Minster Demands Modification Of Education System

EducationNational DevelopmentNigeriaMinster Demands Modification Of Education System

PilotnewsFebruary 10, 2021

Chukuemeka Nwajiuba, the Minister of Education has called for the reform of education in the country with emphasis on the need for a modification of learning, pedagogy, and the curriculum. According to him, this is to enable the country to level up with the modern global practices in education and ensure qualitative instructional delivery. The minister indicated this at the opening of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Principals of Federal Unity Colleges (FUC) held...

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Lawan Reads Buhari’s Request to Confirm Service Chiefs to Senators

MilitaryNational SecurityLawan Reads Buhari’s Request to Confirm Service Chiefs to Senators

PilotnewsFebruary 9, 2021

The Senate, on Tuesday, read a request from President Muhammadu Buhari, for the red chamber to confirm the newly appointed service chiefs. The request was contained in a letter dated 27th January 2021, was read by the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, during a plenary on Tuesday. According to a statement by the Senate President’s aide, Ezral Tabiowo, the letter from Buhari read, “In compliance with the provisions of Section 18(1) of the Armed Forces Act....

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NAFDAC Has Strengthened Vaccine Regulatory System — DG

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNAFDAC Has Strengthened Vaccine Regulatory System — DG

PilotnewsFebruary 9, 2021

ABUJA — The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has strengthened the vaccine regulatory system to undertake any task. The agency’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. According to her, COVID-19 has brought new challenges and opportunities and this has necessitated the agency to enhance its vaccine regulatory system. She stated that “pre-COVID–19 establishment of the quality management system and digitalisation...

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Red Line Rail Project: Lagos Govt. Closes Yaba Axis for 3 weeks

InfrastructureNewsTransportationRed Line Rail Project: Lagos Govt. Closes Yaba Axis for 3 weeks

PilotnewsFebruary 9, 2021

LAGOS —  The Lagos State Government (LASG) has announced the closure of the Yaba Overpass temporarily from Tuesday to Feb. 23 to commence soil testing for the Red Line rail. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos, that the closure was in line with the Lagos State Multimodal Master Plan Transport System, with reference to the Red Line rail system. Oladeinde said the lane closure was necessary...

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FG Inaugurates, Hands Over 1.62Km Internal Road to NIFOR

AgricultureInfrastructureFG Inaugurates, Hands Over 1.62Km Internal Road to NIFOR

PilotnewsFebruary 9, 2021

BENIN — The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing on Tuesday, inaugurated and handed the 1.62 kilometers internal access road it rehabilitated at the Nigerian Institute of Oil Palm Research (NIFOR), Benin. Handing over the road, to NIFOR Management, the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said the rehabilitation of the road was part of the Federal Government’s intervention on roads in tertiary institutions. Fashola, represented by the Federal Controller of Works in Edo,...

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Technology, Panacea to Drive Nigeria’s Economic Growth – Ondo Varsity VC

National DevelopmentScience & TechnologyTechnology, Panacea to Drive Nigeria’s Economic Growth – Ondo Varsity VC

PilotnewsFebruary 9, 2021

OKITIPUPA — (Ondo State)  Prof. Sunday Ogunduyile, Vice-Chancellor, Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo, on Tuesday identified science and technology as a panacea to drive Nigeria’s economy for development. Ogunduyile, a Professor of Industrial Design, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Okitipupa that the university had been equipped with various research equipment, arrays of courses, lecturers, and thoroughly bred graduates to harness the state’s potential to drive the country’s...

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COVID-19: African Finance Ministers Call for Additional $500bn

AfricaCoronavirusEconomyCOVID-19: African Finance Ministers Call for Additional $500bn

PilotnewsFebruary 9, 2021

ABUJA —  African finance ministers have called for 500 billion U.S. dollars in Special Drawing Right (SDR) and an extension in the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The call was made during a virtual meeting convened by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Feb. 6, according to a statement from ECA on Tuesday. According to an IMF Factsheet, the SDR is an international...

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Man, 39, Docked for Allegedly Forging Bank Letterhead

Crime & SecurityNewsMan, 39, Docked for Allegedly Forging Bank Letterhead

PilotnewsFebruary 9, 2021

LAGOS —  A 39-year-old man, Anslem Achunine, on Tuesday appeared before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly forging eight copies of Stanbic IBTC Bank letterhead to collect N1.7 billion. Achunine, who resides in the Shomolu area of Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and forgery. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Prosecutor, Mr. Ibijoke Akinpelu, told the court that the defendant committed the offences in Dec. 2019, at...

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President Buhari Flags off $1.96bn Nigeria-Niger Rail Project

InfrastructureNewsTransportationPresident Buhari Flags off $1.96bn Nigeria-Niger Rail Project

PilotnewsFebruary 9, 2021

ABUJA —  President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday performed the ground-breaking ceremony of the Kano – Dutse – Jibia (Katsina State} – Maradi 284 Km rail project connecting Kano in Nigeria to Maradi in Niger Republic, virtually. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 1.96billion dollars project was approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by the president last September. The project, believed to be crucial to rail development in Nigeria and...

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20 New Private Varsities to Meet Citizen’s Education Need — Don

EducationNational DevelopmentNews20 New Private Varsities to Meet Citizen’s Education Need — Don

PilotnewsFebruary 8, 2021

AKURE — Mr. Oluyomi Akinyokun, a lecturer at the Federal University of Technology, Akure says the 20 new private universities will help to address the higher education need of Nigerians. Akinyokun, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) in Akure on Monday, disagreed with critics that the development amounted to a proliferation of universities in the country. NAN recalls that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved...

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