Maritime Transport Policy to Unlock Nigeria’s Blue economy – NPA MD

EconomyInfrastructureNewsNigeriaMaritime Transport Policy to Unlock Nigeria’s Blue economy – NPA MD

PilotnewsJanuary 31, 2021

LAGOS —  Hadiza Bala-Usman, Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has identified the National Maritime Transport Policy as key to unlocking the huge potential and vast opportunities in the nation’s blue economy. Bala-Usman said this in a statement Ibrahim Nasiru, NPA Assistant General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, issued to newsmen on Sunday in Lagos. According to her, a well-articulated National Maritime Transport Policy will support local content development and create good value jobs. She...

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New CDS, Service Chiefs Storm Maiduguri

National SecurityNewsNigeriaNew CDS, Service Chiefs Storm Maiduguri

PilotnewsJanuary 31, 2021

MAIDUGURI  —  The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, on Sunday paid his first operational visit to the Theatre Command in Maiduguri. He was accompanied by the Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Amao, and the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Awwal Gambo. Irabor, along with his team, was received by  Maj.-Gen. Farouq Yahaya, Theatre Commander,  Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj.-Gen. Abdul Khalifa, the General...

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Maryam Abacha Varsity Niger Donates 3 Luxury Buses to BUK, Others –Spokesman

EducationNewsPhilanthropyMaryam Abacha Varsity Niger Donates 3 Luxury Buses to BUK, Others –Spokesman

PilotnewsJanuary 30, 2021

KANO  —  Maryam Abacha American University Niger (MAAUN), Maradi, in collaboration with AAG-Foundation, has donated 60-seater Mercedes-Benz luxury buses to three universities, comprising two Nigerian, and one Nigerien,  a statement issued by the institution on Saturday, in Kano, has said. The statement by Mr. Ali Kakaki, MAAUN spokesman, disclosed that the donation was part of the institution’s education sub-Sector Support Initiative in the West African (ECOWAS/CEDEAO) sub-Region. According to him, the gesture was to ease...

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Ethiopia Reports 771 New COVID-19 Cases

AfricaCoronavirusNewsEthiopia Reports 771 New COVID-19 Cases

PilotnewsJanuary 30, 2021

ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia registered 771 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 136,365, the country’s Ministry of Health said on Friday. The death toll from COVID-19 in the country reached 2,087 as of Friday evening after two new deaths were reported, the ministry said. The ministry added that 127 more recoveries were logged during the past 24 hours, taking the national count to 121,987. Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most...

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U-17 Cricket Finals: South South Defeats South West by 126 Runs

NewsNigeriaSportsU-17 Cricket Finals: South South Defeats South West by 126 Runs

PilotnewsJanuary 30, 2021

ABUJA  —  Team South-South on Friday defeated defending champions, southwest by 126 runs in the National U-17 Cricket Girls Finals in Benin-City. The tournament, organised by the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) and sponsored by Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC), is ongoing at the Edo Boys High School, Adolor. South-South won the toss and elected to bat, scoring 190 runs for the loss of three wickets in 20 overs in the first innings. South West came in to...

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Country Star Kris Kristofferson Quietly Bows

EntertainmentLifestyleMusicCountry Star Kris Kristofferson Quietly Bows

PilotnewsJanuary 30, 2021

LOS ANGELES — Country singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson has quietly retired from touring after more than 50 years in the music business. The news, buried in a news release earlier this week, comes a year after the “Me and Bobby McGee” singer played his last gig on the Outlaw Country Cruise in the Caribbean in January 2020. As the coronavirus pandemic shuttered live music venues last year, Kristofferson’s decision not to return to the road felt...

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UNFPA Donates PPEs to Health Facilities in 5 States

CoronavirusHealthInfrastructureNewsUNFPA Donates PPEs to Health Facilities in 5 States

PilotnewsJanuary 30, 2021

KADUNA — The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Friday donated Personal Preventive Equipment (PPEs) to health facilities in Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto, Bauchi and the Gombe States. Ms. Mariama Darboe, Programme Coordinator and Head of Office, UNFPA Decentralised Office for Northern Nigeria, made this known in Kaduna. Darboe handed over the PPEs for Kaduna, Kano, and Sokoto to the Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria (PPFN) for distribution to benefiting health facilities in the states. She...

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El-Rufai Condemns Burning of Pavilion for Church Conference in Kaduna

Crime & SecurityEl-Rufai Condemns Burning of Pavilion for Church Conference in Kaduna

PilotnewsJanuary 30, 2021

KADUNA —  The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has condemned the burning of a pavilion arranged for a church conference in Zangon Kataf local government. Mr. Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna, said in a statement issued on Friday in Kaduna that the Government of Kaduna received a security report detailing the incident. He said that a pavilion erected by the leadership of the ECWA Church ahead of its...

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Secondary Schools in Kaduna to Reopen Feb. 1, to Run On Shift-Basis — Perm Sec

CoronavirusEducationNewsNigeriaSecondary Schools in Kaduna to Reopen Feb. 1, to Run On Shift-Basis — Perm Sec

PilotnewsJanuary 29, 2021

KADUNA —  The Kaduna State Government has directed public and private secondary schools, across the state, to reopen for academic activities on Feb. 1, according to Mrs. Phoebe Yayi, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education. Yayi, who conveyed the directive in a statement, made available to journalists, on Friday, in Kaduna, however, said that only Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS 1), JSS 3, and Senior Secondary School 3 (SS 3) were to open. She...

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War Songs of Betrayal —Inglorious Mobs that Stormed the Capitol

ColumnsDon OkoloNigeriaOpinionWar Songs of Betrayal —Inglorious Mobs that Stormed the Capitol

PilotnewsJanuary 29, 2021

…look in this place ran Cassius dagger through. See what a rent the envious Casca made. And through this, the well-beloved Brutus stabbed…’ The quote above was Mark Anthony’s. He was lamenting the brutal assassination of Julius Caesar, in the Capitol, by a bunch of Senators. When the desire to kill Caesar was baking in the mind of one Caius Cassius, he took his crazy idea for the political dethroning of Julius Caesar out to...

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