Author: Nigeriacurrent

Again, Nigeria Economy Plunges Into Recession

Africa’s biggest economy, Nigeria has slipped into a recession again for the second time in five years. This was shown in a report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBC) on Saturday. According to the Gross Domestic Product report by the NBC , the nation recorded a contraction of 3.62 per cent in the third […]

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Tottenham Show Title Credentials Against Toothless Man City

Pep Guardiola admitted Manchester City played perfectly into Tottenham’s hands as Spurs shot to the top of the table with a 2-0 win thanks to goals on the counter-attack from Son Heung-min and Giovani Lo Celso. Spurs have not won an English top-flight title in 60 years, but showed their title credentials with a defensive […]

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Iyabo Ojo Loses Mum

Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo has announced the demise of Victoria Olubunmi Fetuga, her mother. The 42-year old movie producer took to her Instagram page to break the sad news She said her mother died in her sleep in the early hours  of Saturday “My mother, my jewel, my guardian, my pearl… this is how you said […]

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#EndSARS: Nigerian Army Admits Going To Lekki Tollgate With Live Bullets

The 81 division of the Nigerian Armey on Saturday has admitted that it took live bullets to the Lekki Tollgate on october 20, 2020 #EbdSARS protest. The army made a u-turn when testifying before the judicial panel set up by the Lagos State government to probe the incident. The army commander  Brig.Gen Ahmed Taiwo  had […]

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CNN Report On #EndSARS Is One- Sided, Military Fired Blank Bullets Into The Air- Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said the CNN investigative report on the Lekki shootings of October 20 was one-sided and not balanced. Mohammed on Thursday in a press briefing in Abuja described the report as one-dimensional and lacking in balance. Read full text below Good morning gentlemen, and welcome to this press […]

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Femi Adesina And The Parable of The Tolerant Father

By Achike Chude Re: Femi Adesina’s ‘We Have Not Many Fathers’ And so, Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman says that we were lucky that the other side of the president that is frightening, fearful, and vicious was not manifested, otherwise ears would have tingled and tongues wagged about the calamities that would have befallen us lesser […]

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#EndSARS: Youth Representatives End Boycott, Rejoin Lagos Panel

The two youth representatives of the Lagos judicial panel of inquiry probing the alleged shooting of #EndSARS , Temitope Majekodunmi and Olorunrinu Oduala have resumed sitting with the rest of the panel on Saturday. Majekodunmi and Oduala had boycotted the panel last week to protest against the freezing of bank account of #EndSARS promoters by […]

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2face, Sam Adeyemi, Kanu, Falz, Davido, Others Sued For Promoting #EndSARS Protest

Kenechukwu Okeke, a human rights activists, has filed criminal proceedings before a magistrate court in Abuja against Nigerian singer, Innocent Idibia popularly known as 2baba,  Folarin Falana, Afrobeat singer, better known as Falz , Nigerian footballer, Kanu Nwankwo and others for promoting the #EndSARS protests Last October, thousands of youths under the #EndSARS movement, took […]

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Niger State Governor, Bello Tests Positive For COVID-19

Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello has tested positive for coronavirus. Governor Bello disclosed this on Monday via his Twitter handle. “FLASH: @GovNiger, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Governor Sani Bello who revealed the news today said the result of his latest test came back positive and he had consequently […]

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#EndSARS: A Warning To Buhari’s Handlers…… Atiku will Accept Animadversion not Cyberbullying.

By Segun Showunmi I wonder what is to be gained in responding to a sinking government and its minions on Twitter who are obviously moving against the run of play. That Atiku Abubakar’s name is associated with everything in Nigeria at this time is fantastic. We must not for fear of Buhari allow ourselves to […]

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