Author: Nigeriacurrent

Africa Make Big Polluters Pay Trains Journalists on Climate Change Reporting

…Activists Renew Call For Climate Reparation For Africa The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay Coalition has wrapped up a two-day training for journalists across the continent on climate change reporting, with a call for sustained coverage of the climate crisis from an Afrocentric perspective. The coalition also renewed its call for just climate reparations for […]

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NANS applauds Tinubu for N50bn ASUU, varsity staff fund

 The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has commended President Bola Tinubu for approving the release of N50 billion to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other non-academic staff of federal universities. This was made known in a statement signed by NANS National Vice President for Inter-Campus and Gender Affairs, Felicia Akinbodunse in […]

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Nigeria safe, Edun assures investors

Mr Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, has assured investors that Nigeria is safe for investment. He said this at the Nigeria Investment Forum, at the ongoing World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) Meetings in Washington D.C. on Wednesday. According to the Minister, efforts are geared towards maintaining fiscal congruence. […]

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28-year-old electrician electrocuted in Oyo

The Oyo State Fire Services Agency, has confirmed that a 28-year-old electrician has been electrocuted in Odo Babaode, Eruwa Community in Oyo State, while trying to repair a fault from a 33KV High Tension Cables. The agency’s General Manager, Mr Yemi Akinyinka, confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Thursday. […]

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Unemployed man gets 12 strokes of cane for stealing ceiling fans

A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that  a 22-year-old applicant, Samson Kingsley, should be given 12 strokes of the cane for stealing ceiling fans worth N160,000. Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, who gave order, warned Kingsley to desist from committing crimes. The convict who resides in Kawo in Kaduna, pleaded guilty to trespass and theft. He […]

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Temu hit by rash of complaints from Nigerian customers – Survey

A new entrant into the Nigerian e-commerce space, Temu, a Chinese platform, is being inundated with complaints from its Nigerian market. A survey carried out by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday showed that some of its customers are developing trust issues with its offers and services. The survey consisted of […]

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Tinubu celebrates City People publisher Seye Kehinde @ 60

President Bola Tinubu congratulates Mr Seye Kehinde, frontline journalist and publisher of City People magazine, on his 60th birthday on April 24. The President praises him for his significant contributions to the media, including establishing the City People Magazine in November 1996, which has profoundly impacted people and society reporting in the journalism industry. Seye […]

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Security: Tinubu issues new directives on security

President Bola Tinubu has directed an immediate and comprehensive overhaul of national security strategies, demanding urgent action to end the escalating violence in Borno, Benue, Plateau and Kwara states. The President, who met with security chiefs at the State House in Abuja for more than two hours, said the killing of innocent people in Borno, […]

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Newspaper Headlines for April 24, 2025

The story links are; Leadership This Nigeria First News The Matrix Business Day Liberty   Independent This Day New Telegraph News Direct Platform Times Salient Times Daily Sun

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NiMet predicts three-day sunshine, thunderstorms from Wednesday

 The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has predicted sunshine and thunderstorms from Wednesday to Friday across Nigeria. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Tuesday in Abuja, envisaged sunny skies on Wednesday with prospects of thunderstorms over parts of southern Adamawa and Taraba States later in the day. It stated that sunny skies with few patches of clouds […]

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