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Miss Yusuf Zainab emerges as winner of EFOY 2016 edition hosted by pwoafriq. Queen zinna out stood nine other contestants during the contest which involved three critical stages and lasted for about three weeks.  Queen Efoy 2016 an undergraduate in the department of science laboratory technology,Wesley  university Ondo state said in her speech "I am pleased,honored and humbled to accept this position as the Exquisite face of the year 2016. Special thanks to Pwoafriq for giving me the opportunity to participate in this contest. Indeed it was a very remarkable experience, an experience I would forever treasure,an enormous salute to all of this year's nominee each of whom have made incredible contributions to the contest. I say a big thank you to my manager, fans,friends and family who supported me through all the stages of the contest,may we all continue to work together, nurture and support each other and help to grow the unique image of Pwoafriq. I pray to keep the flag

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Bayern Munich reportedly tried to sign Ousmane Dembele over the summer but they missed out to Borussia Dortmund in part because they negotiated with the wrong agent. Dembele, 19, moved to Dortmund during the transfer window for a fee of €15 million after he scored 12 goals and registered five assists during his breakout season in Ligue 1 with Rennes. He could, however, have been playing for Bayern, but according to reports the champions' technical director Michael Reschke negotiated with the player's former agent Badou Sambague rather than his current representative Marco Kirdemir.

The Nigerian military has expressed support to the ongoing negotiation with militants to restore peace in restive Niger Delta region. Defence Headquarters on Wednesday re-emphasised that the military would continue to abide with the ongoing negotiation effort of the Federal Government with militants. Brig.-Gen. Rabe Abubakar, Acting Director, Defence Information, however warned that while trying to achieve peace through negotiation, the military would not take kindly with any individual or group who would want to abuse the process. He warned that the military would not hesitate to respond proportionately to any armed attacks against its location in a decision. Such response he explained would be professional and in line with military’s constitutional mandate of defending innocent citizens as well as national critical infrastructure.

Mrs. Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan is in fresh trouble following the discovery of an aggregate balance of $40million in bank accounts linked to the former first lady. According to Sahara reporters, the discovery was made after officials of Skye Bank Plc informed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) about the bank accounts. The newly discovered accounts were said to have been opened by Mrs. Jonathan, using fake names, and abetted by crooked bank officials. Sources at the banks said the limp explanations by Patience Jonathan on how she came about such a huge sum in the multiple domiciliary accounts earlier frozen by the EFCC prompted the Skye Bank officials to draw attention of the EFCC to the latest discoveries.

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, painted a gloomy outlook for Nigeria’s economic fortunes, as it disclosed that the country’s crude oil and gas reserves were fast depleting. The NNPC in a statement in Abuja, therefore, begged oil and gas exploration companies, professionals and other stakeholders to focus on increasing the nation’s oil and gas reserve base to match national aspirations to increase oil production. Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mr. Maikanti Baru, who disclosed this when the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists, NAPE, hosted him in Abuja, also expressed readiness of the NNPC to partner with stakeholders in the oil and gas industry to grow the nation’s fast depleting reserves in order to increase productivity in the petroleum sector.

The Court of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, on Tuesday declared the arrest and detention of former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, as unlawful and arbitrary. He approached the ECOWAS court after he was rearrested by members of Nigeria's State Security Service shortly after meeting his bail conditions in November last year. According to the said section, a superior police officer may authorise the search of a resident belonging to a suspect assumed to be in illegal possession of an item, if the officer so authorised has a search warrant.

Chelsea need to improve to compete with Man City and United - Conte Antonio Conte has warned Chelsea that they must build on their 2-0 win over Hull City if they are to compete with the likes of Manchester City and United. Chelsea are currently seventh and Conte, who had set the goal of finishing in the top four before the season started, believes his side have a lot of work to do to match their counterparts. "We need to understand there is a lot to improve," Conte said. "Then we can play better in the games against Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham."

Ronaldinho has said he regrets not spending more time playing alongside Lionel Messi, although he feels he made the right decision to leave Barcelona for AC Milan when Pep Guardiola took over at Camp Nou. Ronaldinho was widely regarded as the best player in the world when he played alongside Messi in Barca's first team between 2004 and 2008, a tag which the Argentine has since taken on. "I would have loved to have played more with Messi," he said in an interview. "He's a great player and I'm very glad to have helped him at the beginning of his career with the assistance of his first goal."

Rooney, Rashford's captain for both club and country, knows better than most what it is like to burst through at such a young age and is confident the teenager can become one of the best. This year has been an extraordinary success for the 18-year-old, going from unknown youth-team player to one of the world's most feted talents. Rashford has become a United regular and this week returns to the England squad for the first time since being thrown in at the deep end at Euro 2016. "I think Marcus is doing fantastic," he said. "He is probably one of the most exciting players in world football, young players, at the minute. I am sure if he keeps working hard and developing he'll be a superstar in years to come."

 Pep Guardiola even cuts the internet at Manchester City - Pablo Zabaleta Manchester City defender Pablo Zabaleta has said that Pep Guardiola has banned cell phones in an effort to build team spirit at the club. The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach has also made his players eat together at the club's Etihad Campus and has cut the internet completely to encourage the players to interact with each other. Zabaleta, away with Argentina for their World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Paraguay, told reporters: "He cuts off the internet and we are incommunicado."

THE Senator representing Delta Central senatorial district, Delta State, Ovie Omo-Agege, has alleged that the people of Niger Delta region were the ones making it difficult for President Muhammadu Buhari to come out with his blueprint for the development of the region. Fielding questions from newsmen after a meeting with host community leaders and other stakeholders in Urhoboland at Ughelli, Omo-Agege said: "From the moment the man became President, there has been a concerted effort to deprive him of the opportunity to even show his hand on how he is going to develop the Niger Delta. We believe it would create an enabling environment for him to come and develop the region and thus opportunity should be given before they condemn him, as even God does not even condemn without giving somebody a hearing.

The Federal Government plans to spend an estimated N6.812tn as its budget for 2017. The figure is about 13.3 per cent or N806bn above the N6.06tn budgeted for 2016. These details were contained in the 2017-2019 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper, which President Muhammadu Buhari forwarded to the National Assembly on Tuesday. The President wrote to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, attaching the MTEF and the FSP documents. He explained that he was complying with the provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2007, adding that his action meant that the details of the 2017 budget would soon be laid before the legislature. Part of his letter read, “Pursuant to the provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2007, the preparation towards the submission of the 2017 budget to the National Assembly is progressing well.

Recession forces Buhari to authorise sale of two presidential aircrafts Finally, President Muhammadu Buhari has given approval for the sale of two presidential aircraft, a Falcon 7x executive jet and Hawker 4000 from the Presidential Air Fleet, PAF. "His directive to a government committee on this assignment is that he liked to see a compact and reliable aircraft for the safe airlift of the President, the Vice President and other government officials that go on special missions. "I am sure the Commander of the Presidential air fleet will any time from now, call you to a ceremony at which he will hand over some other aircraft to the Airforce for their operations", Shehu explained in a statement yesterday.

  Laurent koscielny ensured Arsene wenger marked his 20 year anniversary at arsenal with a victory as he scored a controversial late winner to beat burnley 1-0 at turf moor. A resilient display from burnley was undone in the final minute of stoppage time as Alex oxlade chamberlain and koscielny fumbled the ball over the line despite the latter appearing to handle while also being in an offside position Chances were at a premium on sunday,a day after wenger brought up his two-decade landmark in the gunners hot seat,with Alexis sanchez wasting the visitors' best chances

  Veteran Nollywood actor,martins Njubuigbo popularly known as Elder Maya has died after a long battle with liver disease. Fellow actor yomi fabiyi shared the sad news yesterday and wrote;RIP Elder Mayah.YOU WERE A VETERAN AND A HARD WORKING ONE AT THAT

  Speaking in a recent interview,Marcus Rashford spoke about his inspiration and role models In recent years Ronaldo is the example,''Rashford said ''Wherever you put Ronaldo in the attacking three he's going to make an impact and the opposing team are going to fear him.Being a constant threat,that's what i need to develop.Rooney and Ronaldo were unreal(together).In 2007 to 2008,it was an unreal partnership,they have been huge players I have looked up to and watched how they perform to try to put into my own performance,''The golden boy nominee said.