Written by New Juventus manager Luciano Spalletti said on Friday that his seventh-placed team are capable of challenging for the Sere A title. “Of course, I hope this team can still get involved in the title race,” he said Friday, on the eve of Juve’s game at Cremonese. Spalletti, who succeeds the sacked Igor Tudor, added: … Continue reading “New Juve Manager Spalletti Eyes Scudetto”
US hip-hop star Sean “Diddy” Combs has been transferred to a prison in New Jersey to serve his jail term of four years and two months for prostitution-related crimes, a federal register showed Friday. Combs is being held in the low-security Fort Dix prison, some 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of New York, a … Continue reading “Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Moved To Federal US Prison To Serve Sentence”
Mikel Arteta warned that player welfare should be the primary concern for football’s rule-makers as Arsenal’s fixture pile-up threatens to put his team at risk. Arteta’s side are set to face Crystal Palace in the League Cup quarter-finals on December 16. But that would mean Palace facing three matches in just five days and … Continue reading “Arteta Worried Over Players’ Welfare In Arsenal Fixture Pile-Up”
Guinea-Bissau’s army announced Friday it had thwarted an “attempt to subvert the constitutional order” It also said it arrested several senior military officers on the eve of the start of general election campaigning. READ ALSO: Guinea-Bissau Opposition Leader Returns From Exile “This action aimed to disrupt the electoral process,” General Mamadu Ture, deputy chief of … Continue reading “Several Guinea-Bissau Officers Arrested Over ‘Subversion’ Attempt — Army”
The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) on Friday suspended 149 referees accused of betting on matches. The TFF said in a statement that its disciplinary committee had handed out suspensions ranging from eight to 12 months, the TFF said, adding that investigations are continuing into three other referees. READ ALSO: Turkish Court Jails 11 For Life Over … Continue reading “Turkish Football Suspends 149 Referees Accused Of Betting “
Former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, says he is leaving the Nigerian military with a “clear conscience,” adding that he did his best in serving the country. General Musa, who was succeeded by General Olufemi Oluyede as the new CDS, spoke on Friday in Abuja during his pull-out parade. … Continue reading “I’m Leaving Nigerian Military With Clear Conscience — Ex-CDS Musa”
The United Nations on Friday urged Tanzania’s security forces to refrain from using unnecessary force against demonstrators and demanded investigations into election-related violence, after polls descended into deadly chaos. The main opposition Chadema party told AFP on Friday that “around 700” people had been killed in three days of election protests. The UN human … Continue reading “UN ‘Alarmed’ By Deadly Tanzania Election Violence”
There are moments in a nation’s existence when the silence of power speaks louder than the roar of war. In those hours, the absence of routine becomes the clearest signal of unsettling presence. The cancellation of the Independence Day parade in Nigeria on 1 October 2025 was not merely a logistical decision; it was a … Continue reading “Editorial: A Reckless Symphony of Silence over Nigeria’s Shadow Coup”
How a state oil company’s scramble for refinancing in Riyadh – and Petrobras’s tentative re-entry – expose the paradox at the heart of Nigeria’s energy policy: great potential, shaky finances, and political risk concentrated in a single office. The moment: a national oil company in a global lobby In late 2025, the Nigerian National … Continue reading “Spotlight: Nigeria’s Energy Gamble – Tinubu, NNPCL and the High-Stakes Search for Cash”
In a sweeping move set to reshape Nigeria’s downstream fuel sector, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally approved a 15 % ad valorem import duty on refined petrol (premium motor spirit) and diesel imported into the country. Issued via a presidential memo dated October 21 2025, the directive tasks the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) … Continue reading “Nigerians brace for price shock as Tinubu approves 15% import-tariff on refined petrol and diesel “