of the Serie A season, which confirmed a drop from third to fifth place and triggered a sweeping internal review. In a statement on Monday, the owners, RedBird Capital Partners, described the campaign as a failure despite long spells of promise. “For the majority of this season, we were in the…

Nigeria’s former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has warned that the country is on the verge of becoming a failed state due to deteriorating democratic conditions, weak institutions, and growing public skepticism in administration. This is because, as she stated, democracy does not belong to politicians but to the people. Speaking at the Movement for Credible Elections, Emergency Stakeholders Engagement on Monday in Abuja, Ezekwesili stated that Nigeria’s democratic system has continuously deteriorated since 1999, with voters increasingly losing faith in elections and public institutions. Ezekwesili, the coordinator of the Movement for Credible Election, emphasized that the low voter participation…

Three ruling houses in Iwo, Osun State, have brought the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abudulroshed Akanbi, before the State High Court, requesting his removal for allegedly exhuming the remains of previous monarchs of the town from the palace grounds. The claimants, Princes Olalekan Lamuye, Adedoja Osunwo, Alade Ismaila, Ganiyu Saheed, Kosiru Kolawole, and Wasiu Abolusodun, instituted the suit number HoS/56/2026 on behalf of the Ogunmakinde, Ande, Adegunodo, and Alausa ruling houses in Iwo. The defendants in the suit, besides Oba Akanbi, include the Osun State Governor; the Secretary, Iwo Local Government; the Osun State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy…