EPL: We know finishing top four will not happen again for Leicester – Mahrez

Algerian international and recently crowned African Player of the Year 2016, Riyad Mahrez, has admitted that Premier League Champions, Leicester City are practically out of this season’s title race, and are now working hard to remain in the League.
Leicester are currently 15th in the league table trailing leaders Chelsea by 28 points with 18 games to go.

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And the reigning Africa Player of the Year has been left to rue his side’s poor run in the current campaign.
He told reporters, “Obviously, what happened last season was amazing.
“We know and knew the top four was not going to happen again for a small team like Leicester City.

“Yet, we knew it was not going to be like last season because of the Uefa Champions League, more games.

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“We’ve not done too badly because we qualified for the Champions League’s knockout stages, and of course the league is not very good.
“At the moment in the dressing room, it is normal. Even two years ago, we were fighting to stay in the league and it was the same mentality last season when we won,” he continued.
“I think it is the same mentality and we just have to keep working hard to see what we can do this time.”

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My husband had sex with my 11-year-old daughter – Woman tells court

A house wife, Mrs Olamide Bola, on Tuesday told an Akure Customary Court, that her husband, Mr Ogunlana Bola had sex with her daughter more than once.
The complainant is seeking divorce of her 5-year-old marriage that produced a 4-year-old boy.

According to her, she can no longer tolerate the respondent’s wild sexual urge towards her and her 11-year-old daughter.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 11- year old girl is a step daughter to the respondent.
The complainant who wept in court regretted her marriage with the respondent.
Ruling on the case, Mr Ayodele Omotola, the court’s president ordered hearing notice to be served on the respondent for appearance in the next adjourned date.
Omotola adjourned the case till Jan.18 for continuation of hearing.( NAN)

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RTEAN boss says APC aC offers him bribe to fight Fayose

 
The Ekiti State Chairman of Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, Samuel Agbede, has alleged that the All Progressives Congress of offering him bribe to work against Governor Ayodele Fayose.
He said the opposition party also promised him political appointment, luxury cars and other incentives if the association could support it in its plan to frustrate the state government.

Agbede said his rejection of the bribe led the APC to sponsor some willing members of RTEAN to cause confusion in the association.
Speaking in Ado Ekiti during the inauguration of the first phase of the state RTEAN secretariat, Agbede vowed that no amount of harassment, intimidation and threat will make him to withdraw support for Fayose.

“They offered me money, promises political position and luxury cars among other things. I rejected them.
“Their latest antics is that they gathered former members of the executives to be causing trouble within the association.
“I will never deviate. I’m working in line with the Constitution of RTEAN which says we should support the government of the day,” he said
Reeling out his achievements, Agbede said he had empowered over 30 drivers by making them car owners since assumption of office and promised to continue to do so.
He appealed to members to control their emotion so as not to harass innocent private car owners on the road.

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Drama as Nnamdi Kalu rejects to be tired

The on going situation, which is the detaining of the leader of the indigenous people Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kalu, got everybody surprise as he rejected to be tired secretly. As suprising as it may be, he thundered in a loud voice saying, " I shall not get tired secretly while my accusers did it publicly."
This made people understand that he is a determined freedom fighter.

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