Author: Nigeriacurrent

Politician Warns Nigerians Against Vote Buying

The Chairman of the Liberation Movement Party (LM), Lagos state chapter, Comrade Rahman Adewale Adebiyi has called on Nigerian electorates to ensure they use their franchise to correct the lingering anomalies in the society in the coming polls. Adebiyi, a Chartered Accountant and tax expert who said this in an interview in Lagos also called […]

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Minimum Wage: Osinbajo, Govs Hold NEC Meeting

Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, and state governors held a meeting of the National Economic Council, in Abuja. Top on the agenda was the proposed N30,000 National Minimum Wage, which has lately generated controversies. Recall that on Tuesday, following an extra-ordinary meeting of the Federal Executive Council, the Federal Government resolved to present the proposal to […]

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Gunmen Kill Ghanaian Investigative Journalist

A Ghanaian undercover journalist who helped expose corruption in African football has been killed in the capital Accra, police said Thursday. Ahmed Hussein-Suale was part of a team led by award-winning journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, whose probe led to the resignation of the head of the Ghana Football Association. Dozens of football referees and officials […]

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Ogun Politics: My Encounter With Violence, By Reuben Abati

I once had a taste of political violence during the 2015 Presidential campaigns. In Bauchi, our convoy was stoned. In Katsina, restless youths wielding stones and long sticks threatened to attack us. It didn’t matter that it was a Presidential convoy. But nothing in those two places is comparable to what I experienced in Sagamu, […]

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Atiku Arrives In US

Former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has arrived Washington DC on a visit to the United States. The PDP presidential candidate arrived at 20.20 hours (14.20 hours Washington DC time). A statement by Paul Ibe, spokesperson to Atiku Abubakar, said that the PDP presidential hopeful “will in […]

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‘I Feel Very Sad’, Osinbajo Reacts To CJN Onnoghen’s Trial

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has reacted to the prosecution of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, noting that he is sad about the situation. He also said President Muhammadu Buhari did not know about the plan to arraign the CJN until Saturday evening. According to him, the President had always made clear […]

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MC Oluomo ‘Discharged’ From hospital

Musiliu Akinsanya, a chieftain of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) better known as MC Oluomo, has been discharged from a Lagos hospital where he was receiving treatment. MC Oluomo was attacked at an All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Ikeja on January 8 and was immediately taken to Eko Hospital, following injuries he […]

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Frank Mba Reappointed As Police PRO

Frank Mba, an assistant commissioner of police, had been appointed the police public relations officer (PPRO). Abubakar Adamu, the inspector-general of police, appointed Mba as the police spokesman on Wednesday, a day after he assumed office. Mba had served as the police spokesman between 2012 and 2014, before being replaced by Ibrahim Idris, immediate past […]

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General’s Widow Cries Out Over Takeover of Property by State Govt

The widow of the late Brigadier General Samuel Laiye Teidi, Hajia Fatima has accused a friend of her late husband, and former governorship aspirant in Ogun State, Mr Jimi Lawal of conniving with the Kaduna State government to take over a 10 hectare land jointly owned by her and her late husband. The land in […]

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Onnoghen: EFCC to Sue Fani-Kayode, Odumakin for Libel

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied raiding the Abuja residence of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen. The commission in a statement by its spokesman, Tony Orilade, accused former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode and rights activist, Yinka Odumakin, of circulating the false information. The commission also berated Odumakin, […]

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