Author: Naija Daily News

Manchester City are reportedly preparing for the possible departure of legendary manager Pep Guardiola at the end of the season, despite the Spaniard insisting he still has a year remaining on his contract. According to reports, senior figures within the club now expect Guardiola to leave following Sunday’s crucial Premier League clash against Aston Villa, which could mark the end of one of the most successful managerial eras in English football history. Although City officials continue to publicly maintain that Guardiola remains contracted for next season and are hopeful he will stay, preparations for his anticipated exit are already believed…

Arsenal moved a step closer to winning the Premier League title after securing a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Burnley at the Emirates Stadium. A first-half header from Kai Havertz proved decisive as the Gunners extended their lead at the top of the table to five points ahead of Manchester City, who still have a game in hand against AFC Bournemouth on Tuesday. Arsenal dominated much of the first half and nearly opened the scoring earlier through Leandro Trossard, whose long-range strike hit the post. The breakthrough came in the 37th minute when Bukayo Saka delivered a corner into the box…

The United States Africa Command, AFRICOM, has confirmed additional coordinated airstrikes against ISIS fighters in Nigeria’s North-East, marking a fresh phase in ongoing joint counterterrorism operations with the Nigerian military. In a statement released Monday, AFRICOM said U.S. forces, working in coordination with the Government of Nigeria, carried out targeted kinetic strikes against ISIS positions in the region on May 17, 2026. The command said intelligence confirmed that the targets were ISIS militants, adding that full battle damage assessments were still ongoing. “On May 17, 2026, U.S. Africa Command, in coordination with the Government of Nigeria, conducted additional kinetic strikes…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released an updated list of senatorial aspirants disqualified from participating in its primary elections, removing former Bayelsa East senator Ben Murray-Bruce from the earlier list of candidates not cleared by the party’s screening committee. The party had initially announced that 47 aspirants failed to scale its screening exercise conducted in line with internal guidelines and procedures. However, in the revised list issued on Monday, Murray-Bruce’s name was conspicuously absent, signaling a review of the earlier screening outcome. Despite the adjustment, several notable aspirants, including Rivers politician Tein Jack-Rich, remain among those disqualified from contesting…

The high-profile bribery trial of former Nigerian petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke entered a crucial stage on Monday as jurors at Southwark Crown Court began deliberations after nearly four months of proceedings. According to Reuters, the jury was sent out shortly before 12:30 p.m. to consider verdicts on eight charges brought against Alison-Madueke and her co-defendants. Alison-Madueke, 65, who served as Nigeria’s minister of petroleum resources from 2010 to 2015 under former President Goodluck Jonathan, has pleaded not guilty to five counts of accepting bribes and one count of conspiracy to commit bribery. Prosecutors told the court that the former minister…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has commenced an investigation into two suspects arrested with a total of $461,600 in undeclared cash at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport. The suspects, identified as Jamilu Shuaibu Waya and Usman Namadi, were intercepted by officers of the Nigeria Customs Service, Kano/Jigawa Area Command, after arriving from Dubai aboard Ethiopian Airlines flight ET941 on Friday, May 8, 2026. According to the EFCC, both suspects initially declared $130,000 and $180,000 respectively at the airport’s currency declaration desk. However, a subsequent physical examination conducted by Customs officers reportedly uncovered an additional undeclared $120,000 on Waya…

Controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has come under intense criticism from Nigerians across social media platforms after comments attributed to him during a television interview were widely interpreted as appearing to explain or justify how armed groups involved in kidnapping sustain their operations. The cleric sparked outrage after he reportedly stated during an interview with Africa Independent Television (AIT) that terrorists and bandits operating across parts of Nigeria depend heavily on ransom payments generated through kidnappings to finance their activities, especially amid intensified military operations against them. According to the remarks attributed to him, Gumi said the armed groups were…

The Federal High Court on Monday granted N100 million bail to the detained former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, who is standing trial over allegations that he unlawfully intercepted the telephone communications of National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. Delivering the ruling in Abuja, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik imposed stringent conditions for the former governor’s release, ordering him to produce a surety who must be a federal civil servant not below Grade Level 17. The court further ruled that the surety must reside in either the Maitama or Asokoro districts of Abuja and must deposit the original Certificate of Occupancy of…

Tension has intensified across Oyo State following the reported killing of one of the teachers abducted during the recent invasion of schools in Oriire Local Government Area, as Governor Seyi Makinde confirmed the development and announced the arrest of multiple suspects linked to the attack. The tragic development has heightened fear among residents of the Ahoro-Esinele community, where gunmen stormed schools on Friday and abducted teachers and pupils in what authorities described as a coordinated terrorist attack. Community sources had earlier disclosed that one of the kidnapped teachers was allegedly murdered while in captivity, a claim that has now been…

The World Health Organization has declared the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern following dozens of deaths and confirmed cross-border infections. The global health agency said the outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, does not currently meet the threshold for a pandemic emergency, but warned that countries sharing land borders with the DRC face a high risk of further transmission. According to the WHO, as of Saturday, at least 80 suspected deaths, eight laboratory-confirmed cases, and 246 suspected infections had been recorded in…