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…
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…
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has approved the appointment of Alhaji Fatai Abidemi Oyedele (A.K.A Diekola Jagun Aso) as Chairman, Osun State Board for Vocational and Technical Education. The appointment letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Hon Teslim Igbalaye was delivered to the veteran politician early today. According to a statement…
● Elevates, Approves New Traditional Rulers Osun state is set for new digital life as the State Executive Council on Thursday approved a newly reviewed state policies on science, technology and innovations among other deliberations. Osun until the advent of the current government has no state ICT policy nor policy framework on digital economy. The…
…Says imprisonment will strengthen deterrent effect of drug supply reduction efforts The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has secured jail sentences totalling three hundred and two (302) years in prison for three kingpins and 16 other offenders convicted of drug trafficking. The offence also include punishment for convicts dealing in illicit drugs such as cocaine,…
Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, a Chinese firm has released one of the seized Nigeria’s presidential jets. Recall that Zhongshan, the Chinese firm had secured a court order to confiscate three Nigerian presidential jets pending when Zhongshan receives $74.5 million awarded to it against Nigeria. The spokesperson of the company who made this known…
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, swore in the new Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Didi Walson-Jack. Walson-Jack took the oath of office at about 1 pm at the Council Chamber of the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Monday, just before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council meeting. She succeeds Dr. Folashade…
United States Vice President, Kamala Harris, is expected to take on companies unfairly jacking up prices as she sets out her economic agenda Friday in her first major policy announcement as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. The vice president, who replaced President Joe Biden atop the ticket last month, has been carried by surging enthusiasm,…
Russia said Friday that it had repelled a night-time attack using 12 US-made missiles on the landmark Crimea bridge built on the orders of President Vladimir Putin after Moscow annexed the peninsula. “Air defences were used last night to deflect a group strike by 12 ATACMS missiles made in the US on the Crimean bridge….
Pakistan said Friday it had confirmed a case of mpox, a day after Sweden recorded the first infection outside of Africa involving a new, more dangerous strain of the virus that has killed hundreds in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The mpox surge in Africa — which has also affected Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda…
