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Stan Collymore believes that Manchester United’s new signing Memphis Depay will allow Juan Mata to play in his favoured number 10 position with the Dutch star starting on the right wing, as per Bleacher Report. The Red Devils announced an agreement for the highly-rated forward had been struck with PSV yesterday, following a much talked about transfer saga, with some of Europe’s elite clubs.

Nicola Sturgeon The Scottish National Party (SNP) won a landslide in Scotland on Friday, destroying the Labour party north of the border in a historic leap forward which could increase pressure for a fresh referendum on independence. The nationalists won 56 of 59 parliamentary seats in Scotland in Thursday’s general election, final results showed, up from just six at the last vote in 2010.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said all funds for the payment of allowances of all National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and ad-hoc workers engaged for the 2015 general elections have been released to those affected. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Kayode Idowu, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja.

The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Adamu Mu'azu yesterday mocked the governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, insisting that his deathwish advert on president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari led to the loss of President Goodluck Jonathan at the elections. Muazu took to his verified Twitter handle, to mock Fayose with the post, "Fayose: I have evidence that Muazu worked for APC. We hope it's not the kind of evidence he once said he had that Buhari was dying?"

 The Supreme Court, yesterday, threw a spanner into proposed plans by the National Assembly to override the President's veto on amendments to the constitution achieved by the assembly and endorsed by the state houses of assembly. In a ruling, a seven-man panel of justices of the apex court, led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, ordered the lawmakers to maintain status quo on the matter until June 18.

Floyd Mayweather: 'I'm just an American dream' GOING into last weekend’s “Fight of the Century” against Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather was expected to earn more in one bout than any athlete ever had in a whole year. The number tossed about was $180 million, the lion’s share of a split of $300 million with Pacman. At $180 million, Mayweather would easily surpass Tiger Woods’ record of $125 million in 2008. But those numbers were based on a forecast of 3 million pay-per-views and,according to a report from Yahoo! Sports today, that estimate was modest to say the least.

Opponents of Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza’s plans to seek a third term in office protested for a 10th day on Friday as regional leaders prepared to hold a summit next week to discuss the country’s political crisis. Four people were killed in the capital, Bujumbura, on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 14 since the demonstrations erupted on April 26. An unspecified number of people are missing, civil-society leader Pacifique Nininahazwe said by phone.

Vote shows overwhelming support for legislation that would let Congress review, and maybe even reject, any final deal the US would reach with Iran. Netanyahu speaks in front of US Congress. (Photo: AFP) The US Senate muscled its way into President Barack Obama's talks to curb Iran's nuclear program, overwhelmingly backing legislation Thursday that would let Congress review and possibly reject any final deal with Tehran. The vote was 98-1 for the bipartisan bill that would give Congress a say on what could be a historic accord that the United States and five other nations are trying to finalize with Iran, which would get relief from crippling economy penalties.

David Cameron is on course for an extraordinary victory as ‘shy Tories’ came out at the last moment to keep him in Downing Street. He said it was ‘too early to say’ what the final result of the General Election would be, but added that there was ‘the chance now to build on the foundation’ laid in the last parliament. But the Tory leader will have to deal with SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon who is cleaning up north of the border, leaving Scotland as a near one-party state.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday urged the incoming Buhari administration to continue to boost the railway system as the cheapest and most effective mode of mass transit in the country. The president said this when he inspected the ongoing construction of the National Railway Terminal at Idu and the Abuja light rail transit system. Jonathan said he was happy with the progress of work done on the projects and called on the state governors to also build light rails in their state capitals.

An unmanned Russian supply ship disintegrated as it plummeted to Earth on Friday after suffering a communications failure on its way to the International Space Station, in a fiery end to a mission to deliver oxygen, water and supplies. Though the ISS crew of six international astronauts is not in immediate danger of running out of essentials, the crash marks the latest in a series of problems suffered by Russia exposing shortcomings in its space programme.

Manny Pacquiao has undergone successful surgery on his right shoulder, just days after his loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. Los Angeles orthopaedic surgeon Dr Neal ElAttrache, who performed the operation to repair a torn rotator cuff, said he could “not be more pleased with the results” and expects the boxer to make a full recovery.

An obsessed Chris Brown fan broke into his home while he was in Las Vegas and wrote “I love you” on his walls. Chris Brown came back to his Agoura Hills, California home Wednesday evening to find a naked female intruder waiting inside. He called the police. The police found the woman, Amira Ayeb, inside his residence, according to CNN. A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department news release said that a man–who was later confirmed as Brown–called about the 21-year-old intruder around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Brown claimed that he did not know who she was and that she did not have permission to be there.

Zee Media Bureau Kathmandu: The catastrophic earthquake that jolted Nepal and took away thousands of lives has also left the world’s tallest mountain a little shorter! The recent analysis of satellite data has revealed that the 7.8 magnitude ​has shrunk the height of Mount Everest by about 2.5 cm. The new images provided by Europe's Sentinel-1A radar satellite depict that a broad swath of ground near Kathmandu lifted vertically, by about 1 metre, which could explain why damage in the city was so severe and also that Mount Everest, got a wee bit shorter.

Spanish giants, Real Madrid have topped Forbes’ annual list of the world’s most valuable teams for the third consecutive year. The Spanish side’s value fell 5% to $3.26bn from 2014 but they had the highest revenue of any sports team in the world at $746m. Fellow La Liga giants, Barcelona, worth $3.16B are second and Manchester United sit third with $3.10B, a 10% increase as German champions, Bayern Munich are fourth on the list.    Below are the top 20 on the list…

Legendary Brazilian Pele has had prostrate surgery and is in a stable condition, officials at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo confirmed on Thursday. This is after the three time World Cup winner is admitted to hospital for the second time in six months and received transurethral resection of the prostate, according to the hospital.

Nollywood actor cum elected political office holder, Desmond Elliot, has disclosed that he would like his political career to lead him to the seat of the Governor of Lagos state in some years to come. The actor, who won the Lagos state House of Assembly election and would proceed to the State Assembly where he'll be representing Surulere Constituency 1, believes that the future holds greater prospects for him as far as politics is concern.