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  Ruben Amorim has been sacked as Manchester United’s coach after a run of one win in five Premier League matches. The Portuguese manager was relieved of his duty on Monday morning after a disappointing 1-1 draw against Leeds United on Sunday. After the 1-1 draw against Leeds United on Sunday, Amorim called out the club’s board to allow him to do his job. According to reports, Amorim’s dismissal comes after growing tensions between him and the Old Trafford hierarchy, including director of football Jason Wilcox. Manchester United confirmed Amorim’s sacking with a statement on their website on Monday. The statement read: “Ruben Amorim has departed his role as Head Coach of Manchester United. “Ruben was appointed in November 2024 and led the team to a UEFA Europa League Final in Bilbao in May. “With Manchester United sitting sixth in the Premier League, the club’s leadership has reluctantly made the decision that it is the right time to make a change. This will give the team the best ...

  A  total of 32 Cuban nationals were killed during the U.S. attack on Caracas that culminated in the capture of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, the government in Havana said Sunday. “As a result of the criminal attack carried out by the government of the United States” against Venezuela, “32 Cubans lost their lives in combat operations,” the Cuban government said in a statement read on national television. The deceased were members of Cuba’s Revolutionary Armed Forces or the Ministry of the Interior who were carrying out missions “at the request of counterpart agencies,” Cuban officials said. In a stunning the U.S. military operation Saturday, Maduro was extracted from Caracas along with his wife, Cilia Flores, to face charges of drug trafficking and terrorism in a New York court Monday. The  official Cuban statement stressed that the soldiers had “fulfilled their duty with dignity and heroism and fell, after fierce resistance, in direct combat against the attacke...

Venezuela’s deposed president, Nicolás Maduro, is scheduled to appear before a federal judge in New York at noon Monday to be formally notified about the charges against him, the court said. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were seized by the U.S. forces during a pre-dawn raid on Saturday in Caracas and brought to New York to face charges of “narcoterrorism” tied to the alleged trafficking of tons of cocaine into the United States. Meanwhile, five Latin American countries and Spain warned on Sunday against any outside bid for “control” of Venezuela, after the U.S. President, Donald Trump suggested Washington would “run” the country and access its oil. Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, and Spain in a joint statement expressed their “rejection” of the U.S. forces’ ousting of Maduro as Venezuela’s president and “concern about any attempt at governmental control or administration or outside appropriation of natural or strategic resources.” President Donald Trump threatened on Sun...

The Federal Government has dropped the criminal defamation case against Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the senator representing Kogi Central in the 10th National Assembly. A notice of discontinuance, filed on December 12, 2025, by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation, formally informed the Federal High Court of the decision to terminate the proceedings. The case was triggered by petitions from Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello. Akpoti-Uduaghan had made allegations on Channels TV’s ‘Politics Today’, accusing both men of plotting to eliminate her. Despite submitting a petition to the Inspector General of Police alleging threats to her life, the senator was instead charged with criminal defamation and cyberbullying. Listed witnesses in the now-withdrawn case included Governor Usman Ododo, Senator Ekpenyong Asuquo, Ambassador Reno Omokri, and Sandra Duru. This is one of two cases instituted by the Federal Government against the senator...

  No  fewer than 181,824 male and female condoms were distributed during the 2025 Carnival Calabar, the organisers have confirmed. The  disclosure was made by the Director-General of the Cross River State Agency for the Control of AIDS (CR-SACA), Dr Charles Iwara, who said the one-month campaign was implemented in partnership with the Cross River State Government, the Ministry of Health and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). According to him, the 9th edition of the Wise Up Campaign ran from December 1, World AIDS Day, to December 29, coinciding with the peak of Carnival Calabar festivities. A m ajor strategy was the establishment of the Wise Up Health Booth at the Calabar Christmas Village, one of the busiest social and entertainment hubs during the festive season. The booth offered youth-friendly, stigma-free access to integrated health services outside the traditional hospital setting, enabling wider reach among young people and visitors. As a  result, nea...

A young man identified as Mr Igwe Akuma of the Ndi Uma compound was on Friday killed during a crisis that broke out in the Okon-Aku community of Ohafia Local Government Area, Abia State. Also, houses, vehicles and other property belonging to some individuals in the community were set ablaze by youths. A statement issued by the Udumeze of Ohafia, Ezie Ohamoha Awa Orji Udonsi, and the Ohafia Council of Monarchs on Saturday condemned the killing of the youth and the attendant arson that followed his murder. According to the statement by the apex traditional body in Ohafia, the victim, Mr. Igwe Akuma, was reportedly planning to get married in a few days before he met his untimely death. The statement read in part:  “The Udumeze condemns in its entirety the gruesome murder of a young Ohafian who was said to be getting married in a few days,”  and commiserated with the family of the deceased. The statement made it clear that there was no justification for the killing of an Ohafia so...