Author: Nigeriacurrent

Fashola Reels Out buhari’s Achievements

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN, reels out a fact sheet of Buhari Administration’s achievements at the Town Hall Meeting held in Ibadan. It surely has elevated the discourse on the direction of the 2019 General Election. Excerpts: “In 2015 the budget left behind by the previous government was N19 […]

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Breaking: Body of Missing General Found

The Nigeria Army has recovered the body of Maj.- Gen. Idris Alkali (rtd), the immediate past Chief of Administration, Army Headquarters Abuja. The body was recovered from an abandoned well in Guchwet, Shen District of Jos South Local Government. Alkali went missing on his way to Bauchi after leaving Abuja in the morning of Sept. […]

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Six Detained for Murder, As Former Lagos Speaker Gets Bail

An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate Court on Tuesday remanded six persons in prison custody for the murder of a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Akindele Akingbolu of the Anti-Cultism Unit of the Lagos State Police Command. Another suspect arraigned with them, a former Speaker, Lagos House of Assembly, Mr Jokotola Pelumi was however granted bail. […]

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Togolese Cook Kills Nigerian Master at Lagos’ Parkview Estate

Three days after he was brought in from Ondo State to serve as a cook, a Togolese has stabbed his boss to death in Lagos. According to reports, the cook, who is yet to be named, sneaked into the bedroom of his boss, Chief Ope Bademosi, and drove a knife into his heart. A picture in […]

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Governors Agree on N22,500 Minimum Wage

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Tuesday agreed to pay a national minimum wage of N22,500 from the existing N18,000.   The Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’aziz Yari disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the end of its 2nd emergency meeting held in Abuja.  Yari said that the decision was arrived at  after […]

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Shi’ite: Commissioners of Police on Red Alert

The Inspector- General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris has placed all Commissioners of Police on red alert over the activities of members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN). In a statement by the Force Police Pubic Relations Officer, acting DCP Jimoh Moshood, asked the commissioners, especially those facing likely threats by the Shi’ites, to […]

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Anenih: A trough of Bitter-Sweet Memories By Louis Odion, FNGE

Our first encounter in 2000 was simply apocalyptic. The old cop was at his bewitching best – marshalling provincial tactics of intimidation and seduction. An editor with THISDAY then, I was in Benin City for the weekend and happened to have been with then Governor Lucky Igbinedion at the White House that evening before the […]

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NACAN Elects New Officers, Raises Concern Over Communication Hitches at Airports

Members of National Airtraffic Communicators Association of Nigeria (NACAN) have raised concern over the gory state of its radio equipment in some stations across the country. The association raised the alarm at its 5th Annual General Meeting where a new set of executive members to steer the affairs of NACAN were elected weekend. In a interview, […]

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NAFEST 2018- Wike, Runsewe Send Message of Peace, Unity

The Executive Governor of Rivers state, Chief Nyesom Wike and the Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) have both agreed that culture remains Nigeria’s biggest asset in enthroning sustainable peace and unity among all Nigerians irrespective of ethnic, religious or political divides. Both Wike and Runsewe highlighted this position during their respective remarks […]

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WAEC Introduces ‘Walk-In’ Candidates, to Register 24 Hours Before Exams

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has revealed that it will soon conduct the first series of the West African Senior School certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates. This was made known in a press statement released by the spokesperson of the council, Demianus Ojijeogu. The statement also said the examination will be conducted between […]

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