Nigerian President Buhari Clashes With Twitter Chief Executive Dorsey

ColumnsOpinionNigerian President Buhari Clashes With Twitter Chief Executive Dorsey

PilotnewsJuly 8, 2021

By John Campbell, Guest Columnist and Blogger   The Buhari administration’s June ban on Twitter in Nigeria, combined with proposals within Buhari’s All Progressives Congress (APC) to allow the federal government to establish a “code of conduct” for Nigeria’s media to counter, among other things, “fake news,” rightly sets off alarm bells within the human rights community. Nigeria is challenged on multiple fronts: a jihadi insurrection in the North East and increasingly in the North West; quarrels over water and...

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ND Western Says 10,000bpd Refinery for Completion in 2023

BusinessOil & GasND Western Says 10,000bpd Refinery for Completion in 2023

PilotnewsJuly 8, 2021

ABUJA — An indigenous oil and gas company, ND Western Limited says its 10,000 barrels per day refinery in Uturogu, Delta State will be completed by 2023. Mr. Eberechukwu Oji, Managing Director, ND Western Limited, made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen at the sidelines of the Nigeria Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition on Thursday in Abuja. Oji said: ” The Front End Engineering Design for the project which is a Joint Venture with...

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Unemployment: UNICAL VC Task Students On Skills Acquisition

EducationJobsUnemployment: UNICAL VC Task Students On Skills Acquisition

PilotnewsJuly 8, 2021

CALABAR — The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has charged students of the institution to take entrepreneurial training seriously in order to be self-reliant after graduation. Obi gave the charge on Thursday in Calabar during a symposium organised by the Entrepreneurial Development Centre (EDC) to appraise students performance on skills acquisition. The event, which was held at the university’s International Conference Centre, had in attendance thousands of students from all the...

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Salah: MURIC Seeks Shift in Entrance Exam Date in Lagos

EducationReligionSalah: MURIC Seeks Shift in Entrance Exam Date in Lagos

PilotnewsJuly 8, 2021

LAGOS — The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has appealed to the Lagos State Examinations Board to shift one of the dates of its Entrance Examination into Lagos State Model Colleges which fell on July 19 due to the  Salah celebration. The group said that July 19 and 20 were still being considered for the Muslim festival of Id Al-Adha while neither date had been confirmed. The group made this known in a statement on Thursday,...

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Cutix Plc Forecasts N1.83b Revenue For Q2 of 2022

BusinessMarketsCutix Plc Forecasts N1.83b Revenue For Q2 of 2022

PilotnewsJuly 8, 2021

LAGOS — Cutix Plc on Thursday estimated that N1.83 billion in revenue would be realised in the second quarter (Q2) of the Financial Year (FY) 2022. This is contained in a notice posted on the website of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd., titled: Cutix Plc: Second Quarter FY 2022 Forecast for the Period Ended Oct. 31, 2021. The notice was signed by Mrs. Ijeoma Oduonye, Chief Executive Officer and Mrs. Favour Oti, the Chief Executive Officer,...

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19-year-old Emerges Best Graduating Student at Anchor University

Education19-year-old Emerges Best Graduating Student at Anchor University

PilotnewsJuly 8, 2021

LAGOS — Mary Enakireru, a 19-year-old student of Anchor University Lagos, has emerged the best graduating student for the 2019/2020 class at the institution’s maiden convocation. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Joseph Afolayan announced this at a news conference on the activities lined up for the institution’s maiden convocation, on Thursday in Lagos. The convocation ceremony holds on Friday, July 9 and ends with a special convocation service on Sunday at the Deeper Life...

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COVID-19 Pushes 124m People Back to Poverty- UN Report

CoronavirusUnited NationsWorld NewsCOVID-19 Pushes 124m People Back to Poverty- UN Report

PilotnewsJuly 6, 2021

NEW YORK — UN  says COVID-19 has magnified the challenges of making the world meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as between 119 to 124 million people have been pushed back into poverty and chronic hunger. SDGs Report 2021, launched on Tuesday at UN Headquarters in New York, showed the toll that the COVID-19 pandemic had taken on the 2030 Agenda. The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the launch...

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Nigeria Posts More COVID-19 Cases, Lagos State Leads

CoronavirusNigeria Posts More COVID-19 Cases, Lagos State Leads

PilotnewsJuly 6, 2021

ABUJA —  Nigeria posted more COVID-19 cases with Lagos state topping the chart of the infection in the country.  The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 91 new cases and no COVID-19 related death on Tuesday, as the deadly virus continued to rage in Africa in the third wave. The NCDC stated that the 91 additional cases represented a rise in infections from the 50 cases reported from four states on July 4 with...

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KSHA Suspends Chairman, Kano Public Complaints, Anti-Corruption Commission

Crime & SecurityLocalPoliticsKSHA Suspends Chairman, Kano Public Complaints, Anti-Corruption Commission

PilotnewsJuly 6, 2021

KANO — Kano State House of Assembly has ordered the suspension of the Chairman of Kano Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, Muhuyi Rimin-Gado for one month for refusing to accept the new chief accountant deployed to the commission. Hamisu Chidari, the Speaker of the House who made the declaration after a unanimous decision, said the suspension followed a petition received from the state’s accountant-general. “The accountant-general lamented the Rimin-Gado’s refusal to accept a chief accountant...

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“Sacred abuses nailed to his mind” ―He Was Told to Man Up

Fiction & PoetryLifestyle“Sacred abuses nailed to his mind” ―He Was Told to Man Up

PilotnewsJuly 6, 2021

(Dedicated to all men who face the daily struggle of emotional marginalization in the society) Emotional waves welling up in his loins; the torrent so intense, it chokes. He needed safety and refuge; he was told to man up. Wounds and bleeds hidden in the chambers of his heart; blood of pain dripping down his chest to settle under the table of his belly, the DSS and FBIs cannot apprehend the culprit, 911 becomes a...

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