Nigeria has retained their 40th position in the latest FIFA men’s rankings for October. This is despite recording a win and a draw in their last friendly games during the international break, their only games since the last FIFA world rankings in September, Though the Super Eagles gained 1.62 points in the month under review…
Naira, on Wednesday, appreciated against the US Dollar on the unofficial parallel market, commonly referred to as the black market. In afternoon trading, the exchange rate was N1,300 per dollar, representing a 0.76% increase (N10) compared to the N1,310 rate recorded on Tuesday on the black market. The persistent foreign exchange pressure, exacerbated by the…
I welcome the verdict of the Justice John I. Okoro-led Panel of the Supreme Court on the Presidential Election petitions filed by the candidates of the People’s Democratic Party and the Labour Party, challenging the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The court has done justice to all issues put up for consideration in…
Osun State Government, on Thursday, launched the enforcement of jackets and Identification Cards for all commercial motorcycle riders in the state. The Commissioner for Transportation, Hon. Sesan Oyedele, who carried out the enforcement at Igbona market on behalf of the State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, later took the campaign to other places like Owode Igbona, Abaku,…
The Osun State Government has flagged-off immunization vaccine against cervical cancer called Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine, HPV, for female children between the ages of 9 and 14. Speaking during the flag-off ceremony in Ede on Wednesday, the Deputy Governor, Prince Kola Adewusi, who represented the State Governor, Ademola Adeleke said the State government is always…
…says time for tendering of such evidence has expired The Supreme Court, on Thursday, rejected the application by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to be allowed to tender a copy of President Bola Tinubu’s certificate, which he obtained from the Chicago State University, CSU, in the United States of…
….dismisses Atiku’s appeal as lacking in merit The Supreme Court, on Thursday, affirmed President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the valid winner of the presidential election that held in the country on February 25. The apex court, in its lead judgement that was prepared and read by Justice Inyang Okoro, held…
…says time for tendering of such evidence has expired The Supreme Court, on Thursday, rejected the application by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to be allowed to tender a copy of President Bola Tinubu’s certificate, which he obtained from the Chicago State University, CSU, in the United States of…
The Supreme Court has upheld the ruling by the Appeal Court that a candidate does not need to get at least 25 percent of votes in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to be declared as the country’s president. Justice Inyang Okoro led the panel of justices to determine Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar’s appeal against…
A non-governmental organization, DKT International has donated N24 million worth of family planning kits to health care centres across Osun state. The donation was made on Tuesday in Osogbo, during a 5-day training programme organised for family planning service providers in the State. The organization stated that the training is geared towards sensitization on the…
