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 Getty  Donald Trump Texas Senator Ted Cruz has defeated Donald Trump to win the Iowa caucus. The upset for the billionaire entrepreneur puts Cruz a step closer to the Republican nomination for November's presidential race. Iowan Democrats and Republicans are the first in the US to vote on who they want to be their party's candidate to succeed Barack Obama. Even the most recent polls predicted The Donald would take the caucus by a margin of 3%.

The couple, who have been married for almost two years, strolled down the red carpet in LA hand-in-hand last night Splash   George and Amal are looking more loved-up than ever George Clooney may be the main man but there was only one leading lady at the premiere of his new film Hail, Caesar! George's stunning wife Amal stole the spotlight in a flirty red and white skater-style dress which highlighted her petite figure. And from the look on George's face, she certainly captured his attention.

Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole yesterday described as laughable, claims by some commissioners he recently sacked that they were relieved of their jobs due to their perceived support for thegovernorship ambition of the deputy governor of the state, Dr Pius Odubu. Oshiomhole asserted that they were sacked for alleged betrayal of the trust bestowed on them. He described as sad, that rather than making public apologies, the ex-commissioners had resorted to paid advertorials to rubbish his image. The governor who declared this yesterday,

  In spite of last week’s verdict of the Supreme Court which affected their status, the duo of Senators Andy Uba and Stella Oduah were yesterday spotted within the National Assembly moving from one office to the other, conducting legislative businesses and attending committee functions. Uba in particular was spotted at the meeting of the Senate Joint Committees on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, while Senator Uduah was cited visiting different offices and attending to files when our correspondent sneaked into her office.

Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan bought sub-standard and below grade weapons to prosecute fight against Boko Haram, Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said. Mohammed was reacting to a statement credited to former president Goodluck Jonathan that the weapons procured by his administration are currently being used in the war against Boko Haram. In a statement issued on Monday, in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Mohammed said the weapons Jonathan procured were substandard and expired, which “could not have been responsible for the string of successes recorded by the military in recent times”.

One week after calling on the National Assembly to be more prudent and transparent, former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday reiterated that corruption must be kicked out of the country because it has destroyed all spheres of the society. The former president, who was the chairman at the inaugural conference of the Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy (ISGPP), said the malaise manifests in corruption of money, attitude, nepotism and favouritism.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the weekend carried out a raid on the Abuja office of former Vice President Namadi Sambo, action official sources said was not unconnected with the ongoing probe of the arms deal fraud. Sambo, the number two figure in the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan, was alleged to have been a beneficiary of the looted arms fund believed to have been allocated to his office from the office of the embattled former national security adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki.

From Alexandre Pato to Oumar Niasse and Benik Afobe to Charlie Austin, we look at the business conducted by the Premier League clubs this transfer window Oumar Niasse will boost Everton’s striking options after one of the transfer window’s most eyecatching moves. Photograph: Tony McArdle - Everton FC/Everton FC via Getty Images Ins Mohamed Elneny (Basel, £7.4m) Outs Mathieu Debuchy (Bordeaux, loan), Glen Kamara (Southend United, loan), Gedion Zelalem (Rangers, loan extended)

 The World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the explosive spread of the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in the Americas, calling it an "extraordinary event" that poses a public health threat to other parts of the world. The U.N. agency took the rare step despite a lack of definitive evidence proving the mosquito-borne virus is causing a surge in babies born with brain defects and abnormally small heads in Brazil and following a 2013-14 outbreak in French Polynesia.

Mike Huckabee is dropping his presidential campaign after a weak showing in the Iowa caucuses that he had won eight years earlier.