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Arsenal release statement regarding Arsene Wenger's future, Wenger reacts

Pressure upon Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has escalated in the last one week after the club's damaging 5-1 loss to Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League.

Several fan sites and fan groups have called on Arsene Wenger to leave the club once his contract expires this season as he has been at the club for 20 years and there hasn't been any tangible success in the last decade except 2 FA cups and constant champions league (top four) qualification.

But Arsenal's chairman, Sir Chips Keswick, has released a statement regarding Wenger's future, saying the club won't be making any hasty decisions regarding Wenger's job till the season's end.

Keswick said:

“We are fully aware of the attention currently focused on the club and understand the debate.We respect that fans are entitled to their different individual opinions but we will always run this great football club with its best long-term interests at heart. Arsène has a contract until the end of the season. Any decisions will be made by us mutually and communicated at

Photo: Nigerian Navy dismiss officer for possession of 14.55kg of Marijuana

A Nigerian Navy (NN) Seaman, Haruna Umar, has been dismissed from service after he was caught with 14.55kg of Marijuana.

Umar was dismissed and handed over to operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after a court martial found him guilty of the offence.

The suspect was arrested in June last year after he was caught with the drugs.

A statement signed by the spokesperson for the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Lieutenant Elizabeth Ibrahim, warned people not to transact any business

Nicki Miniaj's new diss tracks are already NOs 1,3 & 4 on the charts

Nicki Minaj who just released her diss tracks yesterday is already topping the charts. The rap queen who took swipes at Remy Ma in new diss tracks is already Nos 1, 3 and 4 on the charts.

Babysitter kills five-month-old baby by throwing him into playpen because he was fussy

A babysitter has been arrested for the death of an infant after he died while in her care. Barbara Kendrick, 65, had been taking care of 5-month-old Cooper Dubovik when he became really fussy and in frustration, she forcefully threw the tender child into his playpen.

The baby's parents had been working on that fateful Tuesday morning, so they dropped Cooper off at the babysitter's house in Jacksonville, Florida. Barbara has been the family's babysitter for about a month and is related to them by marriage; one of her relatives is married to one of Cooper's father's relatives.

The infant suffered a fractured skull and was placed on life support, while Barbara was arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse. Cooper eventually died and her charge was upgraded to murder. She is being held without bond.

Sgt. Jay Farhat said that Barbara initially d