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Liverpool will be targeting their first Premier League win in 2017 when they host Tottenham in a top-four battle on Saturday evening.

They were literally blowing teams away in the first half of the season and were strong contenders for the title. The fortunes have reversed since the start of 2017 as they struggled to find goals when it mattered.

They managed to win just once in the 10 matches this year, that too against a lower division club – Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup fixture.

In the five league games into the New Year, Klopp’s men have picked up 3 draws and 2 losses and saw their title winning chances blown away. The Reds are fifth in the league table and the gap with league leaders Chelsea is at a 13 point distance.

Tottenham made an amazing leap since December and moved up to second in the league table and have a 9 point gap with the leaders Chelsea.

They picked up 7 wins and 2 draws from the 9 matches during the period. They are arguably the best home team in the Premier League. But the stats are exactly not encouraging while they are on the road. They are unbeaten in the last four away games, but they have only managed 4 wins from their 12 away games so far.

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Singer Simi Signs Endorsement Deal With Etisalat

Singer,  Simi has become a brand ambassador for telecom giant Etisalat. The telecommunications company shared the exciting news on its Instagram page.  Simi also made the announcement on her Instagram.. See more photos below;

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Boko Haram insurgents have ambushed a convoy of new Nigerian Army recruits in Maiduguri, Borno state capital, killing seven of them and abducting three others that included a female soldier in the attack.

Boko Haram kills 7 new Army recruits, injures 20 and abducts others in fresh attack

According to the Washington Post, the attack occurred on Thursday evening, February 9, near Mafa town on the main road 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of Maiduguri in Borno state.
The attack has been confirmed by an army officer who spoke under the condition of anonymity.

A humanitarian worker also said he heard military radio traffic confirming the attack.

Premium Times reports that not fewer than 20 other recruits were injured in the gun battle which occurred along the Maiduguri-Dikwa road in the North-Eastern State. Dikwa is 70 kilometres east of Maiduguri.

The report quotes Army sources as saying that three other soldiers, including a female, were declared missing after the incident.

Quoting eyewitnesses, Premium Times reports that the battle between the insurgents and the soldiers began at about 7.30pm on Thursday after a detachment of troops numbering about 250 soldiers and one officer ran into a Boko Haram ambush as they traveled through the area in Army trucks and buses owned by the Borno state government.

The terrorists were said to have suddenly emerged in large numbers from the bushes and opened fire on the soldiers who were mostly young soldiers fresh from training.

The soldiers are said to be members of the 76 Regular Recruit Intake of Depot Nigerian Army, Zaria.

After the attack, the Boko Haram terrorists fled into surrounding bushes and villages, reportedly taking away with them a gun truck, a mine detector, some AK 47 rifles, explosives and other weapons.

However, effort to get confirmation from the military spokesperson was unsuccessful as he did not immediately comment.

Boko Haram insurgents have continued to launch isolated attacks on military formations after they were driven out of the Sambisa forest, their last strong hold in December 2016.

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YBNL rapper, Lil Kesh flaunted his new hairstyle and nose ring on his snapchat.. See more photographs and video below..

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Off the latest album ‘The Glory‘ of the king of the street music YBNL boss himself Olamide comes this mouth watering visual piece of the most talked about track on the album “Pepper Dem Gang” which features his latest signee Davolee .

The video was directed by ace film maker Moe Musa.

Watch “Olamide Ft. Davolee – Pepper Dem Gang” Video below:-

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The Super Eagles of Nigeria have moved up nine places from 50th to 41st position in the world in the latest FIFA world ranking released on Thursday. 

The ranking was released on FIFA’s official website. Nigeria now occupies the seventh place in Africa. The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon are among the highest movers as they jumped 29 places to 33rd in the world.

 Algeria and Zambia, who are also Nigeria’s opponents in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, didn’t fare better as the former dropped 11 places to 50th, while Zambia slipped three places to 91st.

Also the Super Eagles 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying group opponents, South Africa, Seychelles and Libya all didn’t do well.

While South Africa dropped two places to 62nd, Libya fell two spots to 92nd and Seychelles one place to 186th.

Egypt are Africa’s highest ranked team despite losing the AFCON final to Cameroon as they now occupy the 23rd position in the world from 35th.

Argentina remain number one in the world followed by Brazil, Germany, Chile and Belgium respectively.

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Manchester United midfielder, Paul Pogba, has become the first Premier League player ever to have his own official Twitter emoji.

The world’s most expensive player revealed this himself on Friday.

Any tweets that include the hashtag #Pogba will unlock a bespoke Pogba emoji.

I am happy and thankful for this opportunity and I look forward to emojing! Let’s have fun and kick some A$$ at #pogba,” the 23-year-old said.

Richard Arnold, the Manchester United Group MD, added: “Manchester United is the most connected and engaged club in world sport and we continually strive to find new ways to communicate with our global following of 659 million people.

We are the number one Premier League team on social media with a reach of over 130 million total social connections across all platforms. “Twitter is one of our most popular channels, last year gaining 3.3 million new followers; more than any other Premier League team. 

“This emoji is another great tool for our supporters to connect with the club through a digital environment, particularly as the excitement builds for Sunday’s match. “Since returning to the club Paul has become an important player. He is an iconic figure for our supporters around the world, one of the best players in the game and a terrific role model.”

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