Mikel scores first goal for Chinese Club

Mikel Leading TEDA Players for the match

Super Eagles captain Mikel Obi has opened a goal account in the Chinese Super League.

On Sunday, the former Chelsea player scored his first goal which equally gave Tianjin TEDA their first victory in the super league this season.

TEDA won the match against Chongqing Danladi Lifan by 2-0.

Tianjin TEDA are now ninth on the league table with 4 points from three games. The former Chelsea star scored at the 48th minute into the game.

His compatriot Brown Ideye lasted for 65 minutes before he was replaced by Dong Wang.

This is the first win for Tianjin TEDA who started the season on a losing note and then recorded a draw in their second outing of the season.

Meanwhile, another Super Eagles star, Odion Ighalo, was on the losing side in the Chinese Super League on Sunday morning as his club, Changchun Yatai were beaten 2-0 at home by Shandong Luneng.

Ighalo, who also doubles as Changchun’s captain, led the line for his side, but fired blanks as they suffered yet another defeat which has now seen them slip to the bottom of the league table.

All the Nigerian players in China were snubbed by Coach Genort Rohr for the Super Eagles friendly game against Senegal and the botched game against Burkina Faso.

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Fulani herdsmen kill 10 in Cross River

• Only one dead-police 

No fewer than 10 people have been allegedly killed by Fulani herdsmen in Obio Usiere, Odukapni local government area of Cross River State.
Village head of Obio Usiere, Apostle Iya Orok, told reporters the community discovered eight more corpses after the two earlier killed last week.
He said: “We have lost nothing less than 10 people in this attack by Fulani herdsmen. They normally come during the dry season to feed their cattle in our area.
“The same incident occurred two years ago when two people were shot dead, now its 10 people.
“As I speak with you, Obio Usiere has been deserted, our women are afraid to go their farms because they rape them in the bush and no one can help them. These people are heavily armed and we are just helpless.
“We have reported to both police, DSS and other security agencies and we call on Governor Ben Ayade to help us because about 3, 500 people are now homeless, we have become refugees in our own land.”
Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Irene Ugbo, confirmed the attack but said only one person was killed.
She said policemen have been drafted to the area and normalcy has been restored.
“Our men are on ground 24 hours and we are not aware of any other killing. The rise in the death toll has not been reported to us and we are not leaving the place,” she said.

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Wanted Boko Haram chieftain surrenders

•Wanted Boko Haram terrorist, Bulama Kailani Mohammed Metele, left, with two of the group’s alleged spies arrested by the military. Photo: Nigerian Army

•Two spies arrested

A top member of the terror sect Boko Haram, Bulama Kailani Mohammed Metele, has turned his back on the group and surrendered to the military, the army announced yesterday.
Metele, who is number 253 on the list of Boko Haram leaders declared wanted by the authorities for their role in the insurgency, surrendered to troops of 145 Task Force Battalion, 5 Brigade at Damasak, Borno State, according to army spokesman, Sani Usman.
He hails from Tumbun Bera in Borno and belonged to the Mamman Nur faction of the terrorists group under the leadership of Abu Musab Al-Barnawi, the son of Boko Haram founder Mohammed Yusuf.
“He is currently undergoing further interrogation,” Usman said, adding that soldiers also arrested two other suspected Boko Haram terrorists carrying out surveillance on Kareto and Dangalti villages.
He said preliminary investigation shows that they were on reconnaissance mission to facilitate possible attack on the communities.

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13 UNILAG students remanded in Kirikiri Prison

The police yesterday arraigned 13 University of Lagos (UNILAG) students at a Special Offences Mobile Court in Oshodi, Lagos, over alleged unlawful invasion of TVC television.
Prosecuting counsel, Effiong Asuquo, who is the Officer in Charge, Legal Department of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department Panti, said the accused persons committed the offence last Friday.
He said they invaded the premises of Television Continental (TVC) to protest the alleged rustication of one of them.
The defendants are: Femi Adeyeye, Toni Aina, Kodri Yaya, Asimi Oladime, Ismahim Olalekan, Segun Okesola, Abdulazeez Soneye, Idris Abogunloko and Muyiwa Olaniyi.
Others are Toheed Oladimeji, Joseph Akanni, Lukumon Olusegun and Abiodun Agbeniyi
.Asuquo said the students also invaded the UNILAG main campus and disrupted academic activities.
The prosecutor said the protest was a bid to stop the semester’s examination scheduled to begin tomorrow.
The police said the alleged offence contravenes sections 168 (1) (d) and 2 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015?.
The students were arraigned before Chief Magistrate P.E Nwaka, on two counts bordering on unlawful invasion and disruption of activities.
They pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The magistrate ordered their remand at the Kirikiri prison pending their bail hearing on April 6.

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