•Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice (C) celebrates goal against Bournemouth with teammates, yesterday Declan Rice shrugged off a knee injury to extend Arsenal’s advantage at the top of the Premier League to six points with a come-from-behind 3-2 win at Bournemouth. A rare Gabriel Magalhaes error gifted the Cherries an early opener through Evanils...
•Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah was among six players nominated for the Professional Footballers’ Association Men’s Player of the Year award today. The 33-year-old played a key role in Liverpool’s Premier League title triumph last season with 29 goals and 18 assists, reports AFP. The Egypt star was voted Footba...
•Nigerians waiting in Abuja to buy government subsidised bags of rice Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory have been experiencing difficulty accessing the Federal Government’s 50Kg bag of rice at N40,000. Our correspondent, who visited the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) headquarters, a payment centre, revealed th...
•England’s midfielders Jack Grealish and Declan Rice celebrate victory England interim manager Lee Carsley enjoyed a dream debut as goals from Declan Rice and Jack Grealish silenced their Ireland tormentors and inspired a 2-0 win in Saturday’s Nations League opener in Dublin. Rice and Grealish, who both snubbed Ireland to represent Engla...
•Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori The Delta State government has said it had not received the 20 trucks of rice the federal government distributed to the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Information Commissioner Ifeanyi Osuoza announced this while speaking with our correspondent yesterday in Asaba, the state capital...
•Rice thieves The looted bags of rice at three locations in Benin and its environs in Edo State, yesterday, led to a disagreement between Governor Godwin Obaseki, who was backed by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Edo Chapter, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Bags of rice were discovered and looted […]
•Bags of rice The federal government has called for calm on the proposed nationwide protest, saying it had created centres across the country where Nigerians can purchase a 50kg bag of rice for ₦40,000. This was revealed by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris while briefing correspondents on the outcome of the ...
•Shehu Sani A former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has reacted to the alleged diversion of bags of rice meant for the poor in Katsina State. On Wednesday night, operatives of the Katsina State Command of the Department of the State Services (DSS), recovered 2,000 bags of rice out of the 20 trucks donated to the […]
Hoodlums have scaled the fence of the house of the Vice Principal of Government Day Secondary School (GDSS), Abaji, in Abaji Area Council of the FCT and stolen a bag of rice and a sewing machine. The Vice Principal, Musa Suleiman Ohinoyi, said that the incident happened around 2am on Friday, reports Daily Trust. He […]
•A truck conveying bags of rice The federal government has donated 20 trucks of rice to the 36 state governors and the federal capital territory for onward distribution to Nigerians. Addressing state House Reporters after the Federal Executive Council meeting today, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said the ric...

