Mikel And Ighalo Make Losing Debuts in the Chinese League

John Obi Mikel made his debut in the Chinese Super League for Tianjin TEDA on Saturday as the club went down 2-0 to Shandong Luneng at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium.

Mikel, who captained the team for the entire 90 minutes, was unable to rescue Jaime Pacheco’s men from bowing to the hosts as their dismal run of form continues, Goal writes.

Tianjin TEDA, who failed to win a single pre-season game, was undone by strikes from Binbin Liu and Papiss Cisse’ in the 78th and 82nd minutes respectively.

Mikel’s Super Eagles colleague Brown Ideye – who recently joined from Olympiacos was not listed for the encounter as he’s barely settled in.

The defeat places Tianjin TEDA in the 15th position ahead of their next league encounter with Jiangsu Suning FC on March 10.

Elsewhere in the Super League, Odion Ighalo’s Changchun Yatai crumbled 5-1 to Shanghai SIPG FC at the Shanghai Stadium.

Ighalo, who completed the switch from Watford in January, lasted for the entire duration of the game but was caged as Elkeson’s hat-trick plus Hulk and Lei Wu’s goals handed his team a massive defeat despite Xiaodong Fan giving them an early lead.

Sitting at the base of the Chinese Super League with -4 goals difference, Changchun Yatai will take a shot at their first league win against Guangzhou R&F F.C. on March 12.

Both Ighalo and Mikel were dropped by Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr for this month’s friendly internationals with Senegal and Burkina Faso.

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Nigerian Army Intercepts 37 Wives And Children Of Boko Haram Terrorists

The Nigerian army said on Wednesday, that it had intercepted 37 people 37 people , who were suspected to be wives and children of the boko haram terrorists. The army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, said in a statement that 30 of the escapees, which comprises of eight women and 22 children, were intercepted on Tuesday at Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe. He said; “On preliminary interrogation, the suspects claimed to have escaped from Boko Haram terrorists’ custody at Kafa and Abagajiri villages in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno,’’ The army spokesman added that seven other people were intercepted on Tuesday, at Kamunya, Yobe state. “They claimed that they escaped from Boko Haram terrorists’ hideout at Goropcha village, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno. “Both sets of escapees are currently being screened and profiled,’’ he said.

Photos: What Juliet Ibrahim wore to the #AMVCA2017 nominees announcement

Juliet Ibrahim donned this beyond-alluring asymmetric dress by @afifimmacouture to the 5th Annual AMVCA 2017 Nominees announcement. The outfit which accentuated her famous curves was perfectly matched with her braids in an elegant bun style and her face beat to perfection by @shogemakeovers . More photos after the cut... Credit Makeup @shogemakeovers Dress: @afifimmacouture

Nigerian scholars sponsored by Lagos State Gov. arrive Finland for visit. Photo

A group of Nigerian youngsters sponsored by Lagos State Government and their coordinator, Professor Kolawole Raheem, were Thursday, received by head of unit; Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Hannu Heinonen, at Finland. The participants, whose trip was funded by Lagos State Ministry of Education, were chosen based on their outstanding performance in school. The visit, however aims at enabling the youngsters have an experience of how the Finnish society works and to offer them the possibility of bringing positive examples back to Nigeria. The participants were especially interested in matters related to environment and construction, as well as the Finnish social security and education systems. These visits that have already become somewhat of a tradition are envisaged to continue in the coming years.

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