Six charged with “assaulting” Nollywood actress Lizzy Anjorin
The police on Thursday brought four women and two men before a Tinubu Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly assaulting and blackmailing popular Nollywood actress, Lizzy Anjorin-Lawal.The six, arraigned before Magistrate A. A. Paul on a four-count charge, are Qudus Jokogbola; Suru Olawale; Edu Shakirat; Fausat Mohammed; Kafayat Ahmed and Opere Simiat Morenike. The police alleged […]
COP 10: Activists pressure Big Tobacco over health, environmental harms
Nigeria’s Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and other Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have renewed their demand for delegates to the ongoing World Health Organisation (WHO) biennial tobacco control summit in Panamá City, Panamá to make Big Tobacco pay for its abuses. Led by the Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT) and government […]
Breaking! Court gives FG 7 days to fix price of goods, petrol products
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Wednesday ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to fix the price of goods and petroleum products within seven days.Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa specifically ordered the government to fix the price of milk, flour, salt, sugar, bicycles and their spare parts, matches, motorcycles and their spare parts, motor vehicles and […]
Girl Arrested with Olowofela is Kidnap Victim
More facts have emerged that Pa Olowofela, the octogenarian arrested by Kwara State Joint Security Team, is leader of a kidnapping gang that killed the Kwara monarch in Koro, Oba Olusegun Aremu-Cole. The monarch was killed on resisting orders from the abductors while his wife and other two indigenes were whisked away. The niigeriancurrent.com broke […]
Ondo Assembly confirms five nominees as commissioners
The Ondo State House of the Assembly, on Tuesday screened and confirmed five out of the six nominees forwarded to it by Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa to be confirmed as commissioners. Aiyedatiwa had on Feb. 2 submitted the names of six commissioner nominees to the State House of Assembly. The nominees screened and confirmed included Mr […]
Dele Alake is chairman, Africa Minerals Strategy Group
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Mr Dele Alake, has been elected as the Chairman, Africa Minerals Strategy Group. He was elected at the 30th edition of the ‘Investing in Africa Mining Indaba’ in Cape Town, South Africa, with the theme “Embracing the power of positive disruption: A bold new future for African mining” A […]
Joke Silva seeks easy access to funds for filmmakers
Veteran Nollywood actress, Joke Silva, has called on the Federal Government to ensure filmmakers in the country gain easy access to funds to produce films. Silva made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. “Over the years, filmmakers have found it difficult to access funds to produce […]
Kaduna residents laud ban on alcoholic drinks in sachets
Residents of Kaduna State have applauded the Federal Government for banning the production of alcoholic drinks in sachets. The residents, in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Kaduna, said the ban would save lives and reduce criminal activities, especially among youths, in the state. Mr Ayuba Bako, a medical […]
Ministers, CBN, FIRS pledge to address high cost of living
The Minister of Finance, Mr Wale Edun, and the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, have assured Nigerians that the high cost of living being witnessed by Nigerians is currently being addressed. Mr Olayemi Cardoso, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Mr Zacch Adedeji, Chairman, the Federal Inland Revenue […]
jI joined Labour Party to build not to destroy it, says Akpata
I Mr Olumide Akpata, a Labour Party governorship aspirant in the upcoming Edo governorship election, on Tuesday said he joined the party to build it and not to destroy it. He made this known in Benin while debunking allegations that he sponsored a protest at the Labour Party secretariat in Benin on Sunday, Feb. 4. […]
