Author: Nigeriacurrent

PHOTOS: German Chancellor Angela Merkel Arrives In Nigeria

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in Nigeria. Merkel was received by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital.   VIDEO: President @MBuhari welcomes German Chancellor, Angela Merkel to the State House. #AsoVillaToday pic.twitter.com/iCss1Nc19Y — Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) August 31, 2018 According to the Presidency, President Buhari and the German […]

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As Battle for PDP Ticket Thickens: Who Blinks First?

In the next few weeks, activities geared towards the 2019 general election will begin, and a lot of attention will be placed on the opposition parties especially the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which in fact, is the opposition. The attention on PDP will not only be to the extent of its ability to wrest power […]

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APC Looses 3 LG Chairmen in Saudi Arabia

The National Hajj Commission in Zamfara has confirmed the death of three local government chairmen from the state, in an auto crash in Saudi Arabia. The Public Relations Officer of the commission, Malam Yakub-Yahaya Talata-Mafara,who  confirmed the death said that the accident occurred around in the early hours of today, while they were travelling from […]

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The African Road to China By Owei Lakemfa

The African leaders journey  to Beijing, for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) holding from September 3-4, 2018, actually began fifty three years ago. That was at the infancy of our independence. In 1960 alone, seventeen African countries had gained independence. Tanzania became independent in 1961 and Zambia, four years later. Both faced the same […]

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2019: Youths Adopt Fela Durotoye for President

Consensus has been reached among the array of youths jostling to change the lingering political status quo by ensuring that a youth emerge as winner in the coming presidential election slated for next year. Dr. Kingsley Moghalu, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and presidential aspirant on the platform of […]

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Ronaldo ‘Furious’ At Losing UEFA Player Of Year To Modric

Cristiano Ronaldo was hopping mad at losing out to Croatia star Luka Modric for the UEFA Player of the Year, Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri revealed on Friday. Real Madrid and Croatia midfield star Modric beat his former teammate Ronaldo and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah to the prize which was awarded on Thursday in Monaco. “Yesterday he […]

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Presidency: APC Adopts Direct Primaries

All is now set for the for the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the party hierarchy  adopted direct primary election to select its presidential candidate for the 2019 election. This was part of the resolutions reached at the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting which held on Thursday at the APC national secretariat in Abuja, […]

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Man kills lover for rituals

Olusola Akindele, a 42 year old bricklayer, is now cooling his heels in police net after he was arrested by the men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly killing his lover, simply identified as Iya Anu, for ritual purposes. It was gathered that the suspect allegedly invited the deceased to his rented apartment […]

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Ghana May Lead Pressure on Prosperity Churches to Pay Tax

Piqued by the rising trend of Ultra-rich churches across Africa in recent times, there have been calls for the religious institutions to start paying taxes to the governments since they have enough money to throw around. In Nigeria, Civil groups have lent their voices to such cause too but nothing has been said in that regards from […]

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Police Sergeant Looses Life to Mob in Lagos

A mob protesting the alleged murder of a youth today attacked a police patrol team in Ogba area of Lagos, killing a Sergeant and vandalising the patrol vehicle. It was learnt that the protesters also attempted to raze the Area ‘G’ Command headquarters in Ogba but they were resisted by a combined team of policemen. […]

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