Author: Vincent Osuwo

A horrifying video has appeared online showing a 73-year-old man, Chief Abraham Areola, being ridiculed and abused by the traditional ruler of Orile Ifo in Ogun State, Oba Semiu Ogunjobi. The two-minute video shows one of the monarch’s aides grabbing the elderly man’s cap as he knelt, while another strikes him from behind, despite his polite attempts to ask what he had done wrong. The traditional king was heard criticising and throwing abuses at the elderly guy, accusing him of violating his rulership. The traditional ruler said, “You are a conspirator and a betrayer. Your children will not succeed. It…

US President Donald Trump has hinted that the European Union (EU) could be next to face tariffs after he slammed 25% levies on goods from Mexico and Canada and an additional 10% tax on imports from China. While landing in Maryland from Florida, Trump told the BBC that taxes on EU goods coming into the US could be implemented “pretty soon.”. “They don’t take our cars, they don’t take our farm products, they take almost nothing, and we take everything from them. Millions of cars, tremendous amounts of food and farm products,” he told journalists. The US President stated that…

Luis Rubiales, Spain’s former football head, will go on trial on Monday for forcing a kiss on star striker Jenni Hermoso, who is set to testify. After Spain defeated England to win the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia, the 47-year-old clasped Hermoso’s head and kissed her unexpectedly, causing global uproar. Prosecutors are seeking two and a half years in prison for Rubiales, one year for sexual assault for the forced kiss, and 18 months for allegedly coercing Hermoso, 34, into downplaying the incident. In their charge, prosecutors stated that the kiss was given “unexpectedly and without the consent or…

Prof. Muazu Abubakar, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Gusau, denied allegations that the House of Representatives Committee on University Education demanded N480m to approve federal universities’ 2025 budgets. In a letter to the committee’s chairman, Abubakar Fulata, the VC refuted media reports that lawmakers pressured vice-chancellors to pay N8m each for approval. He observed that the story particularly named a “stubborn vice-chancellor” who was thought to be him, and that while he had planned to ignore the charges, he chose to respond to avoid any inaccurate narratives from being accepted as fact. “The attention of the Federal University, Gusau, has…

Nigerian singer Tems delivered a poignant speech as she won the Best African Music Performance award for her song Love Me Jeje at the 67th Grammy Awards. Taking the stage, Tems, who was overcome by emotion, expressed gratitude, saying, “Wow, dear God. Thank you so much for putting me on this stage and bringing me this team. “Tomorrow is my mum’s birthday, and this is her first Grammys. I just want to thank you ma because she has really done a lot for me and my brother. “Happy birthday, Mum. And I want to thank my team. Muyiwa, Wale, my…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has increased surveillance at the country’s entry points, including airports, following the confirmation of an Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Uganda. Idris said, “There are no cases of Ebola virus disease in Nigeria. However, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with relevant ministries, departments, agencies, and partners through the National Emerging Viral Hemorrhagic Diseases Technical Working Group, continues these efforts, including the update of our EVD emergency contingency plan, heightened surveillance especially at the points of entry, and optimising diagnostic capacity for EVD testing in designated laboratories…

Promise Eze, a 25-year-old woman, was rescued by Federal Capital Territory Police Command officers after being tied up and rendered unconscious by a man she met on an online dating site. The suspect, who initially identified himself as Michael Prince but later changed his name to Emmanuel Okoro, is now on the run, with police conducting a manhunt to apprehend him as soon as possible. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the command spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, police got a distress call from a hotel in the FCT’s Wuse district after observing unusual activity in one of its rooms.…

Hon. Oluwole Oke, the lawmaker representing Osun State’s Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, said on Sunday that former Governor Rauf Aregbesola should “go and beg, prostrate, and make peace” with his “principal,” President Bola Tinubu. Oke, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, stated on social media that if he were in Aregbesola’s place, he would do the same thing. The remark comes amid political unrest in Osun State, where the Omoluabi Progressives, a political party supported by Aregbesola, recently declared its resignation from the state’s All Progressives Congress (APC). The decision followed long-standing and irreconcilable divisions…

Manchester United suffered another humiliating home defeat on Sunday when Crystal Palace won 2-0 at Old Trafford. Jean Philippe-Mateta was Palace’s hero, scoring both goals in the second half as United suffered their sixth defeat in six home league games. United’s three consecutive wins had raised the mood around Old Trafford, but Ruben Amorim was back to square one following another home performance devoid of imagination and littered with defensive blunders. Amorim’s choice to start without a natural striker backfired, as both Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee were left on the bench. Lewandowski gives Barcelona narrow win over Alaves Kobbie…

Robert Lewandowski’s second-half goal helped Barcelona beat Alaves 1-0 on Sunday, closing the gap on La Liga leaders Real Madrid to four points. The Catalans, third, took advantage of the champions’ slip-up across town at Espanyol on Saturday, winning narrowly. Barcelona trails second-place Atletico by three points, but the Rojiblancos face Real Madrid in a tense rivalry next weekend, which could allow Hansi Flick’s team to gain ground. Lewandowski scored off a Lamine Yamal cross to end a hard-fought game in which Alaves mostly vexed the hosts. “Before the game, we knew we had to win,” Lewandowski told Movistar. “For…