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Liverpool were held to a 2-2 draw at home to West Brom while Tottenham's unbeaten run ended with a 2-1 defeat to Newcastle United at While Hart Lane in Premier League matches played on Sunday, December 13. The Reds started their game brightly as they hosted West Brom at Anfield. They should have gotten their first goal in the 15th minute when an Emre Can pass that was aimed for Christian Benteke fell into Phillipe Countinho 's path but the Brazilan midfielder's half volley went over. Coutinho was however involved in Liverpool's opener; his diagonal pass to Adam Lallana was headed down for Jordan Henderson to apply the finish. West Brom got the equaliser from a Simon Mignolet 's error. The Belgium goalkeeper spilling a Chris Brunt's pass into the path of Salomon Rondon before Craig Dawson smuggled the ball in from six yards. West Brom got into the lead in the second with a Jonas Olsson header in the 73rd minute. Liverpool threw everything forward looki...

Remember the 2000 martial arts action movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" a sequel is finally out titled "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny." Although, 15 years is really a long time apart between sequels, the original film seized everyone’s attention and it earned an incredible $213.5 million the year it was released. Synopsis: In 19th century Qing Dynasty China, a warrior (Chow Yun-Fat) gives his sword, Green Destiny, to his lover (Michelle Yeoh ) to deliver to safe keeping, but it is stolen, and the chase is on to find it. The search leads to the House of Yu where the story takes on a whole different level. In the new sequel: Yu Shu Lien, who is now responsible for protecting the special sword of Green Destiny from an evil warlord. Released by Netflix, get ready for some fantastic effects and high flying stunts with plenty of martial arts and swordplay. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny." Is set to hit the theatre...

Justice Miriam Walsh got the shock of her life after a suspect she was presiding on his case attacked her in court. Express Uk reported that Miriam Walsh was beaten blue black by her attacker, she was repeatedly punched in the face by the suspect before help could get to her. Sources says the incident happened at a family law court at Dolphin's House in Temple Bar, Dublin when the judge was about to give her verdict. “Tensions got high after the decision was made and he jumped from the dock at her . “He also kicked and punched the court registrar who also needed treatment . “The judge was trying to defend herself from him but he was repeatedly hitting her in the face. “There was a lot of blood and she also received a number of cuts to her face” says witness ".  Although, the name and photo of the attacker wasn’t revealed, a spokesman for the court says “Security systems are in place and were operational. This allowed the gardai to in...

The former National Chairman of the PDP, Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, has urged Nigerians to have faith in President Muhammadu Buhari and give him time to implement his campaign promises. Nwodo told newsmen in Umuahia that the president needed time to formulate policies and execute programmes to tackle the myriads of socio-economic challenges currently plaguing the nation. He said: "The president came in with tremendous goodwill. It’s not easy in the Third World for an opposition party to defeat a sitting government. "So for Buhari to have done that shows the measure of goodwill he came to office with. ‘’Secondly, I believe that what he promised our people was something that was timely; I’m of the PDP but that government had reached a point of impunity. "The level of impunity is being shown by the investigations that are going on indicating that we needed somebody who promised us that he was going to fight corruption and to bring sanity to government expenditure. ...

The former National Chairman of the PDP, Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, has urged Nigerians to have faith in President Muhammadu Buhari and give him time to implement his campaign promises. Nwodo told newsmen in Umuahia that the president needed time to formulate policies and execute programmes to tackle the myriads of socio-economic challenges currently plaguing the nation. He said: "The president came in with tremendous goodwill. It’s not easy in the Third World for an opposition party to defeat a sitting government. "So for Buhari to have done that shows the measure of goodwill he came to office with. ‘’Secondly, I believe that what he promised our people was something that was timely; I’m of the PDP but that government had reached a point of impunity. "The level of impunity is being shown by the investigations that are going on indicating that we needed somebody who promised us that he was going to fight corruption and to bring sanity to government expenditure. ...

Following rumours that Nigerian singer Davido is about to father another child, the Tanzanian model, Agnes Masogange, has come out to clear the air on the issue... Agnes had deleted photos she posted on Instagram indicating she was carrying the singer's baby. She then quickly followed it with a photo of her with who she's claiming to be her baby daddy. It appears Davido's daughter, Imade Adeleke, won't be having a sibling soon afterall.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has revealed that it will privatise crude-oil pipelines to enable the corporation fund its Joint Venture partnerships between international oil companies (IOCs) in Nigeria. According to the minister of state for petroleum resources and group managing director of NNPC, Ibe Kachikwu, “The new model is that refineries would now buy their own crude oil, refine it and make remittances to the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC). They would operate a semi autonomy system that would enable them to run in a profitable manner." He also said “I will engage the IOCs to stand up and get counted in the area of best environmental practices in 2016. This initiative would help the IOCs to maintain a cordial relationship with the communities where they operate and the communities too would be satisfied with the efforts at the end of the day." Kachikwu said this move will reduce pipeline vandalism and increase efficiency in the supp...