By Kehinde Olusegun Rena Wakama is a Nigerian professional basketball coach and former player, she is the head coach for the Nigeria Senior Women’s Basketball Team and an assistant coach at Tulane University, New Orleans. Before joining Tulane, Wakama spent a year as an Assistant Coach at Stony Brook University, New York. Wakama was born…
In memory of his late mother, Nnena Esther Adeleke and in appreciation of God’s blessings in his life, Governor Ademola Adeleke today attended the much delayed thanksgiving service at the headquarters of the Cherubim and Seraphim, Lagos, praising divine grace in the making of his governorship of Osun State. The Governor’s mother, late Esther Adeleke,…
For sometime now, the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun state mumble about the infrastructure projects embarked upon by the Governor Ademola Adeleke administration in the state, pushing really hard to sell the impression that the projects fell short of standards. But when a technical team led by the President of the Nigeria Society…
South Africa’s Dricus du Plessis has secured his first successful UFC middleweight title defence, thrashing Nigerian born Israel Adesanya in the fourth round to retain his title. Du Plessis took a flurry of body hits across four rounds before defeating Adesanya via a rear-naked choke submission to retain his middleweight championship at UFC 305 in…
The Chairman of the Osun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon Sunday Bisi, has commended leaders and members of the party for conducting themselves peacefully during yesterday’s primaries. In a statement, Hon Bisi praised the party faithful for their maturity and sense of purpose, which ensured that the exercise was successful and peaceful across all…
By Kennie Olusegun Rena Wakama is a Nigerian professional basketball coach and former player, she is the head coach for the Nigeria Senior Women’s Basketball Team and an assistant coach at Tulane University, New Orleans. Before joining Tulane, Wakama spent a year as an Assistant Coach at Stony Brook University, New York. Wakama was born…
Governor Ademola Adeleke extends heartfelt condolences to the Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Osun State Chapter, Comrade Wasiu Ajadosu over the death of his beloved father, Mr. Kazeem Ajadosu. “The pain of losing a loved one, especially one’s parent, is always excruciating, and I hope you and your family find comfort in the good deeds…
Governor Dauda Lawal has commiserated with victims of flooding in Gummi local government area of Zamfara State. Heavy rainfall on Friday caused flooding in some areas of the Gummi local government area, submerging scores of houses. In a statement on Saturday by his spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, the governor expressed deep concern and sympathy for…
By Abujah Racheal (NAN) Health Commissioners from Nigeria’s 36 states have expressed commitment to strengthening the Primary Health Care (PHC) systems across the country. The commissioners, along with the Mandate Secretary of Health for the Federal Capital Territory, also expressed support for the federal government’s workforce migration policy. Dr Oyebanji Filani, Chairperson of the Nigeria…
A surging mpox outbreak in Africa was declared an emergency by the World Health Organisation this week. And the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, ECDC, an EU agency, on Friday said more imported cases to Europe were “highly likely”. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Africa CDC, declared its first-ever Public…
