FG2*: Chelsea 3-1 Arsenal : Blues blast past sorry Gunners to move 12 clear at the top

📰An Eden Hazard-inspired Chelsea extended their lead at the Premier League summit with a dominant 3-1 win over title rivals Arsenal. Marcos Alonso gave Chelsea a 13th-minute lead, heading home the rebound when Diego Costa's header looped up off the crossbar. Hazard made his mazy way from his own half to the edge of the Arsenal six-yard box to score the kind of goal that can come to define title triumphs. At Stamford Bridge, as substitute Cesc Fabregas collected Petr Cech's woeful clearance and lobbed into an unguarded net, Arsenal were nowhere to be seen. By the time Olivier Giroud headed a stoppage-time consolation from Nacho Monreal's centre, the fact Liverpool can shave Chelsea's advantage to 10 points by beating Hull City later on Saturday felt of greater significance. Highlights:https://goo.gl/r5oIrN To read full article - https://goo.gl/cmchJ7 Type 👍 FG2 to 'like'

OPEN LETTER WRITTEN BY PRESIDENT BUHARI TO ALL NIGERIANS

Fellow NIGERIANS, I send this message from my affordable small room where I'm spending my leave to afford me have a better assessment of my administration and the future of our dear country. It is unfortunate that calls from security agents will not allow me have a meaningful rest to do this reassessment. Many technocrats and educated literates who should help me educate NIGERIANS aboit how hot the seat of my office is failed to do so but prefer to join minds with looting and fraudulent politicians to run me and my administration down. Even, I expected these noble and sensible technocrats to call Tuface Idibia and his collaborators and educate them about governance so that they will know that the administration of federal government of NIGERIA is not music where you can run to studios with nonsensical songs just to make cheap money. I expect Tuface to find time to come to me and ask me why things are not moving steadily in NIGERIA instead of "protest". Tuface failed to do this because he wants more cheap popularity among NIGERIANS who have not known him. Who will I protest to myself when i met the NIGERIA treasury at negative position when I took over in 2015? Obasanjo handed over to Yadua/Jonathan a foreign debt of 17b dollars and a foreign reserve of 32b dollars, but it is surprising that jonathan handed over a foreign debt of 70b dollars and a foreign reserve of 26b dollars to me; I was shocked! upon the crude oil price as high as 100 dollars per barrel, haba! May be that was why obasanjo tore his membership card of PDP Who knows If Tuface had gathered some youths to Benue state and help them with his money to establish rice farm, I would have supported him with soften loan, but look at this small boy with about 5 children from 5 women staging a protest against a hot seat. If I had wanted to have 4 wives as a successful soldier I would, but I love making myself a good example to others.. Let me say here that I joined NIGERIA army as a young officer and got to the rank of General still I did not abuse myself nor my offices. I was a petrol minister, a state governor, commanding officer of many battalions, head of state, chairman petroleum trust fund and now an executive president, to the glory of God I did not commit fraud nor abuse my offices like others did and used power of guns, laws and NIGERIA constitution to immune themselves against judgement. God will judge them!!! I, Buhari, did not ruin NIGERIA economy, but our past NIGERIA leaders, past and present governors, senators, honourables and politicians and top government officials in both civil and military offices ruined our economy especially between 1985 and 2015 (30years) Let me clearly inform you that the little money I mopped up from stoppage of subsidy and importation of rice was what I used to pay federal salaries, maintain infrastructures from further decaying and help the States governors to pay the huge arrears of salaries owing their workers so as to keep NIGERIA together. All the past and present treasury looting NIGERIA leaders at local, states and federal levels including top government officials both in the civil and military plus CBN governor and all MD of banks and big companies converted their looting nairas to dollars and pound sterlings at the expense of NIGERIA treasury thereby worsened and ruined the nations economy. I tried to figure and fish these looters out for justice but they are being covered and protected by judges and lawyers and some security agents who had benefited from their lootings. Only few but powerless NIGERIANS cooperate with me in my effort to reduce corruption in NIGERIA. What a pitiful situation. To worsen the economy is the fall in crude oil price and the vandalization of oil pipelines by the Dokibo and Akete and others nigerdelta freedom fighters who have ransomely benefited from the looted dollars in billions God will judge them! NIGERANS, YOUR ECONOMY IS IN THE HANDS OF NIGERIAN LOOTERS WHO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD BETTER AND SENSITIVE OFFICES BETWEEN 1985 AND 2015 MAKING 30YEARS OF LOOTING..PLEASE HELP ME AND HELP YOURSELVES AS NIGERANS TO GET OUR ECONOMY BACK FROM THESE LOOTERS. Let Tuface and his collaborators stage a protest against the looters; they know the looters. Let the protesters ask the looters to "BRING BACK OUR ECONOMY" I love my country I love NIGERIANS I will never suffer my own dear loving people I will die for the truth and Justice because I love truth and justice But with little patience with me and your prayers for me and osibajo and for NIGERIA, we will overcome economic recession God willing. Thanks for reading my message with understanding GOD SAVE NIGERIA Written by Worldmayor on behalf of mr President Buhari and vice president Osibajo. Please send this message out to others if you[truncated by WhatsApp]

... BUT, I STILL LOVE HIM! (Written by Oyekunle Lizzy Oyebola)

(Auntie Nancy offers Chloe a neatly peeled orange on a small saucer but the latter collects it sharply and drops it on the stool beside her with a bang) AUNTIE NANCY: (Frowns) What is wrong this time sister? You need more money or your CGPA dropped from 4.9 to 4.89?...which one o, my worry worry baby sis? CHLOE: (Sighs) Its Kelvin sis... Its Kelvin AUNTIE: (Eats her orange) What about him this time? CHLOE: (Sobs) January 12th, Kelvin said I looked like a frog without any apology and he was not interested in me anymore. I begged him and he said he would manage to go on. AUNTIE: (Looks aghast as she drops the orange) What! CHLOE: January ended well until February 14 when he called to tell me he doesn't have a val gift for me because its an anniversary for lovers and he doesn't feel he had ever loved me. He dropped the call and I called back to tell him to forget about any gift and let us continue our love! AUNTIE: (Shakes her head) Hmmmm CHLOE: On March 15, my birthday, I decided to celebrate with my friends in the department and invited him. About an hour to the celebration, I called to ask about his whereabouts, he said he wasn't going to attend because he learnt that I invited some guys to the get together. He said he can't stand other guys talking about me and until I ordered all guys to go would he come. AUNTIE: (Shaking her legs seriously, her lips pursed) And you did? CHLOE: (Holds her head in her hands) Of course I did! I had to do all to keep my man! Now, I have lost all my male friends AUNTIE: (Nods vigorously and smiles, her lips shaking) Continue CHLOE: April 24, we met inside a bank premises. He was with his female friend. I smiled and rushed to greet him but he walked past me. I was embarrassed. I called him when I.... AUNTIE: (Pulls at her skirt) You still called?.... Ah! CHLOE: (Sobs) Yes auntie, I did! He said he was sorry but that he was just embarrassed at the way I was dressed. But auntie, I was wearing the same cloth I wore the day he proposed to me. The same dress he had admired greatly AUNTIE: (Shakes her head still) Hmmm, so exactly what has he done today June 23rd? CHLOE: (Starts to cry heavily, pulling at her silky hair) If not because I am sure he is God’s will for me. If not because I am sure he is God’s will for my life and that this is just happening as a storm that I know it will surely pass, if not because.... AUNTIE: (Hisses silently, still shaking her head) What did he do now?... C'est fini! CHLOE: (unbuttons her blouse and turns her back to her aunt) He beat me to stupor and threw me out of his house! AUNTIE: (Stands up slowly) Ah!... The Lord my God!... The Lord my Lord!... Ah! But what was a christian sister doing in the house of her fiance all alone? CHLOE: (Buttons her blouse again) He insisted that I come! He said it would be over if I didn't come. He said he was led of the Holy Spirit that I should come. I had to obey the Holy Spirit! AUNTIE:(Tears gather in her eyes) Yeh... Ah!... Oluwa mi oooooo! Which Holy Spirit?.. Ah, obviously not my Comforter! CHLOE: He said he was led to search my body because the Holy Spirit told him I have evil marks on my body. I refused blatantly but he pulled at my clothes for a long time but when I bit at his shoulder, he started to beat me, called me a whore and pushed me out of his house. AUNTIE: (Tears strolling down her face) So, what do you want from me? Why are you telling me this? CHLOE: (Moves to her aunt and holds her hands, sniffing wetly) I want you to help me call him. Help me tell him that it was the work of the devil that allowed me to bite him. I also want you to join me in prayers to ask God to change him AUNTIE: (Bites her lips) Ah, my Father!... This girl is just sharp for nothing! First class student for nothing!... Ah... Chloe! (Starts to cry as she falls on her knees) CHLOE: (Looks shocked) Auntie, is anything the matter? Kelvin isn’t that bad o. He is just a chloeric!.. He even speaks in tongue. Let's just pray that God will go and show Himself strong in his weaknesses!... I love him... I love him still! AUNTIE: (Looks into her face, shakes her head and rises to her feet, sniffing wetly) Let's go to his house now. CHLOE: (Smiles as she wipes her face) Are you for real? AUNTIE: (Picks her hand bag) Let's go! (They walked out through the door and walked to the park. Auntie removes the tarpaulin from the Highlander jeep and opens the door. Chloe remains outside, looking shocked) AUNTIE: Chloe, come in and let's go please CHLOE: When you have about four good cars here, why are you going inside the one that is faulty? AUNTIE: (Looks shocked) Faulty?... (She starts the car and the sound is loud enough to wake the dead. Chloe covers her ears) CHLOE: (Shouts) We can't go with this car, auntie. Turn off the ignition! (She covers her ears) AUNTIE: (Comes down from the car) Why? CHLOE: Isn't it obvious that this car is faulty aunty? AUNTIE: I just feel led to take this car. Its just its silencer that is faulty. I trust God to touch it! CHLOE: (Shocked) What! Auntie, is everything okay? AUNTIE: (Starts to cry) Its this car I love. Come and lets pray for it. It must work! Its the first car my husband bought for me and I love it! If the silencer doesn’t stop malfunctioning, I am not going to go anywhere. Let's pray please CHLOE: (Stops suddenly) Auntie... (stammers) Exactly what are you... Erm... Are you... (bursts out crying) AUNTIE: (Looks shocked too) Why are you crying for the poor car? Please, lets pray for it. Lets heal it of its sickness. All the other cars present are okay but its the one I want. The brake is bad but its the one, it killed my first daughter, but its the one (starts to cry) it made my husband’s right leg shorter than the left but its the one I want. Its the one! Its been banned from even plying the road but my love for it!... Oh! (She cries on) CHLOE: (Sits on the floor) Oh Lord!....Oh my! Oh my God! Is that the picture of me?....oh Lord!...Ah.... I have been foolish...(Wails).... Oh Lord! AUNTIE: (Moves to sit on the floor beside her) You don’t have peace in your courtship, peace is ruled out in your marriage definitely! CHLOE: (Cries on) Ah! AUNTIE: He beats you using the name of the Holy Spirit during courtship, that's a red light!... In marriage, there would be disaster! There would be causalities! CHLOE: (Cries harder) Its just... Its just,... But I love him!... I do! AUNTIE: (Pats her back) Its not love! Love sees clearly! He is using you! You are infatuated about him! He can kill you but you want to stay put!...you want to endure the marriage when God wants you to enjoy it! CHLOE: (Blows her nose into a hanky) I am not sure I can survive without him! AUNTIE: (Looks shocked, her hands crossed) Chloe, Kelvin is an angry man, he is not born again, leave the tongues and the lies he is saying in the name of the Lord, he is a jealous guy capable of telling you to even cut ties with your parents after marriage! He is wicked! He is a sex-driven beast as well! He isn’t proud of you! He is not in love with you! If he loves you, he wouldn't call you a toad or frog or whatever! He would apologize when wrong. CHLOE: (Rests against her chest) Aunty, what should I I do? AUNTIE: (She stands and walks to the car, draws back the tarpaulin) We have to return the tarpaulin first of all and then call daddy to ask him what car he is releasing for you to use. You will pick the car and unlike this one, they are washed thoroughly and you can start your smooth drive. CHLOE: Breaking up with Kelvin... AUNTIE: Break up before he breaks you! CHLOE:... and then going back to God for a fresh beginning you mean? AUNTIE: (Claps her hands) Correct! CHLOE: We have been together now for five years aunt (Sobs) AUNTIE: No matter how far one is on the wrong path, its not too late to turn back darling. Its not! Turn back before you turn black! CHLOE: (Cries aloud, her veins very visible) Ah!...I never knew I had been foolish Baba mi ooooo....Forgive my foolishness Lord! Console me Lord! (Auntie holds her back, dials Kelvin's number and puts the phone close to her ears) AUNTIE: (In a loud voice) Kelvin is on the line, break up now forever!.... CHLOE: (Looks into her face pitifully as tears rolled down her face) Can I?... (she whispers) AUNTIE: (Whispers too, aggressively) BREAK UP, NOW! CHLOE: (Sniffs) Hello, Kelvin... Its Chloe KELVIN: So? CHLOE: (Frowns a bit, shaking) I break up with you in Jesus' precious name! KELVIN: (Laughs) How many times have you said so before? Can you survive without me? You think you can? CHLOE: (Shakes her head aggressively, standing up) I have been foolish to remain with such an hypocrite as you! I am a queen! I must have let my guard down for an ingrate like you! I must have been really blind to think it was you... KELVIN: Chloe, who is teaching you to face me? Who? CHLOE: I have woken up Kelvin!... I am no more in a drunken slumber! I have been infatuated, right but not anymore! It ends today! Why should I remain with someone who makes me feel less when God makes me great! Why should I be beaten blue black when my Savior is unbeatable? Why should I waste my emotions on someone who doesn't worth it? Why should I be unequally yoked with an unbeliever? KELVIN: What!... Are you.... CHLOE: Stop there! You have no right to talk back at me anymore. Its a break up for real this time!.. Bye! KELVIN: Chloe... Wait... Chloe.. Wait!.... CHLOE: (Pants hard as she removes her sim card and breaks it) I can’t be made to ride on horses and stoop so low to begging for a ride on bicycle!... No! AUNTIE: (Watches on in awe, smiling, she starts clapping with glee) That’s the spirit darling!. That's the spirit! CHLOE: (Pauses as she looks at her aunt) I feel somehow...(Drops her shoulders) I feel great that I finally spoke out, but....(Pouts sadly) I also feel.... empty! AUNTIE: (Hugs her) You will heal darling! You will heal, love. You will! Yes you will heal ladies! Check your relationship connection again! Yes you will heal guys! Check your relationship connection again! Ask God again! His will is sweet! Never would he want a bad car for you! #Be_free! Written by Oyekunle Lizzy Oyebola

PRESIDENT BUHARI EXTENDS VACATION, WRITES NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly today, February 5, 2017, informing of his desire to extend his leave in order to complete and receive the results of a series of tests recommended by his doctors. The President had planned to return to Abuja this evening, but was advised to complete the test cycle before returning. The notice has since been dispatched to the Senate President, and Speaker, House of Representatives. Mr. President expresses his sincere gratitude to Nigerians for their concern, prayers and kind wishes. WELL, WE CAN ONLY WISH HIM WELL.