Author: Vincent Osuwo

Argentina’s talisman, Lionel Messi, has described it as “crazy” that he will face Spain’s young star, Lamine Yamal, in Sunday’s FIFA World Cup final, years after a photograph showed him holding the future football sensation as a baby. Messi spoke at a press conference on Friday ahead of the final, reflecting on the iconic photograph, and said it was incredible how life had brought them together on football’s grandest platform. “That picture with Lamine is incredible. Now we are facing each other in a final after a photo was taken of us when he was a baby; it’s just crazy!”…

The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has started the controlled destruction of the fire-damaged structure on Martins Street in Lagos Island. Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, LASEMA’s Permanent Secretary, said this in a statement released to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Lagos. He said the “exercise followed a comprehensive structural assessment and would be carried out in line with international best practices in urban safety, disaster risk management and public health protection.” Oke-Osanyintolu “advised traders, residents, customers and members of the public to comply strictly with all safety directives” during the demolition. He…

The Police Command in Akwa Ibom State has apprehended four individuals in connection with the presumed mob killing of a 21-year-old named Emmanuel Effiong. DSP Timfon John, the police public relations officer for the state, verified this in a statement made in Uyo on Friday. She claims that the suspects killed the victim and discreetly buried his remains in a shallow grave. She stated that the inquiry uncovered that the victim was supposedly charged with theft of chickens and eggs on April 19 from a poultry farm situated in the Mbak 4 Community within Uyo Local Government Area. The police…

President Bola Tinubu has enacted an executive order that creates a unified regulatory structure for virtual assets in the nation. The initiative is intended to enhance supervision of the country’s expanding digital asset landscape, safeguard investors, and reduce financial crimes. A statement released on Friday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, indicated that the Presidential Executive Order on Virtual Assets Coordination, 2026, which comes into effect immediately, was signed by Tinubu in accordance with Section 5 of the 1999 Constitution. Onanuga stated that the directive was implemented to tackle regulatory fragmentation as virtual assets increasingly…

Former Miss Universe Nigeria, Chidimma Adetshina, on Thursday appeared before a South African court as proceedings in the government’s bid to deport her resumed. The 25-year-old beauty queen has been at the centre of a prolonged immigration dispute since she was arrested in Cape Town in June over allegations that she was residing in South Africa without valid immigration status. At Thursday’s hearing before the Cape Town Regional Court, Adetshina filed an affidavit detailing the steps she had taken to regularise her stay in the country in a bid to prevent her deportation, The Cable reports. The matter was, however,…

FIFA will award World Cup rings to the champions of Sunday’s final featuring Argentina and Spain, with Donald Trump in attendance. Winner rings are a tradition in American sports, awarded to the champions of the NFL’s Super Bowl. Thirty rings will be provided to the world champions, and an additional 1,996 rings will be offered for sale to fans. Each ring will feature a small World Cup trophy within its design along with an engraving on the band. President Trump, set to award the trophy, has not been present at any of the 102 World Cup matches thus far, missing…

The father of Mary Habila, the 26-year-old nurse who died at the minister of works’ residence in Uburu, Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has explained why his family wants her body released for burial without an autopsy, stating that a prolonged delay over a child’s death is unbearable. The father, Habila Wisdom, explained the situation in an interview broadcast on X by Trust TV News on Friday. “We don’t keep the death of a little child for so long, just like this. So that is why I am here to say once and for all, I need the corpse of my…

The Anambra State High Court in Awka convicted Onyebuchi Okocha, also known as “Onyeze Jesus”, to six years in prison and a ₦20 million fine for violating the Anambra Homeland Security Law. Justice Jude Obiora announced the verdict on Friday, convicting Okocha on one of three charges brought against him after his arrest in February 2025 during a security operation on suspected local doctors. The defendant was accused of using social media to promote wealth through supernatural methods, creating charms for criminals, participating in “Oke-Ite” ceremonies, and engaging in money-doubling schemes. The court, however, found him guilty merely of deceiving…

The federal government has charged three individuals with ten counts of kidnapping students and teachers from a school in Oyo State’s Oriire Local Government Area. The defendants, Abdulrazak Umar, Yunusa Musa, and Shamsu Adamu Sani, face charges of terrorism, kidnapping, concealment, instigation, and unlawful mining. The accusations were brought before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday. Umar is also known as Abu Khalifa or Abu Khalid; Musa as Yunusa bin Musa; and Sani as Abu Itisar. All three come from the Suleja Local Government Area in Niger State. They were accused of conspiring with Muhammad Sani, Jibril Mohammed,…

Bayern Munich attacker Michael Olise has allegedly told his France teammates of his desire to depart from the Bundesliga champions and sign with Real Madrid for the next season. On Thursday, French newspaper L’Équipe reported that the 24-year-old expressed his wish during the FIFA World Cup, with Real Madrid already informed of his interest and likely to initiate discussions after the tournament despite Bayern’s hesitation to sell. Olise, contracted to Bayern until 2029, reportedly aims to advance his career by transferring to Santiago Bernabéu. The report mentioned that France and Bayern player Dayot Upamecano has attempted to convince Olise to…