GIST OF THE DAY

His full name is George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah Born 1st October, 1966, grew up in a slum in Liberia's capital (Monrovia) Signed by Arsène Wenger to Monaco from Cameroonian club Tonnerre Yaoundé Made Monaco debut in 1988, went on to play for AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea Only African to win Fifa World Player of the Year He has 193 club career goals First ran for president in 2005, losing to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Graduated with a business degree from a US university after being accused of lacking education Elected president in December 2017 winning 62% of the vote He is the 25th president of Liberia

It is no more news that Kiss Daniel, who now goes by the alias Kizz Daniel, was involved in a much publicised contract dispute with erstwhile label, G Worldwide, but following his exit from the label, he went ahead to set up his own independent record label Flyboy Inc. Kiss Daniel has now announced the signing of two artists to his Flyboy Inc label. He unveiled Demmie Vee and Philkeyz as the first signings to his label, FlyBoy Inc via his social media pages. Kizz Daniel took to his Twitter account to welcome them to the FlyBoy Inc Family, He wrote; Welcome to FLYBOY INC @demmieveeofficial @philkeyz __ #++ #Newmusicsoon

In Ubang, a farming community in southern Nigeria Cross River state precisely. Ubang is a Bendi language of Nigeria. It is notable for having male and female forms which means men and women speak different languages. They view this unique difference as "a blessing from God", but as more young people leave for greener pastures and the English language becomes more popular, there are concerns it won't survive as reported by the BBC's reporter Yemisi Adegoke. Dressed in a brightly coloured traditional outfit, a red chief's cap and holding a staff, Chief Oliver Ibang calls over his two young children, eager to demonstrate the different languages. He holds up a yam and asks his daughter what it is called. "It's 'irui'," she says, without hesitating. But in Ubang's "male language" the word for yam, one of Nigeria's staple foods, is "itong". And there are many other examples, such as the word for

In case you are wondering what the term PDA means, it is known as "Public Display Affection". While PDA is a norms for quite a lot of people in relationship, it is not for some people. Here is a viral story of PDA go wrong. A man on Twitter with twitter handle @Dutty_Jermz yesterday called it quits with his sweetheart after she let him down by sharing a photo of both of them at a dinner, with his face covered with emoji. The lady with the twitter handle @wastegyal shared the photo on her page, it quickly went viral. The guy saw it and immediately broke up with her via online, with a message along for her to delete his number. See the "Twitter PDA" drama below! What is your opinion on PDA?

In mens football, maybe Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo can actually acheived what these female footballer did in a match. Currently, this chinese defender turned striker is the hottest striker in world football at the moment Wang Shanshan nicked China's "Nine-Goal Diva". She scored 9 goals in 29 minutes at the ongoing Asian Games. Wang earned that nickname from Chinese fans and media when after coming off the bench in a 16-0 demolition of Tajikistan on Monday at the Asian Games in Indonesia. The forward has found the net a total of 11 times, netting in the 7-0 opening victory over Hong Kong and adding a soaring header as China's women beat formidable North Korea 2-0 on Wednesday to top their group and make the quarter-finals in style. China's free-scoring women, yet to concede a goal, are being feted back home and 28-year-old Wang, in particular, is making headlines for her astonishing prowess in front of goal. There have been tongue-in-cheek

Nigerian journalist and presidential aspirant, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and other presidential aspirants, to a debate. Sowore is a presidential aspirant on the platform of his newly registered African Action Congress (AAC). He said on Wednesday on Channels Television programme “Politics Today’’ that aspirants should be bold enough to participate in debates about policies and projects they will execute if they become president. He added that young and new presidential aspirants should also be given the audience and the opportunity to challenge older aspirants through debate. If want you to be more serious, you should be bringing these presidential candidates to debate us. Buhari should be brought out. The media should force them out of their hiding. Let them come and debate the future of Nigeria,” he said. He argued that contrary to claims, young people have come up with alternatives

The police in Lagos state have arrested 29 year old Taiwo Akinola pictured above for trying to kill his mother, Alice Akinola so as to further his cyber fraud business ( yahoo.com) to the bloody or ritual level  (yahoo plus).

British model, Demi Rose slipped her banging body into a skimpy string bikini to film for her new app in Ibiza recently.

An 11-year-old girl's wish came true when Drake cancelled his concert to pay her a visit in the hospital.

Today is a special day for majority of Muslims in Saudi Arabia as thousand of Nigerian pilgrims and other Muslims climb Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia today, in commemoration of the Hajj holy rites in Makkah. Being the ninth day of Dhul-Hijjah (the Month of Hajj), widely known as the Day of Arafat, pilgrims of different nationalities trooped from their previous camp in the tent city of Mina, to nearby plains of Arafat, where Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) gave his farewell sermon, according to Islamic tenets. On Mount Arafat, pilgrims stand in earnest supplication and devotion, praying for God’s abundant forgiveness, while clerics admonish them on issues of religious and moral importance. The day closes upon the recitation of the evening prayer of Al Maghrib. After sunset, the pilgrims will leave for nearby Muzdalifah where they will gather pebbles to perform the symbolic “stoning of the devil”. The ritual begins in earnest on Tuesday as Muslims observe the first day

Gareth Bale scored as Real Madrid started La Liga life without Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane with a comfortable win over Getafe. Dani Carvajal headed in Real's opening league goal under Julen Lopetegui after Bale's cross was punched to him by goalkeeper David Soria. Bale hit the bar with a diving header before turning home Marco Asensio's cross to wrap up the win. Asensio hit the post in the second half as Real cruised without adding a third. Getafe's only shot on target came in injury time, when Angel's volley was easily held by Keylor Navas. The Costa Rican started instead of Thibaut Courtois, with the summer signing from Chelsea an unused substitute. Real lost 4-2 in extra time to Atletico Madrid in Wednesday's Uefa Super Cup in Tallinn. That was their first competitive match since their all-time top scorer Ronaldo joined Juventus for £99m and boss Zidane left after winning a third consecutive Champions League. But they star

Kofi Annan was born in the Kofandros section of Kumasi in Ghana on 8 April 1938. Kumasi is a city in Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. Do you even know that Kofi Annan was a twin? Kofi Annan was twin. He has a twin sister named Efua Atta, who died in 1991.  Kofi Annan went to study economics at Macalester College, international relations from the Graduate Institute Geneva and management at MIT Annan joined the UN in 1962, working for the World Health Organization's Geneva office as budget officer. He went on to work in several capacities at the UN Headquarters including serving as the Under-Secretary-General for peacekeeping between March 1992 and December 1996.  He was appointed as the Secretary-General on 13 December 1996 by the Security Council, and later confirmed by the General Assembly, making him the first office holder to be elected from the UN staff itself. He was re-elected for a second term in 2001.

This incredible video shows the moment a father and son drive for their lives through a raging forest fire.

A three-year-old girl who was photographed as a baby receiving a kiss from Pope Francis has completely recovered from a brain tumour.