Edo Governorship Election: INEC to Arrest, Prosecute Vote Buyers

NewsNigeriaEdo Governorship Election: INEC to Arrest, Prosecute Vote Buyers

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will arrest and prosecute anyone found buying votes during the Edo and Ondo governorship elections on Sept. 19 and Oct. 10 respectively. Mr Festus Okoye, the INEC National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), gave the warning at a one-day sensitisation forum for journalists in Benin. Okoye said there would be security personnel at each voting centre to ensure strict implementation of the directive. “We will...

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France Says its Military Operation in Mali Continues

MilitaryNewsFrance Says its Military Operation in Mali Continues

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

The military operation by the French forces continues in Mali, Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly said on Thursday. Parly’s comments come two days after a mutiny led to the forced resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of the western African country. “The Barkhane Operation, asked for by the Mali population and authorised by the UN Security Council, continues,” Parly said on Twitter. Some 5,000 French troops started Barkhane Operation in 2014 in Sahel...

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PIB for Presentation to National Assembly in Few Weeks, Says Sylva

EconomyNewsNigeriaOil & GasPIB for Presentation to National Assembly in Few Weeks, Says Sylva

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, says the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) will be presented to the National Assembly in the next few weeks. Sylva said the Executive arm would be requesting the lawmakers to specially reconvene to receive and begin deliberations on the Bill. According to him, the Bill is key to repositioning Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Industry under its post-COVID-19 agenda. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...

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Ex-Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Arrested for Online Fundraising Scheme

Law & JusticeUnited StatesEx-Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Arrested for Online Fundraising Scheme

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump’s former political adviser Steve Bannon was on Thursday arrested in connection with an online fundraising scheme, authorities said. Bannon and three others, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato, and Timothy Shea, were indicted for their roles in defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign known as “We Build the Wall“. According to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York, Audrey...

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Nigeria’s Power Transmission Achieve All-Time Mile’s Stone of 5,420.3MW

NewsNigeriaPowerNigeria’s Power Transmission Achieve All-Time Mile’s Stone of 5,420.3MW

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

The Nigerian power industry has achieved another mile’s stone of all-time national peak of 5,420.30 megawatts, the Transmission Company of Nigeria had announced on Thursday. It was also revealed that the 5,420.3MW was effectively transmitted through the national grid at frequency of 50.10Hz at 9:15pm on August 18, 2020. In the statement, the General Manager, Public Affairs, TCN, Ndidi Mbah said, “This is the highest ever recorded in the nation’s power sector to-date, surpassing the...

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NFF Management, Staff to Undergo COVID-19 Tests

CoronavirusSportsNFF Management, Staff to Undergo COVID-19 Tests

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

Management and other officials of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will undergo coronavirus tests at the federation’s secretariat in Abuja on Thursday, an official said on Wednesday. Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications, disclosed in a statement that the federation’s General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, announced this on Wednesday. According to Olajire, Sanusi said the test would take place at the federation’s Sunday Dankaro House secretariat, located within the Moshood Abiola National Stadium Complex in Abuja. “Sanusi, while...

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Bauchi Township Road Project to Gulp N827m

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaBauchi Township Road Project to Gulp N827m

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

Bauchi State Government says it has released N827 million for the construction of a four kilometer road project in Bauchi metropolis, to enhance transportation services. Malam Abdulkadir Ibrahim, the state’s Commissioner for Works and Transport, disclosed this during a news conference at the end of the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting, in Bauchi on Wednesday. Ibrahim disclosed that the contract for the project awarded to TRIACTA Nigeria Limited was expected to be completed within seven...

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Mali: ECOWAS Heads of State to Hold Extraordinary Summit Thursday

NewsWest AfricaMali: ECOWAS Heads of State to Hold Extraordinary Summit Thursday

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) will hold an Extraordinary Summit on the socio-political situation in Mali on Thursday. The Directorate of Communications of the ECOWAS Commission disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. The summit, which would hold virtually through video conference, was convened following the military coup d’etat that happened in the Republic of Mali on Tuesday. ECOWAS has strongly...

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Senate Threatens MDAs With Zero Budget Allocations Over Non Defence of 2021-2023 Budget

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSenate Threatens MDAs With Zero Budget Allocations Over Non Defence of 2021-2023 Budget

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

Senate says Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), that fail to appear to defend their inputs in the 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP), will have zero budgetary allocations for 2021-2023 budget years. Sen. Solomon Adeola (APC-Lagos), and Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, made the disclosure, at the opening of a five day public hearing on 2021-2023 MTEF and FSP documents on Wednesday. Adeola said the 50 revenue-generating agencies of government...

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Police Parade 23 Suspected Armed Robbers, Cultists in Benue

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice Parade 23 Suspected Armed Robbers, Cultists in Benue

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

The Police Command in Benue on Wednesday paraded 23 persons suspected to be armed robbers, cultists, and child traffickers. Other persons paraded were alleged to have been found with prohibited firearms. A statement signed by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mukaddas Garba, said that   the command was determined to rid the state of criminals. It said that the command had been able to clampdown on armed robbery, communal clashes and cultism among other crimes. “During the...

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