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21'
Goal Santi Cazorla

18'
Wilshere manages to poke a through ball into the penalty
box for Gibbs to chase, but the left-back sees his
eventual attempted shot across goal blocked. Neither
goalkeeper has been forced into a save yet, with their
respective defences making the necessary blocks.

17'
Gibbs and Clichy collide, with the Man City defender
coming off the worse of the two ex-teammates, but both
are fine to continue. Pellegrini's men are starting to grow
into the game a little bit more, with a tiny bit of the wind
now being taken out of the Gunners' sails.

15'
Despite the opening quarter of an hour belonging to
Arsenal in terms of dominance, Man City are already
showing that they possess real quality in offensive areas
to hurt the Gunners whenever they are given half a
chance.

13'
The corner is delivered, aimed at Koscielny, but Man
City clear and look to counter. Nasri is found on the
edge of the box, but Chambers charges down the ex-
Gunners' midfielder's shot! Pellegrini's men keep up the
pressure with Jovetic teeing up Fernando, but the
Brazilian's long-range effort is also blocked well.

12'
Sanchez now feeds Sanogo down the right channel, but
as the Frenchman pulls back the trigger, Nastasic steps
across well to clear the ball behind for a corner. Wenger
will be very pleased with the early contributions from his
marquee summer signing.

11'
Sanchez pulls back a cross from the byline, but Nastasic
gets across to his near post and hoofs clear. Man City
are under pressure, but Willy continues to not have much
to do in the Citizens' net. Pressure isn't being converting
into clear cut chances at the moment

10'
Chambers covers across well, with the youngster staying
strong to keep tabs on Yaya Toure. Arsenal are
dominating possession, seeing far more of the ball, with
a goal for Wenger's men appearing to be on the horizon.
Gibbs and Debuchy overlapping is making for quite a
numerical advantage in midfield at times.

8'
Debuchy overlaps down the right flank before delivering a
back post cross, but Sanogo can't quite get enough
contact on the ball to divert his header goalwards!
Possession is recovered and worked back out to the
former Newcastle man, but again the finishing touch
can't be applied.

7'
Man City drop deep and look to absorb the early
pressure, as the Gunners take the game to their
opposition. Exciting stuff from Arsenal, with Pellegrini's
side struggling somewhat in midfield.

5'
Nasri whips in a near post corner delivery, but the
Gunners head clear, much to the delight of their fans.
There really is no love lost between the Frenchman and
his former supporters. Wenger's men continue to look
bright, but Man City are ominously leaving both Dzeko
and Jovetic up top.

4'
Arsenal start the game the brighter of the two sides,
seeing more of the ball and looking to push forward with
more regularity. Ramsey broke into the box and got to
the byline, before the Welshman's loose pass was
cleared hurriedly upfield by Man City.

3'
Chambers finds Sanogo with a long pass, before the
Frenchman feeds possession inside to Sanchez. The
Chilean drives forward before playing a pass ahead of
Wilshere, but the England international is robbed of the
ball on the edge of the box. Arsenal's fans roar whenever
the former Barcelona forward gets on the ball and looks
to rush upfield.

2'
The sun has appeared for the start of this game, despite
heavy rain not long before kick-off. The atmosphere is
buoyant, with two sets of fans keen for their teams to
further fuel their pre-season optimism and kick on with a
good performance this afternoon.

1'
We are underway in the first half of the Community
Shield! Arsenal and Man City both got their hands on
silverware last campaign, but will have to put in a good
performance to start this season in the same fashion!
This promises to be an entertaining match-up!

The two teams make their way out of the tunnel, with
Arsenal in their famous red and white, with Man City in
their similarly recognisable sky blue. Kick-off is
imminent, with only the pre-match rituals and niceties
standing between us and the first action of these two
sides' competitive seasons!

With only a quarter of an hour left until kick-off, be sure
to stick around for all of the first half action, as both
teams try to start in the same way they finished last
season - by picking up silverware.
Arsenal, meanwhile, have Costa Rica's exciting offensive
talent Joel Campbell among their ranks, as Arsene
Wenger stays true to his word and includes the 22-year-
old in his first-team plans. Olivier Giroud will have a
point to prove if he comes off the bench for the Gunners,
as Sanogo continues to maintain the faith of his boss.

Man City have a whole host of players unavailable for
this one, with their bench not boasting plenty of strength
in depth. David Silva and James Milner are present to
slot into midfield if required, but otherwise Manuel
Pellegrini includes forgotten men Micah Richards and
Scott Sinclair, as well as the slight inexperience of
Karim Rekik and Bruno Zuculini.
Man City substitutes: Hart, Richards, Rekik, Milner,
Sinclair, Silva, Zuculini.
Man City starting line-up: Willy; Clichy, Nastasic, Boyata,
Kolarov; Navas, Yaya Toure, Fernando, Nasri; Jovetic,
Dzeko.
Arsenal substitutes: Rosicky, Giroud, Oxlade-
Chamberlain, Monreal, Flamini, Campbell, Martinez.
Arsenal starting line-up: Szczesny; Debuchy, Chambers,
Koscielny, Gibbs; Arteta, Wilshere; Alexis, Ramsey,
Cazorla; Sanogo.

Great news. We should encourage them by making use of our homemade produce. Helps improve the economy.

Ehya, poor him.

alarm4: those this show there will be no list again...since time table is out.?

That timetable is for 2nd semester of 2012/2013 session. We the freshers of 2013/2014 are actually starting our registration sometime around May 2014 not now. So I believe more lists would come out. We have nothing to do with the school till May.

Dayummm... That was an Upper-cut to the APC. It seems these guys love GEJ.

patriotic007: To some people especially in the opposition GEJ failed even before his tenure started,.....But to we neutrals GEJ is the only president that has really tried to solve Nigeria's problems,....He has brought up new ideas,some good and some not too good but the bottom line is that he as come close to solving our numerous problems,.....I used to travel benin lagos road in my undergraduate yrs during OBJ's regime and it was hell but when i passed there last month i was surprised how smooth that road is now,right from ore to ugbowo benin is so smooth on both lanes,....I even heard they are ending the reconstruction at shagamu,...If am lying please people on this forum should comment,.....I must confess this regime is the best so far and i believe there are better ones coming but we must be careful with regime change because that has always brought in worst people who will parade them selves as saints to get power

Guy you should've known since naa. The opposition party never see all these things.

tosan200: you need to chill bro, the executhieve, legislathieve and judiciathieve are one in naija; all to toward a major goal, to enrich themselves.

If it were so then Nigeria wouldn't be existing by now.

plaindealer: 1. Good or bad, the buck stops with the president and chief law enforcement officer of Nigeria.

2. The judges and the rest of the country takes their cue from the leadership and the corrupt atmosphere created and encouraged by the leadership.

3. GEJ is ultimately responsible for the actions of the people he fills the judiciary bench with.


4. If the commander in chief of the Nigerian armed forces and also the chief law enforcement officer of Nigeria can pardon ex convicts and international fugitive still wanted abroad, so why shouldn't the courts or any other entity in Nigeria replicate the President's action?

It's all about the tone set by the commander in chief and the corrupt atmosphere he created and operating in.

Dude, you are not well. Your brain needs to get checked. Like seriously? The judges takes cue from the atmosphere of leadership from the President? Is that what they are taught in Law school? To take cue from the atmosphere of leadership? Ni.g.ga please.

mrjingles: Let me get this straight, an amount of money higher than our ENTIRE foreign reserves is stolen or diverted in ONE YEAR and the country is still standing? Please lets not glorify stupidity in the name of "reporting"

The thing tire me ooo.

The alleged failure of the Nigerian National Corporation to remit $49.8bn (about N8tn) oil proceeds to the Federation Account between January 2012 and July this year is causing a stir in government circles.
An online news medium,SaharaReporters, reported on Monday that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, had written to President Goodluck Jonathan to complain about the failure of the NNPC to remit the said amount to the Federation Account in contravention of extant laws.
He said the amount represented 76 per cent of the value of crude oil lifting during the period.
The complaints are contained in the letter to the President dated September 25, 2013.
However, the corporation refuted the claims that it diverted the said amount, adding that the allegation by the CBN governor was borne out of misunderstanding of the workings of the oil and gas industry and the modality for remitting crude oil sales revenue into the Federation Account.
Some operators in the sector, who spoke on the issue in an interview with our correspondent on Tuesday, called for an in-depth probe into the scandal, stressing that the CBN had to come up with the ‘facts’ because of the frustrations it was encountering in dealing with the corporation.
Sanusi had said he was constrained to bring the huge anomaly, which he noted had lingered for years, to the notice of the President.
An oil marketer told our correspondent that some of the illegal activities being perpetuated by the NNPC would not have been successful if the corporation was not tactfully being supported by the senior government officials.
The marketer, who pleaded not to be named because of the sensitive nature of the issue, said, “It is sad to see this kind of report in the papers. The truth, however, is that there is no way the NNPC will be able to carry out this kind of fraud without the assistance of the minister of Petroleum Resources.”
However, the NNPC said in a statement on Tuesday evening that the CBN governor misunderstood how remittances on crude oil sales were being undertaken.
The General Manager, Media Relations Department, NNPC, Dr. Omar Ibrahim, said, “For the avoidance of doubt, it needs to be stated that the figure of 594.024 million barrels of crude oil given by the CBN as the total crude oil lifting for the period of January 2012 to July 2013 does not represent the correct picture of crude oil lifting for the period.
“From our records, the correct figure is 618.55 million barrels. This shows that the CBN understated the actual crude lifted by 4.13 per cent.”
He explained that the revenues from crude oil lifting were in various categories, namely equity crude; Petroleum Profit Tax, royalty, third party financing and the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company.
Ibrahim said revenues from each of the categories were statutorily being collected by different agencies of the government.
He said the corporation was collecting only one of the aforementioned categories, the equity crude.
“The Petroleum Profit Tax is collected by the Federal Inland Revenue Service; royalty goes to the Department of Petroleum Resources; third party financing goes for the research and development programme and satellite fields development, while the NPDC goes to the NPDC for upstream development,” the statement explained.
Ibrahim said while the NNPC was paying proceeds from equity crude directly to the Federation Account with the CBN, the FIRS and DPR were paying the PPT and royalty respectively into the same account.
The sum total of the proceeds makes up the alleged unremitted revenues, according to him.
He said, “The 24 per cent of total crude oil revenue receipts, which the CBN governor is reported to have acknowledged that NNPC remitted, represents the proceeds from the equity lifting which NNPC is directly responsible for.
“The alleged unremitted 76 per cent was paid to the agencies that are statutorily empowered to receive them for onward remittance into the Federation Account.”
He stressed the need for institutions of the Federal Government and top government functionaries to seek understanding of issues that were not clear to them from relevant agencies rather than go public with misleading information that was capable of creating public disaffection.

The alleged failure of the Nigerian National Corporation to remit $49.8bn (about N8tn) oil proceeds to the Federation Account between January 2012 and July this year is causing a stir in government circles.
An online news medium,SaharaReporters, reported on Monday that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, had written to President Goodluck Jonathan to complain about the failure of the NNPC to remit the said amount to the Federation Account in contravention of extant laws.
He said the amount represented 76 per cent of the value of crude oil lifting during the period.
The complaints are contained in the letter to the President dated September 25, 2013.
However, the corporation refuted the claims that it diverted the said amount, adding that the allegation by the CBN governor was borne out of misunderstanding of the workings of the oil and gas industry and the modality for remitting crude oil sales revenue into the Federation Account.
Some operators in the sector, who spoke on the issue in an interview with our correspondent on Tuesday, called for an in-depth probe into the scandal, stressing that the CBN had to come up with the ‘facts’ because of the frustrations it was encountering in dealing with the corporation.
Sanusi had said he was constrained to bring the huge anomaly, which he noted had lingered for years, to the notice of the President.
An oil marketer told our correspondent that some of the illegal activities being perpetuated by the NNPC would not have been successful if the corporation was not tactfully being supported by the senior government officials.
The marketer, who pleaded not to be named because of the sensitive nature of the issue, said, “It is sad to see this kind of report in the papers. The truth, however, is that there is no way the NNPC will be able to carry out this kind of fraud without the assistance of the minister of Petroleum Resources.”
However, the NNPC said in a statement on Tuesday evening that the CBN governor misunderstood how remittances on crude oil sales were being undertaken.
The General Manager, Media Relations Department, NNPC, Dr. Omar Ibrahim, said, “For the avoidance of doubt, it needs to be stated that the figure of 594.024 million barrels of crude oil given by the CBN as the total crude oil lifting for the period of January 2012 to July 2013 does not represent the correct picture of crude oil lifting for the period.
“From our records, the correct figure is 618.55 million barrels. This shows that the CBN understated the actual crude lifted by 4.13 per cent.”
He explained that the revenues from crude oil lifting were in various categories, namely equity crude; Petroleum Profit Tax, royalty, third party financing and the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company.
Ibrahim said revenues from each of the categories were statutorily being collected by different agencies of the government.
He said the corporation was collecting only one of the aforementioned categories, the equity crude.
“The Petroleum Profit Tax is collected by the Federal Inland Revenue Service; royalty goes to the Department of Petroleum Resources; third party financing goes for the research and development programme and satellite fields development, while the NPDC goes to the NPDC for upstream development,” the statement explained.
Ibrahim said while the NNPC was paying proceeds from equity crude directly to the Federation Account with the CBN, the FIRS and DPR were paying the PPT and royalty respectively into the same account.
The sum total of the proceeds makes up the alleged unremitted revenues, according to him.
He said, “The 24 per cent of total crude oil revenue receipts, which the CBN governor is reported to have acknowledged that NNPC remitted, represents the proceeds from the equity lifting which NNPC is directly responsible for.
“The alleged unremitted 76 per cent was paid to the agencies that are statutorily empowered to receive them for onward remittance into the Federation Account.”
He stressed the need for institutions of the Federal Government and top government functionaries to seek understanding of issues that were not clear to them from relevant agencies rather than go public with misleading information that was capable of creating public disaffection.

The alleged failure of the Nigerian National Corporation to remit $49.8bn (about N8tn) oil proceeds to the Federation Account between January 2012 and July this year is causing a stir in government circles.
An online news medium,SaharaReporters, reported on Monday that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, had written to President Goodluck Jonathan to complain about the failure of the NNPC to remit the said amount to the Federation Account in contravention of extant laws.
He said the amount represented 76 per cent of the value of crude oil lifting during the period.
The complaints are contained in the letter to the President dated September 25, 2013.
However, the corporation refuted the claims that it diverted the said amount, adding that the allegation by the CBN governor was borne out of misunderstanding of the workings of the oil and gas industry and the modality for remitting crude oil sales revenue into the Federation Account.
Some operators in the sector, who spoke on the issue in an interview with our correspondent on Tuesday, called for an in-depth probe into the scandal, stressing that the CBN had to come up with the ‘facts’ because of the frustrations it was encountering in dealing with the corporation.
Sanusi had said he was constrained to bring the huge anomaly, which he noted had lingered for years, to the notice of the President.
An oil marketer told our correspondent that some of the illegal activities being perpetuated by the NNPC would not have been successful if the corporation was not tactfully being supported by the senior government officials.
The marketer, who pleaded not to be named because of the sensitive nature of the issue, said, “It is sad to see this kind of report in the papers. The truth, however, is that there is no way the NNPC will be able to carry out this kind of fraud without the assistance of the minister of Petroleum Resources.”
However, the NNPC said in a statement on Tuesday evening that the CBN governor misunderstood how remittances on crude oil sales were being undertaken.
The General Manager, Media Relations Department, NNPC, Dr. Omar Ibrahim, said, “For the avoidance of doubt, it needs to be stated that the figure of 594.024 million barrels of crude oil given by the CBN as the total crude oil lifting for the period of January 2012 to July 2013 does not represent the correct picture of crude oil lifting for the period.
“From our records, the correct figure is 618.55 million barrels. This shows that the CBN understated the actual crude lifted by 4.13 per cent.”
He explained that the revenues from crude oil lifting were in various categories, namely equity crude; Petroleum Profit Tax, royalty, third party financing and the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company.
Ibrahim said revenues from each of the categories were statutorily being collected by different agencies of the government.
He said the corporation was collecting only one of the aforementioned categories, the equity crude.
“The Petroleum Profit Tax is collected by the Federal Inland Revenue Service; royalty goes to the Department of Petroleum Resources; third party financing goes for the research and development programme and satellite fields development, while the NPDC goes to the NPDC for upstream development,” the statement explained.
Ibrahim said while the NNPC was paying proceeds from equity crude directly to the Federation Account with the CBN, the FIRS and DPR were paying the PPT and royalty respectively into the same account.
The sum total of the proceeds makes up the alleged unremitted revenues, according to him.
He said, “The 24 per cent of total crude oil revenue receipts, which the CBN governor is reported to have acknowledged that NNPC remitted, represents the proceeds from the equity lifting which NNPC is directly responsible for.
“The alleged unremitted 76 per cent was paid to the agencies that are statutorily empowered to receive them for onward remittance into the Federation Account.”
He stressed the need for institutions of the Federal Government and top government functionaries to seek understanding of issues that were not clear to them from relevant agencies rather than go public with misleading information that was capable of creating public disaffection.

tirtimy: Thanks Boss, really happy you answered me. But Please when will the result be out. Thanks in advance.

No idea Bro but just keep visiting the school's website more frequently for updates.

They keep saying they have proof but never bring them out for the public to see. Am tired of the allegations APC brings without proof.

zaiinneeii: Helo everyone, pls i just bought tecno m3 nd i want to knw d dos nd dnts involved in usin d fone. Any advice given wld be appreciated

Please how much did you buy it?