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Gunnersaurus made an emotional return to Arsenal as fans were welcomed back to the Emirates Stadium on Thursday evening. Arsenal’s official mascot was let go by the club as part of cost-cutting measures in October. However, he was back, along with 2,000 fans for the first time since March for the Gunners’ Europa League clash with Rapid Vienna. The coronavirus pandemic has prevented fans from attending football matches for most of the year. However, in line with government rules, Arsenal have been allowed to admit 2,000 supporters into the Emirates. Mikel Arteta’s side will be hoping to maintain their 100…

The 41st Regular Council of the Lutheran Church of Nigeria has ended with a call on Nigerian leaders to find lasting solutions to the lingering economic and security challenges bedeviling the country. The National President of the Church, Most Rev. Dr. Christian Ekong made the call in his sermon at the grand finale of the meeting, which took place at the Luther Cathedral Obot Idim Ibesikpo in Akwa Ibom State. Rev. Ekong who is also the Archbishop of the Church lamented that Nigerians were in need of justice, good governance, public utilities, peace, and security and urged the leaders to give…

Two new COVID-19 deaths have been reported and 343 confirmed infections in Nigeria, according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Of the confirmed cases, Federal Capital Territory recorded the highest number of 123 followed by Lagos and Kaduna 106 and 72 cases respectively on Thursday.  In its tweet, NCDC said “On the 3rd of December 2020, 343 new confirmed cases and 2 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. “The 343 new cases are reported from 14 states – FCT-123, Lagos-106, Kaduna-72, Nasarawa-14, Rivers-5, Bauchi-4, Imo-4, Ogun-4, Ekiti-3, Edo-2, Oyo-2, Plateau-2, Akwa Ibom-1 and Kano-1.” On the caseloads of the pandemic, it…

A suspected Facebook hacker from Nigeria has landed in trouble for committing the crime. Consequently, Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has remanded one Vincent Harrison Chukwuemeka, an alleged serial Facebook hacker, in the Nigerian Correctional Service on a one-count charge of fraud to the tune of N407,000. Trouble is said to have started when a certain Felicity Felix Ekpezu petitioned the Economic and Finance Crimes Commission on January 5, 2020, alleging that on December 26, 2019, she received strange chats on WhatsApp from for Chukwuemeka who claimed to be a female representative…

More than 1.5 million have died from Coronavirus worldwide from nearly 65 million cases, according to an AFP tally on Thursday based on official statistics. There have been 1,500,038 fatalities from 64,774,705 cases since the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus in China in December. The worst affected region is Latin America and the Caribbean with 452,263 deaths, followed by Europe (430,060) and the United States and Canada (286,946). Since late November, there have been more than 10,000 virus deaths globally per day on average, the highest toll rate since the pandemic began. More than half the Covid-19 deaths registered over…

Former US Presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton have pledged to receive Coronavirus vaccine on camera to help promote the safety of the vaccine. The effort comes as the Food and Drug Administration prepares to meet next week to decide whether to authorize a COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech. In an interview with SiriusXM host Joe Madison, Obama said that he would trust Anthony Fauci if the infectious disease expert declares a Coronavirus vaccine to be safe. “People like Anthony Fauci, who I know, and I’ve worked with, I trust completely,” Obama said. “So, if…

More than 32 million persons will live in extreme poverty by the end of 2020 due to COVID-19, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), said in a report released on Thursday. COVID-19 has had a catastrophic economic impact on the least developed countries (LDCs) where the poor has been most affected. UNCTAD siad between October 2019 and October 2020, the economic growth forecast for LDCs was revised sharply downwards from 5 to -0.4 per cent. “This revision is expected to lead to a 2.6 per cent reduction in per capita income in LDCs in 2020, with 43…

Paris Saint-Germain took a huge step towards avoiding an embarrassing early exit from the Champions League and left Manchester United with work to do to reach the last 16 as Neymar scored twice in a 3-1 win at Old Trafford. PSG, United and RB Leipzig are now all tied on nine points at the top of Group H with one game to go. But the French champions are in the driving seat as they host eliminated Istanbul Basaksehir on Tuesday, while United need a point when they travel to Germany. “Winning at Old Trafford is one of the biggest challenges…

Olivier Giroud scored four goals in Seville as Chelsea breezed past Sevilla 4-0 to secure top spot in Champions League Group E on Wednesday. Giroud delivered left-foot, right-foot and headed finishes for the perfect treble – and then whipped a spot-kick into the top corner for good measure. Chelsea will host Krasnodar at Stamford Bridge next week, but sealed top spot with their win in Spain, and a potentially easier tie in the last-16. Giroud put the squeeze on Blues boss Frank Lampard to hand the France striker a Premier League start against Leeds on Saturday, once again proving his…

Again, Kaduna State has become the epicentre of COVID-19 as Nigeria recorded 122 new infections on Wednesday. Of the new figure, Kaduna has 37 confirmed cases while Lagos and Plateau have 29 and 25 cases respectively, according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. “On the 2nd of December 2020, 122 new confirmed cases and 1 death were recorded in Nigeria. “The 122 new cases are reported from 11 states- Kaduna (37) Lagos (29), Plateau (25), Ekiti (9), Rivers (5), Ogun (5), Edo (4) Kwara (4), Bayelsa (2), Bauchi (1), and Kano (1),” NCDC tweeted. According to the health agency, “Till…