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This weekend, GOtv MAX and Plus subscribers will be treated to select games from the FA Cup and in addition, GOtv MAX subscribers will also get to enjoy all the action from the Spanish La Liga. Liverpool will host Everton in an FA Cup third round Merseyside derby on Friday. The match will air live on SuperSport Select 2 at 8:45pm. Other matches in the FA Cup will air live on Saturday. Manchester City vs Burnley will be live at 3:50pm, Fleetwood Town vs Leicester City at 1:30pm and Norwich vs Chelsea at 8:20pm. On Sunday, Shrewbury will meet with…

Turkey’s Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has been criticised for saying police should break the legs of drug dealers who are seen outside schools. The Turkish Human Rights Association (IHD) and secular opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet both accused Mr Soylu of incitement to commit a crime. He pledged to take the blame for it. Read Also Trump scraps 2016 election ‘voter fraud’ inquiry “If a dealer is near a school the police have a duty to break his leg. Do it and blame me. Even if it costs five, 10, 20 years in jail – we’ll pay.” He was speaking at a…

The most photographed Jesus ever has died. He didn’t make it to last Christmas. Family members say the man known as West Hollywood Jesus died Dec. 13th after a brief hospitalization in Los Angeles for pulmonary issues. WeHo Jesus, real name Kevin Short, was a mainstay up and down Hollywood Boulevard, and famously posed for pics with countless tourists over the years. Read Also 14 dead in South Africa train crash If you’ve been, you know there are multiple Batmans and Supermans, but only one Jesus. And now he’s gone. https://twitter.com/iamadriandev/status/948791662830071810 WeHo Jesus was 57. RIP

Fourteen people are believed to have been killed and up to 100 injured after a train hit a lorry in South Africa. The passenger train crashed into the lorry and a car in between Hennenman and Kroonstad in the country’s Free State at about 9.15am local time (11.15am GMT) on Thursday. Four people were initially confirmed dead, but a few hours after emergency crews arrived they announced 14 had been killed. “It is not yet confirmed but the death toll for now is sitting at 14,” said Daisy Daniel, spokeswoman for long haul passenger rail service Shosholoza Meyl. At least…

Year on year, many people struggle to deal with their finances mainly because they fail to set measurable financial goals that can guide them all through the year. To solve this problem, Nigeria’s leading bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, has outlined five financial goals that makes it easy for Nigerian’s maintain an healthy financial life. Here are 5 #FinancialGoals to focus on and stick with in 2018. #TipTuesday— Guaranty Trust Bank (@gtbank) January 2, 2018 First tip is, “Look at how much you are making, what your expenses are, and determine how much you could realistically save each month.” The second…

President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to decide on whether to run in the 2019 election, Minister of Communications Adebayo Shittu has said. Shittu who is also the national chairman of the Board of Trustees Muhammadu Buhari/Osinbajo Dynamic Support Group said this after visiting President Buhari at the Aso Villa. Among other briefings, he came to inform Buhari about the group and his appointment as the head. “I know he has not made up his mind but I can say that some of us can assist him in making up his mind so that Nigeria can continue to enjoy stability and…

Former England defender Ashley Cole has signed a one-year contract extension with Los Angeles Galaxy. Cole, 37, joined Galaxy in January 2016 from Italian Serie A side, AS Roma. The ex-Arsenal and Chelsea left-back played 107 times for England but ended his international career when he was not selected for the 2014 World Cup. “He’s been a tremendous leader for our club,” said Galaxy head coach Sigi Schmid. The journey continues for @TheRealAC3. pic.twitter.com/8fb8uMzvSt— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) January 4, 2018 ???? @TheRealAC3 will be back in Los Angeles. pic.twitter.com/6tF0x043Xs— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) January 3, 2018 “He’s shown he can be…

President Donald Trump on Wednesday disbanded an investigation into alleged voter fraud in the 2016 election, but refused to back down on unsubstantiated allegations of massive wrongdoing at the ballot box. Facing opposition from US states and an uphill battle to prove something that almost all experts agree did not happen, Trump ditched his controversial panel of inquiry. But the president did not seem to completely abandon his unproven claim that between three million and five million people voted illegally in the 2016 presidential election. “Despite substantial evidence of voter fraud, many states have refused to provide the Presidential Advisory…

No fewer than 180 Nigerians stranded in Libya would be repatriated on Monday with the assistance of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The UN migration agency said the repatriation is under its continuing Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) programme, which aimed at assisting voluntary returnees stranded Libya to their homelands. It said IOM’s Libya mission has chartered its first flight of 2018 under the VHR, assisting 142 returnees departing from Libya to Gambia. “The UN Migration Agency’s next charter is set for Monday January 8, when around 180 Nigerian nationals are scheduled to be assisted under VHR to Lagos, Nigeria’s…

Thomas Monson, who had headed the Mormon church since 2008, died at age 90 in the US state of Utah, the church announced. “With tender feelings we announce that Thomas S. Monson, president and prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints died… in his home in Salt Lake City,” it said in a statement on Tuesday, using the church’s official name. “He died at age 90 from causes incident to age,” it said. President Donald Trump offered his condolences on Wednesday. “While serving for over half a century in the leadership of his church, President Monson demonstrated…