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ABOUT 300 of the Nigerian students who were recently rescued from the beleaguered Ukrainian city of Sumy have arrived in Abuja after a plane carrying them from the Hungarian capital Budapest landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport over the weekend.

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has warned his Edo State counterpart Godwin Obaseki to stop trying to claim they are equals or he will smoke him out and expose him for the ungrateful person he is.

AIR Peace chairman Allen Onyema has warned that all local airlines operating within Nigeria will have to shut down their operations in three days time as a result of the ongoing fuel scarcity.

NIGERIAN teenager Max Oyedele has become the latest footballer to be involved in a three-way battle for his services at international level as England and Poland are both interested in getting him to feature for them as a senior.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] In 2014, economist Jim O'Neill, coined the phrase Mint nations. Basically, what he meant was that by 2050, Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey (Mint) would be the dominant global economic powers

[2] He predictions were supported by all economists and it was easy to see why. They have sizeable populations, are key regional hubs, are full of creative youngsters and have a youthful workforce

NIGERIA is no longer poverty capital of the world as the latest statistics from the World Poverty Clock (WPC) show that India has overtaken the country as the nation with the highest number of people living in penury.

NIGERIAN-born teenager Miguel Azeez has been promoted to Arsenal first team ahead of  the team's English Premier League match against Leicester City at the to the Emirates Stadium today.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] How many Nigerians know that their country is a member of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, also known as Developing-8. It is an association for development co-operation made up of Bangladesh, Egypt, Nigeria, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Turkey

SENATOR Ademola Adeleke has suffered a major setback in his bid to become the next Osun State governor after an Oshogbo high court ruled that his opponent Dotun Babayemi was the authentic Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate.

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials have expressed concern over the state of the Cape Coast Stadium pitch where the Super Eagles will play the Black Stars of Ghana in a World Cup play-off on March 25.