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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AFCON 2021 Qualifiers Resume November, Qatar 2022 May 2021

AfricaNewsSportsAFCON 2021 Qualifiers Resume November, Qatar 2022 May 2021

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Emergency Committee has approved the resumption date for qualifiers for the Total Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 and the group stage of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. This was contained in a statement issued on CAF’s website on Wednesday. This means a busy schedule awaits the participating teams with double-headers from November 2020 through to November 2021 in the battle for spots to the final tournament of...

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NCPC Boss Thank Pope Francis for Peace Role in Nigeria

NewsReligionNCPC Boss Thank Pope Francis for Peace Role in Nigeria

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

Rev. Yakubu Pam, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), has expressed gratitude to His Holiness, Pope Francis, for praying against the killings in Southern Kaduna and for the peace of Nigeria. Pam said this in a statement at the end of strategic stakeholders meeting with states Chairmen and Secretaries of states Pilgrims Welfare Boards from the North Central and North West Zones of the country. The statement was issued on Wednesday...

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Over 200 APC Members Decamp to PDP in FCT

NewsPoliticsOver 200 APC Members Decamp to PDP in FCT

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

More than two hundred members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday, decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Kuje Area Council, FCT. The APC decampees were received at the Kuje Area Council Government House in Kuje by Alhaji Mohammed Ismaila, PDP Chairman of Kuje Area Council. They handed over their APC membership cards, brooms and posters in replacement for those of the PDP. Mohammed Gambo, the leader of the decampees, in an...

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