2021 World Teachers Day: FG Unveils Activities for Celebration

EducationWorld News2021 World Teachers Day: FG Unveils Activities for Celebration

PilotnewsSeptember 28, 2021

ABUJA —  The Federal Government has unveiled the activities lined up to commemorate the 2021 edition of the World Teachers Day (WTD), scheduled to hold on Oct. 5. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu declared the lineup activities for the 2021 celebration at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday. Adamu was represented by the Minister of State for Education, Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba. He said that the 2021 theme designated by UNESCO elucidates how...

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NEMA Inaugurates National Technical Working Group for Flood Preparation

Flood & Natural DisasterNEMA Inaugurates National Technical Working Group for Flood Preparation

PilotnewsSeptember 28, 2021

ABUJA — The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday inaugurated an inter-agency national technical working group on flood preparation, mitigation and response as part of measures to improve flood intervention processes in the country. Mr. Mustapha Ahmed, the Director-General, NEMA, said in Abuja during the inauguration that the main objective of the group was to embark on routine examination of flood situations from climate services agencies. Ahmed, who was represented by Hajiya Fatima Kasim,...

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They trailed him from the Palace ―How Okosisi Nnewi, Chief Dan Ulasi was kidnapped and eventually released

LocalNewsNigeriaThey trailed him from the Palace ―How Okosisi Nnewi, Chief Dan Ulasi was kidnapped and eventually released

PilotnewsSeptember 28, 2021

Chief Dan Ulasi “Okosisi Nnewi’; the Chairman Igwe Nnewi Royal Cabinet and the initiator of Nnewi Agenda was kidnapped Sunday evening around Amichi on his way back to Enugu after the Igwe Nnewi Royal Cabinet meeting. Chief Dan Ulasi was later released Monday morning and his car made away with. He said he noticed that the kidnappers trailed him from the Palace. They knew he was returning to Enugu. According to Okosisi Nnewi, he was...

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Matters Arising from APGA Governorship Campaign Flagoff

Anambra ElectionsColumnsOpinionMatters Arising from APGA Governorship Campaign Flagoff

PilotnewsSeptember 27, 2021

The flagoff of All Progressives Grand Alliance – APGA, governorship campaign on Saturday, September 25th, witnessed massive turnout despite intense misgivings on the part of the party leadership which has paved a highway for anger, rancor, and division in APGA. In many quarters, this massive turnout has already been interpreted as approval rating and in consequence, the leadership of the party may wish to further ignore their own error of judgment or miscalculations, which will...

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INEC Begins Display of Newly Registered Voters’ Details

NewsNigeria ElectionsINEC Begins Display of Newly Registered Voters’ Details

PilotnewsSeptember 25, 2021

ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has started the nationwide display of details of newly registered voters in the first quarter of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the commission on Friday started the display of details at local government offices across the country. The display which would end on Sept. 30 is to allow for claims and objections by Nigerians. NAN correspondent who visited...

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Anambra: We’ll address Infrastructure Deficit, Marginalisation in Anyamelum – Ozigbo

Anambra ElectionsAnambra: We’ll address Infrastructure Deficit, Marginalisation in Anyamelum – Ozigbo

PilotnewsSeptember 25, 2021

ANYAMELUM (ANAMBRA), — Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, candidate of the Peoples Democratic  Party (PDP) in Anambra, has described the retarded development and lack of infrastructure in Anyamelum Local Government Area of the state as heartwrenching and unacceptable. Ozigbo said this during his campaign tour of Anaku on Saturday, ahead of the Nov. 6 governorship election. He said he was forced to tears on his way to the area because of the lack of an access road...

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We’ll Open Up Maritime Sector to Huge Investment Opportunities – Amaechi

BusinessInvestingWe’ll Open Up Maritime Sector to Huge Investment Opportunities – Amaechi

PilotnewsSeptember 25, 2021

LAGOS — The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, has said that the maritime sector was being opened up for great investment opportunities given the ongoing removal of wrecks. Amaechi made this known on Friday, in Lagos, at the official launch of the removal of wrecks along the Badagry creek from Tincan Island to Navy Town, Lagos. He also commended Dr. Bashir Jamoh, the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), for...

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Ethnicity, Bane of Nigeria’s Development – Amaechi

National DevelopmentEthnicity, Bane of Nigeria’s Development – Amaechi

PilotnewsSeptember 24, 2021

ABUJA — Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that ethnicity is a big challenge to development in Nigeria. Amaechi, in a statement on Friday, said rail projects around the country were built for the growth of the economy rather than ethnic biases. He identified what he called politicising of railway development as one of the major challenges hindering government’s effort to stimulate the economy. Amaechi, who was speaking as a guest lecturer at the Annual Public...

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Afrobasket: Sports Minister Hails D’Tigress’ Qualification for Final

NigeriaSportsAfrobasket: Sports Minister Hails D’Tigress’ Qualification for Final

PilotnewsSeptember 24, 2021

ABUJA — Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has congratulated Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, for qualifying for the final of the 2021 Afrobasket women championship in Cameroon. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that D’Tigress defeated their Senegalese opponents 73-63 in Friday night’s semifinals to book a place in their third consecutive finals. The minister commended the team for their superlative performance in the tournament and praised them for doing...

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Fani-Kayode’s Conviction in Defecting to the All Progressive Congress Party

ColumnsOpinionPoliticsFani-Kayode’s Conviction in Defecting to the All Progressive Congress Party

PilotnewsSeptember 24, 2021

Some minutes after singing of the goodness of President Muhammadu Buhari, he was asked if he was wrong about his former utterances against the President. He responded: ‘…it was a question of perception….I have never worked with him ever before in my life. A week ago, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, popularly called FFK defected to the All Progressive Congress Party. It came as a shock to some, following his vehement verbal renouncement in the past that...

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