Austin Ejide appears to throw the ball into his own net during Nigeria's draw with Scotland amid match-fixing investigation

Nigeria goalkeeper Austin Ejide had his blushes spared at Craven Cottage on Wednesday night when his bizarre own goal was disallowed in his country's 2-2 draw with Scotland.

The 30-year-old appeared to throw the ball into his net after coming to claim a corner and making contact with Blackburn defender Grant Hanley.

The incident has been highlighted after it was confirmed that police were investigating the fixture ahead of kick-off following a match-fixing tip off from the National Crime Agency.

Incoming: Nigeria goalkeeper Austin Ejide (yellow shirt) rises to claim a Scotland corner

Butterfingers: Ejide appears to scoop the ball off of Grant Hanley's head and towards his own goal

Goal bound: Ejide's attempted catch sends the ball flying towards Nigeria's goal in the first half

Back of the net: A Nigeria defender desperately attempts to stop Ejide's fumble crossing the line

Premier League referee Lee Probert blew up for a foul on Ejide after Hanley was deemed to have fouled the former Bastia stopper.

The build-up to Wednesday night's game at Craven Cottage was dominated by talk of a police investigation after possible attempts to rig the fixture were brought to FIFA's attention.

Speaking after the game, Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi was quick to deny that his side were, or would ever be, caught up in a match-fixing scandal.

He said: 'We did (talk about it) because it’s something ridiculous, something that we don’t know where it’s coming from. We’re not gamblers, we are football players. I don’t even know where that is coming from, we don’t know what happened, match fixing or no match fixing.

'This is the first time I’ve been a coach or been a player and the first time I’m hearing this, match-fixing. I don’t think it had anything to do with our build-up or the game.'

Contact: Ejide was bumped by Scotland defender Grant Hanley (left) as he rose for the ball

No chance: Ejide could only watch as Charlie Mulgrew's shot gave Scotland the lead at Craven Cottage

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We know where Chibok girls are, but won't use force to rescue them -Nigerian Military

Nigeria's Chief of Defense Staff Air Marshall Alex Badeh today said that the Nigeria military has been able to locate the 200+ girls abducted in Chibok on April 14th but will not use force to rescue them because that could put the girls in great danger as the insurgents could kill them. 

He revealed this today while addressing a group of protesters, the Citizens Initiative for Security Awareness, outside the Defence Headquarters in Abuja. He said the military knows what they are doing and should be allowed to continue their work

"We want our girls back. The military can do it, but where they are held, can we go with force? The good news for the girls is that we know where they are but we can't tell you. Just leave us alone. We are working. We will bring the girls back" He said

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First Lady Jonathan: He is the Head, Stop Abusing My Husband

Patience Jonathan, the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, today Tuesday 27th May 2014, advised Nigerians to desist from abusing her husband because God has made him the commander-in-chief of the nation.

According to Punch, the wife of the President made this statement while addressing children at an event she organized to celebrate kids on Children’s Day at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa.

“It is bad to abuse our country and the President because God has made him the head. The Almighty God commands us to pray for our leaders. We therefore need to pray for the development of our country and the president.

Remember that a child that abuses his father and mother is disobeying God’s commandment because the Bible says in Exodus 20:12 that you should honour your father and mother so that you may live long in the land that the Lord your God has given you.

The Holy Bible is not referring to only biological parents. Any one that is older than you even for a day must be respected. Let us therefore join hands and rebuild our country Nigeria.” she said.

She also promised not to relent in helping find the 200+ school girls abducted in the Chibok area of Borno. “Let me thank the children that gave me letter to give Boko Haram. Well, I have received your letter, but I am not the one to give it to Boko Haram because I don’t know Boko Haram and I have never seen Boko Haram. But I will give it to the NSS or Chief of Defence Staff who will submit your letter accordingly.

To my children parliament, thank you for your letter. Thank you for your deliberation. I have received what you gave to me. I will make sure I pass it to the President because it is addressed to him and the other one is addressed to Boko Haram. That is why the two are different.” she stated.

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Buhari disown son arrested by EFCC for N20m scam

A former military Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has said that the person who was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for a N20m scam and who claimed to be his adopted son was not his son.
The former Head of State said that he had no need to adopt any son as God had blessed him with both male and female children.
The disclaimer by Buhari was contained in a statement issued on his behalf by the Chairman of the Buhari Vanguard, Mr. Jasper Azuatalam, on Monday.
“Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) wishes to state categorically that he does not have any adopted son called “Muhammed Buhari” and had no need to adopt a son at any time having been blessed with choice children, both male and female.

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Boko Haram terror gang releases chilling video of kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls and reveal the terrified teenagers have been forced to convert to Islam and will only be freed in prisoner swap

The schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic militant group Boko Haram have been paraded on video.
The terror group said all of them had been converted to Islam while being held and all were shown wearing headscarfs.
The group's leader said that it will release them in exchange for militant prisoners being freed.

Chilling: The schoolgirls were paraded on video by Boko Haram

Captured: The video shows the girls wearing the full-length hijab and praying in an undisclosed rural location

  

Deal: Boko Haram said the schoolgirls would not be released until all militant prisoners were freed

Extremist group Boko Haram seized 276 girls who were taking exams at a school in Borno's north-eastern village of Chibok on April 14

The flamboyant leader of the terror group addresses the camera, offering Nigerian authorities a deal

Abubakar Shekau said that the girls would never be released unless there is an exchange with prisoners

Some girls on the 17-minute-long video, which was obtained by news agency AFP, spoke to camera, and looked extremely nervous.
The girls recite Islamic prayers during the clip as they sit in a group in a wooded area.
The video, which appeared to show around 130 girls, was aired after the governor of the Nigerian state from where the schoolgirls were kidnapped said that he knew where some of them are being held.
Kashim Shettima, the Governor of Borno, said that he’d received reports of sightings of the girls and had passed on this information to the military.
Extremist group Boko Haram seized 276 girls who were taking exams at a school in Borno's north-eastern village of Chibok on April 14. Some managed to escape, but around 200 remain missing.
Mr Shettima told the BBC: ‘We've got reports of them being sighted in some locations – which we have conveyed to the relevant military authorities, for them to cross-check, verify and get additional information on the accurate location of the daughters.’
His comments came as the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, called for negotiations with the terrorist group over the fate of the missing girls.
The Archbishop, who has acted as a hostage negotiator in Nigeria on behalf of the Church in the past, said the girls were at ‘colossal’ risk.
‘They are in the hands of a very disparate group which is extremely irrational and difficult to deal with – and utterly merciless,’ he told BBC Radio Four’s The World This Weekend programme.

Borno state Governor Kashim Shettima said that he'd received reports of sightings of schoolgirls kidnapped by extremist group Boko Haram

Talks: The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has called for negotiations with Boko Haram

Support: David Cameron and CNN's Christiane Amanpour with the Twitter campaign's hashtag

A map showing the recent Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria over the past month

Michelle Obama shared this photo of herself along with the caption 'Our prayers are with the missing Nigerian girls and their families'

The Archbishop said he had negotiated in the past with a predecessor group of Boko Haram and suggested it might be ‘possible’ to strike a deal – although he warned it was ‘questionable’ who was in charge of the group.
He added: ‘You have a very, very difficult inner core (of Boko Haram) and I think negotiations there are extremely complicated, though it needs to be tried.
'And then it goes out and out in different layers of commitment and understanding and involvement. There needs to be active negotiation and contact with all those different layers.’
The Archbishop leads the Anglican communion worldwide, which has about 18 million members in Nigeria, making it the second largest Christian church.

Amy Poehler (right) and Malala Yousafzai (left) tweeted their support for the Bring Back Our Girls campaign

Meanwhile, Prime Minister David Cameron has joined a Twitter campaign aimed at encouraging the return of the schoolgirls.
The PM followed Michelle Obama and celebrities including Cara Delevingne by holding up a sign saying #Bring Back Our Girls as he appeared on the Andrew Marr show on Sunday morning.
Mr Cameron said the government would do ‘what we can’ to rescue more than 200 girls abducted by Islamist militants Boko Haram.

Hilary Clinton was among those who tweeted in support of the campaign, which encourages military intervention to recover the girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram rebels on April 14

But he indicated military action was not imminent, saying Britain cannot just ‘pile in and do whatever we’d like’.
Mr Cameron said he had spoken to Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan to offer assistance and confirmed counter-terrorism and intelligence experts are on the ground with the Americans.
‘We stand ready to do anything more that the Nigerians would want,’ he said.
But he also pointed out the practical difficulties of any rescue operation. ‘It’s immensely complicated because they are probably in this deep area of jungle that is three times the size of Wales,’ he said.
The Twitter campaign yesterday drew support from the Pope, who wrote on the site: ‘Let us all join in prayer for the immediate release of the schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria. #BringBackOurGirls.’
Christiane Amanpour, a reporter with CNN, asked the PM to join the campaign as she sat with him on the sofa.
She praised the campaign which she said was ‘really getting to the people in Nigeria’ but said she worried its bubble might burst with nothing concrete having been done.
There are fears that the schoolgirls have been split up into different groups, taken across the border into neighbouring countries and may be sold on as sex slaves.
Yesterday, amid further kidnappings and a bomb attack on a bridge, one teenage girl who escaped from the group said the kidnapping was ‘too terrifying for words.’
Science student Sarah Lawan, 19, described how the girls were taken from their school before dawn and forced into a truck.
When they got down she and a friend ran off.
Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram said last week he would sell the remaining captives as slaves for as little as £7.
Boko Haram has killed more than 1,500 people this year as it steps up its campaign of violence. The name of the groups means ‘Western education is forbidden’. 

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Mrs Obama said she and the President were ‘outraged and heartbroken’ over the abduction.
‘In these girls, Barack and I see our own daughters,’  she said, referring to Malia, 15, and Sasha, 12.
‘We see their hopes, their dreams and we can only imagine the anguish their parents are feeling right now.’
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan is under intense pressure to act, as he faces a growing threat from militants.

Demonstration: Women protest outside Nigeria's parliament in Abuja, trying to prompt officials to bring back the schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants, Boko Haram

Anger: Another woman holds a placard at a demonstration in Lagos, Nigeria, pleading for the return of the kidnapped children

Militant: The leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, vows to sell the hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped in northern Nigeria for as little as £7 during a video message

Yesterday Boko Haram was blamed for a bridge blowing up and for further kidnappings.
Last week the Mail revealed British Special Forces were on standby to help rescue the girls.
That was despite resistance among senior military personnel to putting boots on the ground.

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Photos:Cool DJ Jimmy Jatt announces 25th Anniversary Tour.

Iconic Nigerian DJ, Jimmy Adewale Amu AKA DJ Jimmy Jatt recently announced the formal launch of his 25^th Anniversary at the Oriental Hotels in Lagos. 

At the event, DJ Jimmy Jatt explained, “It is hard to believe that 25years have gone by and I have been having the time of my life doing the job I love. This anniversary celebration is to take people on my journey so far and also to show my appreciation for their continued support all these 25 years.” 

Members of the planning committee for the anniversary Matthew Ohio and Ubi Franklin of Triple MG also spoke. Continue...

The legendary DJ also announced the activities taking placeduring his anniversary:

-        The 25Th Anniversary Nation-wide tour. DJ Jimmy Jatt will be touring 6cities across Nigeria from the 30th May through Mid-June. The tourwill start in Lagos and run through Enugu, Benin, Port Harcourt, Ilorin and Abuja.

-        The DJ Jimmy Jatt documentary

-        The 25th Anniversary formal dinner August 3, 2014

-        Jimmy’s Jump Off September 30, 2014

-        The launch of the DJ Jimmy Jatt foundation for the Entertainment Arts with its first project for up and coming DJ’s in October July 2014

This year will also mark the return of his legendary TV show ‘Jimmy’sJump-Off’ which has featured Nigeria’s biggest music acts includingTuface,Mode9, M.I, Ice Prince, the Late Dagrin,Sauce Kid and many more. Adocumentary on the respected DJ and an official video ‘Glasses Up’featuring Tuface and Burna Boy will be released as the theme song for theanniversary.

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Twitter: @DJJimmyjatt

Facebook: www.facebook.com/cooldjjimmyjatt

Google+: +DJJimmyJatt

                                                            

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