OPINION: In Anambra Int’l Airport Project Obiano Symbolises the Indomitable Anambra Spirit

Aviation-AirportsInfrastructureOpinionOPINION: In Anambra Int’l Airport Project Obiano Symbolises the Indomitable Anambra Spirit

PilotnewsMay 3, 2021

By Joe C. Anatune, Guest Columnist and Blogger   One thing we and many others concede to Governor Willie Obiano is his consistent personality before and in government. He has a bounce and style that is essentially Willie Obiano. He has not morphed into something different since I came across him in the early days of The League of Anambra Professionals when we used to converge and meet at Dr. Ndi Onuekwusi’s Ikoyi residence. Today,...

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Abia Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, Signs Water Bill into Law

InfrastructureNewsAbia Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, Signs Water Bill into Law

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 28, 2021

Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia Tuesday signed the Abia State Water Bill into law to facilitate the state government efforts in providing affordable potable water to all households in the state. Speaking during the ceremony at the Government House, Umuahia, Ikpeazu described water as a very critical element that played an important role in improving the socioeconomic status of citizens. The governor said that the law would provide a legal framework that would guide the...

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Abia to Produce Master Plan For Umuahia, Aba, Ohafia

Housing & DevelopmentInfrastructureNewsAbia to Produce Master Plan For Umuahia, Aba, Ohafia

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 28, 2021

Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia says his administration has commenced work to produce a sustainable master plan for the cities of Umuahia, Aba, and Ohafia. Ikpeazu said this on Tuesday when members of the University of Nigeria Alumni Association (UNAA) paid him a visit at the Government House, Umuahia. He said the master plan would help to fast-track even socio-economic development and address the haphazard development pattern in the state. “It will surprise you to...

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Network Failure: JAMB To Refund Fees For Candidates

EducationInfrastructureNewsTelecommunicationNetwork Failure: JAMB To Refund Fees For Candidates

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 27, 2021

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said candidates who could not generate profile codes to register for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) because of poor or network failure from telecommunication service providers will get a refund. Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede after a meeting with stakeholders yesterday at the headquarters of the board in Bwari, said the service providers and JAMB agreed on refund to candidates who could not access...

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Sudan Says Nile Dam Talks End Without Progress Due to “Ethiopian Obstinacy”

AfricaInfrastructureNewsSudan 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...

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Kebbi Residents Hail FG for Reconstructing Tuga Bridge

InfrastructureLocal GovernmentNewsNigeriaKebbi Residents Hail FG for Reconstructing Tuga Bridge

PilotnewsApril 7, 2021

BAGUDO — Motorists and residents in Bagudo Local Government Area of Kebbi have commended the Federal Government for reconstructing the Tuga bridge that links Nigeria with Benin and Niger Republics. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Tuga bridge was washed away by flood in 2020, cutting off Bagudo LGA from the rest of the state. Tuga bridge when it was washed away by the flood in 2020. Malam Umar Muhammad, a driver,...

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Delta Govt. Will Provide Facilities for New Varsities’ Takeoff — Okowa

EducationInfrastructureDelta Govt. Will Provide Facilities for New Varsities’ Takeoff — Okowa

PilotnewsApril 7, 2021

ASABA — Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has pledged to provide the major facilities needed for the full take-off of the three newly established universities in the state, within the limits of available resources. The governor disclosed this, on Tuesday, while inspecting ongoing projects at the new Dennis Osadebe University, Asaba. He said that he would do everything humanly possible, in the remaining two years of his administration, to ensure that the universities ran all...

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Federal Government Rejects Plans To Upgrade Health Facilities In Adamawa

HealthInfrastructureFederal Government Rejects Plans To Upgrade Health Facilities In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 31, 2021

The Federal Government has rejected plans by the Senate to upgrade some medical facilities to tertiary health institutions in Adamawa State. The Senate is proposing three bills to give legal backing to the upgrade of the health institutions. The bills sponsored by the Senator representing Adamawa Central, Aisha Dahiru Ahmed Binani include the National Dermatology Hospital, Garkida Adamawa, Establishment Bill 2021; Teaching Hospital for the Modibbo Adama University, Yola and Federal Medical Centres Establishment Bill....

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Anambra International Airport: Obiano’s Ultimate Seal Of Excellence In Leadership

Aviation-AirportsInfrastructureNewsNigeriaAnambra International Airport: Obiano’s Ultimate Seal Of Excellence In Leadership

PilotnewsMarch 30, 2021

By James Eze Standing on the tenth floor of the Control Tower of the Anambra International Airport, Umueri two days ago, I felt a tremor ripple through me. Six months earlier, the spot where the tower stands was a wrinkled patch of earth. Now upon it stands a towering monument to the resilience of a proud and enterprising people. It suddenly dawned on me that sometimes; the thin line between dream and reality is fear…fear...

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Adamawa State Government Poised to Complete Initiated And Abandoned Projects Across The State

InfrastructureNational DevelopmentNewsAdamawa State Government Poised to Complete Initiated And Abandoned Projects Across The State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 30, 2021

YOLA —  Commissioner Information and Strategy, Adamawa state Comrade Umar Garba Pella has reiterated government resolve to complete all projects initiated by the present administration and those abandoned by the previous regime in the state. Comrade Pella gave the assurance in an interview with The West African Pilot News said the present administration is poised to deliver the mandate of the majority of people who voted it into power through the provision of infrastructures across...

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