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. […]
EFCC, NTA collaborate to fight corruption
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has described the fight against corruption as a fight that cannot be won by the Commission alone stressing that there is need for collaboration among all stakeholders. He stated this when the management of Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, represented by the General […]
Sunday Igboho is back to bury mum
Pro-Yoruba self-determination activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has returned to Nigeria. This is coming after a two years sojourn in the Benin Republic on exile, from where he flew into his base in Germany. Adeyemo returned to Nigeria today for the burial of his mother, who died while he was in detention […]
How tobacco entities circumvent the law, endanger Nigerians’ health – Report
Thousands of Nigerians lose their lives yearly to tobacco-related diseases. But, as the 2023 Tobacco Industry Interference Index shows, tobacco entities are still exploiting legal loopholes to interfere in tobacco control at the risk of public health ROBERT EGBE reports. The rumour that Mr. Friday had been diagnosed with cancer did not shock his neighbours […]
Court remands alleged producers, sellers of fake dollars
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, remanded three men in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) pending their arraignment for allegedly producing and selling fake dollars. The 1st to 3rd defendants, according to the charge marked FHC/L/79C/2024, are Benjamin Opara, Iliyasu Garba and Joseph Ude. […]
Lassa fever kills 14 in Ebonyi
The Ebonyi State Ministry of Health on Wednesday said that Lassa fever had claimed 14 lives in the state. Dr Hyacinth Ebenyi, the Director of Public Health at the ministry, gave the figure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki. He said that the 14 cases were among the 29 […]
