Famous Afrobeat star, Wizkid, has blasted Burna Boy for attacking DJ Tunez. DJ Tunez, who is Wizkid’s official DJ was beaten to stupor at a Lagos club on Monday night by Burna Boy and his team for not playing his music. Following the physical assault, the Nigerian DJ Association, NDJ, banned Burna Boy’s songs from playlists across the country. In response, Burna Boy was captured in a towel dance video on social media, mocking TJ Tunez. Wizkid who was angered by the incident, blasted Burna Boy for fighting DJ Tunez with his 10-men team. While tagging Burna a fool, Wizkid…
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Real Madrid striker, Kylian Mbappe, has put his name into Champions League history by becoming only the seventh player ever to net 14 goals plus in a single campaign. The French captain joined an exclusive list featuring Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi after finding the net in Real Madrid’s 2–1 quarter-final first-leg defeat to Bayern Munich at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday. Despite the loss, courtesy of strikes from Luis Díaz and Harry Kane, Mbappe’s goal was a personal milestone. Having already netted 13 times in the league phase, the 27-year-old now sits on 14 for the season, according to…
Manchester United legend, Paul Scholes, has named Paris Saint-Germain as the ‘best team in the world’ at the moment. The former England international stated this while speaking on The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast. He heaped praises on the French Ligue 1 champions, calling them an “unbelievable” side. Scholes also tipped PSG to eliminate Liverpool in the Champions League quarter-finals and march into the semis. “PSG are unbelievable. I still expect them to go through [against Liverpool], but it wouldn’t shock me if Liverpool won. It could happen—I just don’t see it right now,” Scholes explained. “Right now,…
Former Real Madrid attacking midfielder, Rafael van der Vaart, has hit out at Vinicius after the club’s Champions League quarter-final first leg 2-1 defeat to Bayern Munich on Tuesday. The Dutchman described Vinicius’ antics during the encounter against the Bundesliga giants as “awful.” Vinicius was unable to make a significant impact against Bayern as goals from Luis Diaz and Harry Kane gave the visitors the victory against the Los Blancos. Speaking with AS (via GOAL), Van der Vaart slammed Vinicius, saying, “It’s awful. “Watching him play makes me angry. I feel very sorry for him because he is a brilliant…
Atletico Madrid have defeated Barcelona 2-0 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie. Diego Simeone’s men arrived at Camp Nou looking to exact revenge on their league defeat in the hands of the Catalans. And although the hosts threatened to take the lead, it was Atletico who scored first. Paul Curbasi was shown a straight red card for a last-man tackle and from the free-kick, Julian Alvarez put the visitors in front. Alexander Sorloth doubled their advantage in the second half, as they take a big advantage ahead of next week’s second leg. In the other game…
A large crowd of Nigerian youths and civil society organisations on Wednesday stormed the Abuja office of former President Goodluck Jonathan, urging him to contest in the 2027 presidential election. They took over parts of Abuja, chanting slogans and displaying placards calling on Jonathan to return to power. Some of the messages read, “GEJ: Nigeria is dying, save it!” and “GEJ, Nigerian youths break the medicine wey dem do you.” Another placard warned, “GEJ, if you don’t run, we quench.” Addressing the protesters, a public analyst and former Kogi State Commissioner for Information, Tom Ohikere, said the group had waited…
An estimated 2000 people from communities in the western part of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State have fled their villages over a likely reprisal attack by bandits. One of the villagers identified as Muhammad Murtala said they were compelled to abandon their parental villages and run for safety. He said, “All Security personnel deployed to our villages vacated from their strategic points two days after their success against bandits. “Now we are afraid that the bandits may return.” People of Kunchin Kalgo and other neighbouring villages were seen parking their belongings and heading for the Local Government Headquarters.…
Agency Report Two ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz since Iran agreed to reopen the waterway as part of a ceasefire deal, maritime monitor Marine Traffic said Wednesday. “The Greek-owned bulk carrier NJ Earth crossed the Strait at 08:44 UTC, while the Liberia-flagged Daytona Beach transited earlier at 06:59 UTC, shortly after departing Bandar Abbas at 05:28 UTC”, MarineTraffic said on X. The United States and Iran agreed overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday to a two-week ceasefire, during which passage through the Strait of Hormuz “will be possible via coordination with Iran’s Armed Forces”, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas…
Ten-man Barcelona lost 2-0 to Atletico Madrid in their UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg match at the Camp Nou stadium on Wednesday night. The Catalans dominated the match and created enough chances to win by a wide margin, but Hansi Flick’s side were dazed by Atletico’s grit and a red card, allowing Julian Alvarez and Alexander Sorloth to hand Diego Simeone’s side a healthy advantage going into the second leg. Both teams made a frantic start to the first half with Alvarez testing the goalkeeper after a mazy run, but Barcelona settled into the encounter and dominated the rest…
A total of 1,934 improvised explosive device incidents were recorded across the North-East between 2017 and 2024. According to a 2025 Nigeria Mine Action review obtained by our correspondent on Wednesday, road-emplaced IEDs accounted for the bulk of attacks throughout the period, significantly outnumbering body-borne and vehicle-borne incidents. Road IEDs remained consistently high every year, making them the most persistent security risk. Breakdown of the yearly figures indicates that 2017 recorded the highest number of incidents with 381 attacks, comprising 165 road-emplaced IEDs, 211 body-borne IEDs, four vehicle-borne IEDs and one other device. In 2018, the total dropped to 267,…