Victor Osimhen: Nigerian star recounts how he sold sachet water as a 6-year-old

Victor Osimhen in his latest interview with BBC revealed how tough it was for him growing up as a child.
The Super Eagles striker who has already scored five goals in Ligue 1 this season for Lille, said he once hawked sachet water on the streets of Lagos when he just seven-years-old.
"I came from a very poor background, seven children and I was the last born. I lost my mom at the age of 6 and it was very difficult for my family because my dad also lost his job around that period. So I was forced to go out and get myself a life.

"In Lagos, they sell water (bottle or sachet) which is the easiest but the hardest because you have to run and give somebody the water and collect money.
"It wasn't easy but I had to do it and that set my path in which I will never give up in life no matter the situation or where I am and that gave me the zeal and momentum no matter what life throws at me."
The Nigerian international also talked about his experience with teammate and Portugal star Jose Fonte who promised taking him to a restaurant if he scored on his debut against Nantes.
"Jose Fonte spoke to me and asked 'How many goals will you give me on your debut?' I said I will score two goals and he told me If I scored two goals he will take you to any restaurant

"It's not about the restaurant, it's about Jose Fonte and I scored two goals."
The 20-year-old also spoke about how Chelsea legend Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto'o inspired him while growing up.
"I grew up watching Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto'o, Rasheedi Yekini and Emmanuel Adebayor, but Drogba is my role model because he motivates me a lot and I watch his videos on YouTube."
Meanwhile, earlier reports that Alex Iwobi's summer move to Everton from Arsenal has been compared by Man United legend Phil Neville as a big 'fish' in small pond.
The Super Eagles midfielder left his boyhood club for a whopping £35million to Goodison Park after playing 148 matches, scoring 15 goals for Gunners.

Nigeria shuts Action Against Hunger aid group 'for feeding militants'

"I fled Boko Haram and had to leave my son behind" - one woman tells the BBC of her ordeal

Nigeria's army has stopped the work of international NGO Action Against Hunger accusing it of supplying a militant Islamist group with food and drugs.

The army said it had warned the NGO against "aiding and abetting" Boko Haram in north-east Nigeria.

Action Against Hunger, which denies the accusations, says its "life-saving assistance" to vulnerable people has now been put "into jeopardy".

Boko Haram's 10-year campaign of terror has left more than 30,000 people dead.

More than two million people have also been displaced.

A network of NGOs is assisting the government in helping those who have been forced from their homes.

This is the first time the military has explicitly named an aid organisation it accuses of sabotaging the army's counter-terrorism operations in the region, reports the BBC's Chris Ewokor.

In a statement, Action Against Hunger said it "delivers neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian aid to millions of people in Borno state by providing basic services to the most vulnerable people, especially women and children".

Contains disturbing scenes and flashing images.

Boko Haram’s decade of terror explained

It said it had been told by soldiers without any notice to close its office in the capital of Borno state, Maiduguri.

In July, the Paris-based charity said six of its aid workers had been kidnapped in Nigeria.

The six abductees appeared on a video, with one of them calling on the Nigerian government and international community to intervene. Their whereabouts are still unknown.

No group has said it was behind the kidnapping.

In 2015, Boko Haram seized control of much of Borno state, and spread its activities to neighbouring countries.

A counter-insurgency by the army led to much of that territory being recaptured. But the militants have come to rely more on suicide bombings and kidnappings in recent years.

One of its most notorious attacks was on a school in Chibok, north-east Nigeria, when 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped. Many of them have been freed, but the whereabouts of more than 100 are still unknown.

Since 2013, Boko Haram are thought to have kidnapped more than 1,000 people.

Mother, 2 children, dogs die in Ekiti after eating amala

A woman and her children age 12 and 14 years old and two dogs have been reported dead in the Odo-Ayedun Ekiti community in Ikole area of Ekiti state after eating a locally made food known as amala.
Confirming the sad news which took place on Tuesday, September 17, to journalists, the police public relations officer in Ekiti, Caleb Ikechukwu, revealed that the husband of the deceased woman, who also ate the food, is in a critical condition at the Federal Teaching Hospital in Ido Ekiti.

 Ikechukwu also said that the police, alongside other agencies, are making moves to investigate the development and discover the cause of the strange deaths.

Adeoye Aribasoye, a member of the Ekiti state House of Assembly, representing Ikole Constituency II, on Thursday, September 19, spoke on the incident at the plenary and called for an investigation into it. Thanks again and happy
Aribasoye said: “After they ate the flour on Saturday, the mother and the two children complained of stomach ache overnight and they resorted to self-treatment which led to the death of the mother on Monday and the two children in quick succession between that Monday and Tuesday.
“Before the deaths were broken to the father, he was already down and the father was rushed to FETHI, and he is currently battling with his life.”
Meanwhile,a tragic story of two Nigerian men who lost their lives after attempting to smuggle hard substance from Brazil to Ethiopia had surfaced.

The men identified as Chigozie Pascal Aniagbado and Chijioke Chidioka Ogbuefi died aboard their flight. It was gathered that the deceased avoided being caught at the airport by swallowing the hard substance they smuggled.