OPINION: Nigeria Needs to Better Protect its Schoolchildren

ColumnsCrime & SecurityOpinionOPINION: Nigeria Needs to Better Protect its Schoolchildren

PilotnewsMarch 16, 2021

By Nkasi Wodu In early March, over three hundred schoolgirls abducted by armed groups from a secondary school in Zamfara State in northern Nigeria were released by their abductors. Unfortunately, the global outrage this incident stoked has not deterred the armed groups operating in the north. Just last week, another set of students was kidnapped from a college in Kaduna State—the third mass kidnapping of students in Nigeria in 2021. An ugly video released by the kidnappers in Kaduna showed the students being...

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Comedienne Emmanuella Wins Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards

AfricaEntertainmentNewsComedienne Emmanuella Wins Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards

PilotnewsMarch 16, 2021

ABUJA — Nigerian Comedienne Emmanuella has won Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Award 2021, for Favourite African Social Media Star. She posted this on her Instagram handle and thanked her family and fans for their massive support. She wrote: “Congratulations to me as I won the Favourite African Social Media Star category at the Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2021. I am so happy to be a winner, thank you! To all my fans out there, I say...

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Unemployed Man Faces Trial For Allegedly Defrauding His Friends of N880,000

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsUnemployed Man Faces Trial For Allegedly Defrauding His Friends of N880,000

PilotnewsMarch 16, 2021

LAGOS —  A 24-year-old unemployed man, Ajibola Odusanya, on Tuesday, appeared before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defrauding his two friends of 880,000. Odusanya, whose address was not provided, is facing a two-count charge of fraud and stealing, to which he pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, ASP. Ben Ekundayo told the court that the defendant committed the offences in February in Victoria Island, Lagos. Ekundayo said the defendant fraudulently collected 685,000 from Mr. Folorunsho...

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Institute Warns Cross River About Substandard Construction at Popular Calabar Market

InfrastructureMarketsInstitute Warns Cross River About Substandard Construction at Popular Calabar Market

PilotnewsMarch 16, 2021

CALABAR —  Substandard structures being erected at the popular Watt Market in Calabar are accidents waiting to happen. This declaration was made in Calabar on Tuesday by Mr. Ekpenyong Ekpenyong, Chairman, Cross River chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Building. Ekpenyong told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that contractors erecting new shops in the market were placing nine-inch blocks on six-inch blocks. He said it was even more dangerous considering the fact that the...

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Chidi Ofo-Okenwa Under-13 Football Tourney Begins March 27

NewsSoccerSportsChidi Ofo-Okenwa Under-13 Football Tourney Begins March 27

PilotnewsMarch 16, 2021

ENUGU — The Enugu State Football Association (ENSFA) under-13 football tournament named after late ENSFA Chairman Chidi Ofo-Okenwa has been scheduled to kick off on March 27. Francis Ugwu, the ENSFA Secretary, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Tuesday all arrangements had been concluded for a hitch-free event. Ugwu said the tournament would have started before now but was delayed due to some logistics on the part of the event’s co-sponsors....

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Dollar Holds Firm in Cautious Trading Before Fed Meets

EconomyWorld NewsDollar Holds Firm in Cautious Trading Before Fed Meets

PilotnewsMarch 16, 2021

TOKYO — The U.S. dollar clung to small gains on Tuesday as caution reigned in currency markets, ahead of major central bank meetings. The meeting begins with a two-day Federal Reserve gathering due to start later in the global day. The greenback hovered just off its highest since June versus the yen and cemented a position around $1.19 per euro in muted trading. The firmer tone for the dollar came despite a retreat in U.S....

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Niger Delta Youths to Resist Diversion of 4.2m Pounds Ibori Loot

CorruptionMoneyNewsNiger Delta Youths to Resist Diversion of 4.2m Pounds Ibori Loot

PilotnewsMarch 16, 2021

ABUJA — The Niger Delta Youth Council (NDYC) said in Abuja on Tuesday that it would resist Federal Government’s plan not to remit the 4.2 million Pounds looted by Ibori to Delta. Last Tuesday, Nigeria and the UK signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Abuja to repatriate the money looted by James Ibori when he was governor of Delta, The money, stashed in the UK was recovered by the British government from Ibori, his...

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Burna Boy, Wizkid`s Grammy Awards inspiration to Nigerian youths-APC

EntertainmentMusicBurna Boy, Wizkid`s Grammy Awards inspiration to Nigerian youths-APC

PilotnewsMarch 15, 2021

ABUJA — The All Progressives Congress (APC) says Nigeria’s Afrobeat stars, Damini Ogulu, known as Burna Boy and Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun also known as Wizkid awards at the 63rd 2021 Grammys in Los Angeles was an inspiration to Nigerian youths. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary of APC Caretaker and Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Akpanudoedehe said winning the awards was unarguably Nigeria’s biggest moment on the...

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President Buhari’s Rail Projects Deliberate Attempt at Job Creation- Amaechi

InfrastructureTransportationPresident Buhari’s Rail Projects Deliberate Attempt at Job Creation- Amaechi

PilotnewsMarch 14, 2021

LAGOS —  Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi says President Muhammadu Buhari’s major aim for investing in rail construction all over the country is to create employment for Nigerian youths. Amaechi, who stated this on Sunday in a statement by his Media aide, Mrs. Taiye Elebiyo-Edeni, said that all the ongoing projects would contribute to the GDP of the country because they make economic sense. According to him, the Eastern rail line when it commences will...

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FG Announces Partial Closure of Falomo Bridge For Six Weeks Rehabilitation From Sunday

InfrastructureNewsFG Announces Partial Closure of Falomo Bridge For Six Weeks Rehabilitation From Sunday

PilotnewsMarch 14, 2021

LAGOS — The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr. Olukayode Popoola has announced a six weeks partial closure of the Falomo Bridge in Victoria Island from Sunday for repairs. Popoola in a statement on Friday night appealed for understanding of road users promising that traffic regulatory and law enforcement agencies have been deployed to minimise gridlock “The Federal Government will be embarking on rehabilitation of Falomo Bridge for a period of six weeks starting...

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