ALGON Canvasses 4-year Tenure for Local Government Chairmen

Local GovernmentNewsNigeriaPoliticsALGON Canvasses 4-year Tenure for Local Government Chairmen

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2021

KANO — The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), has canvassed for a four-year tenure for Local Government Chairmen across the country, to enable them serve their people effectively. Mr. Constantine Ikiako, the former ALGON Deputy National President, made the call while briefing newsmen on the sidelines of the association’s National Executive Council meeting, on Wednesday, in Kano. Ikiako, who is also the Delta State ALGON Chairman, added that the three years or months,...

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Court Orders Reopening of Wuse, UTC Markets in FCT, Imposes N50,000 Fine

CoronavirusMarketsNewsNigeriaCourt Orders Reopening of Wuse, UTC Markets in FCT, Imposes N50,000 Fine

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2021

ABUJA — The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) mobile court has ordered the reopening of Wuse, UTC markets, and Murg Shopping Plaza shut down on Monday in Abuja for violating COVID-19 safety protocol. The court also slammed the fine of N50, 000 each on the three facilities, for over flagrant disregard to COVID-19 Health Protection Regulations Act 2021, which must be paid before the reopening. Mr. Ikharo Attah, Head, Media and Enlightenment of FCT Ministerial...

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We Are Not Afraid of Competition, Says TStv

BusinessEntertainmentFilm & TVNewsWe Are Not Afraid of Competition, Says TStv

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2021

ABUJA — Mr. Bright Echefu, the Managing Director, TStv, an indigenous digital service television has said that the company was not “threatened” by the presence of other digital TV operators in the country. Echefu who said this at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday added that Pay TV had a national spread across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. He said that with its modern facilities, TStv...

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Two Google Engineers Resign Over Firing of AI Ethics Researcher Timnit Gebru

LabourLaw & JusticeTechnologyUnited StatesTwo Google Engineers Resign Over Firing of AI Ethics Researcher Timnit Gebru

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO — An engineering director and a software developer have quit Alphabet Inc’s Google over the dismissal of AI researcher Timnit Gebru, a sign of the ongoing conflicts at the search giant over diversity and ethics. David Baker, a director focused on user safety, left Google last month after 16 years because Gebru’s exit “extinguished my desire to continue as a Googler,” he said in a letter seen by Reuters. Baker added, “We cannot...

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Police in Edo Arrest 5 Kidnap Suspects During Bush Combing

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice in Edo Arrest 5 Kidnap Suspects During Bush Combing

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2021

BENIN – The Police Command in Edo on Wednesday said that it had arrested five kidnap suspects in Ahon community bushes on the Benin/Lagos Road. CP Philip Ogbadu, Commissioner of Police in the state, made this known when he paid a courtesy visit to Mr. George Edem, Commandant, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) at the corps command headquarters, in Benin. Ogbadu said that the arrest followed a bush combing after the command received...

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420 Nigerian Returnees Arrive Abuja from Saudi Arabia – NiDCOM

CoronavirusForeign PolicyNewsNigeria420 Nigerian Returnees Arrive Abuja from Saudi Arabia – NiDCOM

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2021

ABUJA –  The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) says 420 Nigerian returnees arrived at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr. Abdul-Rahman Balogun, Head, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit of NiDCOM. Balogun said on Wednesday that 27 of the 420 returnees were children while 393 were adults. He stated that the returnees were received by senior government officials of the Ministry of...

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Anambra Speaker Calls for Strict Enforcement of Covid-19 Measures

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaAnambra Speaker Calls for Strict Enforcement of Covid-19 Measures

PilotnewsFebruary 3, 2021

By Goldie Njideka, Staff Writer ____ AWKA — The Speaker Anambra State House of Assembly, Right Honourable Uche Okafor has tasked the various COVID 19 taskforce in the state to enforce strictly, COVID-19 preventive measures. The State number one lawmaker called on taskforce in the various Communities, Churches, Schools, Markets, and other governmental and non-governmental institutions in the state to ensure full compliance of all the COVID 19 preventive measures in their assigned locations to...

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Adamawa State Government to Establish Three New Comprehensive Model Secondary Schools

EducationInfrastructureNewsNigeriaAdamawa State Government to Establish Three New Comprehensive Model Secondary Schools

PilotnewsFebruary 3, 2021

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State says arrangements are in the pipeline to establish three new comprehensive Model Secondary Schools in Guyuk, Song, and Mubi South local government areas by the state government in collaboration with the North East Development Commission NEDC. Fintiri revealed this Tuesday when he received in audience members of the Old Boys Association of Government Science Secondary School GSSS Hong, class of 1986 in the Council Chambers, Government House Yola. “Government...

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South African based businessman kidnapped in Ebony community… Hoodlums Demand 10million Ransom

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSouth African based businessman kidnapped in Ebony community… Hoodlums Demand 10million Ransom

PilotnewsFebruary 3, 2021

By Goldie Njideka, Contributing Reporter A young businessman, identified as Umoke Solomon has been reportedly abducted by unidentified gunmen in the Ezzagu community, Ishielu local government area of Ebonyi state, at about 11 pm on Saturday, January 30th. According to a source, Solomon returned home last month to celebrate the new year with his people. He was attacked together with his two brothers Umoke Peter and Imoke Chikezie in his  RAV4 Jeep and their Camry...

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COVID-19: NCDC Announces 1,138 New Infections

CoronavirusNewsCOVID-19: NCDC Announces 1,138 New Infections

PilotnewsFebruary 3, 2021

ABUJA  — The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 1,138 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 134,690. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the country has so far tested 1,302,410  people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded on Feb. 27, 2020. The Nigerian public health agency also confirmed additional five coronavirus-related...

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