Author: Festus Adeloye

Arsenal recovered from two goals behind to draw 2-2 with champions Liverpool on Sunday afternoon at Anfield. Arne Slot’s team took control with two goals in 87 first-half seconds, Cody Gakpo nodding in from close range and Luis Diaz sliding in to increase the lead, but Gabriel Martinelli and Mikel Merino’s heads changed the tone after the interval. The tie means Liverpool will no longer be able to achieve 90 points this season, while Arsenal remains in second place, pushing closer to a top-five finish.

The head of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour administration to embrace the Conservatives’ proposed deportation law to restrict immigration. Kemi Badenoch posted a video on her official X (previously Twitter) account, warning of growing immigration. She suggested that if no action is taken soon, almost two million immigrants might earn British citizenship by next year. “From next year, two million immigrants could automatically claim British citizenship. That’s nearly twice the population of Birmingham,” Ms Badenoch said. “We’ve introduced a deportation bill because we are committed to bringing immigration down.” The proposed legislation,…

The federal government has successfully evacuated 78 Nigerians stranded in Côte d’Ivoire who are victims of human trafficking. Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announced this in a statement issued in Abuja. The operation was coordinated by the Embassy of Nigeria in Abidjan, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), the Nigerian Community in Abidjan, and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), with Air Peace Airlines providing the flight at no cost to the government. The special flight landed at Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, around 11 pm on Saturday. “The…

Prince Kassim Afegbua, a former Commissioner for Information in Edo State, has described Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections as a desperate politician who is ready to do anything, including dining with the devil to become Nigeria’s president. In an opinion article titled ‘A Word For Peter Obi on Edo Election’, Afegbua said Obi talks too much and his understanding of crucial issues is too low owing to his drab intellectuality. He said “To say that he is garrulous may be an overreach, but he comes across as a man with no…

Actress and filmmaker,  Funke Akindele has announced a delay in the scheduled YouTube release of her blockbuster film Omo Ghetto: The Saga due to unforeseen circumstances. Originally slated to premiere on May 10, the film has now been postponed to a later date yet to be announced. In a message to her fans, Akindele assured that the project has not been cancelled and thanked her audience for their continued patience and support. She promised to share a new release date soon. “Postponed, not cancelled! We’re rescheduling the #Omoghettothesaga upload due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologise for any inconvenience; we also…

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said that violence attacks on local communities and killings of farmers in Plateau, Benue and other parts of the country are mostly perpetrated by foreign herders. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, stated this yesterday, while fielding questions from journalists on the identities of armed herders attacking farming communities. Several communities,especially in Plateau and Benue states have recently faced series of attacks by armed herders with many killed and thousands rendered homeless. Gov. Hyacinth Alia of Benue recently said the attackers were foreign herders taking advantage of ECOWAS protocol on free movement of livestock…

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost on his election as Pope Leo XIV, the 267th Bishop of Rome and the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church.  According to a statement issued by Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President felicitated with the Conclave for electing the American Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost as the 267th Bishop of Rome. He rejoiced with the leadership and congregants of the Catholic Church in Nigeria on the historic election of the new Pontiff, whose message of faith and hope already resonates across the globe, with a reassurance…

A Non-political and non-profitmaking Group in Lagos State, The Lagos Shephered (TLS), has cautioned the State’s Deputy Governor, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat against complaining if the consensus arrangement in the All Progressives Congress (APC) which he publicly espoused doesn’t favour him in the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued on Thursday which was signed by Kazeem Abaranje, its Protem Chairman, and titled  ‘Dr. Hamzat, We’ll Not Forget!, the group quoted a statement credited to Hamzat while addressing APC members at the party Secretariat on Wednesday  During the meeting, Hamzat said “Let’s do it the way we have been doing.…

Governor Hyacinth Alia will not honour the House of Representatives Committee’s invitation, his media aide has confirmed. The House had summoned the Governors of Benue and Zamfara, alongside their Assembly leadership. But Governor Alia’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Tersoo Kula, told journalists in Makurdi, yesterday that the invitation is unconstitutional and the governor would not comply with it. He explained that Alia had filed a case at the Supreme Court challenging the lawmakers’ invitation. “Yesterday, the Benue Assembly passed a resolution rejecting the Reps Committee’s invitation. “They believe the invitation is based on ignorance and have decided not to attend. They…

Valentine Ozigbo, a governorship aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State, has described the Labour Party (LP) as a “failing enterprise,” warning that the party is heading for a wave of mass defections. Ozigbo, who was formerly a governorship aspirant in the Labour Party before defecting to the APC in February 2025, made the statement during an appearance on national television on Monday. He criticised the LP’s leadership for the ongoing internal crisis, expressing disappointment over how the party has evolved since the 2023 general elections. Ozigbo, a former close ally of LP’s 2023 presidential candidate Peter…