By: Admin Harry Kane is the winner of the 2026 Ballon d’Or Men’s Player of the Year. The English and Bayern Munich striker claimed the prestigious prize, ahead of Kylian Mbappe and Lamine Yamal on Monday night in London. Harry Kane had a remarkable 2025/2026 season for club and country, scoring 73 goals. It was an emotional night for the English striker as he clinched the award in the city of his birth.

By: Ismaeel Aleem The Students Committee of the Pelumi Olajengbesi Campaign Organisation (POCO) has met leaders of the Oriade Students’ Union (ORIASU) and urged students to demand greater accountability from political officeholders while prioritising leadership that delivers concrete benefits. The meeting took place on 22 October 2026 at the Ijebu Jesa Hall immediately after the ORIASU inauguration ceremony. Discussions centred on bursary payments, educational support, youth development and stronger representation for the Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency. Speaking at the engagement, the Chairman of the POCO Students Committee, Olóyè Gbenga Oluranti Olaleye, called on student leaders to mobilise their members to end what he described as 24 years of unfulfilled political promises. Olaleye expressed concern that the incumbent representative had failed to provide bursary support to students throughout the period under discussion. He accused the representative of making campai...

By: Ismaeel Aleem The Federal Government has assured Nigerians of its readiness to contain the Ebola outbreak, saying relevant health authorities and emergency response agencies have activated measures to prevent further spread of the virus. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Ebola Preparedness, Virus Disease Preparedness, and Emerging Public Health Threats, and Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, gave the assurance on Wednesday after an emergency meeting of the task force at the State House, Abuja. Gbajabiamila said the task force had been working behind the scenes since its inauguration in June, adding that the existing surveillance systems and established protocols enabled the early detection of the index case reported on Tuesday. He explained that Nigeria had recorded approximately 44,000 flights into and out of the country since concerns about Ebola emerged in June, stressing that the preparedness measures implemented by the Ministr...

By: Ismaeel Aleem  The Osun State chapter of the Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council will be inaugurated on Thursday, 22 October 2026, at 12 noon in Osogbo. According to a statement from Olawale Rasheed, spokesperson for Governor Ademola Adeleke, the governor has been appointed Osun State Coordinator for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election campaign. The council will bring together a bipartisan group of political leaders and office-holders drawn from the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Accord Party and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Prominent figures named include Chief Bisi Akande, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, Senators Iyiola Omisore, Ajibola Basiru, Jide Omoworare, Sola Adeyeye and Adenigba Fadahunsi. Also listed are former members of the National Assembly and the Osun State House of Assembly, current National and State Assembly candidates, APC state executives, Accord and PDP party officials, and local government chairpersons from all 30 local government areas a...

By: Ismaeel Aleem The Nigerian federal government has confirmed a single case of Ebola virus disease in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, and has identified 44 close contacts as part of urgent efforts to prevent further spread. Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, Minister of Health and Social Welfare, announced the laboratory-confirmed case in a statement issued on Tuesday, 20 October 2026. The patient is a woman who recently arrived in Nigeria on an international flight from Uganda. She was admitted to a private hospital in the FCT and received treatment for several days before the diagnosis was confirmed. She is now in isolation and receiving medical care. Public health teams from the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), and the FCT Health Services Secretariat have begun tracing the 44 identified contacts. They are also working to identify and monitor others who may have been exposed, including hea...

Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele has warned that reversing petrol subsidy removal could trigger capital flight, weaken the naira and increase economic pressure on Nigerians. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, has warned that returning to petrol subsidy could trigger capital flight, weaken the naira and push the exchange rate towards ₦4,000 per dollar. Oyedele gave the warning on Monday during a press briefing at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok, Thailand. He said investors had repeatedly questioned whether the Federal Government would maintain its economic reforms as the country approaches another election cycle. According to the minister, any indication that President Bola Tinubu’s administration was considering reinstating petrol subsidy could unsettle financial markets, undermine investor confidence and increase borrowing costs. Oyedele said both domestic and international investors were monit...

The Imole Campaign Council (TICC) has welcomed the appointment of Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, as the Osun State Coordinator of the PBAT Presidential Campaign Council, pledging to mobilise support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of the forthcoming presidential election in January. The council described the appointment as well deserved, expressing confidence that the trust placed in Governor Adeleke would translate into a strong campaign effort across the state. In a statement signed by its Director-General, Senator Olalere Oyewumi, TICC pledged to mobilise 1.5 million votes for President Tinubu in Osun State, adding that Accord Party structures across the state would participate in the campaign. The council said it was committed to justifying the confidence reposed in Governor Adeleke by the President, noting that the governor's appointment presented an opportunity to coordinate political structures and grassroots mobilisation ahead of the electio...