VICE President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN will today depart Nigeria for the United States of America where he is scheduled to deliver a Special Lecture at the University of Pennsylvania, UPenn in Philadelphia. UPenn which is one of the eight private universities known as the Ivy League in the United States was initially established in 1740 as a charity school. It was later transformed into an academy in 1751 by Benjamin Franklin, a future founding father of the United States, who also served as the first president of the Board of Trustees of the University. According to a press statement by…
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RIYAD Mahrez fired Manchester City into the FA Cup final as the Algerian’s hat-trick sealed a 3-0 win against Sheffield United at Wembley on Saturday. Mahrez’s superb display dispatched the Championship underdogs, ensuring City ended their run of three successive FA Cup semi-final defeats. The 32-year-old shattered United’s resistance with a penalty late in the first half and completed his treble with two clinical finishes after the interval. City’s opponents in the Wembley final on June 3 will be the winners of Sunday’s semi-final between Manchester United and Brighton. Pep Guardiola’s side are back in the final for the first…
LIVERPOOL kept their outside shot at Champions League football next season alive as Diogo Jota scored twice in a 3-2 win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday. Liverpool thrashed Leeds 6-1 on Monday to rekindle their hopes of a late challenge for a top-four finish but made heavy work of overcoming a Forest side that had scored just five away goals all season prior to their visit to Anfield. Jota had not scored for a year prior to netting twice at Elland Road earlier in the week, but now has four goals in a week. All of Liverpool’s goals came from…
THE US military has evacuated American diplomats and their families from Khartoum, Sudan’s paramilitary army Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has said. Six aircraft were used in Sunday’s early morning mission, the RSF tweeted, adding that it had worked with the US to co-ordinate the evacuation. It is not clear how many people were airlifted. The US has not commented. It is the second evacuation of foreign citizens since violence erupted in Sudan’s capital Khartoum last week. In its tweet, the RSF said it supervised the arrangements and provided protection to those being evacuated. Details of the mission remain unclear. Arabic…
ARGENTINA is battling a record outbreak of dengue fever, which has killed more than 40 people and infected more than 60,000, mainly in the north-west. The infection is spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, and the last big outbreak to hit Argentina was in 2020. The health ministry says dengue cases are starting to plateau, however. Biologists are irradiating thousands of male mosquitoes in labs, to be released later, in the hope that their offspring will be unviable because of DNA damage. “This mosquito, due to the rise in temperature in our country and the world… is able to spread more.…
MORE than 150 people from various nations reached the safety of Saudi Arabia Saturday in the first announced evacuation of civilians from Sudan, where fighting between the army and paramilitaries entered a second week following a brief lull. Foreign nations have said they are preparing for the potential evacuation of thousands more of their nationals, even though Sudan’s main airport remains closed. Fighting has left hundreds dead and thousands wounded while survivors cope with shortages of electricity and food. Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry announced the “safe arrival” of 91 of its citizens along with nationals from Kuwait, Qatar, the United…
TWENTY-ONE bodies have been exhumed in Kenya in a probe into a cult whose followers are believed to have starved themselves to death, police sources said Saturday, warning the toll could rise. Officials had earlier reported seven deaths in connection with the investigation in eastern Kenya following the arrest of Makenzie Nthenge, who reportedly told followers to starve themselves in order to “meet Jesus”. “In total since yesterday, we have 21 bodies,” a police source told AFP on condition of anonymity, referring to exhumations in the Shakahola forest outside the coastal town of Malindi. “We have not even scratched the…
NO fewer than 11 people have been killed in the Tatara Mada community in Kokona Local Government of Nasarawa State, following a misunderstanding between a young man from the community and some Fulani herdsmen in the area. Some of the displaced residents who said they managed to get back to their community on Saturday, said the community that had been a beehive of activities is now desolate, leaving only security operatives on the ground to patrol its nooks and crannies to forestall any more crises. Some of the people said they escaped death by the whiskers. They said they are…
PREMIER League leaders Arsenal scored two late goals as they fought back to draw a thriller at home to struggling Southampton. It was a third draw in a row for the Gunners and Manchester City are now five points behind but with two games in hand – and host the Gunners at Etihad Stadium next Wednesday. Saints led after just 28 seconds, when Carlos Alcaraz capitalised on an Aaron Ramsdale error to score. Arsenal have now conceded the two fastest goals at home in the Premier League this season, the other being Philip Billing’s strike after 9.11 seconds for Bournemouth.…
VINCENT Kompany is one of the managers on Chelsea’s shortlist for their new permanent head coach. Burnley manager Kompany, Mauricio Pochettino and one other unnamed manager are being considered by the Premier League club. However, ex-Bayern Munich boss Julian Naglesmann is no longer in the running to take over at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea sporting directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley are leading the recruitment process. The Blues sacked manager Graham Potter at the start of April after less than seven months in charge, following a 2-0 home defeat by Aston Villa that left the club 11th in the Premier League…
MORE than 42 years after the deadly bombing of a Paris synagogue, a court in Paris has convicted a Lebanese-Canadian university professor of carrying out the attack. The judges decided that Hassan Diab, 69, was the young man who planted the motorcycle bomb in the Rue Copernic on 3 October 1980. Four people were killed and 38 others wounded in the bombing. Diab called his situation “Kafkaesque”, Canadian media reported. He refused to attend the trial but the judges gave him a life sentence. Prosecutors had argued it was “beyond possible doubt” that he was behind the bombing. His supporters…
ARGENTINE President Alberto Fernandez announced Friday he will not stand for reelection in October’s vote — a surprise move that deepened uncertainty in the crisis-wracked country. The news comes as Latin America’s third-largest economy has seen inflation soar to almost 22 percent in the last three months and more than 100 percent over the last year. Not only does Argentina have one of the highest inflation rates in the world, but the Argentine peso also suffers constant depreciation against the US dollar. Fernandez’s center-left Frente de Todos (Everyone’s Front) coalition has yet to put forward a candidate for August’s primaries,…
TEN members of the same family have been shot dead in an attack on their home in South Africa, police say. Seven females and three males were killed when their home near the city of Pietermaritzburg was ambushed early on Friday morning. Police Minister Bheki Cele said two suspects had been arrested, one was shot dead and another is still at large. The motive is unclear. South Africa has one of the world’s highest murder rates. Police were first alerted to the shooting after neighbours heard gunshots. Mr Cele said one of the victims was as young as 13, adding:…
STREET battles are being fought by Sudan’s rival forces in the capital, Khartoum, in an escalation of violence despite calls for a ceasefire to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said they had agreed to a three-day truce and several hours later the army did the same. But bombing, shelling and gunfire continue. At least 400 people have been killed in a week of fighting. It is the result of a bitter power struggle between two factions of the Sudanese military leadership over how the country should be run. A Sudanese employee of…
MANCHESTER United were dumped out of the Europa League quarter-finals following a dreadful second-leg performance in defeat by Sevilla. United were well below their best – creating almost nothing going forward, overrun in midfield and making two terrible mistakes in defence – as they exited Europe with a whimper. The Spanish side were gifted the lead after eight minutes when Youssef En-Nesyri finished following an awful error from Harry Maguire, and Sevilla doubled their advantage shortly after half-time with a looping header from defender Loic Bade. Sevilla’s win – and United’s humiliation – was complete nine minutes from time when…
JUVENTUS’ 15-point penalty over transfer dealings has been reversed, with Italy’s highest sporting court ordering the case to be re-examined. Juve were punished in January after being found guilty of false accounting. The club have now moved from seventh to third in Serie A, but could still be punished at a later date when a new hearing is held. Tottenham director of football Fabio Paratici lost his appeal against a 30-month ban as part of the same case. The former Juve sporting director was one of 11 directors at the club, either former or still in place at the time…
TWITTER began the mass removal of its blue ticks on Thursday, as the symbol previously used to signify a verified account vanished from users including the Pope, Donald Trump and Justin Bieber. Owner Elon Musk, who has seen his $44 billion investment in the site shrivel, earlier pledged to get rid of what he described as a “lords & peasants system.” He offered instead to sell the blue badge to anyone who would pay $8 a month, in a move he said last year would “democratize journalism & empower the voice of the people.” Earlier dates set for the rollback…
THE defence ministry in Moscow says a Russian fighter jet accidentally bombed the city of Belgorod near the border with Ukraine. Regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said the blast had left a huge crater about 20 metres (60 ft) wide in the city centre. Two women were injured and several buildings were damaged, he said. A Su-34 fighter-bomber jet accidentally discharged aircraft ordnance, the ministry said. The incident took place at 22:15 local time (19:15 GMT) on Thursday, Russian news agencies said. An investigation is under way. Photos and videos on social media show apartments damaged by the blast, while one…
THE United States is deploying forces to eastern Africa in case an evacuation of American embassy staff in Sudan becomes necessary due to the battling rival factions in Khartoum, officials said Thursday. “We are deploying additional capabilities nearby in the region for contingency purposes related to securing and potentially facilitating the departure of US Embassy personnel from Sudan,” the Pentagon said in a statement. More than 300 people have been killed since fighting erupted Saturday between forces loyal to Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Some…
THE United Nations said Thursday up to 20,000 people had fled escalating violence in Sudan to seek safety in Chad, many of whom lacked basic needs such as food, water and shelter. The UN’s refugee agency said the majority of those arriving were women and children, who were currently sheltering out in the open. Some of the refugees had been caught up in the fighting in Sudan, it said. “In the past days, an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 people have fled the conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region to seek refuge in neighbouring Chad,” the UNHCR agency said, citing figures from…