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Agriculture LabourNestlé Introduces Incentives to Cocoa Farmers to Stop Child Labour

PilotnewsJanuary 28, 2022

Food and beverage company, Nestlé, is to give direct payouts to cocoa farmers in a bid to remove child labour from its supply chain. The organisation will also invest more than $1.4 billion over the next decade in a new programme aimed at helping cocoa-farming families to close the living income gap. Nestlé made the announcement at a virtual launch of a plan aimed at combating child labour in the cocoa industry. The initiative followed...

Columns Opinion PoliticsSOLUDO: The Reformer As A Salesman

PilotnewsJanuary 28, 2022

by Joe C. Anatune – Guest columnist and blogger Culture shock and inertia to change will expectedly be a challenge to transforming Anambra to a smart Megacity that will make her a healthier and happier place to be. Fortunately, Governor-Elect Cee Cee Soludo has been diligently preparing Ndi Anambra mentally for the beneficial change. He carries a huge cross as the expectations from his government are oversized. Yes, he overwhelmingly won the election. He came out...

Crime & Security National SecurityPresident Buhari Orders Security Services To Flush Out Bandits, Terroristsn

PilotnewsJanuary 28, 2022

SOKOTO — President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Armed Forces and other security services to deal with any person or group undermining efforts at achieving sustainable peace, security, and stability in the country. President Buhari while speaking at the palace of Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, assured that the country will ultimately defeat the forces of evil. “I gave them specific orders not to spare any bandit or terrorist threatening the lives and...

Law & JusticeMurder: NCWS Demands Justice for Hanifa, Others

PilotnewsJanuary 25, 2022

KANO — The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) has called for justice for Hanifa Abubakar, a five-year-old pupil, murdered by the proprietor of Noble Primary School, Kano. The National President of NCWS, Mrs. Laraba Shoda, made the call in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Shoda described the incident as tragic and demanded that the accused be brought to book for terminating the life of an innocent child placed in his care for academic...

Crime & Security NewsNDLEA Arrests 12,306 Suspects Over N130bn Drug- Marwa

PilotnewsJanuary 25, 2022

ABUJA — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized drugs and cash amounting to over N130 billion between January and December 2021 nationwide. NDLEA Chairman retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa gave the figure at a media briefing to mark his one year in office on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Marwa as the NDLEA Chairman on Jan. 17, 2021 and assumed duty on Jan....

Africa Business Wealth and InheritanceDangote Maintains Rank As Forbes’ Richest Man in Africa

PilotnewsJanuary 25, 2022

Alhaji Aliko Dangote has retained his position as the richest man in Africa, with a net worth of $12.1 billion, according to the 2022 edition of the Forbes’ Top 10 Africa’s Billionaires List. This is contained in a post on their verified Twitter account @Forbes. According to the report, for the 11th year in a row, Aliko Dangote of Nigeria is the continent’s richest person, worth an estimated $13.9 billion, up from $12.1 billion in...

Anambra Elections Blog ColumnsAnambra 2020 Governorship Transition Is A Family Affair

PilotnewsJanuary 25, 2022

By Joe C. Anarune, Guest Columnist and Blogger The main goal of the Transition Committee is to get the incoming administration of Cee Cee Soludo fit and ready to govern from day one. In addition, it will strive to ensure that the outgoing government departs in a blaze of glory. Fortunately, it is a change of power from one APGA government to another- a family affair. In furtherance of the foregoing, the government team is...

Infrastructure NewsAmaechi Applauds Pace of Work On Lekki Deep Seaport Project

PilotnewsJanuary 24, 2022

LAGOS — The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has applauded the pace of work on the Lekki Deep Seaport project and expressed hope that services would commence at the port by the last quarter of 2022. The minister, who undertook an assessment tour of the port site on Sunday, described the level of construction work as “very impressive”, and commended the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) for availing the contractors the necessary...

Economy TaxationCITN Applauds FCT-IRS For Generating N118bn in 2021

PilotnewsJanuary 23, 2022

ABUJA — The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) has commended the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) for generating N118 billion revenue in 2021. The Head, Corporate Communications FCT-IRS, Malam Mustapha Sumaila made this known in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. The President of the Institute, Mr. Adesina Adedayo commended FCT-IRS when he paid a courtesy visit on the Acting Executive Chairman of Service, Mr. Haruna Abdullahi. Adedayo, who led a...

Economy InvestingNGX Gains N810bn Ahead of First MPC Meeting

PilotnewsJanuary 23, 2022

LAGOS — The Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) has posted a growth of N810 billion ahead of the first 2022 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) slated for Jan. 24 and 25. The market capitalisation, which opened last week at N23.951 trillion garnered N810 billion or 3.38 per cent to close at N24.761 trillion, Jan. 21. Also, the NGX All-Share Index inched higher by 1,502.68 or 3.38 per cent to close at 45,957.35 from 44,454.67 posted in the...

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