FCTA Offers Automatic Employment to 2 Corps Members

NewsNigeriaFCTA Offers Automatic Employment to 2 Corps Members

PilotnewsSeptember 6, 2020

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has offered automatic employment for two members of batch B, 2019 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), for their outstanding performance during their service year. Mr. Austine Elemue, Special Assistant on Media, to FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Elemue said the two corps members were Miss Ilori Ayotola Deborah, with batch number FCT/19B/5861 and  Mr. Ilozumba Patrick Chiagozie, batch...

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NCDC Confirms 162 New COVID-19 Infections, Push Total to 54,905

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNCDC Confirms 162 New COVID-19 Infections, Push Total to 54,905

PilotnewsSeptember 6, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 162 new cases of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19 ) in the country, bringing the confirmed cases to 54,905. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria continued its week of recording less than 200 new cases of COVID-19 per day with Saturday’s 162 new confirmed cases. The agency said that three deaths were...

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Southern Kaduna Attacks: 2 Warring Communities Sign Peace Pact

NewsNigeriaSouthern Kaduna Attacks: 2 Warring Communities Sign Peace Pact

PilotnewsSeptember 6, 2020

Two communities in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Saturday signed a peace agreement as part of efforts to bring an end to the wanton destruction of lives and property in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the communities involved are Dangoma and Takau in Kannikon and Zipak chiefdoms respectively. Speaking at the event held in Kafanchan, Mr. Peter Averik, chairman of the local government, said that the peace...

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Hopeless State of Hopefulness: Enduring a Mob of Blood-Drunk Humans in Blue Garbs

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionHopeless State of Hopefulness: Enduring a Mob of Blood-Drunk Humans in Blue Garbs

PilotnewsSeptember 5, 2020

If I were God. I would end it. If I were God, I would have the haters careening through the gates of hell proper…alive. ―Don Okolo I have had time, forty-something years and counting, to muse upon the fate of man the world over. And I have come to believe that a section of humanity would never rise from the quagmire of filth and disdain…from the vise-like grip the rest of the sultry smut have...

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Alleged Misconduct: PCN Seals 157 Pharmacies, 791 Patent Medicine Shops in August-Registrar

BusinessLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaAlleged Misconduct: PCN Seals 157 Pharmacies, 791 Patent Medicine Shops in August-Registrar

PilotnewsSeptember 5, 2020

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has shut down 157 pharmacies and 791 patent medicine shops in Kano and Lagos in August over alleged operational misconducts. Dr Elijah Mohammed, PCN Registrar disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Saturday while giving an update of the council’s activities in August 2020. He noted that the council, in the course of its National Enforcement activity visited Lagos and Kano...

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Do Local Refining to Eliminate Sector Problems – IPMAN

BusinessLabourNewsDo Local Refining to Eliminate Sector Problems – IPMAN

PilotnewsSeptember 5, 2020

Alhaji Popoola Ogundoyin, an Executive Member of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), says that unless Nigeria produces petroleum products through its refineries, the problems in the petroleum sector will persist. Ogundoyin stated this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday, in Ile-Ife. He expressed displeasure with the failure of public and private sector stakeholders to establish standard refineries across the country that would produce enough petroleum products for...

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South Africa’s Ramaphosa Tackles Corruption and Strengthens His Hand

AfricaCorruptionOpinionSouth Africa’s Ramaphosa Tackles Corruption and Strengthens His Hand

PilotnewsSeptember 3, 2020

South Africans have long feared that corruption would move from “retail,” small-scale and individualistic, to “structural,” as it is in some other African countries, where corruption infuses the political economy. Those fears accelerated during the 2009-2018 presidency of Jacob Zuma, which was characterized by nepotism, cronyism, and patronage networks, altogether labeled “state capture,” and blatant corruption within some state-owned enterprises fully reported by the media. Corruption also fueled Zuma’s efforts to remain in power and to undermine...

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NIS Implements Procedures on International Flights Resumption

NewsNigeriaTravelNIS Implements Procedures on International Flights Resumption

PilotnewsSeptember 3, 2020

The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr. Muhammad Babandede has implemented procedures for international flight resumption and visa payment. Babandede said this during a virtual meeting with stakeholders to address travel concerns and automation of Travel Work Permit (TWP) on Wednesday in Abuja. In a statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer, Mr. Sunday James, Babandede said that the procedures were in line with Federal Government’s approval to commence international flight operations from...

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COVID-19: Sample Collection Performance by States Decline in August

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Sample Collection Performance by States Decline in August

PilotnewsSeptember 3, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says sample collection for the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country declined in August. A report data made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday night by NCDC, showed a decline in sample collection for six states from May to August. The report indicated that all states analysed showed a significant decline in sample collection in August, with Federal Capital Territory (FCT) having the least...

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Twitter Account of India’s PM Modi Hacked

NewsWorldTwitter Account of India’s PM Modi Hacked

PilotnewsSeptember 3, 2020

The official Twitter account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website was hacked early on Thursday, the social media company has confirmed. A series of tweets were sent from the account asking its followers to donate cryptocurrency to the prime minister’s relief fund. Twitter said it was aware of the activity and had taken steps to secure the compromised account. Narendramodi_in is the official Twitter handle for Modi’s personal website. It has more than...

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