17 Political Parties Submit Nominations for Ondo Governorship Election-INEC

NewsPolitics17 Political Parties Submit Nominations for Ondo Governorship Election-INEC

PilotnewsJuly 29, 2020

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)  says 17 political parties submitted the list and particulars of their nominated candidates for Ondo State governorship election at the deadline for submission. The commission disclosed this in a statement issued by Mr Festus Okoye INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, after the commission’s meeting held on Tuesday in  Abuja. INEC on Feb. 6 published the timetable and schedule of activities for the state governorship election as well fixed...

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Reps Spokesman to Akpabio: Make Public Your Claims

NewsNigeriaReps Spokesman to Akpabio: Make Public Your Claims

PilotnewsJuly 29, 2020

The spokesman for the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu (APC-Abia) has alleged that the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has not proved his allegations against members of the parliament. In a statement, Kalu challenged the minister to go public with documents to prove that 60 per cent of contracts in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) were awarded to lawmakers. He recalled that Akpabio had made the allegation at an investigative hearing on...

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Edo 2020: Obaseki’s Campaign Director, 2 Others Resign

NewsPoliticsEdo 2020: Obaseki’s Campaign Director, 2 Others Resign

PilotnewsJuly 29, 2020

Mr. Patrick Iyoha, Director, Obaseki/Shaibu Movement and a member of the state Waste Management Board, has resigned his appointment. Iyoha in a letter dated July 28, addressed to Gov. Godwin Obaseki, said that his resignation was with immediate effect and due to personal reasons. Similarly, two members, including Mr Gabriel Oiboh, Chairman, State Post Primary Education Board, also tendered their letters of resignation to the governor. Oiboh and the first member of the board, Mr...

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FG Repatriates 289 Nigerians in 4th Evacuation Flight

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaFG Repatriates 289 Nigerians in 4th Evacuation Flight

PilotnewsJuly 29, 2020

The Federal Government has evacuated 289 more Nigerians stranded in the United States due to coronavirus-related border closure. An Ethiopian Airlines plane conveying the evacuees took off from New Jersey on Tuesday night and is expected to land in Abuja on Wednesday afternoon. This is the fourth evacuation flight, which brings to 1,095 the total number of stranded Nigerians so far repatriated by the Federal Government from the U.S. Two families of seven were dropped...

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Police Decorate 252 Promoted Officers in Kano

NewsNigeriaPolice Decorate 252 Promoted Officers in Kano

PilotnewsJuly 29, 2020

Mr. Habu Ahmad, the Police Commissioner in Kano State, has tasked the 252 promoted officers to display a high level of professionalism and commitment in the discharge of their duties. Ahmad stated this in a statement by Mr Abdullahi Haruna, the spokesman of the Command on Wednesday in Kano. The statement said the CP gave the task while decorating the newly promoted officers of the command on Tuesday. Ahmad congratulated the newly promoted officers for...

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‘My Uncle Was Shot in the Back and Slaughtered Like a Goat.’ Survivors of Southern Kaduna Killings Speak Out

NewsNigeria‘My Uncle Was Shot in the Back and Slaughtered Like a Goat.’ Survivors of Southern Kaduna Killings Speak Out

PilotnewsJuly 29, 2020

By Isaac Abrak With Stephanie Busari (Culled from the CNN) Daniel Bala was walking home from church early on Friday evening. He had just attended choir practice and was looking forward to getting home to his wife and newborn baby who was just two days old. Suddenly, gunshots rang out and Bala, 49, was forced to take cover in a nearby yam farm, where he hid behind a ridge from the attackers, suspected militia herdsmen...

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Review Clears African Development Bank’s Chief of Favoritism

NewsNigeriaWorld NewsReview Clears African Development Bank’s Chief of Favoritism

PilotnewsJuly 29, 2020

An independent panel backed an African Development Bank probe that found no evidence of wrongdoing by its president, Akinwumi Adesina. The finding enables Adesina, 60, to seek re-election next month as head of the continent’s biggest multilateral lender for another five years. It’s also a rebuff to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, whose rejection of the AfDB ethics committee’s original report led to the review. The independent panel, led by former Irish President Mary Robinson, said it...

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COVID-19: Why Some Local Government Areas Can’t Be Locked Down

NewsCOVID-19: Why Some Local Government Areas Can’t Be Locked Down

PilotnewsJuly 28, 2020

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has said that eleven local government areas that have high cases of COVID-19 and cut across Lagos, Kano and Bayelsa cannot be locked down. Dr Sani Aliyu, the National Coordinator of Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, said that the geographic location of the affected local government areas would make locking them down difficult as an entire State may be grounded. “We have eleven high-burden local government areas we’ve identified,...

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US-China Relations: When Will The Tit-For-Tat Games Abate?

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionUS-China Relations: When Will The Tit-For-Tat Games Abate?

PilotnewsJuly 27, 2020

“Which among the G7 countries, Russia or multilateral institutions can mediate between the two belligerent parties? None.” —Olalekan A. Babatunde Recent happenings amid the coronavirus pandemic have seen a pattern of tit-for-tat diplomatic relations between the United States and China. The latest last week were the retaliatory moves by the two ordering the closure of consulates in each other’s countries. Though the first move used to be taken by the US and immediately retaliated by...

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Human Rights Group Claims Police, Hotelier Fraudulently Conspire To Groom Criminals

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaHuman Rights Group Claims Police, Hotelier Fraudulently Conspire To Groom Criminals

PilotnewsJuly 27, 2020

CHRSJ is calling for an investigation into high-level criminal activities involving the Police A human rights group, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice(CHRSJ) has called on the Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Adamu Muhammed, Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP)Zone 2 Zonal Headquarters and Lagos State Commissioner of Police and the leadership of  the Police Service Commission (PSC) to beam searchlight into the activities of the Isheri-Oshun Divisional Police Station in Lagos State...

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