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• We spoke about the elections in Nigeria on Monday and that it was now a 3-horse race to the big office. Ruling party candidate bola Tinubu was declared winner of Nigeria's disputed presidential elections yesterday, securing the former Lagos governor his life-long ambition of heading Africa's most populous democracy.

• Just days after French strikers Benzema and mapped lost the best player accolade to Leo Messi, former France soccer great Just Fontaine, who in 1958 scored a record 13 goals in a single edition of the world cup, has died, his former club Stade de Reims confirmed yesterday.

• Late basketball legend Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa Bryant had been in a legal battle wit the LA county officers who had allegedly shared images from the helicopter crash that resulted in the death of a number of people including the basketball star and their daughter Gianna. Los angels county will pay Vanessa Bryant nearly $29 million to settle a the lawsuit.

• Greece experienced what they’re calling the worst train accident in decades when two trains were involved in a head-on collision.

If you still use or used to use Metrorail Trains, please share some of the memories.