Kogi Govt. Directs Own Media to Cover MDAs at Minimal Costs

BusinessPress * MediaKogi Govt. Directs Own Media to Cover MDAs at Minimal Costs

PilotnewsJuly 18, 2020

Kogi Government on Saturday directed its owned media organisations to cover the activities of the state’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) at reduced costs. The State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, who gave the directives during a meeting with the management of state media organisations in Lokoja, said the directives were to enable the MDAs to project more of government programmes and activities to the people. Fanwo stressed that the management of...

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NYSC South-East Office Ranks Ebonyi Best in Infrastructure for Corps Members

NewsNigeriaNYSC South-East Office Ranks Ebonyi Best in Infrastructure for Corps Members

PilotnewsJuly 18, 2020

The Sout-East Area Office of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has ranked Ebonyi as the best state in the zone, in terms of the provision of infrastructure for the wellbeing and productivity of the corps members. The Director in charge of the area office, Alhaji Ahmed Ikaka, said this on Thursday in Abakaliki during a working visit to the state. According to Ikaka, the new secretariat donated by the government and the rehabilitated permanent...

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Mandela Day: ROSATOM Committed to Sustainable Social Projects, Says Acting CE

World NewsMandela Day: ROSATOM Committed to Sustainable Social Projects, Says Acting CE

PilotnewsJuly 18, 2020

Russia’s nuclear power agency, ROSATOM, says it is committed to sustainable social projects in commemoration of Nelson Mandela Day. Ryan Collyer, Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Rosatom Central and Southern Africa, made the assertion in a statement on Saturday. Nelson Mandela Day is a global call to action to celebrate the idea that each individual has the power to transform the world and the ability to make an impact. Collyer said the company would support the Bokgoni Technical Secondary...

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N40bn Probe: Reps C’ttee Summons Akpabio, NDDC MD, Others

NewsNigeriaN40bn Probe: Reps C’ttee Summons Akpabio, NDDC MD, Others

PilotnewsJuly 18, 2020

The House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has summoned the Minister of Niger Delta Affair, Sen. Godswill Akpabio to respond to allegation of N80.5 irregular expenditure in the NDDC. The committee also summoned the acting Managing Director of the NDDC, Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei and the Managing Director of AHR Global Service Ltd among others. The resolution was reached at the ongoing investigative hearing on the alleged N40 billion irregular expenditure on Friday in Abuja. The...

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DAILY UPDATES: Coronavirus: Nigeria Records 600 New Cases, Caseload Increases to 35,454

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaDAILY UPDATES: Coronavirus: Nigeria Records 600 New Cases, Caseload Increases to 35,454

PilotnewsJuly 17, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 600 new COVID-19 cases in the country, bringing total infections from the virus rise to 35,454 The NCDC made the announcement on its official twitter handle on Friday. The agency said that as at the July 17, 600 new confirmed cases and three deaths were recorded in the country. “Till date, 35,454 cases have been confirmed, 14,633 cases have been discharged and 772 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the...

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Kano Records Significant Improvement in Power Supply – KEDCO

NewsPowerKano Records Significant Improvement in Power Supply – KEDCO

PilotnewsJuly 17, 2020

The Management of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), said it has recorded significant improvement in power supply as against claims of epileptic supply by the Kano State Water Board. It will be recalled that the Board had attributed water scarcity in Kano metropolis to drastic drop in power supply to its treatment plants. Ibrahim Shawai, the Head, Corporate Communications of the company, gave the clarifications in a statement on Friday in Kano. Shawai dismissed the...

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FG Hands Over Abia Erosion Site to Contractor

EnvironmentNewsNigeriaFG Hands Over Abia Erosion Site to Contractor

PilotnewsJuly 17, 2020

The Ecological Fund Office (EFO) on Friday handed over the Oguduasa Gully Erosion and Flood Works in Abia to a contractor, to commence rehabilitation of the project. The EFO, which is a unit in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, contracted Messrs Foldams Engineering Company Ltd., to handle the rehabilitation. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the cost of the contract was, however, not disclosed. Also, Nasarawa Govt committed to reducing rural dwellers’ plight...

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Zamfara State is Offering Cows For Guns to Halt Attacks ―It’s Two Cows For Each Gun

Local GovernmentNewsNigeriaZamfara State is Offering Cows For Guns to Halt Attacks ―It’s Two Cows For Each Gun

PilotnewsJuly 17, 20201

Authorities in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara state have offered two cows for each gun surrendered to halt bloody attacks by criminal gangs, including cattle rustlers. Remote communities across the region have for years been hit hard by deadly raids from armed groups of motorcycle-riding cattle rustlers and kidnappers. Military operations have failed to end the killings and local officials have repeatedly tried negotiations to broker peace. Zamfara governor Bello Matawalle on Thursday said that under the...

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Nigeria’s Nneka Ede is the First African Woman to Own a European Football Club

NewsNigeriaSportsNigeria’s Nneka Ede is the First African Woman to Own a European Football Club

PilotnewsJuly 17, 2020

■ Nigerian Nneka Ede is labeled as the first woman to own a European sports club following her purchase of  the Portuguese club, Lusitano Ginásio Clube. Nigeria’s female entrepreneur Nneka Ede has become the first African woman to own a European football club after she pulled off a deal last June enabling her to own the 108-year-old Lusitano Ginásio Clube that is participating in Campeonato de Portugal (the Portuguese third division). In her own words...

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The Prospect of Local Policing Amid Security Breakdown in Nigeria

National SecurityNigeriaOpinionThe Prospect of Local Policing Amid Security Breakdown in Nigeria

PilotnewsJuly 17, 2020

Personal security is rapidly deteriorating in Nigeria. There is the Boko Haram insurrection in the northeast, unrest in the southern oil patch, and conflict over water and land in the middle of the country. Many of these challenges are long-standing. Adding to the list of security crises is a nationwide crime wave involving kidnapping for ransom, cattle rustling, and home invasions. Such crimes have long existed in one part of the country or another, but...

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