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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.

ACTING Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman Ibrahim Magu escaped assassination yesterday after armed gunmen stormed his house in Abuja killing one of his police guards.

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) chairman Amaju Pinnick has apologised to the nation after Fifa penalised Nigeria for fielding an ineligible player against Algeria during a World Cup qualifier last month.

SUPER Eagles winger Victor Moses looks set to join the elite band of Nigerian footballers who have played 200 games in the English Premiership this weekend when he features for Chelsea away game to Huddersfield tonight.

EGYPTIAN striker Mohamed Salah has been named as the BBC African Footballer of the Year for 2017 beating four other rivals to the honour on the back of his recent blisteri8ng form for Liverpool.

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles are to play a friendly match against Poland on March 23 next year as part of the team's ongoing preparations for the 2018 World Cup due to take place in Russia next summer.

FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has left his supporters guessing what his next move will be after he stormed out of a meeting with former military ruler General Ibrahim Babangida in Minna yesterday without speaking to anyone.

MEMBERS of the Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have promised to procure the 2019 presidential nomination form for President Muhammadu Buhari as they want him to run for a second term and warned they may sue him if he refuses to.

ARGENTINE World Cup-winning midfielder Osvaldo Ardiles has tipped Nigeria to be one of the dark horses in the forthcoming World Cup pointing out that the Super Eagles may surprise everyone and win the tournament.