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Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge ran the second fastest marathon in history to win the London Marathon for a fourth time as Britain’s Mo Farah finished fifth. Kipchoge, 34, who broke the world record in Berlin last year, triumphed in two hours two minutes 38 seconds. Farah finished three minutes one second behind Kipchoge, while fellow Briton Callum Hawkins was 10th. Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei, 25, became the youngest female London winner, with Britain’s Charlotte Purdue 10th. Ethiopia’s Mosinet Geremew and Mule Wasihun finished second and third respectively behind Kipchoge, who finished 59 seconds shy of his world record of 2:01:39. Earlier, American…

A one-day retreat for the 29 Nigerian governors-elect will hold in Abuja on Monday, while registration for members commences on Sunday. The summit is to prepare them on how to handle some of the challenges in their incoming administrations, due to be inaugurated on Wednesday, May 29. Organised by the secretariat of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), the retreat expected to be witnessed by the old governors and some of their counterparts from the United States of America will be followed after with another for their spouses. In a statement at the weekend from the NGF Secretariat, the summit is…

An upper Shari’ah court in Tudun Wada, Zaria, Kaduna State has sentenced three rapists to a one-year imprisonment but with an option of N7,000 fine with 20 strokes of cane for their actions. The suspected rapists are Hassan Suleiman, Ibrahim Usman and Adamu Audu, who were alleged to have lured secondary school victims while on their way to school. The presiding judge of the court, Malam Iliyasu Muhammad Umar, ruled that the three suspects who were earlier arraigned before him will serve a one-year jail term or pay N7,000 fine with 20 strokes of cane as deterrent to their actions.…

Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 600th club goal of his career as Serie A champions Juventus drew with Inter Milan. Ronaldo’s low strike, following a back-heel from team-mate Miralem Pjanic, brought Juventus level at the San Siro. Radja Nainggolan had given the hosts the lead with a spectacular 25-yard volley after Matteo Politano’s flick. Ronaldo has now scored 27 goals for Juventus after five for Sporting Lisbon, 118 at Manchester United and 450 for Real Madrid. His 600th career club goal came on the same day as Lionel Messi scored his 598th Barcelona goal, during their match against Levante. Juventus may…

No fewer than 19 students in India’s Telangana state were said to have committed suicide after failing school final examinations, officials and news reported on Thursday. Parents and students have been protesting across the state since the results of the Intermediate Examination for students of the two senior most grades were announced on April 18. Out of the 974,000 students, who appeared for the Intermediate Exam, a total of 328,000 failed, Telenga Chief Minister, Chandrasekhar Rao, said in a statement. He has set up a three-member panel to probe the conduct and assessment of answer papers. “There have been a…

Norwich City, Saturday, secured promotion to the English Premier League after a three-year absence with a 2-1 win at home to Blackburn Rovers. Victory left Championship leaders Norwich nine points clear of third-placed Leeds with just six left to play for in the final two regular-season games and only the top two assured of a place in English football’s lucrative top-flight. The Canaries kicked-off at Carrow Road knowing just a point would be enough to secure promotion. Norwich went ahead in the 13th minute through Marco Stiepermann thanks to the German midfielder’s low shot from 20 yards. The East Anglian…

The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman has disagreed with Daddy Freeze on the private jet he recently acquired pertaining to the statement credited to the latter. The Edo-based preacher made this statement in reaction to the comments made by Daddy Freeze about his private jet, saying “I have my reservations in Daddy Freeze‘s presentations.” Recall that the controversial On Air Personality (OAP) and founder of the Free Nation movement had challenged the preacher to name the number of poor people in his ministry that he has helped in time past before purchasing his private jet. “Apostle…

Lionel Messi scored to help Barcelona clinch the Liga title by beating Levante 1-0 at Camp Nou on Saturday, cementing its status as Spain’s dominant club for more than a decade. After resting until halftime, Messi went on and finally put a shot past Levante goalkeeper Aitor Fernandez in the 62nd minute to start the celebrations at the Camp Nou. Messi’s league-leading 34th goal was his 46th in all competitions this season. After hugging and kissing his children who came on the pitch with the other players’ families, Messi received the league trophy from Spanish federation president Luis Rubiales and…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says results of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would be released from April 29. The 2019 UTME was conducted from April 11 to April 18 and more than 1.8 million candidates registered for it. The Board’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dr Fabian Benjamin, stated this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Bwari. Benjamin said that screening of the results would soon be over and the result released. “We are still screening but hopefully, anytime next week, the results will be ready,” he said. Speaking…

The Federal Government has offered 168 ex-corps members, who won the President’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Honours Award, an automatic employment in the Federal Civil Service. At the combined 2015/2016/2017 President’s NYSC Honours Award held at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja on Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari conferred the recipients with various awards. Buhari, who was represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, also announced scholarships up to Doctorate level in any Nigerian universities to the awardees. The President’s NYSC Honours Award was instituted in 1974 to encourage corps members to contribute to the overall national development by embarking on community…