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Africa EconomyPresident Buhari To Attend African Finance Summit In Paris

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 16, 2021

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday depart Abuja for Paris, France, on a four-day official visit to attend African Finance Summit. The Summit will be focused on reviewing the African economy, following shocks from the Coronavirus pandemic, and getting relief, especially from increased debt burden on countries. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity) in a statement on Saturday said the Summit will be hosted by President Emmanuel Macron. The...

Africa National Security OpinionOPINION: Crisis in Mozambique is Grabbing the World’s Attention

PilotnewsMay 14, 2021

By Michelle Gavin, Columnist and Blogger As the insurgency in northern Mozambique continues to escalate, not only is the humanitarian crisis deepening, but the instability’s ripple effects are being felt far beyond Mozambique’s borders. Over 700,000 people in the region have been internally displaced, and nearly a million are facing severe hunger. Humanitarian appeals have struggled to attract sufficient funding, but developments in the region suggest that some elements of the crisis definitely have the world’s...

Africa NewsOsinbajo in Kampala to Represent Nigerian at Museveni’s Inauguration

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 12, 2021

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has arrived in Kampala, Uganda, to represent Nigeria at the inauguration of re-elected Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni. The event, which comes up on Wednesday at the Independence Grounds in Kampala, will be Museveni’s sixth inauguration as a democratically-elected leader. Museveni was declared winner of January 14, 2021, election after defeating National Unity Platform’s candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine. Nigeria and Uganda share cultural, social, and economic similarities. Both...

Africa National Development NewsGroup Urges Nigerian Youths to Resist Being Used for Crime

PilotnewsMay 7, 2021

OWERRI — Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) network, a United States Government initiative for African youth, has urged Nigerian youths to resist being used as tool to perpetrate crime. YALI Regional Ambassador for Africa, Mr. Abah Ikwue, said this to newsmen in Owerri on Friday while baring his mind on the current spate of insecurity in parts of the country. Ikwue, a lecturer in the Department of English and Literature of the Alvan Ikoku Federal College...

Africa Health LabourNurses, Midwives in Uganda Go On Strike Over Payment

PilotnewsMay 6, 2021

KAMPALA — Nurses and midwives in Uganda on Thursday started their sit-down strike after they failed to reach a consensus with government overpayment of their lunch allowance. Justus Cherop Kiplangat, president of Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union, told Xinhua by telephone that only critical personnel were allowed to work in the emergency section and intensive care units. Kiplangat said the country’s President Yoweri Museveni on May 12, 2018 promised to increase the lunch allowance of...

Africa Crime & Security OpinionOPINION: Measuring Boko Haram’s Impact on State Security Services

PilotnewsMay 5, 2021

By John Campbell and Asch Harwood The Nigerian state security apparatus has a long history of human rights violations. Most recently, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a notorious Nigerian police unit, made international headlines for its brutality and a wave of massive protests calling for its disbandment—which were then quashed by security services in a horrifying massacre of peaceful protestors. In many instances, the military’s response to Boko Haram has been similarly heavy-handed and indiscriminate. Abuses have been...

Africa Health News16.6 Million Africans Miss Measles Vaccines – WHO

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 22, 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) says about 16.6 million children in Africa missed planned supplemental measles vaccine doses between January 2020 and April 2021 due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic ravaging. The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Ms. Matshidiso Moeti, made this known during a virtual press conference facilitated by APO Group on Thursday. Report has it that Measles is highly contagious, requiring at least 95 per cent immunization coverage in the population to prevent...

Africa News PoliticsDjibouti’s Incumbent President, Guelleh Re-elected Based on Provisional Results

PilotnewsApril 10, 2021

ADDIS ABABA — Djibouti’s incumbent President Ismail Omar Guelleh has been re-elected, according to the provisional results released on Saturday. The country’s Interior Minister Moumin Ahmed Cheick told local media that the provisional results showed Guelleh to have won over 98 per cent of the vote. Voters on Friday went to the polls, which lasted until 7:00 p.m. local time as counting proceeded soon after. Confirmed results would be released by the Constitutional Council several...

Africa Infrastructure NewsSudan Says Nile Dam Talks End Without Progress Due to “Ethiopian Obstinacy”

PilotnewsApril 7, 2021

KHARTOUM — Sudan has blamed the lack of progress during the new round of talks over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on “Ethiopian obstinacy.” “A round of talks over the GERD was concluded on Tuesday in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa without any progress because of the Ethiopian obstinacy,” said Sudan’s negotiating team in a statement. “Ethiopia has persistently rejected all alternative options and compromises proposed by Sudan to give a role to the...

Africa Columns Crime & Security OpinionOPINION: Foreign Involvement Growing in Mozambique Counterinsurgency

PilotnewsApril 7, 2021

By John Campbell, Guest Columnist & Blogger ______ Jihadi attacks in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province are accelerating, with heavy fighting breaking out around the town of Palma. In response, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa sent South African troops to evacuate South African nationals. The French oil and gas company Total has evacuated its employees from its Afungi gas facility and suspended construction on a $20 billion project. The Maputo government has, for much of the insurgency, routinely declined international help. But with the...

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Enugu Govt Commissions Centre For DNA Forensics And Criminal Investigation

Senate Approves Tinubu-Backed State Police Bill

Senate passes Constitution Alteration Bill establishing state police

Governor Fintiri Appoints Ex-SGF Mustapha to Security Trust Fund board

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Airline: Green Africa has launched zero naira fare campaign

Nigeria Ranks Sixth in 2022 Africa Visa Openness Index

Fuel scarcity: NNPC assures Nigerians of steady petrol supply

Second Niger Bridge Will Be Open Only For Other Vehicles Not Heavy Duty Trucks ― FRSC

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Business News NigeriaFG Concessions Akanu Ibiam Airport Enugu To Aero Alliance Limited

Business News NigeriaFG Issues Guidelines for Transition to New Tax Regime

Business News NigeriaFG, Enugu International Airport Negotiate Direct Cargo Flight To China

FG Approves S-OIRF Disbursement To States Over Ebola Virus Disease

Ebola: Overseas Arrivals through Enugu Must Complete a Health Declaration Form

Plateau state records reduction of Malaria prevalence

NGO Refurbishes the Neonatal Unit ParkLane Hospital Enugu

Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu Workers On Strike