The Lagos State Government on Thursday commenced the sale of Lake Rice as part of the MoU between the state and Kebbi Government at the rate of N12,000 per 50-kilogramme bag.

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated renowned journalist, author and publisher, Chief Areoye Oyebola who clocks 80 years on Friday.

A businessman, Muyiwa Sanni,35, who allegedly beating up a police officer was on Thursday arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.

Workers in the employment of Taraba State Government under the auspices of the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (JPSNC) on Thursday shut down the state secretariat in Jalingo to protest against the non-payment of their salaries.

Senator representing Bayelsa east senatorial district, Ben Murray Bruce has said that it is impossible to fight corruption with workers earning just N18,000 as minimum wage. The Senator who gave the statement via social media also said that it is not Nigerians that are corrupt but the system they found themselves into.

Turkey international Arda Turan scored a hat-trick as holders Barcelona thrashed third-division side Hercules 7-0 in the second leg of their Copa del Rey last-32 tie.

Mario Balotelli and Younes Belhanda were sent off in the dying seconds as Ligue 1 leaders Nice stumbled into the winter break with a 0-0 draw at Bordeaux, allowing Monaco to trim the gap at the top to two points.

FIFA boss Gianni Infantino rates the trial of new video referee technology at the Club World Cup a “positive” step towards its intended use at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Lionel Messi’s beaten Copa America finalists Argentina end the year top of FIFA’s world rankings while France, defeated in the Euro 2016 final, were named ‘mover of the year’.

The UN Security Council says, in the interest of Ganbians, President Yahya Jammeh must respect the results of the Dec.1 presidential election by handing over power to the President-elect, Adama Barrow.

Sacked South Africa coach Ephraim ‘Shakes’ Mashaba was never short of an opinion. AFP Sport selects five quotes from his many media conferences:

South Africa coach Ephraim ‘Shakes’ Mashaba was fired Thursday for insulting top football officials last month, the national association said.

A 38-year-old woman, Amudalat Agboola, whose husband on Thursday approached a Lagos Island Customary for dissolution of their five-year-old marriage, has described her husband as a gold digger.

President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to act on the crisis rocking the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, Ondo State, before it degenerates to another police brutality against innocent students.

Sen. Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi West) on Thursday advised youths not to allow themselves to be used by desperate politicians to fulfil their selfish ambitions.