Manchester United bought beleaguered manager Louis van Gaal some much-needed respite with an improved display in Monday’s 0-0 draw at home to under-performing Premier League champions Chelsea.

English Premier League table after Monday’s matches

See stunning photos from the largest street party in Africa, Calabar Carnival which is ongoing in Cross River State.

Collated English Premier League results on Monday

English Football League tables after Monday’s matches

Two female suicide bombers struck a market in Adamawa on Monday, an army official said, with a local community leader giving a toll of at least 30 killed.

WE are in the season of festivity. In fact, this year is significant because the Christians and Muslims are celebrating at the same time. We must maximise this beyond the coincidence of dates. I had mentioned in a previous piece that the challenges of the Nigerian nation are multi-dimensional, that you cannot get the expected change result if we view it from a very narrow prism. Our challenge is embedded in our culture, our attitude, our way of life; of nonchalance, of no care for the consequences of the whole as long as our individual or narrow interests are protected. If the people are not getting it, if the messages are not being absorbed and internalised by those at the bottom rung of the ladder, there is no way we can make progress.

Iraq declared the city of Ramadi liberated from the Islamic State group on Monday and raised the national flag over its government complex after clinching a landmark victory against the jihadists.

Son Heung-Min’s 89th-minute strike sent Tottenham Hotspur third in the Premier League on Monday in a 2-1 win at Watford, as Louis van Gaal prepared for what may prove his final game as Manchester United manager.

See thrilling photos as Lagos Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode flagged off the One Lagos Fiesta, at the Agege Mini-Statdium in Lagos on Sunday.