Author: Nigeriacurrent

Govt To Announce New Date For Flight Resumption

The federal government is to announce a new date for reopening of airports and resumption of flights soon. This is to be done after the completion of dry run tests in Lagos and Abuja airports. The director-general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Musa Nuhu, said this during the presidential taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19 […]

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Federal Govt Bans Purchase Of Non-essential Vehicles

The federal government has directed what it calls a cut down the cost of governance by stopping “non-critical and administrative capital spending” which includes the purchase of non-essential official vehicles. The plan was released by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman. In a document titled ‘What you need to know about the Nigeria Economic Sustainability Plan (NESP)’, […]

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COVID-19: Okowa, Wife Go On Self-isolation

Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and his wife, Edith are in self-isolation for 14 days after their daughter tested positive for coronavirus. The Governor through his official Twitter handle said: “Earlier today, Edith and I received the news that one of our daughters has tested positive for #COVID19. “Hence, in-line with the laid out procedures, […]

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Family Shifts Ajimobi’s Burial

The family of former governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi have announced a shift in the burial date of the former governor. Ajimobi died on Thursday, June 25 at a private hospital in Lagos. As a Muslim he was expected to be buried on Friday since he died after sunset on Thursday. However, his […]

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Defenestration Of The Jagaban..Analysis by Alaba Ayorinde

On Thursday, June 25, 2020, against all expectations but in consonance with his surprising late moves, President Muhammadu Buhari met with the National Executive Council (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by the embattled Acting National Chairman Victor Giadom. The acting chairman had been under fire since the court upheld the suspension of […]

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Ajimobi Dies At 70, Mourners Besiege Home

Former Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi is dead. He was 70. A source close to the First Cardiology Consultants Hospital, Ikoyi, Lagos, where he was receiving treatment for COVID-19, said the former governor did not recover after he fell into coma. He had been admitted to the hospital after contracting coronavirus. The rumour mill […]

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Liverpool FC Win 2019-2020 Premier League Title….. First In 30 years

Liverpool FC have won  English Premier League Champions 2019/2020. The Reds secured the title following Chelsea’s 2-1 victory over Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on Thursday night. The Reds have been the strongest contender through the season, winning 27 out of thier 29 league games to pull 25poins clear at the top of the table […]

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How Hushpuppi swindled victims of N160b

Ramon Abass alias Hushpuppi and his gang defrauded victims N168 billion, according to the police authorities in Dubai. He was arrested alongside 12 other members of his gang at different Dubai residences in an operation codenamed “Fox Hunt 2,” after four months of trailing their movements and activities. The Dubai Police Force official Twitter handle […]

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Fake Estate Agent Bags Five Years for Forgery

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has secured the conviction and sentence of Idris Dauda, a fake estate agent, to five years imprisonment for forgery before Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.  The convict was arraigned on July 5, 2019 on a six-count charge […]

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Breaking: Finally Ex-Oyo Governor Ajimobi is Dead

Immediate past governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, is dead The former governor, who was named the acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress last week Tuesday, had been on quarantine for over three weeks, battling COVID-19. Ajimobi had been rumoured dead about a week ago but his aides were quick to debunk the death […]

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