Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

The apex court on Tuesday upheld Adeleke’s election, declaring him as the winner of July 16, 2022 Osun governorship poll. Oyetola, in a statement released yesterday, said although the court’s verdict was against the wish of his party’s members and supporters, he accepted it in the interest of peace and development of the state. The former governor urged All Progressives Congress (APC) members, his supporters and those who voted for him in the July 16, 2022 election to accept the judgment as God’s will and move on. He said: “We strongly believe we presented a good case before the Supreme…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has warned skit makers to stop using its logo and jackets in their production. The warning is contained in a statement issued by the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Tuesday in Abuja. Babafemi warned that those fond of the indiscretion of misusing its official jackets to mislead and create false impressions, to be ready for the consequences He was reacting to a trending video of some people wearing red jackets similar to the ones used by officers and men of the agency, which the Agency had disclaimed a…

The Ogun State Government has described as blatant falsehood, a news report which claimed that the Federal Government refused to make COVID-19 reimbursement to the state because of pervasive corruption. In a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to Ogun State Governor, Mr. Kunle Somorin, the State Government said that contrary to the insinuations in the fake report, the Nigeria Covid-19 Action Recovery & Economic Stimulus (NG-Cares) programme is not a COVID-19 intervention but a post-COVID economic stimulus packaged for poor and vulnerable people in the society, as well as Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME’s) that were most…

The wrangling in the Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has again taken a different dimension as a former guber aspirant of the party, Chief David Sabo Kente has been expelled. The State APC also called on the National Executive Committee of the party to immediately expel the Senator-elect for Taraba south, Jimkuta David. Kente, who was a former member of the Northeast Development Commission (NEDC) and the former chairman Board of Trustee of the Northeast Development Education Empowerment Fund, was accused of anti-party activities. The party’s state chairman, Barrister Ibrahim El-Sudi, who announced the expulsion on…

Britain on Tuesday said it had launched “a large-scale evacuation” of its citizens trapped in Sudan, where 10 days of urban combat have led to hundreds of deaths. It comes hours after a United States-brokered 72-hour ceasefire between Sudan’s warring generals officially came into effect, and following criticism in the United Kingdom that the government had abandoned British citizens there. Britain faced pressure to act after comparisons to the chaotic evacuation of Britons after Afghanistan’s Taliban took control of Kabul in 2021.”The government has begun a large-scale evacuation of British passport holders from Sudan on RAF (Royal Air Force) flights,”…

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote is close to buying French Ligue 2 club, Valenciennes. According to French media outlet, Entreprendre, the business mogul, who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dangote Group is ready to acquire 60% ownership of the club. The Dangote Group is the largest industrial conglomerate in Africa. The Nigerian businessman was interested in buying Premier League club, Arsenal in the past but failed to achieve his objective. Valenciennes was formed in 1913 and plays its home matches at the recently built Stade du Hainaut. The club have played 40 seasons in Ligue 1 and 36…

Manchester United will offer Harry Kane a £300,000-a-week contract to join the club this summer, the UK Sun reports. This will make the England captain one of the highest-paid earners at Old Trafford. Kane is currently playing for Tottenham, but United have begun to pursue a deal for the striker. Red Devils boss, Erik ten Hag is prioritising bringing in a new striker in the summer. Kane has scored 26 goals in all competitions with Spurs, but 24 of those have come in the Premier League compared to Rashford’s 15. He will see his current deal increased by £100,000 if…

Mauricio Pochettino would be joined by his four close confidants if he gets the job at Stamford Bridge. According to The Times, Pochettino would be going to Stamford with his assistant and head of conditioning Jesus Perez, first-team coach Miguel D’Agostino, goalkeeper coach, Toni Jimenez and his son, Sebastiano, a sports scientist. Perez, D’Agostino and Jimenez have been at the side of the Argentine for most of his managerial career. They were with him at Southampton and Tottenham and followed him to Paris Saint-Germain in 2021. The Argentine has emerged as favourite to become the new boss at Chelsea and…

India will overtake China as the world’s most populous country in the coming week, hitting almost 1.43 billion people, the United Nations said Monday. “By the end of this month, India’s population is expected to reach 1,425,775,850 people, matching and then surpassing the population of mainland China,” the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs said. Last week the UN’s annual State of World Population report said the milestone would come by midyear 2023. India is topping China due to both rapid growth in its own population and a decline in China’s after hitting 1.426 billion last year. Regarded as…

Tottenham fired interim manager Cristian Stellini on Monday after chairman Daniel Levy branded Sunday’s 6-1 defeat at Newcastle “wholly unacceptable”. Stellini, who was only put in charge last month after his former boss Antonio Conte left the club, would be replaced by Ryan Mason with immediate effect. Conte’s long-term assistant won only one of his four games in charge, dealing what appears a fatal blow to Spurs’ chances of Champions League football next season. Tottenham still sit fifth in the Premier League but are six points adrift of the top four and have played at least one game more than…

A total of 2,300 prospective corps members were deployed to Bauchi State to perform their mandatory one-year national service by National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for the 2023 Batch A Stream 2 service. This was disclosed by the Bauchi State coordinator of the NYSC, Mrs. Rifkatu Yakubu, on Monday when answering questions from journalists in Bauchi ahead of the orientation programme scheduled to hold between April 26 and May 16. Yakubu informed that the three-week programme for the new corps members would hold at the NYSC permanent orientation camp at Wailo Ganjuwa Local Government Area of the state. According to…

Al Nassr has decided to sign Cristiano Ronaldo’s choice of manager as a replacement for sacked Rudi Garcia. According to WinWin Sports, via AS, the club wants to ensure that Ronaldo unites with Luis Enrique and the Saudi club has set its sight on the Asturian coach. Enrique parted ways with the Spanish National team after the World Cup in Qatar and has been fighting hard to get a new job since then. Enrique is still in line for the take of the vacant position left behind by the sacking of Graham Potter at Chelsea with the Blues expressing keen…