Six Premier League fixtures you don't want to miss over Festive period

26 Dec: Chelsea v Bournemouth, 3pm


Antonio Conte’s team go on the search for win No 12 in a row. He is up against Eddie Howe, the great young hope of English football management. Watch out!


26 Dec: Manchester United v Sunderland, 3pm


David Moyes goes back to Old Trafford for the first time since his 2014 sacking. He still has not forgiven the club...lol


31 Dec: Liverpool v Manchester City, 5.30pm


The last game of 2016 pits Jurgen Klopp against Pep Guardiola for the first time in the Premier League in what should be a banquet of high-pressing, high-risk, high-octane 21st century football with added goalkeeping flaws.


1 Jan: Arsenal v Crystal Palace, 4pm


Sam Allardyce is back in the game and just look who he is up against: the old enemy Arsene Wenger whose team are going through a wobble. Big Sam will be desperate for points. One of the league’s most hostile managerial handshakes awaits.


2 Jan: West Ham v Manchester United, 5.15pm


Mourinho’s team in the Olympic Stadium for the first time against a West Ham side who got a draw at Old Trafford in November then lost in an EFL Cup tie there three days later. Last time in east London, the Manchester United bus was bricked.


4 Jan: Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea 4 Jan, 8pm


Their battle royale at Stamford Bridge at the end of last season was an FA disciplinary classic. Now it is Part II with Spurs desperate to get even, but this could be the game Chelsea win their 14th in a row and equal Arsenal’s 2002 record.
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Nigeria proves to be Giant of Africa once more as Traders from Chad, Cameroon and Niger rush to Kebbi for rice

According to Leadership Sunday, the state has turned into a beehive of local and cross-border market activities following the current rice production boom in the state, which is being driven by the government of Governor Atiku Bagudu.

Merchants from the neighboring countries of Niger, Benin and Cameroun are reportedly trooping into the state.


According to eyewitnesses, in most of the major markets in the state, no fewer than 100 trailers, loaded with bags of rice leave the state on a daily basis.



Kebbi’s flagship rice is Faro. Other brands have names like Labana and the newly introduced LAKE Rice-which came about as a result of partnership between Lagos and Kebbi.


Meanwhile, a British media source has quoted, Lagos customs chief Haruna Mamudu who said 102 bags of fake rice was smuggled into the country to be sold during the festive season.

Preliminary examination of the product branded as "Best Tomato Rice" showed "how sticky the rice was and only God knows what would have happened if our people consumed it."

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