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NewsNigeriaOil & GasSen. Ubah Leads Senate Adhoc Committee on Oversight Visit at Warri Refinery

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)April 19, 2024

The Senate Adhoc Committee Chairman on Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of Nigerian Refineries, Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah, has led the Senate on an oversight visit to the Warri Refinery, Delta State. A few months ago, President Bola Tinubu announced his government’s plan to revive Nigeria’s refineries as part of efforts to make the country less dependent on imported petroleum products. During the visit on Thursday by the senate committee, they commenced the oversight with a courtesy...

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LifestyleNewsNigeriaAfrica Illustrious Award congratulates Chess Master Tunde Onakoya on a new Record

PilotnewsApril 19, 2024

The Africa Illustrious Award has congratulated Tunde Onakoya, the Founder of Chess in Slums Initiative Lagos, who has set a record of 43 straight hours playing chess at Times Square in New York. In December 2023, Onakoya was honoured by the Africa Illustrious Award with an award of excellent community service, as a Distinguished Personality of the Year 2023, for his work in the slums of Lagos with his Chess in Slums Initiative. Earlier this...

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NewsNigeriaPowerEnugu Govt. Reveals Plan For Generating Plants At NERC Townhall Meeting

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)April 19, 2024

The Enugu State Government has revealed plans to provide adequate power supply to the state by engaging developers and investors interested in setting up power generation plants in accordance with the Federal Ministry of Power’s new electricity distribution policy- willing-buyer and willing-seller. Speaking at a town hall meeting on Consumer Complaint Resolution organized by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, at Oakland hotel, Ebeano Tunnel Crossing Estate Enugu, the Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsEx-Governor Yahaya Bello Declared Wanted by EFCC

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 18, 2024

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has declared Yahaya Bello, the immediate past governor of Kogi State, wanted. This move follows accusations of financial impropriety during Bello’s time in office. The EFCC alleges that Bello is involved in “economic and financial crimes” amounting to a staggering N80.2 billion. In a statement, the agency called on the public to provide any information on Bello’s whereabouts. Governor Bello, who served two terms from 2016 to 2024,...

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NewsNigeriaTIME Names Burna Boy on 2024 Most Influential People List

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 18, 2024

Nigerian superstar Burna Boy is making history again, this time landing a spot on the prestigious TIME Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People of 2024” list. This recognition places Burna Boy, real name Damini Ogulu, among global icons across various fields. The “Icons” category honours his role in catapulting Afrobeats onto the world stage. Music legend Angelique Kidjo penned the tribute for Burna Boy, crediting him with “making the vision [of global African music acceptance] a...

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Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaN100 Billion Corruption Case Take New Turn As EFCC Seeks Yahaya Bello’s Arrest

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 18, 2024

Former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello is reportedly on the run after narrowly evading arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFC, on Wednesday morning. EFCC officers laid siege at the Wuse Zone 4, Abuja residence of Bello, who left office in January 2024, at exactly 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday to arrest the ex-governor. The EFCC officials and armed security personnel barricaded Bello’s residence, blocking both entrances, but they were denied access by his...

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NewsNigeriaJudge Threatens to Adjourn Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial Indefinitely 

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 18, 2024

The trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, might be postponed indefinitely due to disagreements in court between the judge and Kanu’s lawyer. Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja threatened to adjourn the proceedings indefinitely on Wednesday after Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, argued for better conditions for a fair trial. Ejimakor demanded Kanu’s previously revoked bail be reinstated and raised concerns about alleged surveillance in their...

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LifestyleNewsNigeriaNigerian Chess Master Tunde Onakoya Attempts Guinness World Record

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 18, 2024

Nigerian chess champion, Tunde Onakoya, began his ambitious attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest unbeaten chess marathon on Wednesday, 17th April. Onakoya set up his board in the heart of New York City’s Times Square, aiming to play continuously for 58 hours without losing a single game. The current record stands at 56 hours, 9 minutes, and 37 seconds, set by two Norwegians in 2018. Onakoya, known for his philanthropic work...

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ColumnsDon OkoloOpinion“Nikki” – My Next Endeavor is a book set to be released this May

PilotnewsApril 18, 2024

“We created the same portrait of the protagonist in the film Columbiana.” _________________________ Let us make man in our Image. And hence, Nikki came to be. The words of God made. Not begotten. Nikki Ariyo, at twenty, was a virgin…a rare form of holiness in modern-day Nigeria, or for that matter, anywhere else in the world. That alone was a miracle and not a happenstance. She chose chastity, even as she was not obligated to...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsKaduna Assembly Launch Probe into El-Rufai’s Spending, Projects

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 17, 2024

The Kaduna State House of Assembly has set up a committee to investigate the government’s expenditure and project implementation during Nasir El-Rufai’s tenure as governor, which spanned from 2015 to 2023. The committee’s focus will include scrutinising loans, grants, and how these funds were used for projects undertaken during El-Rufai’s eight years in office. This move comes amid concerns raised by the current governor, Uba Sani, regarding a significant debt burden inherited from his predecessor....

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