Nigeria Reports 373 Fresh Cases of COVID-19 Infection

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNigeria Reports 373 Fresh Cases of COVID-19 Infection

PilotnewsAugust 14, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 373 fresh cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday. According to it, 10 deaths were recorded in the country. The NCDC said that the new cases took Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections to 48,116, with 34,309 discharged and 966 deaths. The health agency said that the cases were confirmed in 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory...

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U.S. Ambassadors and African Diplomacy

AfricaForeign PolicyOpinionU.S. Ambassadors and African Diplomacy

PilotnewsAugust 14, 2020

In most African countries, the U.S ambassador plays a crucial role in managing the U.S. bilateral relationship with the host country. Hence, the importance of the arrival in Tanzania of Dr. Donald J. Wright, MD. He presented his ambassadorial credentials to President John P. Magufuli on August 2. Magufuli is increasingly problematic: he is becoming authoritarian in style and he refuses to share with international health agencies information about COVID-19. Worse, he claims the disease is absent from Tanzania because of the...

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NBC Fines Nigeria Info for Hate Speech

NewsNBC Fines Nigeria Info for Hate Speech

PilotnewsAugust 13, 2020

The Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Nigeria Info 99.3FM Lagos the sum of N5 million. This was for providing its platform to be used to promote unverifiable and inciting views that can incite crime, public disorder. The full press statement from NBC management: The National Broadcasting Commission has noted with grave concern, the unprofessional conduct of Nigeria Info 99.3FM, Lagos, in the handling of the Programme, “Morning Cross Fire”, aired on August 10, 2020,...

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Tenant Lands in Trouble for Threating to Kill Landlord

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaTenant Lands in Trouble for Threating to Kill Landlord

PilotnewsAugust 13, 2020

The police on Thursday in Abuja arraigned a 35-year-old tenant, Godspower Obaka, in a Dutse Grade I Area Court over an alleged threat to kill his landlord. Obaka, who resides in Sabon-Gari, Bwari, is charged with Joint act, criminal trespass, criminal force, assault and intimidation. He pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution Counsel, Mr Tunde Arowolo, told the court that the matter was reported by Ezekiel Love of the same address, on Aug....

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Igbo Youths Urge Pro-Biafra Groups to Halt Secession Gitation

NewsNigeriaIgbo Youths Urge Pro-Biafra Groups to Halt Secession Gitation

PilotnewsAugust 13, 2020

Igbo Youth Assembly (IYA) worldwide, a socio-cultural youth organisation, has called on various pro-Biafra groups to stop secession agitation and channel their energies towards promoting national cohesion. IYA gave the advice in a statement jointly signed by its President-General, Mr Ifeanyi Nwaudunna and Secretary-General, Mr Casmir Irekamba, in Owerri on Thursday. Nwaudunna said that Nigeria was better when it remainEd one indivisible entity, adding that disintegration may make the country lose its economic diversity, political, military and numerical strength. He...

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Military Deploys Special Operations to Southern Kaduna

National SecurityNewsNigeriaMilitary Deploys Special Operations to Southern Kaduna

PilotnewsAugust 13, 2020

The Defence Headquarters says in its determinant efforts to curb the recent attacks and isolated killings in Southern Kaduna, has deployed Special Operations Forces to the various flashpoints in the area. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, at the updates briefing on military operations across the country on Thursday in Abuja. “In a bid to curb the recent attacks and isolated killings in Southern Kaduna, troops of Operation “SAFE HAVEN” have continued to...

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Buhari Inaugurates 17-Storey NCDMB Building, Pledges More Infrastructure

BusinessNewsNigeriaBuhari Inaugurates 17-Storey NCDMB Building, Pledges More Infrastructure

PilotnewsAugust 13, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja pledged to spend more on infrastructure across the country, focusing on finishing projects delivered by local contractors and technology that create jobs for thousands of Nigerians. The president made the pledge at the virtual inauguration of the new headquarters building of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) in Yenagoa, Bayelsa. According to him, the iconic 17-storey building, known as the Nigerian Content Tower, with the full...

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NAS Urges FG to Urgently Arrest Southern Kaduna Crisis

NewsNigeriaNAS Urges FG to Urgently Arrest Southern Kaduna Crisis

PilotnewsAugust 13, 2020

The National Association of Seadogs (NAS), Pyrates Confraternity has called on the Federal Government to urgently arrest the insecurity situation in southern Kaduna. A statement signed by NAS Capoon, Mr Abiola Owoaje, and issued to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday said that the Federal Government needed to urgently avert further deterioration of the area. According to the Owoaje, there is need for the government to commence the healing process and ordered the release of all...

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UAE Inaugurates Mosque, Classrooms, Others in Oyo

NewsNigeriaUAE Inaugurates Mosque, Classrooms, Others in Oyo

PilotnewsAugust 13, 2020

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday inaugurated a mosque, classroom and borehole in Kishi, Oyo State. The Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr Fahad Al-Taffaq, said that the UAE recognises the challenges of accessing potable water, especially in rural communities in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ambassador was represented by Mr Khalifa Al-Mehrizi, the Charge D’Affairs of the UAE’s embassy in Abuja, at the inauguration via virtual streaming. The projects...

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COVID-19: Miyetti Allah Urges FG, Others to Extend Palliative to Pastoralists

NewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Miyetti Allah Urges FG, Others to Extend Palliative to Pastoralists

PilotnewsAugust 13, 2020

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has urged all tiers of government to extend palliative to the pastoralist community to cushion the effects of Coronavirus pandemic on them. Alhaji Othman Ngelzarma, the National Secretary of the association made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. Ngelzarma frowned at the negligence of the pastoralists community for decades by the governments in terms of policies, programmes...

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