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Portuguese football superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo announced on Thursday, November 5, 2026, that he was retiring from international football at the age of 41. Ronaldo played 234 times for Portugal and scored 146 goals, a world record. But the Al Nassr FC forward’s powers have been waning in recent years and he fell out with national coach, Jorge Jesus last month after he refused to play him in a Nations League match. Ronaldo immediately left the team camp and was handed a 30-day suspension. Although it was rumoured that he intended to return to the international fold, on Thursday the five-time winner of the Ballon d’Or released a video on his Instagram account in which he said he was ending his international career. “To the Portuguese people, the day has come for me to hand back the number seven shirt of our national team,” Ronaldo said, as images of his career were played. “I never felt it belonged to me alone, but for 23 years I had the privilege and the responsibility of wearing it, d...

Nigerian music legend, Innocent Ujah Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has announced November 27, 2026, as the release date for his forthcoming album, ‘Oldest Young Man’, his first studio project in six years. The singer announced the date in a post on his Instagram handle on Tuesday, describing the project as timeless music. “The legacy continues. OLDEST YOUNG MAN drops 27.11.26. Timeless music, no expiration date,” he wrote. The announcement comes after months of teasing the album on social media, with 2Baba repeatedly using its title in his Instagram captions. In August, he wrote: “I’ve lived it, I’ve seen it, I’m still here. My new album, Oldest Young Man, soon come.” On his birthday, the singer also described himself as the “forever the oldest young man.” The project will be his first album since ‘Warriors’, released in 2020, which was his eighth studio album. 2Baba first rose to prominence in the 1990s, composing jingles before co-founding the music group Plantashun Boiz with...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has outlined how selected poor and vulnerable Nigerian households can receive a ₦50,000 cash grant under its National Emergency Relief and Stabilisation Intervention (NERSI). The programme  implemented by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, is designed to help vulnerable households cope with rising living costs through direct cash  transfers into their mobile wallets. According to the  programme’s guidelines, beneficiaries will receive the money through designated payment providers, including ALAT, MoMo, NairaGram, OPay and Moniepoint. The government said the intervention uses mobile wallets to ensure that financial support reaches beneficiaries quickly and transparently, with independent checks conducted during each payment cycle. HOW TO RECEIVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S ₦50,000 CASH GRANT   The  government outlined four steps for selected beneficiaries to access the payment. 1). Receive an SMS no...

The Imo State Police Command has announced the death of one Chiamaka Chukwuokore, a 17-year-old girl who was allegedly pushed down from a two-storey building by Ifeanyi Joseph, Sunday, November 1, 2026, at Mbonu Ejike Street, Ikenegbu, in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Chiamaka until her death was the younger sister to Joseph’s girlfriend, who travelled when the incident happened. The suspect, Joseph, who is 26 years old had a heated argument with the deceased last Sunday, during which he allegedly pushed her from a two-storey building in Owerri, and she sustained critical injuries, according to the police. Police spokesperson for Imo State command, DSP Henry Okoye, disclosed that the suspect would face murder charges as he remains in their custody. Meanwhile, the state police commissioner, Audu Bosso, has condoled with the family of the deceased and assured the public that a thorough investigation had started. The command appealed to the public to remain calm, avoid spreading unverifi...