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The two Nigerians, who claimed to be cousins, were identified as Imran Kabir, 24, and Jamilu Sani, 25 years of age. They were arrested by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel after a hot chase. “Both wanted to go to Pakistan for pursuing Islamic studies. Sani had a Nigerian passport, while Kabir didn’t. We recovered five printouts taken from Google maps of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq. They described Iraq as their final destination,”  a BSF spokesperson said. The duo got to the checkpost at about 5.50am in a stolen swift dzire taxi. The BSF said they had hired the taxi from Delhi and made off with it on reaching Amritsar when the driver, with whom they had a tiff on Thursday night over the fare, was asleep. They parked the car close to the border and enquired about the route to Pakistan. They were told that the border was closed at that time, but rather than leaving, they waited near the car. The BSF personnel, who are ever on high alert, got suspicious and a...

1. Emanuel adebayor   A Togolese footballer who plays for English club Tottenham Hotspur and the Togo national team  has recently converted to Islam  in a ceremony recorded and a video was posted to YouTube. Apparently, until recently Adebayor was a practising Christian. He used to post pictures of himself with a priest to Facebook with captions praising God. The footballer, however, hasn’t made any public announcements about his conversion.

Heavy rain that lasted for more than seven hours has caused floods in parts of northern Nigeria's biggest city, Kano. Several places, including the city's famous Kurmi market and several bus and taxi parks were flooded. C There are no reported deaths but many residents say it was one of the heaviest downpours in recent years.

A court in Ethiopia has sentenced a group of Muslim leaders, activists and journalists to jail terms of up to 22 years under controversial anti-terrorism legislation. The 18 defendants were convicted last month of charges including terrorism and conspiracy to create an Islamic State. They were arrested three years ago during protests against alleged official interference in religious affairs. They denied the charges and complained of mistreatment during detention.