Gombe to Construct 661 Boreholes Across 11 LGAs

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaGombe to Construct 661 Boreholes Across 11 LGAs

PilotnewsJune 23, 2020

The Gombe State Government is set to construct 661 solar-powered boreholes across the 11 local government areas of the state. Alhaji Abdurraqib Muhammad, General Manager, Gombe State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASA), disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Gombe. Muhammad said the government initiated the project after the agency conducted a need assessment and discovered that the pressing need of the communities was water. According to him, the state government had secured a loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB)and...

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Obiano’s Wife Decries Obnoxious Practices Against Widows

NewsNigeriaObiano’s Wife Decries Obnoxious Practices Against Widows

PilotnewsJune 23, 2020

The Wife of Anambra Governor, Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano has decried the sustenance of obnoxious widowhood practices that deny victims basic rights in some communities in the state. The governor’s wife said those still promoting such discriminatory and degrading acts must discard them and accord widows their rights as full-fledged members of the community. Mrs. Obiano who doubles as the founder Caring Family Enhancement Initiative (CAFE), an NGO,  made the plea in a special message to mark the 2020 International Widows Day...

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Covid-19: NGO distributes Face Masks, Sanitisers Inside Ondo Markets, Motor Parks

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCovid-19: NGO distributes Face Masks, Sanitisers Inside Ondo Markets, Motor Parks

PilotnewsJune 23, 2020

The Integrity Elite (TIE), an advocacy and rights group, on Tuesday, distributed thousands of face masks and hand sanitisers in major markets and motor parks in Akure, the Ondo capital. The Coordinator of TIE, Mr Lanre Ogidan, told newsmen after the distribution in Akure, that the move was part of the group’s advocacy and awareness campaign against the spread of COVID-19 in the state. Ogidan added that since the ease on the lockdown by both states and Federal Government, there was need for increased...

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Obaseki’s Woes Amplified by Supreme Court Judgement – Carl Umegboro

NewsNigeriaPoliticsObaseki’s Woes Amplified by Supreme Court Judgement – Carl Umegboro

PilotnewsJune 23, 2020

June 23, 2020 – EDO state governor, Godwin Obaseki has become the first casualty of the verdict of Justice Mary Peter-Odili led panel of the Supreme Court that heard the appeal filed by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) against the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and his running mate, David Lyon and Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo who emerged governor-elect and deputy governor-elect respectively after the poll. The height of it is that the disqualified Bayelsa deputy governor-elect as he then was, regularized the discrepancies...

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COVID-19 UPDATE: WHO: Virus Surge Due to Peak in Big Countries

CoronavirusNewsCOVID-19 UPDATE: WHO: Virus Surge Due to Peak in Big Countries

PilotnewsJune 22, 2020

GENEVA — The record levels of new daily COVID-19 cases are due to the fact that the pandemic is peaking in a number of big countries at the same time and reflect a change in the virus’ global activity, the World Health Organization said. At a media briefing on Monday, WHO’s emergencies chief Dr. Michael Ryan said that “the numbers are increasing because the epidemic is developing in a number of populous countries at the...

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Nigeria Collaborates With Australia to Address Environmental Challenges

EnvironmentNewsNigeria Collaborates With Australia to Address Environmental Challenges

PilotnewsJune 22, 2020

The Ministry of Environment says it will collaborate with Australian Government to address some environmental issues affecting Nigeria. Mrs. Sharon Ikeazor.the Minister of State for Environment made this known while receiving the Australian High Commissioner, Ms. Claire Ireland on Monday in Abuja. Ikeazor said that the Australian high commission had been working closely with the Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Mines and Steel where they share ideas on environmental and mineral resources issues. “Bear in...

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The Week in Football: German TV Deal Done, Liverpool Title

EuropeSportsThe Week in Football: German TV Deal Done, Liverpool Title

PilotnewsJune 22, 2020

Liverpool needs help if they are to clinch a first domestic championship in 30 years this week and a familiar face could say farewell to the Bundesliga, which will also reveal new television deals. In Spain meanwhile, the title race continues apace. After a low-key draw at Everton on Sunday, Liverpool can only clinch the title at home to Crystal Palace on Wednesday if Manchester City slips up at home to Burnley on Monday. But after 30 years since their last...

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Security Challenges: Presidency Summons Governors of North Central States

National SecurityNewsNigeriaSecurity Challenges: Presidency Summons Governors of North Central States

PilotnewsJune 22, 2020

The Governors of the North Central States of the Federation are currently meeting with the Chief of Staff to the President at the State House, Abuja, over security challenges in their respective domains. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the governors had earlier  met with the National Security Adviser to the President, retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno over similar issue. Monguno had on June 18, after security meeting with the president pledged to initiate a meeting with some state...

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Concerned APC Members Urge NEC to Dissolve NWC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsConcerned APC Members Urge NEC to Dissolve NWC

PilotnewsJune 22, 2020

A group, ‘Concerned All Progressives Congress (APC) members, has called on the APC National Executive Committee (NEC) to dissolve the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) to end the crisis rocking the ruling party. Group’s Convener, Mr. Okpokwu Ogenyi,  made the call on Monday while staging a protest at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja. Ogenyi said: “We are gathered here today to address the challenges facing our party. “The aims and objectives of the party are being bastardized, the...

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