I was listening to BBC Fast Track on a Monday night in 1993 and Jenny Horrocks was interviewing Amokachi and she asked him how it felt when he scored the first ever goal in the Champions League. I was like, "What?"
I did my investigation and it's true and they have mentioned it in virtually every interview that Amokachi has given. The commentator of this match has mentioned it several times.
Smily202: "Amokachi scored the first goal of the UEFA Champions League with Club Brugge on 25 November 1992, beating CSKA Moscow 1–0."
You should be elaborate in ur history nah. The first goal when it was called UEFA Champions League.
Is that not exactly what I said? The Champions League started in 1992 and Amokachi scored the first goal. What we had before 1992 was the European Cup.
Charles Anazodo is interviewing Jay Jay and asking him about his freekick goal. Amokachi took the second microphone and took over the role of interviewer
The crowd are simply waiting for Jay Jay to dribble somebody. Anytime he comes close to dribbling a player you hear the roar of expectation from the fans.
1) Daniel Amokachi is the first player to score a goal in the UEFA Champions League (he scored for Brugges against CSK Moscow) and here he is with Carles Puyol and the Champions League trophy.
2) Augustine Eguavoen, Augustine Okocha, Daniel Amokachi, Uche Okechukwu and Mutiu Adepoju.
Asisat Oshoala Resumes Training With The Barcelona Team.
Asisat Oshoala suffered a hamstring injury on the 17th of March in Barcelona's game against Atletico Madrid. It was speculated that the injury would keep her out of the game for 5 weeks. She has now partially resumed training with the team and this was announced on Barcelona's Twitter feed.
Team Okocha vs Team Carles Puyol Today At 5pm In Uyo.
Team Shine Shine Bobo, captained by Jay Jay Okocha, will take on Team Chairman, captained by Barcelona legend Carles Puyol at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium Uyo at 5pm today.
The match is part of activities to mark the UEFA Champions League trophy tour of Nigeria. There will be an after match concert featuring Duncan Mighty and MC Galaxy.
There will also be other UEFA Champions League trophy tour activities in Lagos on the 17th and 18th of April.
The two teams will be made up of ex-Super Eagles players like Mutiu Adepoju, Austin Eguavoen, Uche Okechukwu and Daniel Amokachi. The Akwa Ibom Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Charles Udoh, will also play in the match, as will selected NPFL stars. Selected consumers of Heineken and Star beer, who won special competitions that have been running in the past few days, will also get a chance to play in the match.
Nigerian women warned not to come to Britain in government campaign
Peter Stubley, Catherine Wylie The Independent15 April 2019, 05:57 GMT+1
The UK government is backing an advertising campaign urging Nigerian women and girls to find jobs at home instead of “risking a life of modern slavery” in Britain.
Posters are to be placed in schools, churches and marketplaces in an attempt to reduce human trafficking, sexual exploitation and forced labour.
They focus on “aspirational stories of women who have established successful careers in Nigeria”, according to the Department for International Development.
The Not for Sale campaign is supported by UK aid and involves the National Crime Agency and the UK’s Joint Border Task Force as well as Nigerian law enforcement.
One of the stories featured in the posters, TV and radio adverts relates to Gift Jonathan, a single mother who was raped and tortured while attempting to get to Europe but has since returned to Nigeria and found work as a pastry chef.
“Three years ago, I was a single mother with two children living with my widowed mother,” she said.
“Things were so hard that when my friend told me about travelling to Germany, guy I moved! We only made it to Libya. I was sold, raped and tortured. I saw many Nigerians die including my friend Iniobong.
“When I made it to Nigeria, I met with people who registered me in a vocational centre and encouraged me.
“Today I’m a baker in Benin making enough money to take care of my family. My boys will not grow up to be ashamed of their mother. My name is Gift Jonathan and I am not for sale.”
Nigeria has one of the highest figures for modern slavery in Africa and is one of the top five countries of origin for modern slavery victims reaching Europe and the UK.
In 2018 alone, 208 Nigerian nationals were identified as potential victims of trafficking in the UK.
International development secretary Penny Mordaunt said: “Modern slavery is one of the greatest human rights abuses of our time.
“UK aid is working in partnership with the National Crime Agency and Nigerian law enforcement to stop it at its source.
“Together we are tackling the root causes of dangerous migration to prevent vulnerable women and girls from becoming targeted by traffickers.
“The benefits of this will be far-reaching – preventing regional instability and helping us tackle modern slavery here in the UK.”
johnie: Yesterday, I came across a horrific news about some cult clashes culminating in some beheadings around the fish roundabout/ Abraham Adesanya Estate
I was horrified to read it.
I will not post the news item here but it is shocking that something like that would happen in a very public place.
RRS men used to be stationed there.
The Ajah Police Division is just a few hundred metres away from the location.
So, what happened?
I heard that the clashes began at Jakande Estate and that there has been violence at Jakande for a week now and that it spread from there to Abraham Adesanya.