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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Edo Governorship Election: INEC to Deploy 20,000 Ad-hoc Staff

NewsNigeriaEdo Governorship Election: INEC to Deploy 20,000 Ad-hoc Staff

PilotnewsAugust 13, 2020

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said it would deploy no fewer than 20,000 ad-hoc staff for the conduct of the forthcoming Edo governorship election scheduled for Sept. 19. Prof. Bolade Eyinla, the Technical Advisor to INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this during a virtual meeting with journalists in Edo organised by the International Press Council (IPC) on the role of journalists in the Edo election. Eyinla said the recruitment of the...

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Nigeria Receives N3.2trn From Entertainment Industries

BusinessEntertainmentNewsNollywoodNigeria Receives N3.2trn From Entertainment Industries

PilotnewsAugust 13, 2020

The fashion industry, hospitality and tourism contributed over N3.2 trillion to the national economy, a report by the Federal Government’s Post Covid-19 Initiative Committee on the Creative Industry has revealed. The minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Thursday, gave an insight into the report recently submitted to the government by the committee led by ace comedian, Ali Baba. Mohammed, who was a guest on NAN Forum in Abuja, said that the recommendations...

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FG Tells World Powers Not to Deny Nigeria Weapons to Fight Terrorism

Foreign PolicyNational SecurityNewsFG Tells World Powers Not to Deny Nigeria Weapons to Fight Terrorism

PilotnewsAugust 13, 2020

The Federal Government has appealed to the world powers not to be weighed by unsubstantiated arguments to deny the country vital platforms and weapons to fight insecurity. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the appeal on Thursday when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. “I want to use this opportunity to say that the international community can help us better than they are doing right...

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