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Jordan Ayew, the Black Stars of Ghana and Crystal Palace forward, has been named the player of the season for his club.

The recognition follows the form of the player for the Eagle in the just concluded English Premier League Season.

Ayew, who netted nine times in 39 games for the South London club, was named Player of the Season, Players’ Player of the Season as well as winning the accolade for the best goal of the campaign.

The 28-year old secured 37% of the total votes from almost 6,000 supporters to beat Vicente Guaita (28.2%) and Gary Cahill (16.7%) to scoop the top most award.

“I had the desire to have a better season and things have gone so well. I’m just grateful,” the Ghanaian frontman told Crystal Palace TV.

“I want to thank everyone at the football club; I want to thank the fans especially, they’ve been massive for us this season, for me especially they’ve been massive. I’d like to thank all the people that supported me within the difficult moments that I had in my football career.

“When I have this type of award I just think of my family and obviously of the fans. And one man that’s been so influential in my football career: that’s [mentor and former Olympique de Marseille president] Pape Diouf. I lost him within the period of COVID and he passed away, I wish he was still here so I could present him this.”

The ex-Marseille forward joined the Eagles on a permanent deal last season.

This is the second time the striker is winning the players’ player of the season and the player of the season award at a club, after previously doing same at Swansea City.

Unaccounted persons have been feared killed in a gas explosion that has rocked the Nigerian commercial capital city of Lagos.
The sad event happened in the evening of Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at the Afariogun area of Isolo in Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos.
According to information gathered, the explosion occured in a gas shop and a source from the scene said the explosion is not unconnected with a electric spark inside the shop

‘We have been having epileptic power supply and I think that the explosion might have been caused by a spark from electricity.”
However, men of the fire service and other essential workers were seen at the scene evacuating the dead and the incident caused heavy vehicular traffic in the area.