Super Eagles forward, Odion Ighalo grabbed a 41st minute goal on Monday which leads him to become the highest goal scorer in England this year.Monday's strike marks Ighalo's 14th goal this season and 30th in total for 2015.Although Watford maintained a less than average possession 43% to the visitor's 57%, Ighalo and his teammates refused to give up to the 87th minute leaving the shoreline at 1-1.Following Spur's and Watford clash on Monday, it takes Odion's Premier League tally for the season to 14, and his league goals to 30 in 2015, more than anyone else in the top four divisions of English football.
The Emir of Katsina, Abdulmumini Usman, has declared support for the Peace Corps bill passed by the National Assembly. The bill, which seeks to turn the Peace Corps, a non-government organisation, into a government paramilitary agency, has elicited mixed reactions from Nigerians. Proponents see it as an avenue to create jobs for thousands of youth while critics describe as a duplication of functions already being performed by existing agencies and creation of another bureaucracy at a time the country is finding it difficult to pay workers' salaries. The bill was opposed by existing military and security institutions in Nigeria and the Peace Corps leader Dickson Akoh is currently being prosecuted for alleged fraud. Apart from lawmakers, the bill is also supported by some prominent Nigerians including the Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, who also asked Mr. Buhari to sign to it. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Katsina emir made a similar call on the president on Thursda...
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