Author: Rashaad Harris

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has today praised President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the Electoral Act (2022), which he said paved the way for free and fair elections. According to Adeleke, the law was pivotal to his defeating Gboyega Oyetola in July 2022 Gubernatorial election in Osun.This was stated by Adeleke when he disclosed the discussion points of his meeting with the President that took place at the State House in Abuja at around 11:00 am today.Since the President’s inauguration in November 2022, this is Adeleke’s first encounter with him.Speaking to the journalists, Adeleke said: “Since my election, I…

Manchester City left back Benjamin Mendy has been found not guilty of six counts of rape and one of sexual assault.Meanwhile, jurors could not reach verdicts on one count of rape and one of attempted rape, following a six-month trial at Chester Crown Court The French international and 2018 FIFA World Cup winner was accused of seven counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault against six young women The 28-year-old and friend Louis Saha Matturie had been on trial at Chester Crown Court since August 10.Saha Matturie, 41, Mendy’s co-accused and alleged ‘fixer’…

Arsenal’s Captain Martin Ødegaard has won the English Premier League player for the month of December award. The 23-year-old Norwegian’s six goal involvements in December were more than any other Premier League player in that four-game period, which saw him fight off competition from Manchester United pair Marcus Rashford and Casemiro, international teammate Erling Haaland, Ben Mee of Brentford, Newcastle United right-back Kieran Tripper and Joao Palhinha of Fulham. Martin came out on top after the public’s votes were combined with those of a panel of football experts. “It feels great. I’ve said a lot of times this team has…

Morocco will not defend their African Nations Championship (Chan) title after withdrawing from the 2023 tournament that starts on Friday. Morocco had in December threatened to pull out of the biennial tournament unless they were allowed to fly in directly from their capital, Rabat, aboard the country’s national airline, Royal Air Maroc (RAM), a demand they sent to Caf but which Algeria flatly rejected. Hosts Algeria refused Morocco’s demands for a direct flight from Rabat to Constantine, where their group matches were to be held, due to the icy diplomatic relations between the two countries. The two countries cut diplomatic…

Ever wondered how the first ever batch of the National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) to be discharged looked like?In a passing out ceremony that was held in Zaria in 1974, the first ever batch of Corp members were discharged.Of course, then Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon was on ground to inspect the first squad of corp members.

According to Senate President Ahmad Lawan, the Upper Legislative Chamber will put pressure on different revenue-generating agencies to generate enough money to pay for the implementation of the N21.83tn 2023 budget. This was announced by Lawan in Abuja at his 64th birthday party, when he made clear that the country’s different revenue-generating organisations would no longer operate as usual since the government could no longer borrow money to pay for the budget.He added that in addition to the insecurity issue, which the government was tackling head-on at various levels, there was also the issue of inadequate funding for the implementation…

Portugal star forward Joao Felix’s red card against Fulham is set to cost Chelsea a huge £2.1million after he joined the Blues on Wednesday, Daily Mail reports. Felix made his debut for Chelsea in the west London derby on Thursday, with Fulham running out 2-1 winners.However, after initially impressing, his debut ended in catastrophic fashion as he was shown a straight red card for a reckless lunge on Cottagers defender Kenny Tete. In order to secure the talented forward, Chelsea agreed to pay a loan fee of £9m for the short-term deal. The Blues will also cover Felix’s wages during…

Nigeria’s Minister of Works & Housing — Babatunde Fashola stated that the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway’s completion was being held up primarily by a lack of funding and the rising cost of construction materials. Fashola revealed this while appearing on the Your View programme on Television Continental. He explained that crash barriers had been brought back to the site due to the high volume of vehicles using the road, and he begged the contractors for understanding and cooperation.The former Lagos State Governor said this while accusing the previous administration of ignoring important infrastructure.He said, “Let me first appreciate commuters who use that…

Fulham extended their post world Cup winning streak to four games in the premier League with a 2-1 win over strugglers Chelsea on Thursday night.Chelsea, who have been struggling recently while sitting in 10th position in the league, needed to overturn their poor form at Craven Cottage.The blues got off to a good start as debutant Joao Felix’s pass found Kai Havertz in the box, the striker who was in a tight corner laid it to Left back Hall whose shot was saved by Bern Leno.Fulham then took the lead as a deflected effort from former Chelsea star Willian found…

Popular Nigerian comedian — Ayodeji Richard Makun, professionally known as AY Comedian, has given an insight as to why celebrities in the country find it extremely difficult to pitch tents with a candidate during the election season. The comedian made it known that the fear of being blacklisted is why many of his colleagues don’t publicize their preferred candidate during election season.He shared this in a tweet he made a few hours ago, saying: “Most celebs have become slaves to fear during elections.”Whenever they publicly take a stand on any political candidate of their choice, they are either BLACKLISTED or…