Zipline Begins Drone Delivery of COVID-19 Vaccine to Health Facilities in Ghana

CoronavirusGhanaNewsZipline Begins Drone Delivery of COVID-19 Vaccine to Health Facilities in Ghana

PilotnewsMarch 3, 2021

LAGOS — A national-scale drone delivery service, Zipline, says it has begun the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to selected health facilities within its service areas in Ghana. Its Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Keller Rinaudo, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Zipline recently signed an MOU on drone delivery of medical aids – comprising vaccines, blood, and other lifesaving products with the Kaduna State...

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Anambra Assembly Expresses Worry Over Spike in Criminal Activities

Crime & SecurityLocal GovernmentNewsNigeriaAnambra Assembly Expresses Worry Over Spike in Criminal Activities

PilotnewsMarch 3, 2021

AWKA — The Anambra House of Assembly has expressed worry over the increasing rate of crimes in the state and called for urgent measures to address the menace. Mr. Noble Igwe, representing Ogbaru 1 Constituency, while speaking on a matter of urgent public importance, on Tuesday, lamented that the rate of crime had triggered fear among the residents. Igwe said there were recent reports of residents who had been victims of a wide range of...

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COVID-19: NEPC Trains Over 60 Women Entrepreneurs in Edo

CoronavirusJobsNewsCOVID-19: NEPC Trains Over 60 Women Entrepreneurs in Edo

PilotnewsMarch 3, 2021

BENIN — The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Benin Export Assistance Office, says it has trained over 60 women entrepreneurs in Edo on crisis management. Mr. Macpherson Fred-Ileogben, Head, Trade Promotion Adviser, NEPC, Benin Office, made this known while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Wednesday. Fred-Ileogben said the training which was held in February, was to enable women entrepreneurs to adjust and cope with the shocks that arose from...

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Buhari Holds First Council Meeting With New Service Chiefs

National SecurityNewsNigeriaBuhari Holds First Council Meeting With New Service Chiefs

PilotnewsMarch 2, 2021

On Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari held the first national security council meeting with the new service chiefs. This meeting which took place at the Presidential Villa, a month after the new appointees resumed duty was attended by top government officials. The security chiefs, Lucky Irabor, chief of defense staff; Ibrahim Attahiru, chief of army staff; Awwal Gambo, chief of naval staff; and Isiaka Amao, chief of air staff, arrived at the villa about 10 am....

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PDP Advices Bawa to Restore Professionalism in EFCC

CorruptionCrime & SecurityPDP Advices Bawa to Restore Professionalism in EFCC

PilotnewsMarch 1, 2021

ABUJA — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Abdulraheed Bawa, to re-engineer and restore professionalism in the anti-graft agency. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday in Abuja urged Bawa to avoid the pitfalls of his immediate predecessor. Ologbondiyan advised him to resist all-partisan pressures to use the agency as a tool for political...

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Boundary Commission Appeals for Peaceful Coexistence Between Akwa Ibom, Abia

NewsNigeriaBoundary Commission Appeals for Peaceful Coexistence Between Akwa Ibom, Abia

PilotnewsMarch 1, 2021

ABUJA — Dr. Richard Oji, Director of Internal Boundary at the National Boundary Commission, has called on border communities between Akwa Ibom and Abia States to coexist harmoniously to enhance national unity. Oji made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. He said that though the commission had earlier pleaded with the communities, it wouldn’t be too much to plead again that they sheathe the swords....

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Nine Persons Perish in Kano Motor Accident

Accidents and SafetyNine Persons Perish in Kano Motor Accident

PilotnewsMarch 1, 2021

KANO — The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of nine persons in a motor accident at Kunar Dumawa in Dambatta Local Government, Kano. Confirming the accident in a statement on Sunday, the FRSC Sector Commander, Zubairu Mato, said 41 others were injured in the Sunday evening accident. “We received a call at about 4:10 p.m. on Sunday, so we quickly dispatched our personnel and vehicle to the scene for the rescue...

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SEC, Group to Train Security Agencies, Lawyers On Tackling Ponzi Scheme

Crime & SecurityInvestingNewsSEC, Group to Train Security Agencies, Lawyers On Tackling Ponzi Scheme

PilotnewsMarch 1, 2021

ABUJA — The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in collaboration with the Attorney General Alliance Africa (AGA-Africa) will train law enforcement agencies, lawyers, and the public on the prevention of Ponzi scheme operations in the country. A statement by a joint committee of SEC and AGA-Africa in Abuja on Sunday said the training would be a two-day webinar to educate the stakeholders on the prevention and investigation of Ponzi schemes. The committee noted that the...

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NNPC Says No Plan to Increase Petrol Price, Cautions Against Panic Buying

BusinessMarketsOil & GasNNPC Says No Plan to Increase Petrol Price, Cautions Against Panic Buying

PilotnewsMarch 1, 2021

ABUJA —  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has advised motorists to stop panic buying of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol saying it has no plan to increase the ex-depot price in March. NNPC disclosed in a statement by its spokesman, Dr. Kennie Obateru, in Abuja on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ex-depot price is the price at which depot owners sell products to marketers. The price determines...

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Sen. Ekwunife Donates Gas Cookers to Rural Women in Anambra

NewsPhilanthropyPoliticsSen. Ekwunife Donates Gas Cookers to Rural Women in Anambra

PilotnewsMarch 1, 2021

AWKA — Sen. Uche Ekwunife, representing Anambra Central in the National Assembly on Sunday donated gas cylinder stoves to 650 women across the state. She said that the donation was her own way of empowering the women in the 326 political wards and to also encourage a cleaner environment in the state. Ekwunife, an aspirant for the Nov. 6 governorship election in Anambra on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the items...

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