Author: Nigeriacurrent

NCAA to Investigate Helicopter that Landed on Highway

By Gboyega Adeoye The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it has commenced investigation into how a helicopter landed on the Benin -Ore highway last weekend  In a press statement issued by the agency through Sam Adurogboye, General Manager, Public Affairs, the agency said initial reports indicate that the helicopter is owned by Tropical Arctic […]

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Oyo Governor, Makinde Names Oduyoye Political Adviser

Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has named a former Minority Whip of the House of Representatives and former Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Honourable (Chief) Babatunde Oduyoye, as his Special Adviser on Strategy and Political Matters. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Taiwo Adisa, stated that […]

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DOWNLOAD: Davido Launches Mobile Game App

CEO DMW, David Adeleke, aka  Davido, has officially launched a mobile gaming application dubbed ’30 BG Money Run Jungle’. The singer took to his Instagram account an hour ago to announce that his game is officially out and millions of naira will be given away for the next one week. https://www.instagram.com/p/BzLSJYchLTY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Here is all you […]

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Zainab Aliyu: FAAN Sets to Deal with Staff Conniving with Drug Traffickers

By Gboyega Adeoye The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has resolved to stem the rising scourge of trafficking in illicit drugs through taking stern action against any staff of the agency found to have connived with drug traffickers in baggage tagging across airports in the country This is just as the agency says those […]

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SW Governors, Other Stakeholders Unite on State Police as Solution to Lingering Insecurity

Nelson Ikusagba Governors and other stakeholders in southwest Nigeria were united in their believe in the establishment of state police and immediate actions to stem the tide of rising crimes, especially kidnappings in the region. The governors from Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo along with security chiefs, Yoruba leaders and scholars took the […]

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Groups Give Gov Lalong Ultimatum to Repeal Water Law in Plateau

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has been asked to initiate the process of  immediately repealing the State Water law to preserve the existing harmony in the state. In a communiqué issued today by the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria, ERA/FoEN in collaboration with the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical […]

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Chrisland Supervisor Accused of Defiling 2 Year Old Baby Back to Prison

Justice Sybil Nwaka of the Special Offences Court Ikeja, Lagos today revoked the bail granted to Adegboyega Adenekan, a supervisor at Chrisland School, VGC, Lekki, Lagos. The judge revoked the bail shortly after Adenekan, who was being led in his defence by Olatunde Adejuyigbe, SAN, denied the allegations of sexually abusing the 2 year old […]

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Oil Billionaire, Julius Rone Clocks 45

Becoming an entrepreneur extraordinaire is not mere lip service; it takes consistent effort and focus to grow from just being an entrepreneur with interest in a particular business to becoming a respected and renowned empire builder. Julius Rone is one of the few blessed men who started from the scratch, kept their nose to the […]

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282 Cameras now Monitor Vehicles in Lagos Metropolis

Contrary to the stories making the rounds that a camera device located at Alausa Secretariat capturing vehicles with expired fake  documents and sending bills to people’s sms, an official of Vehicle Institution Service VIS, Lagos State, Engr Olayemi disclosed that there are 282 of such mechanical device installed in many major roads within the metropolis […]

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Transition Committee Says Former Zamfara Governor, Yari Left N251Bn Liabilities

The Chairman of the Transition Committee in Zamfara, who is also the deputy governor of the state, Mallam Ibrahim Wakkala has alleged that the Committee has so far uncovered a total of N251,951,849,482.50 left by the administration of the former governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar. Briefing news men on the activities of the Committee in […]

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