Edo Dry Port: Obaseki Pledges Govt.’s Support, Speedy Take-off

EconomyInfrastructureNewsNigeriaEdo Dry Port: Obaseki Pledges Govt.’s Support, Speedy Take-off

PilotnewsFebruary 24, 2021

BENIN —  The Edo government on Wednesday pledged the government’s support and speedy take-off of the AMES-Edo Inland Container Dry Port. Gov. Godwin Obaseki made the pledge when he paid an on-the-spot assessment visit to the project site at Agbonmoba community near Benin. Obaseki said that the project, which was conceived more than seven years ago, had experienced tenacity and doggedness from the Atlantique Marine Engineering Services (AMES), promoters of the project. He said that...

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Court Remands Man, 40, Over Alleged Rape of 12-year-old

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaCourt Remands Man, 40, Over Alleged Rape of 12-year-old

PilotnewsFebruary 24, 2021

ADO-EKITI — An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 40-year-old man, Ajibola Odebo, at the correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti over the alleged rape of a minor. The defendant, whose address was not provided, is being tried for alleged rape. The prosecutor, Insp. Oriyomi Akinwale told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Jan. 31, in Ado-Ekiti. Akinwale alleged that the defendant defiled a 12-year-old girl. He said the...

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All Souls Don’t Rest in Peace—So Long Rush Limbaugh

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsOpinionUnited StatesAll Souls Don’t Rest in Peace—So Long Rush Limbaugh

PilotnewsFebruary 24, 20211

Aside from the Saw-Scaled Vipers, COVID-19, and Donald Trump, the only other evil that I hate with a passion is this brute called Rush Limbaugh. ― Dr. Anthony Obi Ogbo I have not had this in a long time, but this day, I honestly felt that Kendall-Jackson Vintner’s Reserve Merlot would perfectly suit the occasion. So immediately after the death of the conservative talk show radio scoundrel, Rush Limbaugh, was announced, I went into a...

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FG to Reactivate Moribund Oil, Gas Support Facilities – DPR Boss

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaOil & GasFG to Reactivate Moribund Oil, Gas Support Facilities – DPR Boss

PilotnewsFebruary 22, 2021

LAGOS —  Mr. Sarki Auwalu, Director, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), says the Federal Government is committed to reactivating all moribund oil and gas support facilities across the country. Auwalu said this was part of the government’s effort to increase domestic refining capacity and gas utilisation in order to curb unemployment and poverty in Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Auwalu spoke on Monday during an assessment visit to Kaztec Engineering Ltd....

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Extension: Edo APC Chairman Renews Call For Membership Registration/Revalidation

NewsNigeriaPoliticsExtension: Edo APC Chairman Renews Call For Membership Registration/Revalidation

PilotnewsFebruary 22, 2021

BENIN —  Chairman, Caretaker Committee of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, Col. David Imusa (retd.), has called on all intending members to seize the opportunity of the new deadline for membership registration to join the party. The chairman made the call on Monday in Benin in a statement issued by the Assistant State Publicity Secretary of the party, Ofure Osehobo. Imusa noted that the extension was in response to the demands across the state...

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Unlawful Barricade: Court Orders NNPC to Pay N10.6m to Veteran Journalist

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaUnlawful Barricade: Court Orders NNPC to Pay N10.6m to Veteran Journalist

PilotnewsFebruary 22, 2021

Abuja, Feb. 22, 2021(NAN) The  Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to pay N10.6 million to veteran journalist, Geoffrey Anika, as damages against unlawfully blocking the highway. The blockage was said to have caused a ghastly motor accident involving Anika in 2012. Anika, is currently a traditional ruler in Atta Kingdom in Ikeduru Council Area of Imo. The amount was awarded in favour of  Anika, whose vehicle, a...

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Court Acquits Bus Conductor of Aiding Drug Trafficking

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaCourt Acquits Bus Conductor of Aiding Drug Trafficking

PilotnewsFebruary 22, 2021

ABUJA —  A 35-year-old bus conductor, Chinedu Nnamani, accused of aiding the transportation of 18.5 kilogrammes of Cannabis Sativa (a.k.a Indian Hemp) was on Monday, discharged and acquitted at the Federal High Court, Abuja. Justice Babatunde Quadri absolved Nnamani of the one-count charge on the grounds that the prosecution failed to substantiate the charge leveled against him. The judge said the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) as the prosecuting agency, ought to have placed...

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UK Firm Holds Programme for Nigerian, African Leaders, Launches New Website

InvestingNational DevelopmentNewsNigeriaUK Firm Holds Programme for Nigerian, African Leaders, Launches New Website

PilotnewsFebruary 21, 2021

ABUJA —  Caroline Lucas, an ardent advocate of Nigeria’s greatness and a Director of the UK firm, TEXEM UK says the world has never encountered a more disruptive year than 2020 when COVID-19 negatively affected global organisations. A statement by Caroline Lucas of TEXEM UK released in Abuja on Sunday announced that on March 10 and March 11, the firm would hold live virtual sessions with Nigerian and other global business leaders to proffer strategies...

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Kagara Abduction: JNI Wants FG to Take Decisive Action Against Criminality

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaKagara Abduction: JNI Wants FG to Take Decisive Action Against Criminality

PilotnewsFebruary 19, 2021

KADUNA — The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has called on the Federal Government to take decisive action against acts of criminality, including banditry and kidnapping. The JNI also urged the government to reclaim forests where bandits hide to terrorise citizens. Dr. Kahlid Aliyu, the Secretary-General of JNI, made the appeal in a statement issued on Friday in Kaduna. He spoke in reaction to the kidnapping of some students and teachers of Government Science Secondary School,...

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Herders, Farmers’ Clashes: Ebonyi Govt Seeks Strict Herders’ Profiling

Crime & SecurityLocal GovernmentNewsNigeriaHerders, Farmers’ Clashes: Ebonyi Govt Seeks Strict Herders’ Profiling

PilotnewsFebruary 19, 2021

ABAKALIKI — The Ebonyi government has called for strict enforcement of herders’ profiling to check the incessant clashes between them and farmers in the state. Gov. David Umahi made the call on Friday in Abakaliki during a stakeholders’ meeting convened by the Commissioner of Police in the state to evolve ways of permanently checking the clashes. Umahi, represented by Mr. Stanley Okoro-Emegha, Commissioner for Border, Peace, and Internal Security, expressed disappointment that the government’s directive...

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