Oyo Govt, Finnish Coy Collaborate, Establish Centre On Energy Innovation –Official

EducationNewsNigeriaOyo Govt, Finnish Coy Collaborate, Establish Centre On Energy Innovation –Official

PilotnewsFebruary 5, 2021

IBADAN, Feb. 5, 2021 — The Oyo State Government has approved the establishment of a Centre of Excellence that would provide training and certificates, in energy and solid minerals, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Seyi Makinde, said in a statement on Friday, in Ibadan. He said that the State Executive Council approved the establishment of the centre at its meeting on Feb.2, and that it would be situated at the Ladoke Akintola...

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FCTA Demolishes 2 Storey Building in Mbora for Contravening Land Use Act –Director

Housing & DevelopmentNewsFCTA Demolishes 2 Storey Building in Mbora for Contravening Land Use Act –Director

PilotnewsFebruary 5, 2021

ABUJA —  The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Friday, demolished a two-storey building located on plot 4545 at SIL Estate, Mbora District, Abuja, for contravening the land use act and for being built on a plot designated as an open area. Addressing newsmen after the demolition, on behalf of the FCTA, Alh. Muktar Galadima, Director, Department of Development Control, described the building as illegal and that many similar buildings would also be demolished in...

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Auto Crash Claims 147 Lives in Yobe – Police

NewsTransportationTravelAuto Crash Claims 147 Lives in Yobe – Police

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2021

DAMATURU –– The Police Command in Yobe on Thursday said 147 persons died in various road traffic accidents in the state from January 2020 to February. The Command’s Spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, said this in a statement in Damaturu. He said, “Available statistics revealed that over 200 cases of motor traffic accidents were recorded by the state Traffic Department from 1st January 2020 to date. “41 were fatal motor accidents in which 147 persons died...

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Australian Brain Cancer Drug Set for Human Trials

HealthScience & TechnologyWorld NewsAustralian Brain Cancer Drug Set for Human Trials

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2021

CANBERRA —  Researchers from the University of South Australia (UniSA) have discovered a drug that can treat the most lethal form of brain cancer. Wang Shudong, Head of Drug Discovery and Development at UniSA, said on Thursday that trials of the experimental drug, Auceliciclib, have proven that it can offer a new treatment for glioblastoma, which currently has no cure in animals. Glioblastoma is the most deadly form of brain cancer with 95 per cent...

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Influx of Herdsmen: Miyetti Allah Advises FG to Leverage ECOWAS Transhumance Protocol

BusinessMigrationNewsInflux of Herdsmen: Miyetti Allah Advises FG to Leverage ECOWAS Transhumance Protocol

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2021

ABUJA — Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has called on the Federal Government to leverage the ECOWAS transhumance certificate protocol, to check the influx of herdsmen from neighboring countries. The call was contained in a statement, jointly signed and issued by Alhaji Muhammad Kiruwa, President, and Alhaji Baba Ngelzarma, National Secretary, of the association, on Thursday, in Abuja. Ngelzarma, who explained that the advice was part of resolutions reached at the end...

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Australia Aims to Vaccinate Entire Population by October

CoronavirusWorld NewsAustralia Aims to Vaccinate Entire Population by October

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2021

SYDNEY –  Health authorities in Australia on Thursday said they were aiming at vaccinating the entire population against COVID-19 by October, saying they had secured 150 million doses of vaccine. According to Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, Australia had secured an additional 10 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, which was approved for use in the country late in January, bringing the total doses of vaccine secured to 150 million. The total number includes...

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Man Bags 66 Months Imprisonment for Human Trafficking

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsMan Bags 66 Months Imprisonment for Human Trafficking

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2021

KATSINA  — The Federal High Court sitting in Katsina has sentenced one Muyeedeen Jamilu, 42, to five and a half years’ imprisonment for trafficking in persons. Jamilu, a resident of Brigade quarters in Kano, was accused of procuring illegal entry for 11 youths, comprising 10 female and one male to go to Libya, but were arrested while en route from Kano, through Kwangwalam border in Katsina state, on Nov. 30, 2020, by the Joint Taskforce...

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DPR Clarifies Crude Accounting Process

BusinessNewsNigeriaOil & GasDPR Clarifies Crude Accounting Process

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2021

LAGOS — The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has clarified the process it uses for accounting for crude production in the country. The agency disclosed that most incidents relating to oil theft occur from the land terminals. A statement issued on Thursday in Lagos by Mr. Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs, DPR, said Mr. Sarki Auwalu, Director, DPR made the clarification while speaking before the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Oil Theft in Abuja....

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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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