Author: Mohammad Adamu

Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique described his team’s second consecutive UEFA Champions League title as “even bigger” than their first, after the French giants outlasted Arsenal in a gripping penalty shootout at the Puskas Arena in Budapest on Saturday. PSG won 4-3 on spot-kicks after the match ended 1-1 following 90 minutes and extra time, with Eberechi Eze and Gabriel both missing for Arsenal while Nuno Mendes was the only PSG player to fail to convert. Kai Havertz had fired Premier League champions Arsenal into a sixth-minute lead, but PSG levelled when Ousmane Dembele converted a 65th-minute penalty after a…

Ghana’s parliament has approved one of Africa’s most stringent anti-LGBTQ laws, with the bill now sent to President John Mahama for ratification. The legislation imposes up to three years in prison for same-sex relations, and between three and five years for promoting, sponsoring, or supporting LGBT+ activities. Exemptions have been included for legal, medical, and media professionals. The bill was first passed unanimously in 2024 but lapsed after former president Nana Akufo-Addo declined to sign it before the end of his term. Under Ghana’s constitution, unsigned legislation must be re-examined by a new parliament — which has now approved it.…

The United States has cautioned it remains fully capable of restarting military operations against Iran, even as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict continue to stall over competing conditions. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, speaking at a defence summit in Singapore, said Washington could recommence hostilities if necessary, while US Central Command posted that American forces “remain present and vigilant across the region. “President Trump has set firm red lines for any agreement — including a permanent ban on Iran developing nuclear weapons and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran, however, pushed back, with its foreign ministry spokesman saying…

The Ballon d’Or is crossing the Channel. France Football has confirmed London will host the 2026 ceremony on October 26 — the first time the English capital has ever staged the event in its 70-year history. The switch is a tribute to Sir Stanley Matthews, the 1956 inaugural winner and a London icon. Paris had been home to the ceremony since 2019, before that Zurich hosted it during the award’s short-lived FIFA merger between 2010 and 2015. UEFA has co-organized the event since 2024. PSG’s Ousmane Dembélé and Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmatí are the titles to defend.

FG activates preparedness plans across all 36 states as DRC death toll climbsThe Federal Government is considering restricting flights from Ebola-affected countries and isolating symptomatic passengers at points of entry, as Nigeria moves to shield itself from the worsening outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda. The measures were disclosed Thursday by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, after a high-level strategic meeting in Victoria Island, Lagos, convened to review Nigeria’s Ebola preparedness and response framework. Gbajabiamila, who chaired the session, said the government is also exploring the use of cargo terminals to process…

Violators face fines up to $100,000, equipment seizure, and federal chargesDrone flights have been prohibited over US stadiums hosting FIFA World Cup matches and fan events, authorities announced Thursday, ahead of the tournament’s June 11 kickoff. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said no-fly zones will cover a three-nautical-mile (5.6km) radius around match-day stadiums, extending up to 3,000 feet (900 metres) above ground. Fan event zones carry a smaller but still firm restriction — one nautical mile radius and up to 1,000 feet altitude. “As fans from around the world gather at stadiums and fan events across the country for the…

President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies and relevant ministries to strengthen protection measures for schools in high-risk areas, as Nigeria marked Children’s Day on Wednesday. Speaking in a message that coincided with the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, Tinubu acknowledged that some children and teachers in Oyo and Borno states remain in captivity, pledging that his administration would not abandon them. “To those children, their parents, and their teachers, I say this as a father and your President: you are not forgotten. You are not abandoned,” he said.The President directed all relevant security agencies to sustain and intensify intelligence-led rescue operations for…

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has identified approximately 30,000 armed militants operating across Nigeria, describing them in a May 2026 report as among the deadliest non-state actors fuelling religious freedom violations in the country. Titled Nonstate Violators of Religious Freedom in Nigeria: Fulani Militants, the report says the groups — operating in formations of between 10 and 1,000 members — have intensified attacks across the Middle Belt and southern regions, killing thousands, displacing communities, and deepening tensions between religious groups. “Violence by militants caused the highest number of deaths among all religious communities in Nigeria over the…

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to bar former President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the 2027 presidential election, describing the suit as a gross abuse of court processes. In a decisive ruling, the court not only threw out the case but also awarded N20 million in costs against the plaintiff, directing that the sum be paid in favour of Jonathan. The judgment effectively clears the legal path for the former president should he choose to seek a return to the nation’s highest office in 2027.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has declared that the era of Gulf nations sheltering American military bases is over, delivering the stark message in a written statement broadcast by state television on the occasion of Eid al-Adha. “The nations and lands of the region will no longer serve as shields for American bases,” Khamenei stated, adding that the United States is steadily losing its former dominance in the region with each passing day. The remarks come against the backdrop of ongoing US-Iran exchanges aimed at securing a deal to end a war that erupted on February 28 and rapidly…