Facebook’s Connectivity Investments to Grow Africa’s Economy by $57 billion in 5 Years

AfricaNewsTechnologyFacebook’s Connectivity Investments to Grow Africa’s Economy by $57 billion in 5 Years

PilotnewsJuly 25, 2020

American social media conglomerate, Facebook, on Wednesday said that its connectivity investment would grow Africa’s economy by 57 billion dollars in the next five years. Facebook released the findings in its Impact Connectivity Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a study conducted by Analysys Mason. The findings highlighted how Facebook investments in infrastructure and connectivity across the region will deliver over 57 billion dollars in economic benefits over the next five years (2020–2024). Facebook said that according to...

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Anambra Govt to Boost Tourism Potential by Upgrading Resorts

NewsAnambra Govt to Boost Tourism Potential by Upgrading Resorts

PilotnewsJuly 25, 2020

The Anambra Government will support operators in the hospitality industry who have natural environment as a means of boosting the tourism potential of the state. Dr. Christian Madubuko, Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, Indigenous Artworks, Culture and Tourism, gave the assurance during his tour of hospitality facilities in the state on Thursday. Madubuko who spoke at Basino Resorts commended the management for preserving the natural environment including vegetation and wildlife while still rendering hotel services. He said hotel business was not just a...

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Ondo 2020: Remain Loyal to PDP, Deputy Governor Urges Supporters

NewsPoliticsOndo 2020: Remain Loyal to PDP, Deputy Governor Urges Supporters

PilotnewsJuly 25, 2020

The Agboola Ajayi Campaign Organisation has urged its supporters to remain loyal to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), notwithstanding the inability of the deputy governor to clinching the party’s ticket. The News Agency of Nigeria reports Agboola Ajayi did not clinch the ticket of the PDP, losing to Mr Eyitayo Jegede, who became the party standard-bearer in the Oct. 10 governorship election. This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Akure by the Director-General of...

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Resignation: PDP Suffers Life-threatening Sickness, Undemocratic Pandemic – Presidency

NewsPoliticsResignation: PDP Suffers Life-threatening Sickness, Undemocratic Pandemic – Presidency

PilotnewsJuly 25, 2020

The Presidency says the call by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign due to ongoing investigations of corrupt practices clearly indicates that the party is gripped by undemocratic pandemic and life-threatening sickness. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, stated this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. According to him, at a time when the whole world is unifying to confront a common enemy, Nigeria’s opposition party, the PDP,...

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National Assembly Not a Rubber Stamp, Says Sen. Bamidele

NewsNational Assembly Not a Rubber Stamp, Says Sen. Bamidele

PilotnewsJuly 24, 2020

Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District says the National Assembly (NASS) is not a rubber stamp contrary to insinuations by most Nigerians. According to him, what we are not doing is grandstanding as it will not help the growth of our democracy. Bamidele said this on Thursday shortly after a news conference held at the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretariat in Abuja. “It is not going to take us any inch forward....

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COVID-19: NOA Partners NUJ to Fight Pandemic

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NOA Partners NUJ to Fight Pandemic

PilotnewsJuly 24, 2020

Mrs Dolapo Dosunmu, Director, National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Oyo State, has urged the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) to support the agency on public awareness guidelines against COVID-19. Dosunmu called for the synergy during a courtesy visit to the state executive members of the union in Ibadan on Thursday. She said that partnering with journalists in the state became necessary to intimate residents on reasons why they should adhere strictly to COVID-19 preventive measures....

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COVID-19: FG Mulls Alternatives on WAEC, Schools Re-opening

CoronavirusEducationNewsCOVID-19: FG Mulls Alternatives on WAEC, Schools Re-opening

PilotnewsJuly 24, 2020

The Federal Government on Thursday says final year secondary school students may have to sit for the General Certificate of Education (GCE) in November if there is no shift in the timetable of the West African Examination Council (WAEC). The Minister of State, Education, Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, said this while answering questions at the 52nd joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in Abuja. Nwajiuba said that government would meet with...

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Multinational Force Receives 47 Repentant Boko Haram/ISWAP Terrorists

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsMultinational Force Receives 47 Repentant Boko Haram/ISWAP Terrorists

PilotnewsJuly 24, 2020

The MultiNational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has received 47 members of Boko Haram/Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorist groups who surrendered to its troops in Lake Chad and surrounding areas. The Chief of Military Public Information MNJTF N’Djamena – Chad, Col. Timothy Antigha, in a statement on Friday, said the terrorists surrendered with their families recently in Sector 1 of the MNJTF. Antigha said that the recent incessant power tussle in the top echelon...

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Nigeria and the COVID-19 Pandemic Problem

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionNigeria and the COVID-19 Pandemic Problem

PilotnewsJuly 24, 2020

A proper leader delegates functions and expects specific tasks to be accomplished by his appointees. —Dr. I. D. Onwudiwe, COVID-19 is a disease caused by the coronavirus, which has metamorphosed into a global pandemic and claimed many lives worldwide. Nigeria, our beloved country, is not immune to the danger of this respiratory tract infection. We have lost many prominent citizens—from the former Chief of Staff to the President and to other politicians—university personnel, and, of...

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Mali Peace Mission: President Buhari Returns to Abuja

NewsWest AfricaMali Peace Mission: President Buhari Returns to Abuja

PilotnewsJuly 24, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday evening returned from Bamako, Mali, after many hours of consultations and closed-door meetings meant to mitigate the political crisis in that country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was attended by the host President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita; Presidents Machy Sall of Senegal, Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana and  Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire. A resistance group, M5, is insisting that the Constitutional Court must be dissolved, and...

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