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ARSENAL would MAKE A COME BACK against BAYERN - wenger
Arsenal will need to summon a repeat of their last trip to Bayern Munich to stand a chance of UEFA Champions League progression on Tuesday, Goal reports.
Arsene Wenger's men are 2-0 down from the first leg of their last-16 tie, but will take confidence from their last visit to the Allianz Arena at this stage last year when they won 2-0, only to be eliminated on the away-goals rule.
Toni Kroos and Thomas Muller netted for the Bundesliga outfit at the Emirates Stadium after both sides had missed first-half penalties, while Arsenal saw Wojciech Szczesny red carded.
However, if Arsenal can match the result of last March, they will at least take the tie to extra time.
"The statistics go against us at Bayern but let's make sure the performance goes for us, then we have a chance," Wenger said.
Winning in Munich is no mean feat – the runaway Bundesliga leaders have not lost at home domestically since October 2012.
However, a home defeat to Manchester City in the group stages of this season's competition goes to show that Bayern are not unbeatable on home soil, particularly when it comes to English clubs.
Xherdan Shaqiri, Thomas Muller and Franck Ribery all returned from injury to fire Bayern to a 6-1 thrashing of Wolfsburg in the German top flight on Saturday, and will undoubtedly be a huge boost to their chances of making it to the quarter-finals on Tuesday.
Arsenal will be without the suspended Szczesny, while Jack Wilshere is sidelined for around six weeks after picking up a foot injury in England's friendly victory over Denmark at Wembley on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Bayern manager Pep Guardiola insists his team must go in search of victory against Arsena.
"If we let Arsenal keep the ball, we will have a lot of problems," Guardiola told reporters.
"They have a lot of quality, every single player has unbelievable technical skills with the ball. They have players like (Santi) Cazorla, (Mesut) Ozil, (Tomas) Rosicky and (Mikel) Arteta – it is no problem for them.
I TRIED TO TRACE MISSING 20 Billion Dollars - SANUSI
The suspended Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, said he had begun a process to trace the missing $20bn oil money before his suspension by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Sanusi, in an interview published in New York Times on Monday, said he had a semi-monthly meeting with bank chiefs on February 11, where he "threatened to open the books of the bankers, to trace the money."
According to him, he suspected some were laundering stolen oil money.
"Some of them were not giving information about their accounts," Sanusi stated, adding, "I told them I would order a special examination."
According to the New York Times' report, one of the bankers at the meeting said, "He (Sanusi) made it clear to them that the CBN would need to unravel what was going on, and they should cooperate."
Panicked, several of the bankers went straight to the government, Sanusi said.
Two of the bankers — he would not identify them — "went and reported to the petroleum minister," the suspended CBN chief added.
"The strategy of the government was to discredit the messenger," he said.
Sanusi added, The President "doesn't want me to bring out any more information that would get them into trouble."
However, President's spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, said Sanusi's account was "untrue."
"Sanusi has been making all kinds of claims to project himself as a victim," Abati, said in an email, accusing the suspended central bank chief of "financial recklessness, abuse of mandate, incompetence and criminal acts of negligence."
[Mother sells three-day-old baby for N260,000]
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a nursing mother, Imaobong Udoh, for allegedly selling her three-day old baby girl.
Also arrested along with Imaobong were four persons for allegedly participating in the theft of the baby.
They are the buyer, Mrs. Regina James; her husband, Mfon James; the traditional birth attendant who delivered the baby, Mrs. Comfort Henry; and Mr Emmanuel Okon, a homeopathic doctor, who arranged the sale.
Commissioner of Police, Mr. Umar Gwadabe, said in Uyo on Monday that the father of the baby had reported the theft to the police, leading to the arrest of the suspects.
Gwadabe said, "On March 3, 2014, a case of child stealing was reported by Mr. Eteobong James, of No. 33 Urua Ekpa Road, Itu Local Governmnet Area, to the police, where a three-day-old baby girl was sold for N260, 000.
"Based on the report, the suspects were arrested.
"Mr Emmanuel Etim Okon, was the one that arranged the infamous deal and personally conveyed the baby from the point of delivery at Nna-Enin in Uruan Local Government Area to the buyers at No. 37 Church Road, Uyo."
The police boss explained that Regina allegedly paid N150,000 to the mother of the baby and N110,000 to Okon, the homeopathic doctor, for his services.
The commissioner stated that the accused would soon be arraigned in court and warned child thieves to steer clear of the state.
He explained that the state would not be conducive for their illicit trade.
He said, "l am a trader. My wife, Regina, told me she was pregnant and I gave her money for ante-natal. One day, she told me she was in labour and later informed me that she had been delivered of a baby girl.
"I did not know she bought the baby since she has given birth to four children, though three died."
However, the homeopathic doctor said Regina brought the mother of the baby, Imaobong, to him so that he could take care of her during ante-natal.
He said Regina had explained to him that the father of the baby was not financially buoyant to take care of her.
He denied collecting N110,000 from Regina, stating that he only collected N30,000, which was the cost of delivery of Imaobong's baby.
"When Regina brought Imaobong to me, she told me that the man responsible for the pregnancy was unable of take care of her.
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