Wenger falls twice at Anfield

Its a very good Sunday morning here in ijebu imushin, but I'm quite sure it's not all that good-a-morning for my fellow arsenal fans out there most especially for our baba-ijebu coach otherwise called Arsene Wenger. It was a bad day in the office for AW both on and off the pitch as the battering we received was just too much to handle that he lost his feet and slipped on his way back home.

Arsenal's title challenge may not have fell flat on its face just yet after Manchester City's slight slip-up at Norwich, but Mr wenger did take a tumble on his way back from the 5-1 defeat at Liverpool on Saturday.

Arsene Wenger, so often the cool, calm and collected Frenchman, slipped on his way into Liverpool Lime Street Station after the loss. 

I don't know if I'm supposed to laugh or pity the old man, but before I turn this into a debate I think I'd better keep mum for now. Fingers crossed till Wednesday when R.V.P comes visiting.

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Former CAN President, Akinola Recounts Kidnapping Ordeal

Former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Most Revd Peter Akinola, who regained his freedom from his abductors has joined other Christians in the special church service held at the St. Peters’ Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion in Abeokuta.

Joined by friends, relatives and the congregation, Peter Akniola was full of praises to God, the Ogun State Government and the Nigeria Police for their quick intervention which led to his freedom.

While recounting his ordeal while it lasted, the former CAN president challenged youths of the country to make themselves available for various opportunities being put in place by government and concerned Nigerians to fully develop their innate and God given talents.

He recounted his conversation with one of his abductors: “This young man was telling me in the car that he was educated, but he has no job, he has nothing to do than to do what he’s doing now but he doesn’t enjoy it. Those were his words that I don’t enjoy what I’m doing but I have to do it.”

First Xmas Service For Pope Francis

Pope Francis, celebrating his first Christmas as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, on Wednesday called for dialogue to end the conflict in South Sudan and all wars, saying everyone should strive to be personal peacemakers. Speaking to tens of thousands of people from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, the same spot where he emerged to the world as pope when he was elected on March 13, Francis also made another appeal for the environment to be saved from "human greed and rapacity".

Kano Spends N278 Million to Marry Off 1,111 Women

Kano State government has said that it spent a whooping N278. 270 million to facilitate the wedding of 1,111 couples under the fourth phase of its divorcees, widows and spinsters mass marriage programme.

This translates to an average of N250, 468. 046 per couple.

Addressing the couples at a civic reception organized by the state government, Governor Rabi'u Kwankwaso stated that the money was used to procure furniture, textile materials, foodstuff as well as provide grants for the brides and other essential items.

Kwankwaaso who described the event as unprecedented in the history of the West African sub-region, further stressed that the marriage programme was initiated to help people strengthen the family institution and halt social crimes in the society, most of which were as a result of erosion of family values.

Breaking News: Arsenal to face Bayern, as Drogba returns to face Chelsea

The draw for the 2013/2014 Ucl round of sixteen has been completed with some interesting fixtures coming along. The draw which sees defending champion, Bayern Munich face a trip to London, also holds a mouth-wattering encounter between Barcelona and Manchester City. Below is the draw in full.

Manchester City (Eng) v Barcelona (Esp)

Zenit St Petersburg (Rus) Borussia Dortmund (Ger)

Olympiakos (Gre) v Manchester United (Eng)

AC Milan (Ita) v Atletico Madrid (Esp)

Arsenal (Eng) v Bayern Munich (Ger)

Bayer Leverkusen (Ger) v Paris Saint-Germain (Fra)

Galatasary (Tur) v Chelsea (Eng)

Schalke 04 (Ger) v Real Madrid (Esp)

Audi starts testing new R18 e-tron

A week after the World Championship winning Audi R18 e-tron quattro car's last run in a race, its successor is ready to hit the track. The new LMP1 sports car, which has been kept under wraps up to now, have commenced testing on the US track of Sebring in Florida. Audi Sport has developed a new Le Mans prototype that corresponds to the Technical Regulations for 2014 and is designed for maximum efficiency. The development started in 2012. The next-generation Audi R18 e-tron quattro is now being tested on the race track where all new Le Mans prototypes of the Audi brand have had to prove their worth. "We've reached a crucial stage in this project," said Head of Audi Motorsport Dr Wolfgang Ullrich. "After building the first prototype, testing on various race tracks is now taking centre-stage. The tests are mainly focused on achieving high mileage, co-ordinating the highly complex hybrid drive systems and working out an efficiency optimised total package that has never before been as complex as this one."