Ifelodun Local Governement football team have emerged champions of the 4th edition of Otunba Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke Memorial Cup. The young football stars emerged victorious after beating the Ilesha West football team 7-6 after a penalty shootout at cup’s final game held in Osogbo Township Stadium on Monday The full time game had ended in…
The Executive Governor of Osun state, Ademola Adeleke expressed sadness over the death of school students and others who were involved in a fatal accident at Osogbo. Adeleke in a statement , said he is deeply hurt by the news of the death of some school students and another citizen from a fatal accident that…
No fewer than five people have died and several others injured on Tuesday, in an early morning accident that occurred at the front of WOCDIF Events Centre, Ring Road, Osogbo. The accident which was fatal involved a commercial bus with the registration number RBC15ZN and a tricycle. Preliminary information has it that school children were…
Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Roma after the Giallorossi won just one of their last six Serie A games and were knocked out of the Coppa Italia by city rivals Lazio. The 60-year-old was announced as manager in May 2021. Mourinho’s contract runs until the end of the 23/24 season but has been brought…
Spanish motorcyclist Carles Falcon has died from the serious injuries he suffered last week on the second stage of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, his team said Monday. “On Monday, January 15, Carles passed away. The medical team has confirmed that the neurological damage caused by the cardio-respiratory arrest at the time of the…
Anthony Joshua will face ex-mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia on March 8. Former heavyweight world champion Joshua is hoping to build on an impressive fifth-round stoppage of Otto Wallin last month to maintain his bounce back to form. Cameroonian-born Ngannou only made his professional boxing debut in October, when he…
Lionel Messi was crowned as FIFA’s best men’s player for 2023 on Monday, while Aitana Bonmati added to her collection of individual accolades at the awards ceremony in London. Messi claimed the award for the third time, but the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner was a surprise victor ahead of Erling Haaland on an otherwise glorious…
The Special Adviser to the Osun State Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed has congratulated the Oluwo of Iwoland, HRM Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, Telu I, on the 8th anniversary of his ascension to the throne, hailing him as a visionary leader. Olawale in a statement signed by his personal assistant, Kolawole Olugbenga on Tuesday, recognizes Oba…
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State has expressed absolute confidence in it’s chairman, Hon Sunday Bisi over his avowed determination to maintain discipline in the rank and file of the party, asking those plotting to infiltrate the party in order to destabilize it to look elsewhere to ply their trade of mischief. The…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state has described the first Executive Governor of Osun state, Senator Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke as a passionate lover of good governance and a patriot with selfless leadership attributes. The Governor spoke at the posthumous birthday of the late first Executive Governor of Osun state, Senator Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke and the…
