Author: Nigeriacurrent

Kardashian’s Ex-Bodyguard Sued Over Robbery

Two years after Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint in Paris, her insurance company is suing her former bodyguard and his security firm in the United States for $6.1 million. The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday in Delaware by company AIG and accuses Pascal Duvier and the company he worked for, ProtectSecurity, of breach of […]

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APC Plotting To Stop Our Convention, Says PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is plotting to disrupt its national convention holding this Saturday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Kola Ologbondiyan, the party’s national publicity secretary, said this while briefing journalists on the outcome of its national working committee (NWC) meeting in Abuja on Thursday. He […]

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Man, 28 Bags10 year Jail Term for Stabbing Brother to Death

A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on Wednesday sentenced one Collins Abakwe to 10-years imprisonment  for stabbing his younger brother, Chibuke Abakwe to death. The trial  judge, Justice Raliat Adebiyi handed down the judgement to the convict after finding him guilty of a lone count charge of involuntary manslaughter. Collins Abakue, 28 was […]

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Ekiti Pensioners Express Frustration Under Fayose’s Administration

Pensioners in Ekiti State lamented, on Wednesday, that the heaps of pensions being owed them by the state government have exposed them to sicknesses with some of them daily dying over treatable diseases. The pensioners, under the aegis of Concerned Local Government Pensioners Association of Nigeria (CLGPAN), Ekiti Chapter, said it was pathetic that while […]

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Buhari Raises Hope on Missing Leah Sharibu

There are more positive signals that Leah Sharibu, the kidnapped young Christian Dapchi Secondary School girl may soon regain her freedom according to the promise President Muhammad Buhari made to her mother, Rebecca, in a telephone call on Wednesday. Leah was seized over a year ago by Boko Haram insurgents alongside other school mates. While […]

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Nigeria Lists Gains on Tobacco Control

…seek collaborations to Checkmate Tobacco Industry Influences on Public Health Policy Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has urged the global community to promote policies and international cooperation that will protect public health policies from commercial interests of tobacco companies. Ehanire who spoke at the ongoing Eight Conference of Parties of the World […]

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Aspirant Canvasses Equal Treatment in Ekiti Primary

As the All Progressives Congress (APC)aspirants in Ekiti State prepare for primary election into state and national assemblies Thursday, leaders of the party have been called upon to employ modalities that would lead to the emergence of quality and people oriented candidates for the coming elections. An aspirant to the House of Representatives under the […]

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VIDEO: Full Speech: Ambode Accepts Defeats, Congratulates Sanwo-Olu for victory

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has displayed statesmanship by conceding defeat to Babajide Sanwo-Olu and vowed to support the All Progressives Congress, APC, to emerge winner of next year’s governorship election in Lagos.   Read his full speech below: ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE GOVERNOR OF LAGOS STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY, MR. AKINWUNMI AMBODE, ON THE APC […]

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Breaking: NWC Finally Declares Sanwo-Olu Winner of Lagos Primary

At last, Clement Ebri, chairman of the primary election panel of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, has declared Babajide Sanwo-Olu as winner of the exercise in the state. By the validation of the yesterday primary election, Sanwo-Olu will now fly the flag of APC in the next governorship election in Lagos More to […]

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Crisis in Ekiti APC, As Arise Withdraws From Senatorial Race

A All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain in Ekiti State and senatorial aspirant, Senator Ayo Arise, has withdrawn from the senatorial race over the indirect mode of primary election adopted by the party in the state. The former senator’s withdrawal came on the heels of a similar move by Ben Murray-Bruce, a senator from Bayelsa State, […]

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