Author: News Room

Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney has backed caretaker head coach Michael Carrick to steady the club during a turbulent period, while warning fans not to mistake his calm demeanour for a lack of authority. United confirmed on Tuesday that Carrick would take charge of the team until the end of the season, succeeding Ruben Amorim. The appointment comes as the club continues to struggle for consistency on and off the pitch. As reported by BBC Sport on Friday, Rooney, who played alongside Carrick at Old Trafford, said the former midfielder would approach the role with total focus despite his relaxed…

This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Elon Musk first sued OpenAI in February 2024. Despite OpenAI’s repeated attempts to throw it out, the case is now headed to a jury trial on April 27th in Northern California federal court. Musk’s main allegation is that OpenAI and its leaders abandoned the company’s original nonprofit mission that he funded. In turn, OpenAI has treated Musk’s claims as sour grapes. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers recently decided that the case warranted going…

The US Department of Justice, at the direction of President Donald Trump, has opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.The DOJ alleges that the chair has misallocated funds in the course of renovations of Federal Reserve office buildings, a claim that Powell has denied.The Fed chair said that the charges were politically motivated and “a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President.”Trump had previously toured the office buildings that were under renovation, alleging that the Fed, at…

Jason Momoa is looking back at some of the last memories he shared with Ozzy Osbourne before the rocker’s death last year. Appearing on the Thursday, January 15 episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Momoa, 46, reflected on his experience hosting Black Sabbath’s final gig just weeks before Osbourne died. (Osbourne died on July 22, 2025 at age 76 following a battle with Parkinson’s disease. Black Sabbath’s final performance was held on July 5 in Birmingham.) “I had to host for them,” Momoa told Fallon. “He’s like a God to me. It was unbelievable, yeah. I loved him.”…

Two police operatives were killed on Thursday in Enugu State when gunmen attacked a police team in the South-eastern state. The incident, PREMIUM TIMES gathered, occurred at about 9 p.m. along Agbani Road in Enugu South Local Government Area of the state. The attack happened just opposite a police college and a few miles to the Force Criminal Investigation Department in Enugu. This newspaper gathered that the police team attacked by the hoodlums was the Distress Response Squad, which was set up to check insecurity in the state. A vehicle belonging to the police team was razed by the hoodlums…

Nigerian singer and songwriter Damilola Afolabi, professionally known as L.A.X, and his fashion-entrepreneur lover, Ella, are engaged. The 32-year-old singer broke the news on Thursday in an Instagram post, showcasing their love story as they led their partner to a quiet riverbank, bouquet in hand, for the proposal. During the proposal, the “Ginger” crooner reflected on their most cherished moments together, including vacations in Tanzania, the first birthday of Ella they celebrated as lovers, and the day he asked her to be his girlfriend on 8 May 2022. In the post, caption: “To loving you forever”, the couple shared happy…

Vice President Kashim Shettima has left Abuja for Guinea-Conakry for the inauguration of President Mamadi Doumbouya His media aide, Stanley Nkwocha, made this known in a statement on Friday, disclosing that Shettima was billed to attend the 56th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, after his participation in the presidential inauguration in Guinea-Conakry, This is coming after President Doumbouya’s election victory. The ceremony is scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 17, at the GLC Stadium, Nongo, Conakry. According to the statement, Shettima’s attendance at the inauguration of President-elect Doumbouya was a strategic move for regional…

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos East Senatorial District have expressed concern over growing internal divisions within the party, cautioning that persistent infighting could undermine its prospects ahead of the 2027 general elections. The warning was issued during the Lagos East Senatorial District Stakeholders’ Meeting held on Thursday in Lagos, where the senator representing the district, Senator Tokunbo Abiru, and the Lagos State APC Chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, both called for renewed unity among party members. Abiru admitted that factional disagreements persist within the district and appealed to party leaders to commence reconciliation efforts aimed at addressing…

Terrorist organisation, Islamic State Sahel, IS-Sahel, has executed four ‘idol worshippers’ and two sorcerers in northeast Burkina Faso. The terrorist organisation, according to security expert in the Sahel region, Brant Philip, had earlier released an image of the execution of three JNIM fighters. The image also contained the killing of two Burkinabe militiamen and one Nigerien militiaman. According to Phillip, they were all killed together near Ley Seno, in northeast Burkina Faso. “In the same area of northeast Burkina Faso, IS-Sahel also executed four ‘idol worshippers’ and two sorcerers,” he said. He quoted the terrorists as saying “that these last…

The dispute between Afrobeats superstar, Davido, and 12-year-old Anuoluwapo Mitchelle, who claims to be his daughter, has intensified following the release of a leaked chat in which the singer allegedly threatened to have the girl’s mother, Ayo Labinjoh, arrested for ongoing “harassment”. The conversation, which appeared on Anuoluwapo’s Instagram page, co-managed by her mother, shows a tense exchange where Davido reportedly stood his ground, denying her paternity. While the singer has not confirmed the chat’s authenticity, the messages have quickly gone viral. In the leaked chat, the singer allegedly warned, “Stop this nonsense. Keep playing, and I will arrest your…