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Arteta vents frustration, anger after Arsenal stunned late by Leicester

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says he could not understand why officials ruled out Alexandre Lacazette’s first-half goal in the 1-0 defeat to Leicester.
Arteta was left bemused as to why Alexandre Lacazette’s early goal was disallowed in Arsenal’s defeat to Leicester.
The Gunners suffered their first home defeat to the Foxes in 47 years as Jamie Vardy came off the bench to seal a late 1-0 victory at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal were left to rue the fourth-minute decision where Lacazette’s glancing header off the post was ruled out after Granit Xhaka was adjudged to have interfered with goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel from an offside position.
Arteta was angry that this goal from Lacazette was disallowed after Granit Xhaka was deemed to be interfering with play when in an offside position
Speaking after the game, Arteta told Sky Sports: “I’m really disappointed. We had it in our hands in the first half and I don’t know how the hell the goal was disallowed.
“To be fair I was really pleased with the first half and the way we pressed and the aggression we showed against a team that are very capable of breaking that pressure and creating chances against you.
“In the second half and it was about being patient and waiting for the right moment against a team that wanted to defend really deep.
“They didn’t have any shots on target and they were just waiting for a mistake to go on the break, and the moment we had a minimal mistake with no pressure on the ball, trying to step in, they caught us with the space at our back and we lost the game.”
Asked if he’d received an explanation from referee Craig Pawson why Lacazette’s goal was disallowed, Arteta added: “No, I asked them [the officials] and they didn’t say anything.
“At the end of the day, if you cannot win it for any reason, you don’t lose it. We still had some moments after the goal, but we gave too many free-kicks away, we didn’t put the ball in the box enough and it’s something we have to improve for the future.”
To make the evening worse, Arsenal lost both David Luiz and Bukayo Saka to injury during the second half.
“We have lost a few players in the last week or so,” Arteta said. “David had a muscular problem and couldn’t carry on so we will have to assess him in the next 48 hours.”
Rodgers hails ‘world-class’ Vardy
Brendan Rodgers says his Leicester side executed their game plan perfectly, as they secured a 1-0 win away at Arsenal
Rodgers hailed the impact of Jamie Vardy as he came off the bench claim to clinch the victory while continuing his fine form against the Gunners.
It was Vardy’s 11th Premier League goal against Arsenal – only Wayne Rooney can boast more – and gave Leicester a win in a game where they had to soak up plenty of pressure from the hosts.
“Everyone talks about the goals he scores against Arsenal and the big teams but that’s why he’s a big player,” Rodgers said.
“He makes that big contribution in the biggest games and that shows you the level that he’s at. He’s a world-class striker and I’m very lucky to have him here.”
On the victory, which confirmed Leicester’s best start to a league campaign since 2001, Rodgers added, “I thought we deserved it [to win].
“We’re playing against a really good side whose movement is good, the set-up slightly different tonight as well, but I know they’ve got quality and the players that can run in behind. To come and keep a clean sheet and play with that quality and also calmness was really good.
“The boys were outstanding. Our idea is that you’re playing against top-quality players and you’ve got to deny them space.
“A lot of my teams always deny it at the top of the pitch, but you play against that quality and that speed, you’re set up slightly different. I thought the concentration, the ideas in the game from the players was executed it really well.”
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UNIZIK expels female student who assaulted lecturer

UNIZIK expels female student who assaulted lecturer
Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) has expelled Goddy-Mbakwe Chimamaka Precious, the female student who assaulted a lecturer on the varsity’s campus.
News of her expulsion was disclosed in a statement on Friday by the UNIZIK Acting Registrar, Victor Modebelu,
Precious was seen in a viral video on Wednesday molesting a lecturer in the Theatre Arts Department identified as Chukwudi Okoye.
She accused the lecturer of obstructing her recording of a Tiktok video.
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Sharia panels good for religious harmony in South-West – JAMB registrar

Sharia panels good for religious harmony in South-West – JAMB registrar
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, has urged South-West leaders to endorse the formation of Sharia panels in the region to foster peace and religious harmony.
Oloyede, who doubles as the Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, made this known on Sunday while speaking on Inside Sources with Laolu Akande on Channels Television.
He expressed concern over the lack of understanding surrounding the issue, pointing out that Sharia panels have existed in the region for years.
He said, “I believe that Nigeria is great, and Nigeria will continue to be great, but it requires a lot of rethinking. Recently, people have been talking about Sharia panels in the South-West, and I was just smiling; I was smiling that I had never seen that level of ignorance being displayed.
“Sharia Panel in Oyo State, somebody did a PhD thesis on it in 2007, which means it had been there before 2007. The person who wrote on that appraisal is a professor today in Ibadan. He is Prof Makinde, and the governor coincidentally is Makinde. I don’t know whether they are related.”
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Reacting to issues surrounding religious tolerance in the region, the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin stressed that Muslims in the South-West are psychologically burdened by the peaceful coexistence enjoyed in the zone.
“When you have such a situation (of religious tolerance), and you do not continue to monitor what you are doing, you will be living in the past. I’m a Muslim from the South-West. The Muslims from the South-West pay psychologically for the peace and harmony that we are talking about.
“The churches are licensed by the government to conduct marriages that are statutory, and if you have any dispute within your marriage, you go to government-funded high courts for dispute resolution.
“If there is a dispute in my marriage, where do I go? I don’t have the opportunity because I married according to Islamic rites; I will have to go to customary court where the customary judge knows next to nothing about my faith, about the laws on the basis on which we got married. He would now use customary law to determine Islamic marriage, and the Constitution of Nigeria allows it to say where the state of assembly allows it, there should be Sharia Courts of Appeal.
“There have been Sharia Court of Appeal in different parts of the country, particularly in the northern part of Nigeria. When we say there is harmony, it means somebody is suffering in silence, but when the person speaks, they say, ‘Why are you making noise?’” he added.
Recently, controversy erupted in the South-West region over the establishment of Sharia panels, with Muslim leaders stressing their right to self-determination while non-Muslim groups raise concerns about the potential implications of these panels.
Sharia panels good for religious harmony in South-West – JAMB registrar
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Arsenal thrash Man City 5-1 to reignite EPL title hope

Arsenal thrash Man City 5-1 to reignite EPL title hope
Arsenal put a stunning performance Sunday evening, blowing away the reigning champions with a 5-1 victory at Emirates Stadium.
This has thus kept race for English premiership trophy alive notwithstanding the unrelenting spirit of the league leader, Liverpool.
The Gunners prevailed to move within six points of leaders Liverpool, who have a game in hand.
Arsenal were gifted the perfect start within two minutes as Manuel Akanji lost possession and Kai Havertz squared for Martin Odegaard to open the scoring.
Havertz exposed Arsenal’s lack of a clinical goalscorer when he wasted a glorious chance to double the lead.
That could have proved costly when Erling Haaland headed in his 250th career club goal early in the second half to bring City level.
But the defending champions are a pale shadow of their former selves this season and conceded within 105 seconds of the restart when Thomas Partey’s shot deflected in off John Stones.
Myles Lewis-Skelly would have been suspended if his controversial red card in a 1-0 win at Wolves last weekend had not been overturned.
The 18-year-old made the most of that reprieve by curling in Arsenal’s third for his first goal for the club.
Havertz made up for his earlier miss by steering a precise left-foot finish into the far corner past Ortega with 14 minutes left.
It was icing on the cake for Arsenal as 17-year-old Ethan Nwaneri picked out superbly by Declan Rice, bent a fabulous shot into the far corner.
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