COVID-19: Most Adorable Queen in Nigeria Contest Postponed – Organisers

CoronavirusLifestyleCOVID-19: Most Adorable Queen in Nigeria Contest Postponed – Organisers

PilotnewsMarch 31, 2020

Pearl Entertainment Modeling Concept (PEMC), the organisers of the forthcoming 2020 Most Adorable Queen In Nigeria/Nigeria Noble Achievers Award,  has postponed the event due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Samuel Osioh, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PEMC, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos that the decision to postpone the event was taken in collaboration with its sponsors and partner. Osioh said that 20 contestants had registered for the 3rd...

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BREAKING: COVID-19: No Increase in Electricity Tariff Now — Minister

CoronavirusEconomyBREAKING: COVID-19: No Increase in Electricity Tariff Now — Minister

PilotnewsMarch 31, 2020

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says there will be a 3-month delay in the implementation of any electricity tariff. Minister of Power, Mr. Sale Mamman made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Mamman said that the delay in the implementation of the tariff was one of several critical actions that the administration was taking to ensure citizens have power supply in this difficult time. He said that the 3-month delay in...

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Nigerian Army sack General For Asking Weapons To Fight Boko Haram

NewsNigeriaNigerian Army sack General For Asking Weapons To Fight Boko Haram

PilotnewsMarch 31, 2020

The Nigerian Army led by  Lt. General Tukur Buratai, Chief of Army Staff, is reported to have  removed General Olusegun Adeniyi, who recently appeared in a viral video beggingmilitary authorities to supply them with weapons and accurate intelligence to combat Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East region. Adeniyi, who is Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, in the viral video lamented how his men were outgunned and ambushed while on an operation in Borno. West...

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UPDATE: One Feared dead as Inmates In Kaduna Prison Attempt Jailbreak Over Coronavirus

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaUPDATE: One Feared dead as Inmates In Kaduna Prison Attempt Jailbreak Over Coronavirus

PilotnewsMarch 31, 2020

Violence protest had on Tuesday ensued at Kaduna Correctional Centre (Prison) when inmates attempted a jailbreak over the Coronavirus pandemic in the country. An inside source at the centre confided that the inmates, who fear that they could contract the deadly virus going by the poor ventilation and lack of protective items in the facility, thronged  in large numbers in the morning hours of Tuesday, in an attempt to break free from the correctional centre....

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COVID-19: Jigawa Govt. Suspends Weekly Markets

CoronavirusEconomyNigeriaCOVID-19: Jigawa Govt. Suspends Weekly Markets

PilotnewsMarch 31, 2020

The Jigawa Commissioner for Health, Dr Abba Zakari, on Monday suspended all weekly markets in the state as part of measures to curb the spread of Coronavirus. Zakari, who said this while briefing newsmen on COVID-19 in Dutse, added that such markets were suspended in all the 27 local government areas of the state. According to him, the suspension is part of the precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the global COVID-19 pandemic in...

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COVID-19: Gov. Wike Imposes Dusk to Dawn Curfew

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Gov. Wike Imposes Dusk to Dawn Curfew

PilotnewsMarch 31, 2020

Residents of parts of Port Harcourt were forced off the streets on Tuesday by security personnel as Gov. Nyesom Wike imposed a dusk to dawn curfew in parts of the state. Residents who went out as early as 6am were driven back by security personnel in Obiri-Ikwerre Junction (Ozuoba, Rumualogu) – Choba and from Education Bus Stop – Agip Junction. Some residents in the affected areas told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that they woke up to see that...

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The Misplaced Outrage by Nigerians, Over Payment of Tithes and Offerings

NewsNigeriaOpinionThe Misplaced Outrage by Nigerians, Over Payment of Tithes and Offerings

PilotnewsMarch 30, 2020

A lot of people may want to pretend that they are not aware that membership of any socio-cultural, religious, political, economic, or any other group, attracts forms of financial commitment. Even citizenship is not for free, because citizens show financial commitment through the payment of taxes. No meaningful establishment can stand without the monetary contributions of its members. When you willfully belong to any legally recognized group, the nomenclature notwithstanding, and you make financial contributions...

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: ‘Gov Darius Dickson is the Worst Governor in Nigeria’- Ambassador Hassan Ardo

ExclusiveNewsNigeriaEXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: ‘Gov Darius Dickson is the Worst Governor in Nigeria’- Ambassador Hassan Ardo

PilotnewsMarch 30, 2020

Ambassador Hassan Jika Ardo, needs no introduction in Nigerian politics; he was former Chairman of CPC and pioneer Chairman of APC in Taraba state before he was appointed as Nigerian Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago with concurrent accreditation to Guyana, Commonwealth of Dominica, Suriname, Barbados, and Grenada all in the Caribbean -southern America. In this exclusive interview with The West African Pilot News’s regional correspondent Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, the fiery politician Ambassador Ardo bares his mind...

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