Nigeria Must Assert Itself as Regional, Global Leader – UNGA President

Foreign PolicyNewsNigeriaNigeria Must Assert Itself as Regional, Global Leader – UNGA President

PilotnewsSeptember 9, 2020

The President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Tijjani Muhammad-Bande has challenged Nigeria to continue to ensure that it asserts itself as a leader both at the regional level and the global stage. Muhammad-Bande who is from Nigeria gave the charge during a virtual interaction with Nigerian journalists. He noted that Nigeria had been providing leadership in Africa, but urged the country to ensure that it continues to play positive roles. “Nigeria has been...

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Nigerian Languages Going into Extinction – NICO

NewsNigeriaNigerian Languages Going into Extinction – NICO

PilotnewsSeptember 9, 2020

The Executive Secretary, National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), Mr. Ado Muhammed Yahuza, has said that some Nigerian Languages might go into extinction if urgent measures were not taken to reverse the trend. Yahuza said this at the 2nd edition of the Nigerian Indigenous Language Programme (NILP) on Monday in Abuja. According to him, some Nigerian languages including Igbo and Yoruba, may not survive next 50 years. “The alarm has been raised in socio-linguistic circles...

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Organised Labour Suspends Planned Protest in Rivers

NewsNigeriaOrganised Labour Suspends Planned Protest in Rivers

PilotnewsSeptember 8, 2020

The organised labour on Tuesday suspended its planned protest in Port Harcourt, over a lingering industrial dispute, which led to the sealing of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) secretariat in the state. Mr Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, who addressed journalists after a six-hour meeting with the state government, said that the organised labour agreed to resolve contending issues after signing a Collective Bargaining Agreement. Recall that the Rivers government on Sunday had said it would...

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COVID-19: NCDC Discharges 218 Patients in 24 Hours, Records 155 New Infections

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Discharges 218 Patients in 24 Hours, Records 155 New Infections

PilotnewsSeptember 8, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that 218 Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients have recovered from the infection across the country in the last 24 hours. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Monday. The health agency said that this brought the total number of successfully treated cases in the country to 43,231. It said that there were 155 new COVID-19 infections reported in 16 states with the total number...

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Tinubu Will Know Which Party is Dead in Ondo by Oct. 10, Says PDP

NewsTinubu Will Know Which Party is Dead in Ondo by Oct. 10, Says PDP

PilotnewsSeptember 8, 2020

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has affirmed that it will defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Governorship poll and prove Asiwaju Bola Tinubu wrong. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the APC, when inaugurating the Ondo State Internal Revenue Service Complex said the PDP was dead in Ondo State and would be buried on Oct. 10, the Punch reported. Reacting to APC chieftain, the Publicity Secretary of the PDP in...

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CSO Urges Buhari to Freeze NDDC Account

CorruptionNewsNigeriaCSO Urges Buhari to Freeze NDDC Account

PilotnewsSeptember 7, 2020

The Act for Positive Transformation Initiative, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), has requested President Muhammadu Buhari to freeze the account of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and suspend all further spending in the commission. Mr Johnson Kolawale, the Head, Directorate of Research, Strategy and Programme, made the call at a news conference on Monday in Abuja. He alleged that plans were ongoing to make fraudulent expenditures by top officials in the commission. Kolawale revealed...

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How 41 Journalists Were Attacked in Nigeria in 8 Months – IPC

NewsNigeriaPress * MediaHow 41 Journalists Were Attacked in Nigeria in 8 Months – IPC

PilotnewsSeptember 7, 2020

No Fewer than 41 journalists have been attacked at different locations in the country in the course of their duties between January and August, the International Press Centre (IPC), has said. IPC Programme Officer, Mrs Melody Akinjiyan-Lawal, made the revelation during a webinar on Edo and Ondo State elections in Benin on Monday. The webinar was organised by the IPC, in conjuction with the Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) for journalists....

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COVID-19: JOHESU Issues 7-day Warning Strike Notice to FG

HealthNewsCOVID-19: JOHESU Issues 7-day Warning Strike Notice to FG

PilotnewsSeptember 7, 2020

The leadership of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) says it will commence a nationwide warning strike over the Federal Government’s failure to meet the union’s outstanding demands with effect from September 13. Mr Biobelemoye Josiah, the JOHESU Chairman, said this during a news conference in Abuja on Monday. Josiah listed the alleged shortchanging of the union in the payment of COVID-19 Special Inducement and Hazard Allowance (SIHA) to frontline health workers, as part of the...

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Buhari Urges ECOWAS Leaders to Resist Temptation of Tenure Elongation

NewsWest AfricaBuhari Urges ECOWAS Leaders to Resist Temptation of Tenure Elongation

PilotnewsSeptember 7, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to ECOWAS leaders not to elongate their tenure in office beyond constitutional limits. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja said Buhari made the appeal while presenting Nigeria’s General Statement at the 57th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government in Niamey, Niger Republic on Monday. The Nigerian leader urged his colleagues to respect constitutional provisions and ensure...

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President Muhammadu Buhari’s Address At The First Year Ministerial Performance Review Retreat

NewsNigeriaPresident Muhammadu Buhari’s Address At The First Year Ministerial Performance Review Retreat

PilotnewsSeptember 7, 2020

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AT THE FIRST YEAR MINISTERIAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW RETREAT STATE HOUSE CONFERENCE CENTRE, ABUJA 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2020, PROTOCOLS It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to the First Year Ministerial Performance Review Retreat. We are meeting a time that mankind is struggling to overcome the economic and social crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disrupted life as we knew...

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