Author: Nigeriacurrent

Davido Acquires N2.5B Land Banana Island

Afro-pop singer, Davido says he has acquired a land  in Banana Island, a high brow area in Lagos The singer who shared the news to his Twitter page on  Thursday said he bought the property to build his dream home. “Let’s build our dream home,” Davido tweeted, while on his Instagram page, he said the […]

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Anxiety Hightens Over Insecurity As TINCAN islandd Seizes Eight Containers Of Machetes, Other Contraband Goods

By Alex Akao. Tincan Island Port Command of the Customs Service has seized fourteen containers of contrabands goods, eight of which were loaded with machetes. The seizures which arose from heightening fears over insecurity in the country also included other contrabands such as drugs shoes, clothing and other items. Breakdown of the illicit imports indicates […]

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Nigeria’s Statistician-General, Simon Harry, Is Dead

The Statistician-General of Nigeria, Simon Harry,  is dead His death was confirmed by the Director, Communication and Public Relations Department, Ichedi Joel on Wednesday in Abuja He said he died on Thursday morning. Harry was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in August 2021  as statistician-general of the federation to head the National Bureau of Statistics […]

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Learning From The Wise By Nnimmo Bassey

The wise is a knowledge holder and keeper. Learning is a lifelong process. In other words, we never graduate from the schools of life as long as we are still on planet earth. We learn to walk, to speak intelligibly and we learn to be part of our communities. Many factors affect our learning and […]

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Port Harcourt Refinery To Start Operations Q1 2023- Minister

The Minister of State for Petroleum. Timipre Sylva says the Port Harcourt refinery will be ready for operations  by the first quarter of 2023. Sylva said this while fielding questions from newsmen after facility tour in Eleme, Rivers on Tuesday. In 2021, the federal executive council approved the sum of $1.5 billion for the  rehabilitation […]

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Ahead of Ekiti, Osun Elections, CAPPA, Groups call for polling units audit

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and a host of civil society organisations have called on the Federal Government to carry out a comprehensive polling units audit in Ekiti and Osun States to ascertain their level of preparedness for upcoming elections. At the recent Leadership of the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room review […]

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Identity, barred phone lines and matter arising By Reuben Abati

Last week, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), a government agency under the ministry of communications, currently led by Minister Isa Pantami, took the decision and made same public that any user of a GSM phone who is yet to link his or her national identification number (NIN) to a subscriber identification module i.e SIM cards, […]

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I Have No Son Grown Enough To Declare Says Tinubu On Osinbajo’s Presidential Declaration

Former Lagos state governor and presidential aspirant of All Progressives Congress(APC) says he has no son grown enough to declare for  2023 presidency. His comment is coming hours after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo declared his interest to run for the office of the president. Osinbajo’s declaration generated a lot of reactions in the political circle […]

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Why I Am Running For President- Osinbajo

My experiences, insights, opportunities must be used for Nigeria and Nigerians, VP adds In the past seven years, I have served as Vice President under a true Nigerian patriot, a servant of the nation in war and peace, and a man of integrity, President Muhammadu Buhari. We have, together, worked through some of the most […]

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BREAKING: Finally, Osinbajo Declares For Presidency

‎Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has declared intention to run for President in the 2023 elections. In a video posted on his social media accounts on Monday morning Osinbajo detailed why he would like to succeed his boss. On Sunday, the Vice President concluded consultations after a meeting with All Progressives Congress (APC) governors. I am […]

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