SPORT : Arsenal vs Chelsea, Petr Cech sends message to Gunners’ board over Arteta

 

Chelsea legend, Petr Cech has urged Arsenal board to support their manager, Mikel Arteta, ahead of both sides’s clash in the Premier League on Saturday.

Cech, who played alongside Arteta at Arsenal, believes the Spaniard can still turn things around for the Gunners despite losing four out of their five last games.

Arteta is under intense pressure at Arsenal following the club’s recent poor performances in the Premier League.

Arteta’s side was also eliminated from the Carabao Cup after losing 4-1 against Manchester City on Wednesday night.

The North London club are currently just four points above the relegation zone ahead of their Boxing Day clash against Frank Lampard’s side at Emirates Stadium.

Speaking on the development, Cech told talk SPORT: “It’s hard for any manager when results don’t go your way, and then you try to change the way the team play or the philosophy of the football.

“When you start to change a little bit, it needs time. As well to implement that faster you have to have everybody believe in it, you need some results as well.

“As soon as you are on the football pitch knowing you have won three on the bounce you don’t worry less about what’s going to happen you just worry about your game, you just go on and suddenly you go ‘oh this works, that works’.

“It’s a lot about confidence. At the moment when you hit the wall, this is the moment when you need everybody to pull in the same direction and help you out.

“This is the hardest part in football because it’s easy to suddenly say this is not working and do something else, but you can’t do that all the time.

“But of course in modern football, it’s the results that count, and at the end of the day you need to find your balance to have success and the way you do it.”

NEWS : Worship centres should be protected – Islamic group celebrates Osinbajo, CAN on Christmas

 

The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has called for adequate protection around worship centres during the Christmas season.

MURIC, an Islamic human rights organisation, made the call in reaction to an alarm by the Department of State Services, DSS, over plot to bomb worship centres.

DSS had warned of possible coordinated bomb attacks during the yuletide season.

Spokesman of the secret police, Peter Afunanya had said criminal elements planned to use a combination of explosives, suicide bombings and other dangerous weapons during the yuletide season.

However, MURIC charged Nigerians to be security conscious during the festive season.

A statement by MURIC’s Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, urged security operatives around worship centres, to search bags, vehicles and packages.

The group felicitated with the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Rev. Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria and all Christians across the country.

MURIC also called on Nigerians to pray for the return of Leah Sharibu, the Christian student who was abducted by Boko Haram some years ago.

According to MURIC: “We felicitate with our Christian neighbours as they mark 2020 Christmas. We share with them the aura of festivity and wish them a merry Christmas. In particular, our greetings go to Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the Vice President of Nigeria, Rev. Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria and all Christians in the country.

“By the same token, we charge Nigerians to be security-conscious and to report any suspicious person to the security agencies. People inside or around churches and mosques should be on the lookout for strange faces as well as abandoned vehicles, bags and packages. Such items should not be touched but reports should be lodged with the authorities with immediate effect.

“We call on Nigerians to spend the period in sober reflection and to pray for the safe return of Leah Sharibu in particular, the Chibok girls and all other captives in general.”

NEWS : Comply with traffic rules, regulations – Osun FRSC warn motorists

 

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Osun State Command has urged motorists to comply with traffic rules and regulations and cooperate with officers and men of the Corps.

The Command also announced that there will be an increase in its operational activities along all roads in Osun State.

In a statement made available to DAILY POST in Osogbo and signed by the Routes Commander, Agnes Ogungbemi, the Corps Commander in Osun, Kudirat Ibrahim, said the patrol operations will be intensified, with continual public enlightenment.

She emphasised the collective responsibility of all Transport Union Executives in putting their members on their toes to do the needful.

The FRSC boss said, “patrol operations will be intensified, with continual intensive public enlightenment, motor park rallies and large numbers of both Regular and Special Marshals shall be deployed on the road at designated roadside camps and flashpoints in the state.

She appealed to motorists to contribute to reducing the alarming rate of road accidents in the state.

Ibrahim vowed that the Command would do everything within its power to bring road crashes to the barest minimum and work towards achieving the mandate of the Corps.

NEWS : Christmas, There is hunger, desperation in Nigeria – Dunamis Pastor, Paul Enenche cries out

 

Paul Enenche, the Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, has lamented the living condition of Nigerians.

Enenche said that there was severe hunger and desperation in Nigeria.

The clergyman spoke at the church’s headquarters, Glory Dome in Abuja, yesterday, when a large crowd besieged the church for Christmas welfare packages.

Speaking on the welfare distribution, the trained medical doctor said: “You must watch this video clip of the food distribution today. It may make you cry too.

“It depicts the level of hunger and desperation in the land that only the help of God can alleviate.”

This is coming at a time the Senior pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa, had urged President Muhammadu Buhari to give the N400 billion proposed for the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines to poor Nigerians.

Pastor Giwa had appealed to the Federal Government to look for ways to tackle hunger among Nigerians instead of spending such huge money on vaccines.

NEWS : 2021 prophecies, What God showed me about CBN, First Bank, Access Bank, Eco, Union Banks, others – Prophet Ayodele

 

The founder and leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Elijah Ayodele, has released prophecies concerning the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and other financial institutions in the country.

This was contained in multiple prophecies he made available to  on events that would happen in 2021.

“The CBN LOGO will still be changed in the future not now. I foresee that the LOGO will still be adjusted. CBN will mount pressure on banks that failed to comply with the recapitalization directives,” he said.

According to him, new banks will still merge, while many others will be exposed as CBN will carry out a review of its policy on stamp duty payments.

He said that God revealed to him that CBN will work on the activities of black market operators as revealed by the spirit of God.

“The Central Bank will inject more money into the Foreign Exchange Market in order to stabilize it. The CBN will face tough challenges because the economy will be fluctuating,” the cleric added.

He said that the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele must be careful not to be indicted by some State Governors because, according to him, there will be some missing monies in the apex bank “and even transactions in some accounts will be called for to enable proper analysis.”

Prophet Ayodele said that the apex bank will also review its workers’ retirement packages.

Ayodele also said that God revealed to him the death of a top banker, adding that some banks will be attacked, while some others will lay off some of their staff.

Ayodele warned that Fidelity Bank may suffer loss, adding that God revealed to him that the bank may face sanctions.

“Ecobank must be watchful so as to guard against failures in its compliance with banking regulations.

“Equity Bank must be careful so that it will not face litigation and also record cases of fraudulent activities.

“Access Bank must be careful about fire outbreaks and attacks on their bank buildings.

“First Bank must be careful not to lose a big customer. The bank must pray against fire outbreaks and armed robbery attacks.

“Stanbic IBTC must be careful about internal troubles and should be careful so that it will not begin to scrap some of its branches.

“Polaris Bank must pray against deaths in the bank. The bank must pray for higher profitability.

“WEMA Bank must be very careful because of cases of fraud that will involve the staff and Directors. Wema Bank must pray against trouble from its workers and also rebuke attacks,” he said.

According to Prophet Ayodele, Union bank will have a change of leadership and there will be issues with a major customer of the bank.

NEWS : Soldiers kill 3 armed robbers in Plateau

 

Three notorious armed robbers have been confirmed killed in Plateau State.

The robbers were killed by soldiers attached to the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven.

Commander of the task force, Maj.-Gen Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, who confirmed the incident, said the criminals were killed Wednesday night while operating around the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) permanent orientation camp in Mangu Halle, Mangu Local Government Area of the State.

He added that three other members of the gang escaped with bullet wounds.
“On Wednesday night, our men neutralised three notorious armed robbers on Mangu road by NYSC Camp. The robbers had robbed three vehicles of their belongings including phones and other valuables.

“After a long pursuit by our men, three out of the six robbers were neutralised while three others escaped and suspected to have fled into the adjoining villages with gunshot wounds,” he said.

Items recovered from the robbers included two locally made long guns, six cartridges and a locally made pistol with five 9MM rounds of live ammunition.
Assuring Plateau residents of the military’s readiness to ensure a crime free and peaceful Christmas and New Year celebrations in the State, Okonkwo further stated that the dead bodies were handed over to the Mangu Division of the Nigeria Police Force.

NEWS : Motorcycle rider killed by speeding Hilux driver in Anambra

 An unidentified motorcycle rider has lost his life in a fatal crash involving a Toyota Hilux pick up without registration number.

 gathered that the motorcyclist lost his life after the driver of the Hilux lost control of the vehicle while speeding along the Onitsha-Owerri road, in Uli, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State.

Florence Edor, Sector Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Anambra confirmed the incident.

She said, “At about 1352HRS this afternoon 23rd December 2020 a Motorcycle rider was killed in a crash involving an unidentified driver of a Toyota Hilux pick up without registration number and an unidentified Motorcycle rider without registration number, at ULI opposite Starch Mill Ihiala.

“Eyewitness report reaching us indicates that the driver of a Toyota Hilux pick-up while speeding, lost control and crashed into a motorcycle rider. The crash involves a total number of (2) adult male.

“The bike rider was taken to ARK ANGEL Hospital by the FRSC rescue team from Ihiala command. He was later confirmed dead by the Doctor on duty, and moved to the mortuary.”

She quoted the Sector Commander Corps Commander, Andrew Kumapayi as admonishing motorists to avoid speeding, especially in built-up areas, warning that speed thrills but at the same time kills.