Author: Nigeriacurrent

Back-to-Back Bursts of Gun Violence in El Paso and Dayton Stun Country

By Campbell Robertson   DAYTON, Ohio — On Sunday, Americans woke up to news of a shooting rampage in an entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio, where a man wearing body armor shot and killed nine people, including his own sister. Hours earlier, a 21-year-old with a rifle entered a Walmart in El Paso and killed […]

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Computer Village ‘Big Boy’, Confesses How He Made Fortune Buying Stolen Phones

A notorious phone dealer, Da-Silva, who specialised in buying mobile phones from armed robbers, cultists and pickpockets operating in Ogun and Lagos State has disclosed that he buys over 30 phones a week and made between N25,000 and N30,000 daily from buying and selling robbed phones. After almost three months of relentless hunt, the suspect […]

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FG to Harmonize Conduct of Marriages in Nigeria

There is an ongoing  plan by the Federal government to unify all marriage certificates issued by all license bodies in Nigeria. This was disclosed by the Permanent secretary, Ministry of interior, Barrister Georgina E. Ehuriah at the stakeholders conference on the conduct of statutory marriage in Lagos at the weekend. Barrister Ehuriah stated that the […]

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Emir Sanusi Lamido Takes 22 Year-Old Girl As Fourth Wife

The first breath of matrimony may seem the sweetest; after it, a sweet tang evocative of bliss develops. Ask the Emir of Kano, HRH Muhammadu Sanusi II. It took him three wives to appreciate the bliss inherent in marrying a fourth. Emir Sanusi II certainly understands that some female phenomena could be explained by no hypothesis less thoroughgoing than the […]

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RAPE: COZA Pastor, Biodun Fatoyinbo Returns To Pulpit

Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, the Senior Pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, COZA, has returned to preaching on the pulpit .less than one-month after taken a leave of absence following a rape allegation by the celebrity photographer, Busola Dakolo. Hundreds of protesters stormed the church in early July to protest against Fatoyinbo who was accused […]

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Rescued RCCG Pastor Says Abductors are Herdsmen

The only female Deaconess, Mrs Ibelegbu Chidinma who was kidnapped along with four others who were later released on Saturday said their abductors were Fulani herdsmen. Her allegation was corroborated by Mr Chimela Iroha, son of James Iroha of the Masquerade fame who said their abductors took them 30 kilometres away from the Expressway into […]

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Many Injured, Properties Destroyed as Bloody Clash Erupts in Ibadan

A bloody clash between miscreants at Sasa area of Ojoo, Ibadan, Oyo State left about nine peoples injured with several properties destroyed. Ttrouble started when some house owners attempted to prevent some scavengers from picking scraps from their area, leading to a free for all. The hoodlums, according to sources regrouped and unleashed mayhem on […]

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Police Warn Against Sowore’s Protest, Say it’s Treasonable

The Nigerian Police have issued a warning notice to Nigerians and any individuals who intend to participate in what is called ‘RevolutionNow’ protest being organized by Omoyele Sowore and other Nigerian rights activists against August 5 to stay clear from it, or risk a felony and terrorism charge. The Inspector General of Police, Muhammad Adamu, […]

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Osinbajo’s Wife Narrates How She Worked Among Area Boys, Prostitutes in Lagos’s slums

Wife of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Dolapo Osinbajo has revealed how she once worked in the slums in Lagos among area boys and prostitutes. Mrs. Osinbajo stated this at the Anti-Substance-Abuse Programme in commemoration of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Abuja recently. A statement by the organisers of the programme quoted […]

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Breaking: Ogun Police Rescue Other Four RCCG Pastors

Gboyega Adeoye The Ogun State Police Command has rescued the other four Redeemed Christian Church of God pastors who wereer victims of abduction on Thursday around J3 forest on Ogbere road, in Ijebu-East Local Government Area of the state. One of the victims, Mrs. Ibelegbo Chidimma was rescued earlier on Saturday The Police Public Relations […]

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