[03:08.92]The spokesman for the security services said the militants were planning simultaneous suicide attacks in Kano as well as in the capital Abuja.

[03:16.48]He also said the security forces had confiscated nearly 50 AK-47 rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

[03:23.76]The United States Navy has christened the first of its new Ford-class of nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at a ceremony in Virginia.

[03:32.32]The new super carrier which will weight 100,000 tons when completed in 2016 is named after the former president Gerald Ford.

[03:41.23]The head of Football’s world governing body Sepp Blatter has said that the 2022 World Cup

[03:46.76]which the Gulf State Qatar is due to host will take place in November or December that year.

[03:51.92]FIFA has set up a task force to look into feasible alternative dates as it looks to switch the competition away from the fierce heat of Qatari summer.

[04:00.71]Sepp Blatter said he wanted to avoid the World Cup clashing with the Winter Olympics at the start of 2022.

[04:06.88]“It is logic to play this competition at the end of the year.

[04:12.36]And it is the end of the year, it will be November, December, I don’t know exactly the dates but it could be from tenth to tenth whatever.”

[04:22.69]The final decision on when the 2022 World Cup takes place remains with FIFA’s executive committee.