D’Tigers have emerged winners of the friendly China Autumn Basketball Tour tagged Jishou Rural Commercial Bank Cup in China. The of China provided D’Tigers an opportunity to be back in action for the first time since their ouster from the Paris 2024 Pre-Olympic qualifying tournament hosted by Nigeria in Lagos. The Nigeria senior men’s basketball…
Former Chelsea striker, Didier Drogba will present Lionel Messi with the 2023 Ballon d’Or award on Monday. This was confirmed by football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, on Friday morning. Romano posted a short video of Drogba who has already arrived at Paris where the ceremony will take place and wrote: “Didier Drogba will give Lionel…
In a bid to secure the musical rights of the works of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, the House of Representatives, on Thursday, summoned controversial singer Azeez Fashola, Naira Marley, to appear before it. The House Committee on Justice, Youth and Legislative Compliance, also invited Mohbad’s manager, Jiggy Adeoye, to appear…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has congratulated President Bola Tinubu on the affirmation of his election by the Supreme Court, saying the time to come together for Nigeria is now. In a statement by the Spokesperson to the Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, Adeleke made the congratulatory remarks on Thursday in Ede….
The Peoples Democratic Party has described the Supreme Court judgment as disappointing. The apex court upheld the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal affirming the victory of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission. PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party, Peter Obi,…
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…
