Author: Nigeriacurrent

Customs Arrests Three Suspects With Guns, 891 Ammunition

As the federal government battles to contain insurgency and banditry that has engulfed the north and other parts of the country,  the Nigeria Customs has arrested three suspects with a lorry load of 73 locally made guns and 891 ammunition. The arrest and detection which took place during the week, was announced by the spokesman […]

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Masari Says Over 333 Students Are Missing After Katsina attack

Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari has confirmed that three hundred and thirty-three students are missing following an attack on Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina on Friday night. The governor gave the figure when he received a Federal Government delegation led by the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno on Sunday. The governor who explained that […]

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Sanwo Tests Positive For COVID-19

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has tested positive for Coronavirus. This was announced by the state’s Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi  on Saturday. Abayomi said the Governor is currently experiencing “mild symptoms and fatigue typical of a mild case of COVID.” In a statement, he added that Sanwo-Olu is receiving treatment and is being closely […]

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Leadership Publisher, Sam Nda- Isaiah Is Dead

The Chairman and Publisher of Leadership Newspaper Group, Sam Nda- Isaiah is dead. The former presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress(APC) death was confirmed in a report in his newspaper, LEADERSHIP  on saturday morning, quoted his family as saying  “We are deeply saddened to announce the news of the passing of the […]

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Nigeria Records 796 New Cases of COVID-19

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) jas announced 796 new cases of coronavirus in 15 states and the federal capital territory. According to the figure on the verified official Twitter handle of the agency on Friday night, FCT recorded the most cases with 258 new infections, followed by Lagos with 248, and Kaduna with 117. […]

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Sanwo-olu Goes Into Self Isolation

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu will go into self-isolation immediately, after one of his close aides tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday (10th of December). Mr. Governor and other members of his team will be tested by the Lagos State biobank today but will remain in isolation until the results of the tests are available. […]

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Nigeria Records 675 New COVID -19 Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) has announced 675 new cases of Coronavirus in 15 states The agency revealed this on its official Twitter page on Thursday. According to the agency, FCT and Lagos top the list of the cases with 183 and 128 respectviely. With this new figure, Nigeria now has a total of  […]

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Maina Collapses In Court

The former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina has collapsed in the dock during the resumption of his hearing in his N2bn money laundering trail at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday. The Federal Government is prosecuting Mr. Maina on a 12-count charge of fraud and money laundering Maina […]

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President Akufo-Addo Wins Second Term

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has won a second term after a tightly contested presidential election, the country’s electoral commission announced Wednesday, beating long-time opponent John Mahama. Akufo-Addo of the centre-right New Patriotic Party (NPP) received 6,730,413 or 51.59 percent of votes while Mahama of the centre-left National Democratic Congress (NDC) received 6,214,889 or 47.36 percent […]

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Nigeria Records 550 New Cases of COVID-19

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control(NCDC) has announced over 500 new positive confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus- the highest figure in the last two months. According to the update of the virus on the verified Twitter handle  of the agency on Tuesday, Lagos and FCT top the highest numbers of the cases with 219 […]

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