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ZIMBABWE'S former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa is to be sworn in as president by Friday at the latest following the official resignation of Robert Mugabe according to an official statement issued by state broadcaster ZBC.

NIGERIAN Army commanders have given all their troops one year to become proficient in the nation's three major languages as part of a plan to get the military to become closer to the populace.

FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has remained the centre of attention with regards to the 2019 presidential elections after posters announcing his candidacy were seen all over the Katsina State secretariat of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

FORMER Super Eagles striker Victor Agali has been appointed as a team scout by head coach Gernot Rohr who has tasked him with the duty of checking out the numerous Nigerian attackers playing with a view to ascertaining their form.

INFORMATION minister Alhaji Lai Mohammed has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari was pressurised to rig the recent Anambra State gubernatorial elections in favour of his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) but resisted the temptation.

By Ayo Akinfe

BUS conductors across Lagos State are to begin wearing uniforms as from January 1 next year as part of the ongoing programme by the government to turn the state into a world class metropolis that compete with similar cities elsewhere.

NIGERIAN striking sensation Henry Onyekuru may not return to Everton at the end of his current loan spell with Anderlecht of Belgium because Catalan giants Barcelona have joined the race to secure his services.

NIGERIA'S Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has declared incumbent Anambra State governor Willie Obiano the winner of Saturday's gubernatorial elections and the candidate duly elected to serve in office for the next four years.

SUPER Eagles centreback Leon Balogun has had to undergo surgery on his left hand after he fractured a bone in training while with his German clubside Mainz in a development that will keep him out of action for probably the rest of the year.