Man docked for allegedly obtaining N2.7m under falsehood
A 43-year-old man, Olamide Ojajuni, was on Monday docked in an Ogudu Magistrates’ court in Lagos State, for allegedly obtaining N2.7 million under pretences. The police charged Ojajuni with a three count of conspiracy, obtaining by pretence and stealing by conversion. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, Insp Donjour Perezi, told the court […]
Fire razes shops in Kano market
The Kano State Fire Service says a fire razed 21 shops at Yankatako Market at Rijiyar Lemo in Kumbotso Local Government in Kano. The spokesman of the service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the fire occurred at about 02:00 a.m. on Monday. According to Abdullahi, “We received a distress […]
NECO releases 2023 SSCE external results
The National Examination Council (NECO) has announced the release of the 2023 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) external candidates’ results. The Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Dantani Wushishi made the announcement at a news conference in Minna on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports Wushishi also unveiled an e-posting Automated Annual Posting Calendar, […]
Alleged N950m fraud: Court orders ex-Punch worker, others to be arraigned
An Ikeja Special Offences Court has ruled that the former staff of Punch Newspaper Ltd., Olusegun Ogunbanjo, and others, charged with N950 million fraud to be produced for arraignment. Other defendants in the suit numbered ID/21559C/2023 are Olawunmi Ogunbanjo, Vaneloo International Ltd., Valeco Global Ventures, Bagco Garba, Taofeek Ogunbanjo, Ifeanyi Odogwu, Bound Media Ltd., and […]
Hunger: JAF, CORE begin nationwide protest rallies Monday
The Joint Action Front (JAF) and the Coalition for Revolution (CORE) have fixed Monday, February 26, 2024, for nationwide protest rallies against the rising cost of living. The groups, in a statement, said the rallies are a prelude to and support for a similar two-day nationwide protest by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) scheduled for […]
Breaking! Court orders FAAN to account for airports toll gate revenue since 2015
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to disclose how much it made from toll gates and parking lots fees in all Federal Government-owned airports and how much it remitted from January 2015 till January 2024. Justice Ibrahim Ahmad Kala, who made the order on Friday, February […]
Photos: One dead as youths clash at Ogba, Lagos
By Robert Egbe and Gabriel Diugwu At least one person died on Thursday night and several others were injured Friday morning following a clash between rival youths at Ogba, in Ikeja Local Government Area (LGA), Lagos State. Nigerian Current gathered that the man was stabbed to death near Ogba Bus Stop following a dispute. Calm […]
Chronicles of anger, hunger and frenzy of happy people
By Anthony Kila Dear Readers This weekend marks a year since Nigerians went to the polls to vote in the new administration led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Like most things in Nigeria, the process was very contended, highly divisive, rowdy and very improvable; that is all done now anyway. […]
Ekiti people to enjoy distribution of N331m worth of food items
Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji has directed Chairmen of Local Government councils and Local Council Development Areas in the state to mobilize and distribute food items to citizens in their respective council areas to cushion the effect of the current economic situation in the country. The distribution of the food items, according to the […]
Breaking! One dead as youths clash at Ogba
By Robert Egbe and Gabriel Diugwu At least one person is dead and several others injured following a clash between rival youths at Ogba, in Ikeja Local Government Area (LGA), Lagos State. Nigerian Current gathered that the man was stabbed to death near Ogba Bus Stop on Thursday night following a dispute with a trader. […]
