Author: Nigeriacurrent

Nigeria Records 535 New Cases of COVID-19

Nigeria has recorded 535 new case of Coronavirus across various part of the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this figure in its latest  COVID-19 update . Of the new infectious cases, Lagos recorded an alarming number of 219 infections, Akwa Ibom 142 and Oyo 47 According to the agency, five deaths […]

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Naira Falls To N522/$1 As CBN Stops FX Sales To BDCs

Nigerian Naira has dropped to N522/$1 at the parallel market after the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) discontinued the sale of forex to  Bureaux De Change(BDCs) operators in the country. According to check on AbokiFX.com, the local currency  which opened today’s trading at N505/$1, lost N17 or about 3.4 percent by midday On Tuesday, the apex […]

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Nigeria Missions Abroad To Deliver Passports By Courier

The ministry of foreign affairs says Nigerian missions will soon commence delivering passports to its nationals through courier. The ministry said this move is to eliminate the stress Nigerians go through to visit the missions to keep interview appointments. Some Nigerians had complained about the strenuous process of obtaining visas, passports, and the need to […]

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Cross River Government Launches Airline — Cally Air

The Cross River state government has launched its own airline, Cally Air, in a major drive to boost economic development in the state. The governor, Ben Ayade flagged off the aviation project on Monday after Cally Air made its maiden flight into Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar, from Lagos en route to Abuja. Addressing the […]

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Nigeria Records 404 New Cases of COVID-19…Higest In Four Months

Nigeria has recorded it highest number of coronavirus cases in the last four-month The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this in its latest update with a total of 404 new cases. This figure makes the highest daily cases ever recorded since March 4 when 708 cases were confirmed. The agency said Lagos topped […]

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CBN Bans Sale of Forex To BDCs Operators

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has stopped sales of foreign currency to Bureau De Change Operators in the country. The apex  Governor,  Godwin Emefiele stated this at the end of the monetary policy committee meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. Emefiele said the Bank received about 5,000 applications every month for BDC registration, adding […]

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Sowore Arrested At Federal High Court

Convener of #RevolutionNow Movement  and Publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore has been arrested by security operatives at at the federal high court in Abuja The Cable   reported that Sowore, who was at the court premises, said he had come to attend the hearing of the five youths that were arrested for wearing #BuhariMustGo branded shirts […]

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Nigeria Records 216 New COVID-19 Cases

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 216 new cases of coronavirus in the country. The agency in its latest update said the new infections were recorded in eight states of the federation on Sunday. The NCDC listed the eight states where the 216 new infections were recorded to include Lagos, 108, Akwa Ibom-96, […]

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President Buhari Travels To London For Education Summit, Medical Check-up

President Muhammadu Buhari is set to travel to the United Kingdom on Monday to attend the Global Education Summit on Finance Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021- 2025. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the president’s special adviser  on media and publicity, Femi Adesina. According to Adesina, the summit will be co-hosted by […]

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Esther Wins The Voice Nigeria Season 3

Esther has emerged as the winner of  The Voice Nigeria season 3. The show host, Nancy Isime, announced  Esther the winner with Kpee and Eazzie as the last two finalists. It was gathered that the show started with the eviction of Dapo while Naom Mac was saved by the Viewers’ List. Kitay was also evicted, […]

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