Author: Nigeriacurrent

Olamide Announces  Date For New Album

Nigerian singer and rapper, Olamide has announced date for release for its 11th album , ‘UY Scuti’. The YBNL founder took to his Instagram on Sunday to put out the artwork of the new project. He said the album would be released on June 14. ‘UY Scuti’ album is coming six months after the rapper […]

Read More

Iheanacho Strikes For Leicester To Set Up FA Cup Final Showdown With Chelsea

Leicester reached the FA Cup final for the first time in 52 years as Kelechi Iheanacho’s solitary goal earned a 1-0 win over Southampton in front of 4,000 fans at Wembley on Sunday. The biggest crowd for a football match in England for 13 months was made up of key workers and local residents as […]

Read More

Don’t Crucify Obaseki For Offering Patriotic Advise, PDP Governors Reply APC On Money Printing

The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Governors Forum has urged the All Progressives Congress(APC) not to crucify Godwin Obaseki, Edo state governor for his statement ,  rather they should heed to his advice. The PDP governors was alarmed at their APC counterparts under the Progressives Governors Forum(PGF)  for being “partisan” in the response to Obaseki’s statement that […]

Read More

SERAP Writes Buhari, Seeks Probe Of Missing N106 billion In 149 MDAs

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to investigate allegations that N106bn of public funds are missing from 149 ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), as documented in the 2018 annual […]

Read More

I’m Not In Possession of Illegal Substance

Popular Nigerian singer and rapper, Yusuf Sodiq better known as CDQ has denied the allegations of possession of any illegal substances. The rapper was arrested by the National Drug Law Enforement Agency(NDLEA) on Wednesday for allegedly being in possession of some substance known as ‘loud’- a cannabis variant. Reacting to the allegation in a statement […]

Read More

Nigeria Records 67 New Cases of COVID-19 On Friday

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) has announced 67 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number in the country to 164, 147. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Friday. On the figure leased, Lagos topped the list with 26, Kaduna 11, Akwa Ibom, 8, Rivers 5, Ogun 5, Kano, 3, […]

Read More

Makinde Orders LAUTECH VC To Step Aside

Oyo state governor, Sey Makinde has ordered the vice-chancellor of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology,(LAUTECH) Michael Ologunde, to step aside from his position till further notice. This was disclosed in a letter dated, April 16, 2021, by the Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Mr. Olasunkanmi Olaley on Friday. The letter stated that […]

Read More

I’m Not Behind Distribution Of Rice – Tinubu

National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has denied distributing bags of rice in some states in the northern part of the country. Tinubu stated this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) and signed by his Media Aide, Mr Tunde Rahman, in Lagos. NAN […]

Read More

CBN Admits Printing Money For Loan To Pay Salaries, Emefiele Replies Obaseki

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Godwin Emefiele says the claim by the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki that the federal government printed N60billion to support March allocation for states is simply lending by the apex bank. The Minister of Finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Thursday also dismissed the claim […]

Read More

EFCC Releases Okorocha From Custody After Two Days

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocah form their custody, two days after he was invited for questioning. The ex-governor , who is currently a serving senator representing Imo West , was arrested in his Unity House Office in Abuja on Tuesday on issues related to consfication […]

Read More