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SOCIAL activist Charles Oputa popularly known as Charly Boy has lashed out at Nigerian pentecostal clergymen describing them as exploiters whose message is solely based on systematic fraud.

NIGER State resident Garba Tukura has been charged to court for murder after he flogged his 65-tyear old neighbour Musa Wassa to death following a minor altercation between the two of them.

ABOUT 300 doctors left Nigeria during the course of 2016 in search of greener pastures as the biting economic conditions continues to take its toll on the middle class according to statistics just revealed by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).

RIFLEMAN Lance Corporal John Godwin has been sentenced to death by a Nigerian Army general court martial after he was found guilty of killing five rescued civilians in the Yamteke area of Borno State during Operation Lafiya Dole.

SPAIN risks being kicked out of next year's World Cup after Fifa wrote to the Spanish football federation warning it that the recent government interference in its elections represents a breach of international guidelines.

EMIRATES Airlines has resumed flights to the Nigerian capital Abuja after over a year of absence when a Boeing 777-300 landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport this afternoon.

Over the last two years, the Nigerian aviation industry has had it really rough as a foreign exchange crunch made it hard for airlines to meet their obligations, most of which were paid in hard currency. This led several airlines to either stop flying to Nigeria or to severely reduce their operations.

FORMER Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has arrived in Singapore for a medical check-up in what is his first international trip outside the country since being ousted from power last month.

NIGERIA'S largest indigenous airline Arik Air is gradually getting back on its feet after announcing that it will resume flights to Calabar and Uyo over the Christmas period starting from December 15.

NIGERIA has announced plans to increase crude oil production in an attempt to boost foreign exchange earnings following the recent rise in global prices that have boosted petroleum prices to over $65 a barrel for the first time in three years.

NIGERIA'S Nobel laureate  Professor Wole Soyinka has been named the winner of the 2017 Europe Theatre Prize in recognition of his contribution to global literature and attempts to bridge the divide between Europe and Africa.