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Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool Liverpool rescued a point at Chelsea thanks to a late Daniel Sturridge wonderstrike at Stamford Bridge.

Saheed Emmanuel, 19, has been handed 2 years imprisonment without an option of fine for scamming a 60-year old woman by stripping her naked under the false pretense of delivering from evil spirits.

The world’s most expensive pair of shoes have been put on sale for a jaw-dropping $17 million (N6.1 billion). It is made out of leather, gold, silk and diamonds.

Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose has reacted to the just concluded gubernitorial elections in Osun State describing it as a 'show of shame'.

A Taiwanese hacker named Chang Chi-yuan has claimed he would take down Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page in a live broadcast before appearing to pull out of the plan.

House of Reps member, Funke Adedoyin, has diedA member of the House of Representatives

The organised labour on Thursday shut down offices of aviation agencies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos to press home their demands for the implementation of a new National Minimum Wage. However, this action did not affect flight operations at the nation’s busiest airport as airlines and passengers went about their respective businesses without harassment from the unions. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the United Labour Congress (ULC) had called for the warning strike over non-implementation of the national minimum wage. Their affiliates in the aviation sector, the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and the Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP) had shut down the agencies in compliance with the directive. The union members had at the early hours of Thursday ba...

Video Assistant Referees will be used in the Champions League from the 2019/20 season and will also be introduced at the 2020 European Championship, UEFA said on Thursday. European football's governing body revealed a decision had been taken at a meeting of their executive committee to bring in the technology, which will be used from the playoff round preceding the group stage of the Champions League. It will also be used in next year's UEFA Super Cup and in the Europa League from the 2020/21 season. In addition, it will be used in the finals of the new Nations League competition, although only from 2021. UEFA's move follows the use of VAR at the FIFA World Cup in Russia, when it was deemed largely to be a success. "We're confident that introducing VAR in August 2019 will give us enough time to put in place a robust system and to train match officials to ensure an efficient, successful implementation of VAR in the UEFA Champions League, the...

Iyiola Omisore, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the Osun State governorship election has endorsed the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the rerun election set to take place on Thursday, September 27, 2018. The election that originally took place on Saturday, September 22, 2018, was declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday, September 23. This was because the victory margin of 353 votes of first-placed candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke (254,698 votes) of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) over second-placed Gboyega Oyetola (254,345 votes) of the APC was less than the 3498 votes cancelled in seven polling units in Orolu local government area (3 polling units), Ife South LGA (2), Ife North LGA (1) and Osogbo LGA (1). Since the rerun was scheduled for Thursday, Omisore has been courted by the APC and PDP as three of the affected polling units are located in his Ile-Ife hometown, cons...

The death of a girl hit by a tablet computer in a car accident has raised concerns about the safety of using such devices in moving vehicles. The three-year-old was killed after her mother's car collided with the back of a school bus in Spain on Monday. Local reports indicate the girl was strapped into an Isofix-anchored child seat but the impact caused the tablet to fly into her face. Road safety organisations have stressed that the tragedy was highly unusual. The accident occurred in Vilanova de Arousa, a town in the north-west of Spain. The child has not been named but is reported to be the granddaughter of a well-known local businessman. Although the cause of death has yet to be confirmed, the police have said that the unsecured tablet had appeared to have caused severe head injuries. The girl's 26-year-old mother and a student on the bus were said to have been treated for minor injuries. "This is a tragic accident, which will send a shud...

The Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich was denied Swiss residency because police warned that he could be a threat to Switzerland, reports say. Switzerland's federal police advised officials to reject his application over suspicions he might be involved in money laundering or have contact with criminal organisations. Mr Abramovich denies any wrongdoing. The owner of Chelsea football club has never been indicted in Switzerland or elsewhere. The allegations are based on unverified police suspicions which emerged after the Zurich-based publisher Tamedia obtained a letter written by police. Mr Abramovich's lawyer has said that the billionaire has never had, or been alleged to have, connections with criminal organisations. He fought a legal battle to try to prevent the story being published. The Tamedia group has won that battle after several months and now its news outlets, including 24 heures, have reported that the Federal Office of Police viewed Mr Abram...

Wonder why Pogba and Mourinho is trending on Twitter? Here is the answer. A clip of Paul Pogba and Jose Mourinho having a training ground exchange - described as "frosty footage" on social media by one broadcaster - had two million views in just one hour on Wednesday and Pogba and Mourinho has been trending ever since. The level of scrutiny and interest in the two men's interactions has spiked again after another bleak few days at Manchester United. There was an unexpected home draw with Wolves, more criticism of the manager's tactics and an EFL Cup exit on home soil to Championship club Derby. In the last two months alone, media storms have erupted over the club's transfer policy, manager Mourinho's treatment of striker Anthony Martial and now, what appears to be, his broken relationship with £89m record signing Pogba. Mourinho says there is "no problem". Can we believe Jose when he says there has been no fall-out? If it is tru...

Sweden's centre-left prime minister, Stefan Lofven, will have to stand down after losing the support of parliament. The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats (SD) backed the vote to remove him, weeks after a general election that delivered a hung parliament. Mr Lofven was opposed by 204 MPs, with 142 voting in favour. The parliamentary speaker will now propose a new prime minister, with centre-right leader Ulf Kristersson seen as the most likely candidate. Mr Lofven is expected to stay on as caretaker prime minister while his replacement is decided, in a process that could take weeks. What happens next? Mr Lofven, the leader of the Social Democrats, came to power in 2014. In this month's election, his centre-left bloc won 144 seats, one more than the centre-right bloc led by Mr Kristersson. Neither of the blocs intends to govern with the SD, the third-largest party in the new parliament with 62 seats. A member of Mr Kristersson's Moder...

Jose Mourinho says Paul Pogba will not captain club again Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has told Paul Pogba he will not captain the club again because of concerns about the midfielder's attitude. Pogba was told of the decision before Tuesday's Carabao Cup tie with Derby. Mourinho has attempted to underline his authority after an error by Pogba led to Wolves' equaliser at Old Trafford on Saturday and the player's subsequent comments criticising United's tactics. Pogba, 25, tried to play down his comments in a tweet on Monday. In his programme notes for Tuesday's game with Derby, Mourinho said he was unhappy with some members of his squad. "The game against Wolves was an important lesson; a lesson that I repeat week after week after week, a lesson that some boys are not learning," he said. "Every team that play Manchester United are playing the game of their lives, and we need to match that le...

Nollywood actress and producer, Omoni Oboli is all smiles as she poses with her squad,actresses, Uche Jombo, Chioma Akpotha and Ufuoma Mcdermott in a new photo she just shared via IG and they look so adorable together.

Donald Trump has told the United Nations General Assembly that he has done more in under two years than almost any previous US president. "In less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country," he said. The United States was stronger, richer and safer, he told the gathering. Mr Trump's words were greeted with laughter but he laughed back, saying: "Didn't expect that reaction."

The national assembly has postponed its resumption from September 25 to resume October 9. Mohammed Sani-Omolori, clerk of the assembly, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He attributed the development to the primary elections of political parties. The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have scheduled their primaries within the next two weeks. Sani-Omolori said members of the assembly were expected to resume by 10am on the new date. “This is to inform all distinguished senators and honourable Members that resumption of plenary session earlier scheduled for Tuesday, 25th September has been postponed to Tuesday 9th October due to the activities of the primaries of the political parties,” the statement read. “All distinguished senators and honourable members are expected to resume plenary session by 10 am on the 9th of October, please.” #AdForumCo The National Assembly has postponed its resumption from Sept 25th, t...

Ahmed Musa has been rewarded for his outstanding performances for Al Nassr in the month of September. Super Eagles forward Ahmed Musa has been named Player of the Week in Saudi Arabia following in impressive performances in September. Musa who moved to Al Nassr from Leicester City has been in good form in Saudi Arabia continuing his impressive at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The 25-year-old is one of the stars of the Saudi Arabian league and is one of the high profile players that have joined in recent times. Thank you to all the people who voted for me. It is always an honour to have your respect and support. 🙏🙏🙏💙💛 @AlNassrFC @AlNassrFC_EN pic.twitter.com/pUs71NE2ML — AhmedMusa718 (@Ahmedmusa718) September 24, 2018 He was presented with the award following before Al Nasrr's Saudi Pro League game against Al-Taawoun on Monday, September 24 which ended in a 1-0 courtesy a goal from Abderrazak Hamdallah in the 75th minute. Musa's performance in for ...

Jose Mourinho meets Frank Lampard in the dugout for the first time! Lampard says that it will be great to see José Mourinho. He adds that a lot of his former players will go on to become managers. #DCFC — Derby County (@dcfcofficial) September 24, 2018 Ander Herrera is available for Manchester United's Carabao Cup third-round clash at home to Derby following his recovery from an ankle complaint. Fellow midfielder Nemanja Matic could return for the Sky Live clash after missing the 1-1 draw with Wolves due to suspension. But forward Marcus Rashford is sidelined as he serves the last of a three-match ban while defender Marcos Rojo (knee) is the only injury absentee. Read our exclusive Q&A with the boss, ahead of tonight's #CarabaoCup clash with Derby... 🏆 — Manchester United (@ManUtd) September 25, 2018 Teenage full-back Diogo Dalot, 19, is in line to start as Jose Mourinho ponders whether to shuffle his pack and give outings to several fr...

Hundreds of the residents of Osun State, as well as supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party on Monday, stormed the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Osogbo to protest against the rerun election ordered by the commission after declaring last Saturday’s governorship election inconclusive. The protesters were not attacked by the armed policemen stationed at the INEC office to prevent the place from being invaded. The protesters were armed with placards with various inscriptions such as: “No to rerun”, “INEC, don’t conspire with APC”, and “The people spoke on Saturday, announce the result” among others. They sang anti-APC songs as they hurled abuses at the ruling party for allegedly stealing Senator Ademola Adeleke’s mandate. They berated INEC for not declaring Adeleke the winner of the poll having scored the highest number of votes in the poll. They said INEC colluded with the ruling party to rob Adeleke of victory. They said...

Instagram co-founders Systrom and Krieger leaving Facebook-owned firm The co-founders of photo-sharing giant Instagram, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, are both leaving the firm. Mr Systrom, chief executive, said they were departing to "explore our curiosity and creativity again". Instagram was purchased by Facebook in 2012 for $1bn (£760m) in cash and stock and has more than one billion users. There had been reports of tension between the pair and Facebook, and the departures add to what has been a troubling year for the parent company. Mr Systrom, 34, the CEO, and Mr Krieger, 32, the chief technical officer, started the image sharing site in 2010, and continued to run the service after it was acquired by Facebook. In a blog post, Mr Systrom said: "We're now ready for our next chapter. "Building new things requires that we step back, understand what inspires us and match that with what the world needs; that's what we plan to do." ...

Ahead of Osun governorship rerun on Thursday, Senator Iyiola Omisore is the beautiful bride of the PDP and APC at the moment. Here's why. Senator Iyiola Omisore of the SDP has been receiving high profile guests from the PDP and APC as Osun State returns to the ballot on Thursday, September 27, to elect a new governor. Omisore hails from Ile-Ife. Ife North and South are two of the local governments where a rerun of the vote will be conducted on Thursday to decide the winner of the governorship election. Others are Orolu and Osogbo. Essentially, 3,498 votes were voided in seven polling units in Orolu, Ife North, Ife South and Osogbo. The Osun governorship election was declared inconclusive because the number of cancelled votes was more than the margin of victory (353) between the PDP and APC. The rerun will hold in 3 polling units in Orolu, 2 in Ife South, 1 in Ife North and 1 in Osogbo. Beautiful bride The rerun election will be between Gboyega Oyetola o...