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Real Madrid have learned the date of their rearranged away LaLiga match against Celta Vigo, which will take place on May 17. The original fixture between the two sides in February was postponed after high winds and storms damaged Celta's ground Balaidos. That has left Madrid carrying a game in hand over Barcelona over their last three months and means Zinedine Zidane's men will play three games in an eight-day span to round off the season as they look to win LaLiga for the first time since 2012. Madrid trail leaders Barcelona due to their weaker head-to-head record at the top of LaLiga, but know 10 points from their last four games will see them crowned champions. Our postponed match against @RCCelta will now take place on Wednesday, May 17 at 21:00 CEST. #RMLiga #HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/GNvjCvEBRv — Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadriden) May 5, 2017 They are away to Granada this weekend before the second leg of their Champions ...

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is keen to learn more about the fledgling strike partnership between Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus. Argentina star Aguero and Brazil sensation Jesus started a match together for the first time last weekend, with both men on target despite a largely disjointed display from City at relegation-threatened Middlesbrough. A groin injury suffered by Aguero during the closing stages at the Riverside Stadium, shortly after he crossed for Jesus to head the visitors' second equaliser in a 2-2 draw, means he will miss the visit of Crystal Palace on Saturday. His penalty against Middlesbrough was Aguero's 31st of the season, although wingers Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling have the next best return of nine apiece in Guardiola's squad. Jesus has four goals in as many Premier League starts, having recently returned from the broken metatarsal that hindered a flying start to life in England. The 20-year-old's February ...

Chelsea's grip on the Premier League title strengthened after West Ham battled to a shock 1-0 win over second-placed Tottenham. Mauricio Pochettino's side headed into the match on a superb run of nine consecutive victories that had prevented Chelsea from turning their bid for glory into a procession. But they were short of their best at the London Stadium and Manuel Lanzini's goal 20 minutes into the second period ensured Spurs would remain four points behind Chelsea, having played a game more. Victory over lowly Middlesbrough at Stamford Bridge on Monday would put Antonio Conte's men seven points clear with three games remaining and Chelsea's seemingly favourable run-in comprises matches with West Brom, Watford and Sunderland. Lanzini further enhanced his reputation as a London derby specialist, the Argentinian's strike standing as his ninth in 14 all-capital encounters, and Slaven Bilic's team are ...

Mauricio Pochettino insists Tottenham will still fight to win the Premier League despite West Ham leaving their title hopes in tatters. Manuel Lanzini's 65th-minute goal sealed a 1-0 win for the hosts at London Stadium and put Chelsea on the brink of glory. Antonio Conte's men are in action twice before Spurs play again and, if they beat Middlesbrough and West Brom, they will be champions before Pochettino's side return to action next Sunday at home to Manchester United. "We're still fighting, we're disappointed with the result," Pochettino told Sky Sports. "Now we must wait for the Chelsea result and then there are three games ahead to play. "I think you all know that now it is more difficult to try to catch Chelsea. But we need to try – always to the end, always." Pochettino felt Spurs were unfortunate to lose but conceded they failed to reach the levels they displayed in last weekend's authoritati...

Pablo Carreno Busta avenged his defeat in last year's Estoril Open final by overcoming Nicolas Almagro to reach the last four. Last year, Carreno Busta fell at the final hurdle at the hands of his Spanish compatriot, but the roles were reversed 12 months on as the top seed won through 6-2 6-4. His semi-final opponent will be another Spaniard in the shape of David Ferrer, who eased past Ryan Harrison 6-4 6-0. Saturday's other last-four clash sees Kevin Anderson, conqueror of 2015 champion Richard Gasquet, take on Gilles Muller, who came from behind to beat Taro Daniel 5-7 6-2 6-3. 2016 finalist beats 2016 winner! Carreno-Busta defeats Almagro 6-2 6-4 for a place in the SFs after 70 minutes.  Meanwhile, at the BMW Open in Munich, Guido Pella overcame the disappointment of wasting two match points in the second set against Horacio Zeballos to prevail 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-3). Pella will face Chung Hyeon or 2014 champion Martin Kliza...

No fewer than 800 houses have been destroyed and almost 40 people injured with about 8 of them hospitalized with bone fractures, in the aftermath of rainstorm which wrecked havoc in some major parts of Maiyama Local Government area of Kebbi State. The storm which was accompanied by heavy wind also destroyed electricity poles , transformers, water and schools facilities and this rendered several people in the area homeless as many of the victims affected by the disaster have sought refuge in their neighborhood within he community. Discovered by a combined team of officials on assessment, they described the incident as a terrible experience as many people in the community have been affected. Head, Nema Sokoto operations office, Mallam Suleiman Muhammad lamented that "about 800 houses were destroyed and slot of health, water, school and electricity facilities were completely damaged. He also stated that means of livelihood like animals and properties sev...

Beauty entrepreneur, Dabota Lawson took to her Instagram page to  give tips on how to know you are in a manipulative and toxic relationship. According to her, anybody who comes into your life in the name of relationship then tries to isolate you from the people who love you such as family and good friends, wants to destroy you.  She pleaded with people to stop judging people who are crying out for help and should rather reach out. Read what she wrote below; Anybody who comes into your life in the name of relationship then tries to isolate you from the people who love you such as family and good friends wants to DESTROY YOU.  Love should not feel restrictive . control, manipulation and obsession aren't signs of true, passionate love — they are signs that your partner is controlling and manipulative. these are the signs of a potentially abusive partner, a partner who ; forces you to dress in a certain way . ..... forbids you from interacting with...

A patrol van belonging to the Nigeria Customs Service was set ablaze by youths mobilised by car dealers in Kaduna State on Thursday, May 4.  It was gathered that the dealers attempted to prevent a team of customs officials from impounding some vehicles from a car shop.  One of the customs drivers attached to the federal operations unit of the service in an attempt to escape from the mob was attacked and his vehicle set ablaze before the arrival of security operatives. The spokesman of the Nigerian Customs, who spoke to Channels TV said that the owner of the car shop is already in their custody, while investigations to fish out the perpetrators of the attacks have commenced.   More photos below... Photo credit: Rariya 

The little angel recreated Rihanna's 2017 Met Gala Comme des Garçons dress, a pair of red DSquared strappy knee-high sandals and having a resemblance to the singer. She absolutely nailed it. What y'all think?? 

The  Zone 2 command Onikan have apprehended four of the male students of the  Falomo Senior High School in Ikoyi that openly molested female students of Ireti Grammer school on Wednesday May 3rd. Confirming their arrest to LIB, the Zone 2 PPRO, SP Dolapo Badmos, said the zone received the report of sexual harassment and that the AIG in charge of the Zone, AIG Adamu Ibrahim (pictured above), directed a discreet and full investigation into the matter. According to SP Badmos, the investigation have so far yielded some result as four of the suspects have been apprehended and brought in for questioning with the assistance and cooperation of Lagos State ministry of youth development. Dolapo said the case still under investigation.

That's what Sahara Reporters is claiming.

Today, Mercy Aigbe and her husband, Larry Gentry were both summoned to appear at the Area F Police command, Ikeja Lagos. Mercy showed up at about 12noon but her husband didn't and from the police report that was exclusively released by LIB yesterday, he's been declared 'at large'.   A few minutes ago, we reached out to Larry via phone to find out from him what's really going on and he angrily responded to our phone call saying, 'I've told you before that I don't have anything to say about Mercy. Don't call me again...(hangs up)'. Mercy Aigbe also refused to speak with Journalists at the Police Station today

After months of erratic behaviour, Kanye West, who has now turned to a recluse, has deleted himself from social media. He deleted both accounts today...or at least, today was when fans noticed. He had 27 million followers on Twitter.

...and he shared on instagram..

Yesterday, controversial pastor and Founder of the Household of God Church, Chris Okotie called his colleague, Prophet T.B Joshua an 'impostor' who is being controlled by a 'malevolent misanthropic spirit',  while reacting to the news of T.B Joshua's planned relocation to Israel. Read here. Reacting to Okotie's choice of words, OAP Freeze said he had no right to condemn Prophet T.B Joshua. According to the Cool FM OAP, he sees nothing wrong with TB Joshua relocating or staying, but his problem is the fact that the government has made news of  his relocation a federal government issue amidst all other unresolved problems in the country. Read his Instagram post below.. In my opinion, Chris Okotie is in no position to condemn prophet Joshua! Also, his choice of words when addressing prophet Joshua are, by my standards, grossly inappropriate and serve to bescumber his image. - I don't have a problem with TB ...

President Buhari this afternoon observed juma'at prayer at the State House mosque. He was joined by National Security Adviser, Babanga Munguno.‎ There have been growing concerns on the state of his health owing to the fact he had not been seen in public in three weeks. More photos after the cut.

Veteran actress, Joke Silva, has voiced her opinion on the increasing rate of celebrity divorces in recent times and gave insight as to why that is so. The actress, who has been married to her actor husband for over three decades, revealed that divorce is not more prevalent among celebrities than it is with couples in other professions who are not so popular. According to her, celebrities seem to be more hit by divorce only because they are in the public eye therefore whatever happens to them is made public. Read what she wrote after the cut... “It is because the younger generation are very popular because of social media, and so, whatever happens to them becomes news; forgetting that there are as many divorces, there as many separations in other professions such as medical, financial, legal among others. Name any profession; there are so many separations in those as well,” she told New Telegraph. The mother-of-two fingered social media as the major challenge facing...

There was a time when women disposed of their placenta immediately after birth. Now, people are getting creative and doing all sorts with it. From the Kardashians who dry and encapsulate their placenta to take as drugs, to mothers who store them in the freezer for their kids to see when they grow, we've heard all sorts and it just gets more bizarre by the day. Just recently, a new mom cooked her placenta, which had been kept frozen since her child was born, and she shared the process online. Elsie App, 26, is a certified placenta encapsulator, a qualification she got after completing a certificate in blood-borne pathogens, so to show people alternative uses for the placenta, which they say is highly nutritious, she detailed how to cook the placenta. "Yep, this is exactly what it looks like  first step is to rinse away the blood.... " she captioned one of the photos. Apparently, there are different ways to prepare the placenta. There is the ...

Fierce! Another photo after the cut.

All Gold Entertainment Presents Nigerian Born afro hit making duo JFK . looking fresh , dapper  and rebranded in this lovely photoshoot of their upcoming single "Bang Bang Reloaded" produced  by the Award winning maverick D'tunes. Styled by Angelic touch styling photography by Amazingclef With an EP set to be released later this year one can only assume that JFK could be 2017 break out artiste. Connect with JFK twitter and instagram @its_JFk More photos below...

Several people have been hospitalised on Thursday , following a bloody clash between supporters of Atiku Abubakar and a rival gang loyal to a former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, in Ganye, Adamawa state. According to Daily Nigerian, former Vice President Atiku and Adamawa State Governor, Bindow had visited the town on Wednesday ahead of a turbaning ceremony on Thursday , where they also launched a political tour of three local governments of the Ganye Chiefdom. Witnesses said those attacked were members of Kwankwasiyya movement in the town who were supporting Mr Kwankwaso’s presidential bid, in opposition to Mr Atiku’s. A resident of the town, Bamanga Mohammed alleged that an associate of the former vice president, simply called Arabo was the one who brought in the suspected thugs from neighbouring Gombe and Bauchi states.  The thugs were said to have gone after anybody wearing red cap, a symbol for support for Kwankwaso and those wearing...

In a piece titled "Buhari's Health : Matters Arising" which he shared on his Facebook page, former spokesperson to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, says that if president Buhari must leave office before the end of his tenure due to his illhealth, then the interest of his political associates who worked tirelessly to bring him into office must be accomodated. Okupe in his piece advised that the presidential candidates for the 2019 presidential election should come from the North West or the North. According to Okupe, since 1999 when Nigeria became a democratic government, Southerners have ruled the country for 14 years while Northerners have ruled for only 4 years.  Read his piece below... I am not a supporter of President Buhari and perhaps never will be one. However in spite of his present situation I believe he meant well for the Nation and perhaps may have achieved more if things were different. I feel embarrassed when I read what so...

Ladies, if you had a chance to spend a day (or night) with any of these professional boxers, who would you choose? African Boxing Union Champion, Larry Ekundayo or Unified world heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua? They are both baby daddies, but are 'supposedly' not married. More photos of the boxers after the cut.