Author: Nigeriacurrent

National Carrier To Begin operation Of First Quarter In 2022

The Miniset of Aviation, Hadi Sirika,  has announced that the new national carrier will comment operation by the first quarter of 2022 Sirika stated this on Wednesday while addressing  State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. He explained that the new carrier is long overdue and will commence operation by early  2022 […]

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Naomi Campbell Welcomes First Child At 50

British supermodel, Naomi Campbell has welcomed her first child- a baby girl Campbell, 50, took to her Instagram page to break the news to her followers on Tuesday “A beautiful little blessing has chosen me to be her mother,” Campbell captioned the Tuesday post, which included a close-up image of her newborn’s feet. “So honoured […]

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Leicester Wins English FA Cup For First Time

Super Eagles stars of Nigeria, Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho, and their Leicester City have won the English FA Cup for the first time after a 1-0 defeat of Chelsea at the Wembley Although it was Youri Tielemans’s sensational screamer which handed Leicester victory, Iheanacho, who had a dour final, has been instrumental throughout the […]

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Possibility of Shifting UTME 2021 Date Is Very High-JAMB

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) says there is high possibility to  shift the date for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination The JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede said this was because close to 600, 000 candidates who have indicated an interest in the exam are yet to register. Speaking at a virtual meeting with […]

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Lessons For Nigeria From EPL – Femi Adesina

Manchester City football club was on Tuesday confirmed winner of the 2020/2021 English Premier League (EPL). For those who follow football keenly, whether it is played in the dusty fields of Ajegunle, in Lagos, the La Liga in Spain, Italian Serie A, German Bundesliga, or EPL, this was one pulsating season, filled with excitement, despite […]

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Shrinking Civic Space: Labour, CSOs Agree to Form Transformative Governance Initiative

Members of the civil society organisations and the Labour movement in Nigeria have agreed to work together to initiate a Campaign For Transformative Governance, with the central theme on corruption and Insecurity and their deleterious impact on the trajectory of Human Development. The groups said in a communique issued after a two-day stakeholders meeting held […]

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Buhari Mourns General Joshua Dogonyaro

President Muhammed Buhari has mourned a former  Chief of Defense Staff, Lieutenant General Joshua Dogonyao. Dogonyaro, a former Fied Commander of the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group(ECOMOG0 died on Wednesday at the age of 80. President Buhari in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu […]

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NDLEA Arrests Former Lagos Council Vice Chairman For Drug Trafficking

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested former Lagos Council vice chairman, Asekun Kehinde Sakiru for drug trafficking According to a statement signed by NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi said Sakiru has been on the agency’s wanted list since December 2020 “in connection to a case involving one Azeez Adeniyi Ibrahim who was arrested […]

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Sound Sultan Diagnosed With Throat Cancer

Nigerian singer, Olanrewaju Fasasi, popularly known as Sound Sultan, has been diagnosed of throat cancer. According to Sahara Reporters, the singer was jetted out of Nigeria to commence chemotherapy following his diagnosis Sound Sultan’s career in show business started in the 90s when he hosted shows to raise money for studio sessions. By 1999, he […]

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NITRA Technology Forum: NITDA, Cloudflex, Rackcenter To Grace  2021 Edition

Industry big wigs in Nigeria’s ICT sector have thrown their weight behind the 2021 edition of the annual Technology Forum organized by the ICT industry media body, Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA). Nigeria’s information technology regulator, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA); Cloud services operator, Cloudflex and premier data center operator, Rackcenter have […]

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