Author: Vincent Osuwo

Tottenham manager Thomas Frank praised his team’s character after grinding out a 2-1 win at Leeds, with Mohammed Kudus’ first goal for the club propelling Spurs to second in the Premier League. Noah Okafor cancelled out Mathys Tel’s opening for the visitors in an action-packed first half. However, when Storm Amy brought torrential rain and violent gusts to Elland Road in the second half, Spurs stood firm and won the game with a deflected shot from Kudus, inflicting Leeds’ first home league defeat in almost a year. “I think the character was the foundation,” said Frank. “To go here and…

President Bola Tinubu has just arrived in Jos, the Plateau State capital, to attend the burial ceremony of Nana Lydia Yilwada, mother of Prof. Nentawe Yilwada, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Tinubu, who arrived in Jos at around 2pm, has moved to the COCIN headquarters church, where the funeral service for the late chairman’s mother is currently ongoing. Our correspondent gathered that heightened security measures are currently in place around Jos, the Plateau State capital, as locals anticipate the president’s arrival. Security officers from several agencies, such as the Nigerian Police Force, Nigerian Army, Nigerian Security and…

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick stated Saturday that Lamine Yamal’s groin injury is difficult to heal, casting doubt on his likely return date. In a statement on Friday, the Spanish champions claimed Yamal would be out for two to three weeks, but Flick suggested the 18-year-old winger’s absence may last longer. Yamal will miss Spain’s World Cup qualifiers but hopes to return before Barcelona’s Clasico against Real Madrid on October 26 at the Santiago Bernabeu.  “This injury is not so easy, like a muscle (injury); we have this experience with (those), the coaches, and the therapists. “With this kind of injury,…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut two Chinese supermarkets located in the Jabi District and eight cosmetics shops at Wuse Market, Abuja, for selling and distributing regulated products in the country. NAFDAC revealed this in a press statement on Friday, signed by the Deputy Director of Public Relations/Protocol, Adegboyega Osiyemi. The agency said, “Acting on the directive of the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the enforcement team confiscated and evacuated offending products worth over N170m.” The enforcement operation was carried out by the NAFDAC Investigation and Enforcement Directorate and members of the…

The Nigeria Police Force has stated that it has yet to be provided with the Federal High Court’s order prohibiting the enforcement of tinted glass permits. CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Force Public Relations Officer, stated this on Saturday in response to allegations that the court had ordered the police not to arrest or prosecute motorists for wearing tinted glasses. Chronicle NG reports that a Federal High Court had on Friday granted an order in Suit No. FHC/WR/CS/103/2025: John Aikpokpo-Martins v. Inspector-General of Police & Nigeria Police Force, directing the force to suspend enforcement of the permits pending the determination of…

Three Gombe State University students were injured after a gas explosion destroyed a female hostel annexe on Thursday night. The bungalow-shaped annexe on campus was engulfed in flames, which were assumed to be caused by a cooking gas explosion. In an interview with our correspondent on Friday, the Public Relations Officer of the Federal Fire Service, Gombe Command, Assistant Superintendent of Fire Bashir Muazu, confirmed the occurrence as “unfortunate.” “It was caused by LPG, cooking gas. Based on preliminary investigation, it was caused by unattended cooking by a student,” Muazu said. He stated that three pupils were brought to the…

Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Friday it was ready to release hostages held in Gaza under a peace deal proposed by President Donald Trump but wanted negotiations on the details and a say in the future of the Palestinian territory. “The movement announces its approval for the release of all hostages—living and remains—according to the exchange formula included in President Trump’s proposal,” Hamas said in a statement, adding it was ready to enter talks “to discuss the details.” Trump’s peace proposal for Gaza, released this week and supported by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calls for a truce, the…

Former media aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Garba Shehu, has faulted the claim by former President Goodluck Jonathan that the Boko Haram terrorists nominated Buhari to represent them in their negotiations with the then government. In a statement issued Friday night, Shehu refuted Jonathan’s assertion, pointing out that in 2014, Buhari averted a bomb attack on his life by Boko Haram in Kaduna, in which his personal staff were injured to varying degrees. The statement read, “We are compelled to make a response to a terrible statement made about the late president Muhammadu Buhari by his predecessor in office,…

Paul Ibe, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s media adviser, believes his principal deserves a Nobel Prize for his repeated bids to become Nigeria’s president. Atiku, a presidential candidate since 1992, is in the running for the 2027 presidential election, despite the fact that the former vice president has yet to openly declare his interest in the upcoming election. While speaking on Trust TV’s ‘Daily Politics’ on Thursday, Ibe dismissed the narrative that Atiku has contested for presidential election too many times. He said, “Atiku Abubakar has been on the ballot three times for the record. That was in 2007 under…

Music tycoon Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to more than four years in jail on Friday following his conviction on prostitution-related charges. Prosecutors requested 11 years in prison for Combs, but Judge Arun Subramanian imposed a 50-month sentence during an emotional daylong court session. Diddy’s ‘ lawyers had requested the judge to sentence the 55-year-old hip-hop legend to 14 months in prison, which would have essentially been time served given that he had been in custody in Brooklyn for more than a year. Diddy addressed the court before the judge handed down the punishment, saying he was “truly sorry” for…