ebukajay184: Photos of the arrival of President Buhari at Sochi, Russia ahead of the Russia-Africa Economic Forum. He was welcomed by Mayor of Sochi Anatoly Pakhomov and other Russian Government officials. President Buhari was accompanied by the governors of Ekiti, Gombe and Zamfara States including other personalities.
President Buhari is expected to meet with President Vladimir Putin of Russia to further strengthen relationship between Nigeria and Russia.
A statement released by the presidency says that the summit would focus on exploring and expanding opportunities in security, trade and investment, science and technology, and gas production.
cheapgoals: Goalkeepers are the last line of defense, they orchestrate play from the back and save their teams from conceding whenever possible.
African countries in the past have produced top-class goalkeeper over the past couple of years and as a matter of fact, become role models to European goalkeepers who made them their source of inspiration.
Although the number of African goalkeepers plying their trade in Europe can be counted on the tip of fingers due to competition and lack of opportunities, some paid their dues in the past and broke new grounds for the present generation and fortunately, some of them are still active.
In this write up we take a look at the top 5 African goalkeeping legends in no particular order.
Although Cameroon may possess a whole lot of goalkeeping legends, Carlos Kameni managed to register his name on the already long list of top goalkeepers to have come out of the Central African country.
Kameni took a tight grip on the number one shirt of the Cameroon national team debuting at the age of 19 and he appeared for the Indomitable Lions in over 70 appearances and made his name in Spanish La Liga where he played for Espanyol and Malaga before he went to Fenerbache.
He featured at three FIFA World Cups and six African Cup of Nations winning the title in 2002 and also runners up finish at the 2003 Confederations Cup after a Gold medal win at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Recently, Vincent Enyeama insinuated his legendary status by stating he conquered Africa during his playing career and rightly so he did at the club level and on the national team level.
He won the CAF Champions League trophy twice with Enyimba international of Aba in 2003 and 2004 before he took his trade to Europe. He also won the Africa Cup of Nations with the Super Eagles in 2013 after several third-place finishes.
Also, he is known for his goal-scoring trait scoring ten goals at Enyimba and nine for Hapoel Tel Aviv including a couple in their UEFA Champions League sojourn.
The 2010 World Cup in South Africa shot him to world prominence after a spectacular performance against Lionel Messi and Argentina. He also holds the second position on the list of the longest clean sheet record in the French League after going on 11,062 minutes without conceding, a total of 11 games consecutively.
N’Kono appeared for the Cameroon national team in three World Cups, and four Africa Cup of Nations tournaments winning the trophy in 1984. The goalkeeper was known for acrobatic saves, the high speed which made him appreciated.
He had over three hundred appearances for Espanyol in over a decade and over 500 in his club career that included Canon Yaounde where he won two CAF Champions League and his last club in Club Bolivia, also had over 100 appearances for the national team.
Nkono became a source of inspiration for the young and upcoming goalkeeper, he returned to his main club as a goalkeeping coach, helping develop young talent and countryman Carlos Kameni.
Gianluigi Buffon once said he decided to be a goalkeeper after seeing N’Kono’s performances at the 1990 World Cup. In addition, he named his first son Louis Thomas in the Cameroonian’s honor.
Looking for one of Africa’s most decorated goalkeepers, Essam El-Hadary is definitely on top of the pile. The Egyptian legend was part of the Egyptian generation of players that won 3 back to back Africa Cup of Nation titles from 2006 to 2010, winning four in total and another final appearance in 2017 in Gabon.
He also featured at the 2009 Confederations Cup in South Africa, his only appearance for any European club was with Sion in Switzerland but he won several titles with his club Al-Ahly of Egypt including 8 Egyptian league titles, Four Egyptian cups, four super cups, and Four CAF Champions League titles.
In 2018 when Egypt qualified for its first FIFA World Cup in a long time, Essam broke the record for the oldest goalkeeper and player to play in the FIFA World Cup after coming on for a group game in Russia 2018 at the age of 45years, beating the record set by Colombian goalkeeper Faryd Mondragón in the previous edition of the tournament. He is also the third player on Egypt’s all-time appearance record. He is still active playing for Nogoom in the Egyptian League where he has 3 appearances this season.
Another Cameroonian who is well respected for his Goalkeeping skills, Bell had a respectable club career with several foreign club sides including Bordeaux, Saint Etienne, Marseille amongst others making over 300 appearances
He played for Cameroon making 91 appearances and also played at the 1984 Summer Olympics and was on Cameroon’s winning team in the 1984 and 1988 African Cup of Nations although he was behind Nkono for a long time making the trip to the FIFA World Cup three times before making his debut in 1994 playing two group games.
Other names that are worth mentioning are Acquis Songo’o who had close to hundred caps for the Indomitable Lions and played and won the La Liga with Deportivo La Coruna before moving to Metz. Peter Rufai also had a respectable career with the Nigerian national team.
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Three suspected kidnappers were burnt to death at the Dutse Alhaji area in Abuja on Monday, September 30th.
Eyewitnesses say the men were apprehended after they allegedly pushed their female victim out of a moving vehicle when she began screaming for help.
A motorist who claimed to have witnessed the lady being pushed out of the vehicle, reportedly pulled over in front of the suspected kidnappers' vehicle and blocked it under the Dutse Bridge. Passersby and motorcyclists who also claimed to have witnessed what happened, immediately surrounded the vehicle.
Unable to answer their questions, the mob poured petrol on the suspects inside the vehicle and set them ablaze.
Efforts are currently being made to evacuate the charred remains of the suspects to the mortuary while the female victim was taken to Kubwa General Hospital for treatment.
The Edo State government has suspended Yakubu Musa, the chairman of Etsako West Local Government, over a N46 million-payroll fraud uncovered in the council.
Jimoh Ijegbai, the Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, revealed this in a statement issued on Tuesday.
He said the government took the decision in the interest of the people of the council.
“At the Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC) meeting held on May 28, Governor Godwin Obaseki frowned at the very high wage bill of the council which amounted to N66,652,527.52 million monthly, whereas Oredo Local Government with far more staff strength was paying N59,859,964.29 million to its staff monthly," Ijegbai said.
He said the governor directed the ministry to carry out staff audit in the local government.
According to him, at the end of the verification exercise, 63 staff of the council did not show up for the exercise thereby saving over N6,035,656.29)for the local government.
The commissioner added: “It was discovered that the authority of the council entrusted the council’s payroll to a grade level three officer who inserted two fictitious names on the payroll through whom the local government was defrauded of N46 million from July 2018 to May 2019. The case is currently being investigated by security agencies.”
Recall that another Council loyal to Adams Oshiomole, the APC National Chairman and former Governor of the state was recently suspended over issues bordering on alleged corrupt practices.
A leaked letter addressed to Festus Keyamo (SAN), suggests that he might have been moved from the Minister of Niger Delta and redeployed to the Ministry of Labour and Employment as Minister of State.
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When at it, you could check out the driveshaft hoses, for ruptures, and all that. Relubricate if needed.
Hope you find some sort of succour here.
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pls my Toyota Sienna, 2004 model is making a sound "kor" when its changing gear. A gear box mechanic was recommended. The mechanic drive tested the vehicle and said the lubricant in the auxiliary has tried and needed to lubricate it to know if the auxiliary is still okay. He bought oil and mixed it with grease and lubricated it, yet the noise has persisted. Meanwhile, the gear shifts perfectly, but only the noise that it makes.
Now, the gear mechanic says the auxiliary is bad and requires to be changed. According to him, the cost is 100,000 naira for a new auxiliary.
What do I really do? Advice me professionally, pls
. [/color][/quote]Gurus in the house, pls my Toyota Sienna, 2004 model is making a sound "kor" when its changing gear. A gear box mechanic was recommended. The mechanic drive tested the vehicle and said the lubricant in the auxiliary has tried and needed to lubricate it to know if the auxiliary is still okay. He bought oil and mixed it with grease and lubricated it, yet the noise has persisted. Meanwhile, the gear shifts perfectly, but only the noise that it makes.
Now, the gear mechanic says the auxiliary is bad and requires to be changed. According to him, the cost is 100,000 naira for a new auxiliary.
What do I really do? Advice me professionally, pls.
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Gurus in the house, pls my Toyota Sienna, 2004 model is making a sound "kor" when its changing gear. A gear box mechanic was recommended. The mechanic drive tested the vehicle and said the lubricant in the auxiliary has tried and needed to lubricate it to know if the auxiliary is still okay. He bought oil and mixed it with grease and lubricated it, yet the noise has persisted. Meanwhile, the gear shifts perfectly, but only the noise that it makes.
Now, the gear mechanic says the auxiliary is bad and requires to be changed. According to him, the cost is 100,000 naira for a new auxiliary.
What do I really do? Advice me professionally, pls.
Gurus in the house, pls my Toyota Sienna, 2004 model is making a sound "kor" when its changing gear. A gear box mechanic was recommended. The mechanic drive tested the vehicle and said the lubricant in the auxiliary has tried and needed to lubricate it to know if the auxiliary is still okay. He bought oil and mixed it with grease and lubricated it, yet the noise has persisted. Meanwhile, the gear shifts perfectly, but only the noise that it makes.
Now, the gear mechanic says the auxiliary is bad and requires to be changed. According to him, the cost is 100,000 naira for a new auxiliary.
What do I really do? Advice me professionally, pls.
Zenithsblog: There is pandemonium presently at Gwarinpa by Chembian Plaza after a car hit some tricycle ‘Keke’ riders killing about 4 people on the spot.
Gunshots are being reported around that axis. Avoid Gwarinpa 3rd/4th Avenue for now.
A POLICE Inspector attached to the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) was killed on Monday night while four others were injured when their vehicle had a lone accident on Wukari Road in Ibi, Taraba State.
It was gathered that the operatives, who rode in a white Toyota Hiace bus with registration number (Abuja) BP222RSH, had gone to Ibi to arrest more suspects alleged to have ties with suspected kidnap kingpin Alhaji Hamisu Bala (aka Wadume).
The eight-man team, led by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) James Bawa, it was gathered, had arrested the suspects and were on their way to Wukari when they had the accident.
It was learnt that one of the back tyres of the bus suddenly burst, causing a somersault.
While the Inspector, identified simply as Clement, died on the spot, The Nation learnt that four other policemen and the five suspects sustained serious injuries.
It was also learnt that the injured were evacuated to a general hospital in the area.
Contacted, Force Headquarters spokesman Frank Mba, a Deputy Commissioner (DCP), confirmed the accident but said he had not got the details on it.