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February 6, 2015

Ramos and James injuries leave Madrid decimated - Destruction derby

Real will also be without Pepe and Luka Modric for the trip to the Vicente Calderon on Saturday, while Marcelo is suspended after his yellow card against Sevilla

It was a game Real Madrid could have done without. Forced to play their home fixture versus Sevilla due to their participation in the Club World Cup in December, Carlo Ancelotti's men won the battle on Wednesday night - but it came at a high price as they lost several key players for the crucial derby against Atletico on Saturday.

The Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) withdrew as hosts for this year's edition because of health and safety concerns surrounding the Ebola virus epidemic

Morocco have been banned from competing in the next two Africa Cup of Nations and fined just under €9 million for refusing to stage the 2015 tournament.

The Premier League leaders splashed €33 million on the Colombia international on deadline day but the Portuguese has revealed that they have been tracking the winger for some time

The new Royals’ signing has promised to bang in goals aplenty for the Championship side if given the right service

Reading FC striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni has pledged to score goals for the English Championship side.
The prolific who made a shock move to English football from his Qatari based outfit trained for the first time with his teammates on Wednesday, and has expressed his confidence to deliver the goods in opposition boxes.

Rose petals, red wine and a nicely made bed. Actress Faithia Balogun now Faithia Williams turned a year older yesterday and someone surprised her with all that. The mother of three shared the photos on instagram. Another photo after the cut...

Dramatic man...:-). The former Niger Delta militant pictured at president Jonathan's campaign rally in Bayelsa this afternoon. More photos after the cut...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it will meet with chairmen and secretaries of all registered political parties, and Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs tomorrow Saturday 7th, to decide whether to go ahead with the general elections billed for February 14 and 28.

A statement released by Mr Kayode Idowu, the spokesperson of INEC Chairman, Attahiru Jega, states that after the meeting, “the Commission will address a press conference to brief the nation on its decision with regard to whether or not the general elections will hold as currently scheduled”. Full statement after the cut...

Giving back! Footballer, Didier Drogba shows off the first clinic in Abidjan, Cote Ivoire which his charity Foundation has almost completed. He wrote; "Happy to announce our 1st clinic in Abidjan is nearly finished. We will host next charity ball for the foundation on 18th April in London - more info soon! #didierdrogbafoundation"

Osun state election tribunal upholds Gov Aregbesola's election as governor

Osun state governorship election petition tribunal has upheld the re-election of Rauf Aregbesola as governor of the state. Senator Iyiola Omisore, the PDP candidate at the August 9th 2014 election had petitioned the tribunal over claims that the election was rigged in favor of the Governor.

The couple who were recently in the news about that 'story', showed a united front by holding hands as they arrived at TripleMG CEO Ubi Franklin's birthday party on Wednesday at his home in Lekki. See more photos from the party after the cut

Press statement from the office of the Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the audio clip released by the All Progressives Congress (APC), through its media organ, SaharaReporters as fake, saying; he never held any meeting with anyone to rig the June 21, 2014 election, suggesting that his voice & those of others could have been faked using technology like Natural Voices.

He said the audio clip was APC's new calculated attempt to discredit the election results, having failed woefully both at the poll and the tribunal.

His publicist Obaji Akpet tells what happened from Calabar...read below...

The day was meant to be the best for popular Nigerian reggae dance hall singer, Omin Churchill Nyong popularly known in the Nigerian musical scene as Spydaman, as he went about his usual music recording business for the day in Lagos. Just when he is about to step into the studio Spydaman received a call that he still finds hard to recover from till now. His father, Chief Churchill Nyong was dead to electrocution.

The forward insists he is happy at the club but does not know about his future beyond this season, despite his contract expiring in 2016

So if you all remember, last year luxury designer Michael Awujoola of Malivelihood flaunted this 24 Carat Gold plated iphone6, claiming it was designed specially for BBA 9 runner up, Tayo Faniran. Well, it looks like Tayo is yet to receive the phone and his business manager, model- Tarmar Awobutu took to twitter to let people know and directly ask Malivelihood for the phone. See that after the cut..

Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has reacted to the recording that surfaced last night alleging he and other top politicians rigged the Ekiti state governorship election last year which brought Fayose into office

2face Idibia flaunts his wedding ring

The super star singer was spotted at 355 Lounge, Victoria Island, recently proudly flashing his wedding ring at the MTV Base roundtable #chooseorlose forum in the company of his long-time friend, Sound Sultan.

Marcelo to miss Madrid derby after appeal is rejected

The left-back picked up a yellow card in their midweek win over Sevilla which will see him miss Saturday's vital game against Diego Simeone's men

The Barcelona forward reached the final of the tournament with Argentina last summer but lost out to Germany and Mario Gotze's extra-time winner

The Colombia star was forced from the field of play on Wednesday night and has now gone under the knife, with the injury expected to keep him out until the end of March

The Federal government has banned all public officials from embarking on international travels and foreign training using government funds. The ban was contained in a circular released today February 5th by the office of the head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Danladi Kifasi.

Famfa oil chairman Mrs Folorunsho Alakija may be worth over $7 billion and may be the richest or second richest woman in Africa but it wasn't enough to put her among Forbes List of Richest Women in the world - at least in the top 15. In fact no black woman made this list. See it after the cut...

Surprises seem to be the name of the game, as MTN, in continuation of its Season of Surprises campaign, yesterday surprised the former Dean of Student Affairs, University of Lagos, Professor Harrison Oloruntade Dele Longe with a brand new KIA Car.

The MTN Season of Surprises team, on arrival at the University of Lagos, had beckoned on Professor Longe to come and present gifts of iPhone 6, to some lucky students. However, Professor Longe never knew he was in for the surprise of a life time, as his name was later announced as the beneficiary of the star surprise of the day, a brand new, Year 2014 KIA car.

The Council of State meeting has officially ended with members resolving not to postpone the 2015 general election scheduled for Feb. 14th.

Briefing newsmen after the meeting, Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, said;

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