Author: Nigeriacurrent

Nigeria to supply 1,440 tonnes of yams in 2018 to US

The Technical Committee on Nigeria Yam Export Programme says it is targeting the export of about 480 tonnes of yams per month in 2018. According to the committee, the United States has already requested for the supply of five containers monthly, which amounted to 120 tonnes of yams monthly and 1,440 tonnes of yams in a […]

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FG Asks Nigerians To ‘Perish Thoughts’ Of Going To Libya

The Federal Government has again warned Nigerians against embarking on the perilous journey to Libya as a means of travelling to Europe for greener pastures. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, issued the warning on Sunday while addressing reporters in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. She asked […]

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Shehu Sani To Buhari: Stop Pampering And Protecting Herdsmen

Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central, says the protecting, pampering, paying, politicising and prevaricating on the herdsmen must stop.” The lawmaker said the mass murder in southern Kaduna, Taraba, Benue, Numan and other affected places are “unpardonable and despicable crime”. He said enough blood had been spilled by herdsmen. Sani said the elite were more […]

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El-Rufai visits Bakare in church — A Week After ‘Presidential Declaration’

Nasir el-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna state, visited Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, at the church auditorium in Lagos on Sunday. This visit is coming one week after the fiery preacher declared his intention to become the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, not stating when exactly he would run […]

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Explain What You Did With N30Billion, Ekiti Group Tells Fayemi

The Ekiti Citizenship and Governance Centre (ECGC) has called on former Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, to stop grandstanding and address the very serious question of mismanaging the 25 billion bond and the 5 billon loan he took while at the helms of affairs in the state. Fayemi and the incumbent government of Ayodele […]

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Rewane Asks FG To Be Transparent On Fuel Subsidy

Bismarck Rewane, renowned economist, has asked the government to come out clean regarding the ongoing debate on fuel subsidy in the country. He said the government has to be transparent and tell Nigerians how much is being paid for subsidy. Rewane said this while speaking on a Channels TV programme. “What the government has to […]

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Don’t Hike Fuel Price, PDP Warns FG

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday told the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government to perish the thoughts of hiking the price of petrol from the already exorbitant N145 per litre, because such “will not only be criminal but inhuman and completely unacceptable.” On the same day, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, […]

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No Plan To Increase Petrol Price, Says Kachikwu

Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum resources, says there are no plans to increase the price of petrol. There are reports that the minister said the price of petrol might be increased soon. Kachikwu was quoted to have said this when he appeared before the national assembly joint committees on petroleum resources (downstream) on […]

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Petrol Pump Price: Three Possible Solutions Being Considered By FG

Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum, says the federal government has no plan to jack up the pump price of petrol, which is at present fixed at N145 per litre. Idang Alibi, the director of press in the ministry, in a statement on Thursday night clarified the minister’s submission made to the joint committee […]

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Salah Wins CAF Best Player Award, Oshoala Crowned Queen For The Third time

Liverpool star striker Mohamed Salah has won the 2017 aiteo/CAF footballer of the year award. Salah was announced as Africa’s best male player on Thursday at a ceremony in Accra, Ghana. The Egyptian forward had an impressive 2016/17 season with AS Roma before joining Liverpool. Salah, recently named the BBC African footballer of the year, […]

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