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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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’. 

Anne Hathaway rouses 'Bring Back Our Girls' rally in Los Angeles

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.

Follow Dj Jimmy Jatt:

Twitter: @DJJimmyjatt

Facebook: www.facebook.com/cooldjjimmyjatt

Google+: +DJJimmyJatt

                                                            

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House of Maliq Exclusive online magazine releases its cover/center spread for April 2014 issue, featuring the delectable beauty queen turned rap artist, Munachi Abii and the trailblazing media entrepreneur, publicist and fashion stylist, Ifan Ifeanyi Micheal

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Cossy Orjiakor claims she was robbed, sustained minor injuries...

Apparently this supposedly happened 2 days ago in the Orile area of Lagos. Don't like driving around that area, especially at night! Those guys will come and knock on your car window like they own it. First they gently ask you to wind down, when you refuse, they smash it..with other cars around sef..

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Femi Fani Kayode...and his visit to the Presidential Villa

One of the biggest critics of Pres. Jonathan and his government visited him at the Presidential Villa  yesterday Tuesday April 8th for a closed-door meeting.

Former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani Kayode, who recently criticized his party APC in an article titled 'APC and the strange dream of Muslim/Muslim Ticket, (where he revealed an alleged plan by some people in the party to foist a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket on the party), refused to discuss why he went to see the president, telling the press...

"This is a presidential villa, the president is a president of Nigeria every single person in this country that is a Nigerian is entitled to come here from time to time, when the doors are open to come and pay their respect to the wonderful people that are here. As a Nigerian I have done that today and I’m delighted to be here."

Oh now they are wonderful people? Lol. Biko continue...

"I have always believed that every Nigerian regardless of the side of the political divide they belong, and as a Nigerian myself I have believed that we disagree on an issue from time to time. The most important thing is for us to be able to resolve these issues and come together to move this country forward. And I think every right thinking responsible person should be able to do that. They should also be able to come to the villa from time to time to see how they can help to move the country forward." Fani Kayode said

 On if he is leaving APC, Femi Fani-Kayode said

“The step that I will take will be made known to Nigerians at the right time. The most important thing, and I think you are fully aware of this, is that I cannot and I will not be associated with a situation whereby any group of people is promoting a religion above another. I think all of us have gone past the stage of religious politics in this country. We must treat the Muslim community with utmost respect and we must that Christian community in the same way and even the non-religious”

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Stephanie Okereke Begins TV Show For Lovers

Nollywood actress Stephanie Okereke is currently shooting parts of her new Tv show called ‘Make Me Fabulous’. The Tv show is all about bringing couples together. The actress believes the daily activities of most partners are always too much, which leaves them with little or no time for each other, talk less of having a romantic time together. 

Her own Tv show, is to pick a lucky winner, who will be pampered and ‘transformed’ for her husband/boyfriend, which she believes will excite the partner and make them start their romance all over again. See pictures from one of the scenes after the cut.

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Man Who Killed Four, Imprisoned, has now surfaced In Another Fresh Murder case.

A 28 year old man known has Oriyomi Adigun, pictured above is now on the run after killing his close friend, Oluwafemi Adekeye, 32, in the presence of his 3-year old daughter, on 12 February, 2014 in Ayobo Ipaja area of Lagos.

Oriyomi and Oluwafemi according to Police allegedly belong to a gangster group, but Oluwafemi later pulled out, and Oriyomi is believed to have killed him because of that.

Oluwafemi’s wife, Oluwakemi a 25-year old hairdresser who reported the incident at Oke Odo Police station, said on that faithful day, at around 11pm, she met Oriyomi on their street in a car while she was going to get her husband food and he pointed a gun at her. She said she was scared and he asked her if her husband was home, but she lied and said no. He further probed and threatened her and she had to say the truth. Oriyomi then asked her to remain outside while he went into their house. 

The next thing I heard was gunshots she said. He killed him in the presence of our daughter. Our families are very close and his children and my daughter are all friends, she said.

Oriyomi later came out to meet her and said, tell Oyibo I have killed your husband, before fleeing away.

When Police got to Oriyomi’s house, it was obvious he had relocated with his family.

Oriyomi was arrested last year by the police and he confessed belonging to Black Axe confraternity and said he had killed about four people between 2010 and 2013. He was later arraigned in court and was remanded but released after three months under controversial circumstances, report says.

The Police are now in a fresh hunt for him and has been declared wanted.

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Photos: Port Harcourt International Airport has gotting a new Look. Exclusive..

This is what the newly renovated Port Harcourt International Airport looks like...but this is the departure area. the main airport is under construction and so the arrival area is slightly different from what you see above. The pics were taken just last Friday. Continue to see them...

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Question of the day from Maheeda

Maheeda once said she had to turn to prostitution at some point in her life to make ends meet after she became an orphan at age 13 and found herself alone on the streets. So what's your answer to her question?

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