Fighting Corruption in Nigeria is a Corrupt Business

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionFighting Corruption in Nigeria is a Corrupt Business

PilotnewsJuly 11, 2020

Corruption in Nigeria is systemic and profitable ―Ebuka Onyekwelu Since the declaration of a war against corruption by President Obasanjo and the subsequent creation of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission- EFCC in 2003, three years after the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related crimes Commission-ICPC was created, Nigeria instead of taking a break from corruption, almost two decades after has continued to be more corrupt, with the political class wealthier and powerful from corrupt...

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South Korea’s ex-President Park Sentence Reduced to 22 years

World NewsSouth Korea’s ex-President Park Sentence Reduced to 22 years

PilotnewsJuly 11, 2020

Former South Korean President Park Geun Hye’s sentences for corruption and bribery have been reduced by 10 years, taking her total sentence to 22 years in jail, a court in Seoul decided on Friday. Park had been indicted for corruption and abuse of power, as well as bribery in a separate case, following a scandal in 2017 that led to her impeachment. The original sentences of these two cases were reviewed together and reduced by...

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Visa: NIS Refuses Departure of 58 Nigerian Medical Doctors

NewsNigeriaVisa: NIS Refuses Departure of 58 Nigerian Medical Doctors

PilotnewsJuly 11, 2020

Operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos, have refused departure of 58 Nigerian doctors. The Spokesman of the service, Mr Sunday James, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. James noted that the doctors attempted traveling aboard a UK bound aircraft flight number ENT 550, registration number SP-ES that flew in from London. According to him,...

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FG Projects N11.86trn Expenditure for 2021

EconomyNewsNigeriaFG Projects N11.86trn Expenditure for 2021

PilotnewsJuly 11, 2020

The Federal Government has projected an aggregate expenditure of N11.86 trillion for 2021. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this while virtually presenting 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) held on Friday. Ahmed said the aggregate projected revenue from available sources for 2021 would be N6.98 trillion while the fiscal deficit was expected to be N5.16 trillion. “The 2021-2023 MTEF&FSP is the pre budget statement...

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Nigerian Army Statements Bely Facts on the Ground in Northeast

National SecurityNigeriaOpinionNigerian Army Statements Bely Facts on the Ground in Northeast

PilotnewsJuly 11, 2020

Nigerian army spokesmen have announced a series of successes against Boko Haram and that terrorism had been significantly weakened in the Lake Chad Basin. But such announcements lack credibility. According to the Nigeria Security Tracker, the last two years have been deadlier than any other period for Nigerian soldiers since the Boko Haram insurgency began in 2011. On Tuesday, Boko Haram killed thirty-seven soldiers in a deadly ambush, though military spokesmen claimed only two soldiers were killed....

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Ondo 2020: APC Disqualifies 1, Clears 11 Gov Aspirants

NewsPoliticsOndo 2020: APC Disqualifies 1, Clears 11 Gov Aspirants

PilotnewsJuly 11, 2020

All Progressives Congress (APC) Screening Committee, headed by Alhaji Tijani Tumsa, has disqualified one out of the 12 governorship aspirants that participated in the exercise. Tumsa, who declined to disclose the name of the disqualified aspirant, said this on Friday while submitting the committee’s report to the APC Caretaker Committee Secretary, Sen. Akpan Udoedehe, at the Party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. The aspirants who participated in the screening included incumbent Gov Rotimi Akeredolu, Joseph Olusola...

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Miss Nigeria International Promises to Make Nigeria Proud

LifestyleNewsMiss Nigeria International Promises to Make Nigeria Proud

PilotnewsJuly 11, 2020

Denis Idara, the 2019/2020 Miss Nigeria International Pageant titleholder, says her next target is to make Nigeria proud in the Mr and Miss International Africa (MMIA) “The Rebirth Edition 2020”. Idara told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos that her programmes in recent time were cancelled toward necessary preparations for the competition billed for October in Lagos. NAN reports that the MMIA The Rebirth Edition 2020, a Brendance and Crusader (BC)...

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FG, States Debt Portfolio Hits N28.63trn – NBS

EconomyNewsNigeriaFG, States Debt Portfolio Hits N28.63trn – NBS

PilotnewsJuly 11, 2020

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday that the total public debt portfolio of the Federal and State Governments as of March 31 stood at N28.63 trillion. The NBS made this known in its Nigerian domestic and foreign debt report released in Abuja. The bureau said that further disaggregation of Nigeria’s total public debt showed that N9.99 trillion which represented 34.89 per cent was external. It stated that the domestic debt was N18.64...

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Northern Governors Condole With Kukah Over Mother’s Passing

NewsPeopleNorthern Governors Condole With Kukah Over Mother’s Passing

PilotnewsJuly 11, 2020

The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) has condoled with the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, over the passing of his mother, Janet Hauwa Kukah. Chairman of the forum, Simon Along, who is also Governor of Plateau, described her passing as painful in a condolence message by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham on Saturday. Lalong further described the death of the Bishop’s mother as a...

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LAHA Suspends Legislative Activities Till July 20

NewsNigeriaPoliticsLAHA Suspends Legislative Activities Till July 20

PilotnewsJuly 11, 2020

The Lagos State House of Assembly has suspended all legislative activities, for one week, until July 20. The suspension was announced in a statement signed by the Clerk of the Assembly, Mr Azeez Sani on Friday night in Lagos. “All committee meetings, assignments and visit to the Lagos State House of Assembly is hereby suspended. “The suspension takes effect from Monday, July 13 to Sunday, July 19, while legislative activities shall resume on July 20,’’...

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