NAFEST 2020: Bayelsa State Takes Overall 1st Position

Arts & CultureEntertainmentNewsNigeriaNAFEST 2020: Bayelsa State Takes Overall 1st Position

PilotnewsNovember 28, 2020

Bayelsa state, ‘The Glory of all Lands’, has bagged the overall first position at the National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) competitive events. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the competitive events were on traditional cuisines, arts and crafts, essay writing, quiz, traditional board game, indigenous fabrics and fashion parade, indigenous music, archery and coral competitions. Ekiti state and Rivers states emerged in the 2nd overall position, Plateau state bagged 3rd position,...

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Arrest Me With Proof That I Plan Instigating Violence in Ebonyi — Egwu

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaArrest Me With Proof That I Plan Instigating Violence in Ebonyi — Egwu

PilotnewsNovember 28, 2020

Sen. Sam Egwu (PDP-Ebonyi North) has asked security agencies to arrest him if it is proved that he, alongside other leaders, are planning to instigate violence in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Gov. David Umahi in a broadcast on Nov. 27, announced that he received information that some political leaders were planning to instigate crisis in Ebonyi with the aid of cultists and an outlawed secessionist group. Egwu, the first...

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Road Accidents: FRSC Seeks Stakeholders’ Contribution in Fighting Menace

NewsNigeriaRoad Accidents: FRSC Seeks Stakeholders’ Contribution in Fighting Menace

PilotnewsNovember 28, 2020

Mr. Alphonsus Godwin, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Jigawa, has urged stakeholders to join in fighting the menace of Road Traffic Crashes (TRCs) in the state. Godwin, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Saturday, said stakeholders could contribute by participating in educational and sensitisation programmes. He said community and religious leaders, passengers and family members, including interest groups were key stakeholders in such lifesaving activities. The...

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Cassava Growers’ Association Allay Fears of Cassava Shortage in 2021

AgricultureFoodNewsCassava Growers’ Association Allay Fears of Cassava Shortage in 2021

PilotnewsNovember 28, 2020

Some farmers under the aegis of the Cassava Growers Association of Nigeria (NCGA) have allayed fears of an impending shortage of cassava in 2021, due to inability to access government intervention funds. A member of the association, Yemi Williams told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview on Saturday in Lagos that farmers’ inability to access the government’s N19.7 billion promised in 2019, is projected to cause the anticipated shortage. “As part of...

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Hike in Onion Prices Unexplainable — FCT Residents

EconomyFoodNewsNigeriaHike in Onion Prices Unexplainable — FCT Residents

PilotnewsNovember 28, 2020

Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have lamented the recent hike in the price of onions in the market, saying that most homes are doing with little or no onions in their meals The residents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja, said that the prices of onions had gone beyond the reach of the average Nigerian. Adullahi Ahmed, an onion seller in the popular Karu market,...

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OIC Names Chadian Diplomat its Secretary-General

NewsReligionWorld NewsOIC Names Chadian Diplomat its Secretary-General

PilotnewsNovember 28, 2020

Chadian career diplomat, Hissein Brahim Taha, has been appointed by consensus as the Secretary General of the Organization for the Islamic Conference (OIC). His appointment was made at the 47th session of the Committee of OIC Foreign Ministers that opened Friday in Niamey, Niger. Taha, who succeeds Yousef bin Ahmed Bin Abdul Rahman al-Othaimeen of Saudi Arabia, was born in 1951 in Abéché, a town in eastern Chad. He held several positions, including that of...

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YPP Mobilises Nigerian Youths For Future Elections, Changes Logo

NewsNigeriaPoliticsYPP Mobilises Nigerian Youths For Future Elections, Changes Logo

PilotnewsNovember 28, 2020

The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has urged Nigerian youths to rally round the party to forge a common front in pursuit of a better Nigeria. National Chairman of YPP, Comrade Bishop Amakiri, made the call on Saturday at the special national convention of the party held in Abuja, tagged “Ballot Revolution – YPP Generation Now”. Amakiri said the nation currently needed urgent intervention as all socio-economic and political indicators were not favourable to the citizens....

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Tiwa Savage’s CELIA Makes Time Magazine’s Top 10 Album for 2020

EntertainmentMusicNewsTiwa Savage’s CELIA Makes Time Magazine’s Top 10 Album for 2020

PilotnewsNovember 28, 2020

Nigerian Female music icon, Tiwa Savage’s “CELIA” has been selected among the top ten kn2020 album by Time Magazine. Describing the album, Time Magazine says “the latest album from Savage, a Nigerian singer-songwriter who many call the “Queen of Afrobeats,” is characterised by an infectious buoyancy”. “A veteran of the American, British and Nigerian music industries, Savage has an innate understanding of how various strains of music from the Black diaspora fit together, so R&B,...

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Buhari to Roll Out Autogas Scheme Dec. 1 — NGEP Chairman

BusinessNewsNigeriaOil & GasBuhari to Roll Out Autogas Scheme Dec. 1 — NGEP Chairman

PilotnewsNovember 28, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Dec. 1 roll out the autogas scheme in Abuja as the Federal Government moves to create alternative fuel for automobiles and other prime movers in Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dr Mohammed Ibrahim,  Chairman, National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP), made the announcement at a meeting with media stakeholders on Saturday in Lagos. Ibrahim said the autogas scheme and deepening domestic utilisation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)...

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‘Igbos for Trump’ ― A Callous Betrayal of ‘Biafra-Haiti Ancestral Covenant’

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNigeriaOpinion‘Igbos for Trump’ ― A Callous Betrayal of ‘Biafra-Haiti Ancestral Covenant’

PilotnewsNovember 27, 20202

Igbos forgot that it was Haiti, not Israel that stood by them, took them in, fed them throughout the three years of a failed war to sustain the Biafran nationhood.  ― Dr. Anthony Obi Ogbo I recall in 2010 when the then Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, led a Nigerian delegation, comprising the Red Cross, the private sector, the entertainment industry representatives to evaluate the level of damage by the 7.2 earthquakes that devastated Haiti....

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