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TRANSPARENCY International has published its 2017 Corruption Perception Index showing that Nigeria has dropped 12 places to 148th out of the 180 places it surveyed from 136th position in 2016.

In the latest rankings, Nigeria scored 27% and is in 148th position alongside Comoros and Guinea. Botswana was ranked the least corrupt country in Africa with 61% and occupies 34th position globally.

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leaders have lashed out at their founder Nnamdi Kanu asking all other pro-Biafra groups to eschew his course of action and throw their weight behind Abia State governor Okezie Ikpeazu.

BENIN City evangelical church Glory Arena has refused to refund a sum of N111,000 ($306) to a member who accidentally paid the cash into its account saying that the giver should accept that it was an offering made to God.

NIGERIAN Army troops have rescued 50 pupils from the Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) Dapchi in Yobe State who were kidnapped by Boko Haram earlier this week during a raid on the town.

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has ruled out the possibility of former skipper Vincent Enyeama returning to the team ahead of the World Cup saying he has been out of action for a whole year so unfit for competitive football.

FORMER Enugu State governor Chimaroke Nnamani has been cleared by a Lagos court after it ruled that there is no valid charge before it in relation to a case brought before it by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

FEARS are growing that Boko Haram may have abducted another set of pupils from Government Girls Secondary School Dapchi in Bursari Local Government Area of Yobe State after the set attacked the town and carted away food items.

POPE Francis has waded into the ongoing bitter dispute tearing the Catholic community in Imo State apart by appointing the bishop of Umuahia Diocese Most Reverend Lucius Ugorji as the new Apostolic administrator of Ahiara Diocese.

TENNIS legend Serena Williams has revealed that she nearly died giving birth to her first daughter last year as she suffered a blood clot in her lungs blocking several arteries while she was in labour.

Serena, 36, gave birth to her first child last September, delivering a baby girl who she has since named Olympia. A 23-time grand slam champion, Williams said she had to undergo emergency Caesarean section during birth after her heart rate plummeted dramatically during contractions.

PASSENGERS aboard a Dana Air flight flying from Abuja to Port Harcourt narrowly missed being involved in another major accident yesterday after the aircraft overshot the runway as it landed.