Author: Nigeriacurrent

Women’s Day: Dana Air Supports Entrepreneurs, Women in Media initiative

In celebration of the International Women’s Day 2019, Dana Air has supported the Women in Media Development initiative 2019 and Women Entrepreneur Fair, scheduled to hold on the 29th and 30th of March at the Justice Idris Kutigi Conference Centre in Minna Niger State. The Women Entrepreneur Fair (WEF), an initiative of the Airmingle Media ltd is aimed at […]

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Police Charges Access Bank MD, Wigwe, Others with N2.6bn Fraud

The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police Force, Ikoyi-Lagos, has charged Mr. Herbert Wigwe, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Plc, his bank and two others before an Ogun State High Court, Sagamu, on 21 counts criminal charge. Those charged alongside Wigwe and Access Bank Plc, before Justice N. […]

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EFCC Charges Ecobank, Staff to Court Over N9.2m, $60,000 Fraud

Justice Saliu Saidu sitting in Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday remanded a staff of Ecobank Plc, Mr Anieka Udoh in prison custody over a fraudulent transactions. Upon was arraigned alongside Ecobank Plc on five counts charge preferred against them by the economic and financial crime commission EFCC over fraud and conversion. They were […]

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APC Accuses Bayelsa Governor of Sponsoring Insecurity, Fake News

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State has accused the state governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, of wasting the resources of the state to procure violence and compromise elections. APC State Publicity Secretary Dofie Buokoribo made the allegation at a media interaction on Thursday in Yenagoa. Buokoribo said Dickson was in the habit of playing […]

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Saraki: Kwarans Define Leadership

The term leadership could simply be defined as exemplified between the good people of Kwara State and their leader, the Nigerian senate president, Bukola Saraki, especially due to the result of the last presidential election. Saraki, instead of being sad over the results, where the opposition party won massively, knew there was need to calm […]

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APC Accuses Governor Dickson Of Sponsoring Insecurity, Fake News

… Alleges composition of illegitimate electoral panel to persecute APC members The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State has accused the state governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, of wasting the scare resources of the state to procure violence and compromise elections. APC State Publicity Secretary Dofie Buokoribo made the allegation at a media interaction on […]

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Bone Marrow Transplant Totally Cures Man of HIV

The International AIDS Society has welcomed an announcement that an HIV-positive man has remained in HIV remission without antiretroviral drugs 19 months after receiving a bone marrow transplant from a CCR5 negative donor for Hodgkin’s lymphoma. C-C chemokine receptor type 5, also known as CCR5 or CD195, is a protein on the surface of white […]

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Despite Outlaw, Female Genital Mutilation Persists

In what seems a prevalent ordeal for women in Africa, the story of genital mutilation among female children and its stoppage is still farfetched. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is an awkward cultural practice by some African tribes performed on women with hope to curtail their high sexual urge or to fulfill one traditional rite or […]

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EFCC Seizes Atiku Son-in-Law’s Passport

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s son-in-law’s Abdullahi Babalele’s passport has been seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He is under investigation for alleged laundering of 150million Euro. Babalele was released on bail yesterday after undergoing interrogation for about 72 hours. He is being investigated alongside Mr. Uyi Giwa-Osagie (an associate of Atiku) […]

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At 21, Kylie Jenner is Youngest Self-made Billionaire Ever

Forbes reports that Jenner, who is 21, is now worth $US1 billion, reaching the milestone to years earlier than Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The success comes from her Kylie Cosmetics, a company Forbes estimates to be worth at least $US900 million. Jenner, of course, owns all of it, so adding in the cash she has […]

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