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Premier League table ranked by shots: Everton shot-shy and Southampton trigger happy?

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Southampton have taken a lot of shots this season THE Premier League table ranked by shots ahead of the fifth matchday makes for fascinating reading. READ MORE: Premier League Giants Warned That Barcelona Will Move For Their Superstar After four games, the 2018/19 season is beginning to take shape, and Manchester City are looking good to continue their dominance. The Citizens are only fourth in the league following a shock draw at Wolves, but on the whole they continue to impress, and they have had the most shots of any club by far. Pep Guardiola’s men have pulled the trigger 91 times - resulting in a league-high 11 goals so far. The three teams above City in the actual table are Chelsea, Liverpool and Watford. The first two of those clubs are in second and third on the table ranked by shots, with the Blues taking 76 and the Reds hitting 66. But the Hornets, despite winning four straight games, are down in 12th place with just 48 shots so far. Perhaps the most...
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APC senators as of August 14, 2018 (full list)

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- The All Progressives Congress currently has 57 senators while the opposition Peoples Democratic Party has 48 senators - The All Progressives Grand Alliance and the African Democratic Congress have two each  - If you exclude Senator Joshua Dariye of Plateau state from APC list of Senators because of his recent sentence, APC will be left with 56 senators
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Breaking: 9 APC state exco members defect with 6,208 others in Osun

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Nine out of sixteen state working committee members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has on Monday, August 6, resigned their membership of the ruling party.
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Breaking: NASS leadership to meet Tuesday, August 7

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The leadership of the National Assembly will meet on Tuesday, August 7, over the possible reconvening of the federal legislature to consider some national issues, Daily Trust reports.
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Saraki, governors' defection is to stop Buhari’s re-election - Senator Ndume

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- Former Senate leader, Ali Ndume, has revealed why Senate president Bukola Saraki and some  members of APC recently defected to PDP - He said the defectors' aim is to stop President Buhari's re-election in 2019 - Saraki had on Tuesday, July 31, dumped APC and joined his former party PDP.
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2019: Be ready to see the anger of Nigerians - Senator Hunkuyi to APC

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-    Senator Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi said the APC will lose in 20 - The Kaduna senator expressed optimism that the PDP will take over power  - He said Governor El-Rufai should be prepared to be voted out 
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Saraki calls emergency meeting of NASS leaders

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          Saraki, Dogara and Ekweremadu: part of the National Assembly leaders Senate President Bukola Saraki has called an emergency meeting of the National Assembly leadership for tomorrow to deliberate on critical national issues needing the urgent intervention of the federal lawmakers.
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Akwa Ibom APC kicks against Senator's speculated defection from PDP

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- Some members of the ruling APC in Akwa Ibom state have petitioned thenational chairman of the party over speculations of Senator Akpabio's defection 
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16 Kwara LG chairmen defect to PDP

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All the 16 local government chairmen in Kwara State who were elected on the platform of the APC have officially announced their defection to the PDP. READ MORE: Plot To Remove Abia Speaker Thickens Speaking yesterday in Ilorin, the state Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Joshua Omokanye, said their decision was supported by Section 109 (1) (g) and was therefore not in conflict with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Omokanye, who is the Chairman of Oyun Local Government Area, said the defection train had carried along all political office holders at the third tier of government. He said this included council chairmen, vice chairmen, speakers, secretaries, supervisory councillors, the 193 elected councillors and other political appointees in the state. “It is our collective resolve to join the PDP as the worthy alternative platform to further our political careers and work for the advancement of the generality of our...
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Obasanjo’s Coalition Shouldn’t Be Trusted – Soyinka

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LEADERSHIP:  Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka yesterday urged Nigerians to disregard frantic efforts being former President Olusegun Obasanjo to form a political coalition and wrest power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying the Obasanjo has a way of rubbishing anyone he dislikes no matter how pious the person might be to have his way. Soyinka spoke at the official launch in his Interventions VIII series, titled: “Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? (Who keeps Watch over the Watchmen?), Gani’s Unfinished Business,” held at the Freedom Park, Lagos Island area of Lagos.  READ MORE: FG Restores CRS To School Curriculum The literary icon who took a swipe at former President Olusegun Obasanjo, whom he described as hypocrite and a pretender who capitalised on every opportunity to make himself relevant, said he was particularly displeased with Obasanjo on how he rubbished the late Chief Bola Ige over the power sector crisis. He said he was ver...
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FG Restores CRS To School Curriculum

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LEADERSHIP: The federal government has said that the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) has completed the separation of Christian Religious Studies Curriculum and Islamic Studies Curriculum.
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Plot to remove Abia speaker thickens

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Barring any last minute change, Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Martins Azubuike may lose his seat this morning as members have concluded plans to impeach him. READ MORE: 2019: APC Has Moved Nigeria Backward – Bishop Ezeofor A source close to the lawmakers said but for two, other members have signed an impeachment notice to remove Azubuike from office. The source disclosed that members who signed the impeachment notice cut across the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the opposition, All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the assembly. Daily Sun gathered that the idea to remove the speaker, which was said to have received the blessings of top government officials and some chieftains of the ruling party in the state was to pave way for the son of a former governor of the state to become speaker, in line with a pre-election agreement. It was discovered that the latest impeachment plot would be the fifth time Azubuike, who is serving his third term...
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