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BRUGGE winger Arnaut Groeneveld has dropped his Dutch surname and adopted the Nigerian name Danjuma in a move seen as indicating that he willing to switch allegiances and play for the Super Eagles.

AKWA Ibom State government has expressed concerns about the activities of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arguing that the over-zealous way in which is it carrying out its activities is scaring investors away from Nigeria.

SENATE president Bukola Saraki and speaker of the House of Representatives Hon Yakubu Dogara have revealed that the two chambers of the National Assembly will not reconvene in the immediate future because legislators are on holiday and observing pilgrimage.

NIGERIA'S Super Falconets pulled off a miraculous escape yesterday qualifying for the quarter finals of the ongoing U20 World Cup in France with the last kick of the game thanks to a 95th minute equaliser against China.

KANO State government has claimed that it has traced $1m belonging to former governor and 2019 presidential aspirant Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso to Ukraine pointing out that the money was paid to a university where no student from the state was studying.

NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the government of planning to surreptitiously arrest senate president senator Bukola Saraki and his deputy Senator Ike Ekweremadu.

CIVIL society group the Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance (Cacobag) has ask the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe two foreign banks accounts linked to the former Department of State Services (DSS) director-general Lawal Daura.

SENATOR Shehu Sani the legislator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District has absolved Nigerian clergymen of not contributing to the fight against corruption arguing that they do their best to preach about it but their pleas fall on deaf ears.

NIGERIAN Army commanders have managed to regain control of the Maiduguri airport and restore calm to the area after troops mutinied and seized the facility yesterday  to protest being redeployed to a dangerous combat zone.

SUPER Eagles goalkeeper Francis Uzoho is a doubt for Nigeria's Nations Cup qualifier against Seychelles taking place on September 8 after he picked up an ankle injury that will keep him sidelined for at least two weeks.