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                                 The Peoples Democratic Party held their primary election at Eagle Square in Abuja today. Current President Goodluck Jonathan will be the party’s candidate in the 2015 presidential election.

                                 Over 7,200 votes are being counted and processed. The names of the candidates are spoken out loud in the process of sorting. LIVE updates continue below: According to multiple sources at the venue, General Muhammadu Buhari takes an early lead. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso seem to be ahead of the other candidates, Rochas Okorocha and Atiku Abubakar. At the same time, Sam Nda-Isiah gots his first ballot moments ago, at about 10:20. source; naijaloaded.com

                                 The beautiful songstress lost her dad yesterday after battling an undisclosed illness. May his soul rest in peace.. Amen

                                 Real Madrid ,  Chelsea ,  Bayern Munich  and  Barcelona  are among the teams who will discover their Champions League fate in the draw for the last 16 on Monday December 15. Following Wednesday's completion of the group phase, the stage is set for the best clubs in Europe to battle it out in the knockout rounds, with the winner now seven games away from glory. The top seeds for the draw - those who finished top of their groups and will play the last-16 second leg at home - are Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Monaco, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Chelsea and Porto. The teams which finished second after six games in the group stage, and who will play the first leg of their last-16 ties at home, are Juventus, Basel, Bayer Leverkusen, Arsenal, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, Schalke and Shakhtar Donetsk.

                               The rivalry between Barcelona forward, Lionel Messi and Real Madrid’s hit man Cristiano Ronaldo will be carried once again to FIFA’s Ballon d’Or award as the duo alongside German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer have been shortlisted for the prestigious award. World soccer governing body, FIFA and France football yesterday released the three-man shortlist for the 2014 award. Ronaldo, 29, could win the prestigious individual award for a third time after lifting the trophy in 2008 and 2013. Ronaldo played a key role in Madrid’s successful Champions League campaign last season, scoring 17 goals to set a new record for most goals scored in the competition in one season. Barcelona star Messi, meanwhile, is in contention to scoop the accolade for a record fifth time, and has hit top form in recent weeks to...

                               Gunmen in Kenya this morning Dec 2nd attacked a quarry at Mandera town in North Kenya, killing 36 Christians. According to multiple eye witnesses, the gunmen stormed the place, ordered all the non-Muslims, about 36 of them, to step away from the Muslims and then shot them all dead. One witness told Reuters that four of the victims had been beheaded. According to local media reports, the unknown gunmen suspected to be members of the Somalia based al-Shabab group that killed 28 people in an attack on a bus targeting non-Muslims in the same area last week, attacked the quarry workers very early this morning while they were sleeping. Kenya’s military troop and the Red cross have since arrived the scene of the attack.   source: naijaloaded . com

                                 MSN GANG’s Oritse Femi received a 2014 Range Rover worth 24 million naira from his new management AVATAR, Oritse femi launched the new Ride yesterday at his Unveiling Party which took place some where on the Island in Lagos. Below are pictures from the memorable event… - See more at: http://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/2014/12/01/oritse-femi-receives-n24million-naira-2014-range-rover-new-management-avatar-photo/#sthash.gMjJXQqA.dpuf MSN GANG’s Oritse Femi received a 2014 Range Rover worth 24 million naira from his new management AVATAR, Oritse femi launched the new Ride yesterday at his Unveiling Party which took place some where on the Island in Lagos. Below are pictures from the memorable event                 ...

                                Chelsea may be comfortably on top of the EPL log at the moment, but one man that is not be­ing carried away by that fact is Southampton manager, Ronald Koe­man. Koeman, whose side fell yesterday at home to Manchester City by 0-3 said City who won the ti­tle last season remains the best team of the competi­tion ahead of the Blues. “Man City are the stron­gest team in the Premier League and you have to be good to have a good result against them,” Koeman declared after last night’s game. It would be noted that City won the game despite playing one man down af­ter Eliaquim Mangala was sent off. City courtesy of yesterday’s victory is now second on the table with 27 points. Chelsea who failed to win on Saturday against Sunderland is still comfortably on top the league log with 33 points. ...

                                 Choi. Another day, another Kim and Kanye are divorcing report. This one from Media Take Out We told you weeks ago that Kim and Kanye were divorcing – and now it’s happening. This is a MediaTakeOut.com exclusive report! People were wondering how long it would be before Kim and Kanye got divorced, well you’re not going to have to wait long for answers. MTO broke the news a few weeks ago, that Kim was spotted inside the office of popular divorce attorney Laura Wasser. And this weekend – it’s UNDENIABLE that Kim and Kanye are headed for a SEPARATION. Here’s what we know, according to the NY POST, Kanye did NOT spend Thanksgiving with Kim, her family, OR HIS DAUGHTER. Yeezy ran off to Paris: Kanye West skipped a family Thanksgiving with the Kardashians. The rapper — without Kim and b...