Everton made it three wins out of three as they moved to the top of the 2020/2021 English Premier League (EPL) after a 2-1 victory at Crystal Palace on Saturday. The visitors won by a controversial penalty kick awarded for handball and converted by Richarlison. Carlo Ancelotti’s side took the lead in the 10th minute when a superb pass by Colombian James Rodriguez found the overlapping Seamus Coleman. He slipped the ball across for Dominic Calvert-Lewin to score for the third straight league game. Crystal Palace drew level in simple fashion though, with Cheikhou Kouyate heading in an Andros Townsend…
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The Community and Social Development Project (CSDP), an initiative of the Federal Government with support from the World Bank, spent N90 billion on community projects in 30 states from 2009 to date, an official has said. Dr Abdulkarim Obaje, National Coordinator of the CSDP, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the goal was to reach out to poor communities so that development would flourish. He spoke shortly after the presentation of the Community-Driven Development Policy (CDDP) held in Abuja. Obaje said that the policy would provide a framework for organising poor communities and vulnerable groups together…
2020/2021 Bundesliga title hopefuls Borussia Dortmund suffered a blow in a 2-0 defeat at Augsburg on Saturday. The visitors surrendered without a fight as Daniel Caligiuri set up the first goal and scored the second in his 300th league game. In spite of Borussia Dortmund having close to 80 percent possession for much of the first half, it was Augsburg who scored. This was when Felix Uduokhai connected with a Caligiuri free-kick in the 40th minute with their first chance of the match. Borussia Dortmund lacked the magic from their young stars which helped them cruise past Borussia Moenchengladbach in…
Manchester United beat Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 away in the English Premier League (EPL) on Saturday Their win came after an incredible finale in which Bruno Fernandes struck the winning goal from the penalty kick spot in the 10th minute of the game’s added time. Fernandes’s winner came after referee Chris Kavanagh had initially blown for full time. It concluded an enthralling match which saw Brighton hit the woodwork five times and have a penalty kick overturned after a VAR review. Manchester United also had a goal ruled out in each half for offside. Brighton’s Neal Maupay gave away…
The Mosan Okunola Local Council Development Authority (LCDA) in Lagos State has allayed fears of residents on the possibility of abandoning rehabilitation of the ‘411 Road’ in the Gowon Estate. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rehabilitation work awarded at a cost of N72 million by the council. The Gowon Estate is one of the Federal Housing estates in Lagos State. NAN correspondent, who visited the site, reports that construction workers were not on the ground except a pile of crushed stones and some stack of interlocking stones. It was also observed that construction had not progressed…
Novak Djokovic said he will not let the ball incident that caused his U.S. Open disqualification affect the way he manages his emotions on court as he makes his Grand Slam return at Roland Garros. The Serbian, disqualified in New York after accidentally hitting a line judge with a ball, bounced back by winning the title at the Italian Open, where his temper got the better of him as he smashed a racket in his quarter-final match. While he said he would be more careful and that the U.S. incident had left a scar, Djokovic added that he will not…
Mr Bank-Anthony Okoroafor, former Chairman of Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN), has urged the Federal Government to sign the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law for the desired development in the oil and gas sector. Okoroafor told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, on Saturday that the Bill was all that was required to get the sector functional. He said that the problems around the deregulation of the downstream oil sector could be handled if there was a policy on ground to drive the sector. He said that as the country was set to mark its 60th…
Netflix Inc, in a response to U.S. senators’ concerns over the company’s plans to adapt a Chinese science-fiction book trilogy, said on Saturday it did not agree with the Chinese author’s views on the Chinese government’s treatment of Uighur Muslims. Five Republican U.S. senators urged Netflix this week to reconsider plans to adapt the book into a TV series because they said the author has defended the Chinese government’s clampdown on ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims in the Xinjiang region. “The Three-Body Problem” and two sequels were written by Liu Cixin. Netflix announced this month that it was turning the books…
The National Executive Council of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on Saturday said members would not partake in the proposed strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The National Public Relations Officer of IPMAN, Alhaji Yakubu Suleiman, said this in a statement issued in Lagos. He said that the national body of the association had directed all IPMAN members to continue with their normal businesses while NLC goes ahead with the strike. “We are calling on the NLC to realise that deregulation is inevitable. It remains the surest way to bring back our economy to normalcy. “There is no…
The Kwara Government on Saturday began a six- day training on implementation of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) for 44 key health providers and partners in Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area of the state. Speaking at the sidelines of the training, Dr Nusirat Elelu, the Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency, explained that the programme is tagged: ” training of trainers on implementation of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund.” Elelu restated the commitment of the state to strengthening primary health care services under the leadership of Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. According to her,…