Author: Nigeriacurrent

FG Has Credible Evidence Of Plans To Subvert Government- Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government has credible evidence on the unrelenting efforts of the political opposition and their cohorts to subvert the government and cause mayhem in the country. The Minister, who made the remarks at the 12th Annual Lai Mohammed Ramadan Lecture in Oro, Kwara […]

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Breaking: Herdsmen Abduct 7 Travellers on Benin-Ore Expressway

Bandits suspected to be herdsmen have abducted seven passengers in a bus along the Benin-Ore Road today. It was learnt that the gunmen, four other passengers and the bus driver escaped into the bush. A relative of one of the victims said the bus marked AGB 294 YV belonging to ‘God is Good Motors’ took […]

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Gardener Beats 15-year-old Student to Death in Lagos School

A 41-year-old gardener at the Jubril Martins Memorial Grammar School, Iponri, Lagos has allegedly beaten a 15-year-old SSS3 student of the school, identified as Rafiu Adagun, to death. The incident reportedly happened on Wednesday after the students, including the deceased, had finished writing their Senior Secondary Certificate Examination for the day It was learnt that […]

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A Night Full of Bliss

My love escapade at the Teachers’ College Ikere Ekiti started with Titi, a slender and very ravishing girl in the Post WASC class, my class. After my first day in school, I mean, having attended classes and the debate, Titi approached me on Monday after the sport practice. She called me by my real name. […]

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Imam Steals Shoes During Prayer in Lagos Mosque

An Imam from hell elicited shocks from worshipers after stealing a pair of shoes during prayer in Agege area of Lagos State. The hair-raising incident occurred inside the mosque located in the secretariat of the local government on Thursday during Asri prayer around 4.00pm.  According to worshipers in whose presence the stranger-than-fiction unfolded, the main […]

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EFCC Re-arraigns Two Lawyers for Stealing N189m from Late Principal

Tom Awhana, the former Head of Chambers of the Law Office of Mr  Mogbeyi Sagay, a late Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) was on Friday arraigned at an Ikeja Special Offences Court for stealing N188.7Million belonging to the law firm of the late senior lawyer. Awhana was arraigned alongside Paul Okoro a former lawyer in […]

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Ganduje: Understanding the Pathology of Revenge

By Azu Ishiekwene The Sarkin Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, always wanted to be local. Even in his heyday as governor of the Central Bank, he said he was often amused when public office holders fought for appointment as ministers, state governors, ambassadors or for any position at all on the big stage. All he ever […]

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Police Nab 93 Suspected Kidnappers

The efforts of the Nigeria Police Force in tackling the rash of kidnappings giving Nigerian s serious nightmares have yielded another heavy harvest of arrests of suspected kidnappers and sundry criminals across the country. A release issued, Thursday, by Frank Mba, Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO, also a deputy commissioner of police, DCP, revealed that […]

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Senate Passes Bill Making June 12 Democracy Day

The Nigerian Senate, Thursday, passed the Public Holiday (Amendment) Act 2019, that makes June 12 as Democracy in the place of May 29. May 29 has been Democracy Day since the return of democracy in 1999. But last year, and 19 years on, President Muhammadu Buhari took a solid step to alter that to mirror […]

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EFCC to Arraign Naira Marley on Credit Card Fraud Charges Monday

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has instituted an 11 Counts Charge against Azeez Fashola a.k.a Naira Marley before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. The anti graft agency will arraign him on Monday. All the charges bothers on credit card fraud. The charge designated FHC/L/178C/19. According to the anti-graft agency, some of […]

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