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Paramount will become the new home for all Ultimate Fighting Championship events in the U.S. following a seven-year agreement with TKO Group announced yesterday. This deal is valued at an average annual amount of $1.1 billion, according to the companies. Under the terms, Paramount will exclusively stream the UFC’s full calendar of 13 major numbered […]
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected Crystal Palace’s appeal regarding their demotion from the Europa League to the Conference League due to multi-club ownership (MCO) regulations. UEFA’s Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) determined last month that Palace was too closely connected to Lyon. Palace’s appeal consisted of three arguments: that the CFCB’s […]
Action Alliance (AA) candidate in the November Anambra State governorship election, Ozo Jeff Nweke, has urged the electorate in Anambra State not to sell their votes. He also declared that he joined the race to liberate the people from hardship and stigmatisation. Nweke likened his candidacy to that of the biblical Moses’ mandate by God […]
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of executing selective investigations and behaving like a political hit squad for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Its national publicity secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said EFCC’s recent pattern of re-opening closed cases, digging up files from years past, and targeting members […]
The Labour Party (LP)-led by Senator Nenadi Usman has asked President Bola Tinubu to halt his administration’s descent to “authoritanism” over its refusal to issue a discharge certificate to Ushie Rita Uguamaye, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member who earlier criticised the poor monthly allowance given to corps members. The opposition party asked the […]
African Democratic Congress (ADC) 2023 Governorship Candidates Forum has endorsed Hon. Nafiu Bala as the party’s acting national chairman, following their insistence that the former national chairman Ralph Nwosu resigned. Speaking on behalf of the forum at a press briefing in Abuja, Engr Terhemen Tilley Gyado, the party’s 2023 governorship candidate for Benue State, said […]
The 2023 House of Assembly Candidates” Forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that it is tired of playing opposition politics in the state. The forum therefore appealed to the state governor, Peter Mbah, to join the APC and link them to the national political grid. The appeal came barely 48 hours after […]
Ondo State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (OSPHDA) has identified 12 cases of Mpox in eight local government areas. At a stakeholders’ meeting and the launch of the Mpox vaccination campaign in Akure, the state capital, the director of Disease Control at OSPHDA, Dr. Victor Adefesoye, described the disease as contagious and stressed the need to […]
All Progressives Congress (APC) media team has accused Governor Seyi Makinde of shielding the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Folajimi Oyekunle, from debate in the bye-election in Ibadan North federal constituency slated for this week. Adewale Olatunji of the APC is up against Oyekunle and others to replace the late Musiliudeen Olaide Akinremi, who died […]
Three suspects have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a staff member of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, Mr. Omoniyi Eleyinmi. Eleyinmi, who is of the Faculty of Education, was abducted in his house located on Akungba-Supare Akoko Road last week. LEADERSHIP learnt that he was whisked away to an undisclosed location after they […]