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Arsenal were beaten 2-1 by Everton on Saturday as their dire run of form in the league continued The Gunners have now won just one of their last 10 Premier League games, with manager Mikel Arteta under pressure The only positive thing about Arsenal currently is the fact that they have a manager who is a fighter. Despite the club’s poor run of form in recent weeks, Mikel Arteta has tried his best to maintain a positive atmosphere. The Spaniard watched on as the Gunners put up yet another lethargic performance in the Premier League, as Everton run out as 2-1 winners at Goodison Park on Saturday.…

Barcelona’s aim to record three successive wins in La Liga was thwarted by Valencia following a 2-2 draw on Saturday The result means Ronald Koeman’s side are now eight points behind league leaders Atletico Madrid Barcelona fans have had very little to celebrate about in recent weeks. However, a run of two consecutive wins seemed to have brought the feel-good factor back to the Camp Nou. The Blaugrana played themselves back into the title race after back-to-back victories against Levante and Real Sociedad. That run has now come to an end following a 2-2 draw with Valencia on Saturday. Barcelona’s biggest challenge this season has…

Chelsea will return to winning ways against West Ham United, predicts former Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov After two consecutive Premier League defeats, Frank Lampard and Chelsea are desperate for three point Chelsea will return to winning ways against West Ham United on Monday, according to former Manchester United footballer Dimitar Berbatov. The Blues head to the game on the back of consecutive league defeats against Everton and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Frank Lampard desperately needs three points in the bag against the Hammers, as the early optimism at the start of the season threatens to disappear. Interestingly, Chelsea had lost just once in 11 games in the league…

The recent kidnap of over 300 students in a Katsina State School raised genuine concerns amongst the generality of the people, coming after the Chibok experience. But what further aggravated public’s worry was when President Muhammadu Buhari, chose to visit his cows as against the part of town, where the incident took place. Although the boys were eventually released after ransom was allegedly paid, even though Governor Aminu Masari of the state tried to change the narrative, the situation highlighted more crystal clearly how much premium the Buhari presidency places on life and the security of the people. Like George…

Although in the seeming absence of leadership, political order and law, life has become somewhat uncertain, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short, the denouement of the Kankara abduction incident, however, leaves so much to be grateful for, writes Louis Achi According to the quaint English philosopher-historian, Thomas Hobbes, in a “state of nature”, human life would be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short”. In the absence of political order and law, everyone would have unlimited natural freedoms, including the “right to all things” and thus the freedom to plunder, rape and murder; there would be an endless “war of all…

Across the world, there’s one bad news everyone is dealing with at the moment and it is the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, which is claiming as many lives as the first wave did. Unfortunately, while some countries have been busy embracing selective lockdowns as part of measures to curb any further spread, Nigeria is unable to go this route. The reasons are simple. Apart from the fact that the economy has yet to recover from the initial lockdown, it has also entered another recession, said to be the worst since 1987. In addition to this are the many…

Security is everybody’s business. It is a flawed assumption that issues of security must remain strictly within the orbit of agencies with the responsibility. Even security agencies cannot function without citizens’ alliance and community help. Simply, they cannot operate in vacancy of citizens’ collaboration and the support of stakeholders and other institutions – both formal and informal.s The most fundamental ingredient to addressing crime is intelligence. And intelligence does not jump out from the coloured screen of a computer; it comes from people – of all shades and appliances. It is the reason I believe our traditional institutions and socio-cultural…

Diego Maradona’s death last month shook the world of sport in a year which began with the tragic loss of basketball hero Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash. AFP Sport looks at some of the sporting figures who passed away in 2019: Diego Maradona, 60 Maradona’s death brought Argentina to a standstill and caused a wave of grief in his adopted home of Naples. He brought joy to the southern Italian city by leading unfashionable Napoli to two Serie A titles and the 1989 UEFA Cup. The passing of Maradona, who dragged Argentina to glory at the 1986 World Cup…

Super Eagles German coach Gernot Rohr and the team’s captain Ahmed Musa played a role in crowning the best coach and best men’s player in Thursday’s award ceremony Musa voted Lionel Messi as the best men’s player for 2020 while coach Rohr picked Robert Lewandowski for the Best Fifa Men’s Player award. Following an incredible 2019-20 season with Bayern Munich, Lewandowski claimed the coveted recognition on Thursday after beating Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona’s Messi to the top prize. Despite their contrasting choice of winners, Rohr and Musa both had an African star who helped Liverpool end their 30-year wait…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has said it would approach the Supreme Court to set aside Wednesday December 16 decision of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, quashing the conviction of Olisa Metuh, former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, and his company, Destra Investment Limited, a statement by the commission said. Metuh was prosecuted by the EFCC before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja on a seven count charge of illegally receiving monies to the tune of N400 million from the Office of the National Security Adviser, under Col. Sambo…