FEC Approves N487m for Automation of Federal Mortgage Bank

BusinessMoneyNewsFEC Approves N487m for Automation of Federal Mortgage Bank

PilotnewsDecember 3, 2020

The Federal Executive Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N487 million for the procurement of a banking application software for the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made the disclosure at the end of the meeting of the Council in Abuja on Wednesday. Fashola expressed the hope that the introduction of the software would boost the efficiency of the mortgage bank, in line with modern banking...

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FG to Sanction Discos Selling Meters

BusinessInfrastructurePowerFG to Sanction Discos Selling Meters

PilotnewsDecember 3, 2020

The Federal Government has said it would sanction any electricity distribution company or its representatives selling meters or asking Nigerians to pay money to get the item. The Special Adviser to the President on Infrastructure, Mr. Ahmed Zakari, gave the warning at a stakeholders’ engagement on electricity tariff, organised by the FGN/NLC-TUC Ad-hoc Committee. Zakari said, “We have made it clear through the regulator’s direct order as well as the intervention from the Ministry of...

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Nigeria: Atrocity in the Northeast

ColumnsNational SecurityNigeriaOpinionNigeria: Atrocity in the Northeast

PilotnewsDecember 3, 2020

In response to the latest atrocity—the November 28 killing of civilians working in rice fields in villages in the Jere local government area, which is close to the Borno State capital of Maiduguri—Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum appears to be looking for Borno State and local entities to restore security. In a public statement, he did call on the federal government to recruit more troops, but his emphasis appears to have been on growing the...

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Collapsed Electricity Grid Now Restored — TCN boss

BusinessNewsPowerCollapsed Electricity Grid Now Restored — TCN boss

PilotnewsDecember 2, 2020

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has restored the collapsed electricity grid system across the country. The Acting Managing Director of TCN, Mr Sule Abdulaziz, made this known while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. Abdulaziz said the system which collapsed on Sunday evening was restored within 40 minutes of the incident. He explained that the company immediately went into action and stabilised the system in Abuja, before other parts of the country....

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N2.5bn fraud: Court Discharges, Acquits Dariye’s Finance Commissioner, 3 Others

CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaN2.5bn fraud: Court Discharges, Acquits Dariye’s Finance Commissioner, 3 Others

PilotnewsDecember 2, 2020

An Abuja High Court on Wednesday dismissed a N2.5bn fraud case preferred against Mr Emmanuel Agati, Plateau Finance Commissioner, under former governor, Sen. Joshua Dariye. Also discharged and acquitted were three other respondents in the 14-year-old case – Messrs Sham Damisa, Nuhu Madaki and Silas Vongbut, former Accountant General, Director of Treasury and Deputy Director, Inspectorate, respectively. Justice Adebukola Banjoko of Court V, Jabi who discharged and acquitted the quartet, said that the case lacked...

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FEC Approves N117bn for Reconstruction of Roads

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaFEC Approves N117bn for Reconstruction of Roads

PilotnewsDecember 2, 2020

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday in Abuja,  approved N117.6 billion for the reconstruction of some federal roads. The Ministers of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola and his Water Resources counterpart, Sulaiman Adamu, made the disclosure when they briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the FEC meeting. Fashola stated that the road projects were approved to make roads travels more comfortable. He said: “The first set...

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Kidnapped Chinese Expatriate Regains Freedom; N100m Ransom Paid

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaKidnapped Chinese Expatriate Regains Freedom; N100m Ransom Paid

PilotnewsDecember 2, 2020

The Chinese expatriate, kidnapped in Ekiti state last week during which a policeman was killed, has been released, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The expatriate, one of the contractors engaged by the Ekiti State government to construct the new Ado Ekiti-Iyin Ekiti road, was abducted last Friday at the site by gunmen who also killed one of the policemen attached to the contractors. A source close to the road construction company said the...

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Army Engages Religious Leaders On Insurgency Fight

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsReligionArmy Engages Religious Leaders On Insurgency Fight

PilotnewsDecember 2, 2020

The Nigerian Army says it will reinforce the role of religious leaders in the ongoing campaign against insurgency in the North East. In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, said the Chaplain and Islamic Directorates of the Nigerian Army commenced effort to reinforce the campaign in 2019 when it organised the first edition of Spiritual Warfare seminar to engage religious/spiritual leaders from across the country. He...

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NASS Has No Power to Offer New Constitution — Omo-Agege

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNASS Has No Power to Offer New Constitution — Omo-Agege

PilotnewsDecember 2, 2020

Deputy President of the Senate Ovie Omo-Agege has declared that the National Assembly has no power to replace the current constitution with a new one. Omo-Agege’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Yomi Odunuga, in a statement on Wednesday said the deputy senate president made the remark when he hosted members of the Alliance of Nigerian Patriots led by Amb. Umunna Orjiakor. Omo-Agege, who is Chairman, Senate Ad hoc Committee on Constitution Review, said...

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EducationNewsNigeriaKano Govt. Enrols Over 600,000 Out-of-School Children in 1 year

PilotnewsDecember 2, 2020

The Kano State Government says it has enrolled over 600,000 Out-of-School children into the formal school system in the 2019/2020 academic year. Alhaji Muhammad Ibn-Alhassan, Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, Kano State Qur’anic and Islamiyya School Management Board, stated this in Kano. He disclosed this at the UNICEF 2020 End Year Review and 2021/2022 Annual Work Planning on Wednesday. Ibn-Alhassan said the number was part of the targeted 1.3 million Out-of-School children to be enrolled...

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