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Entertainment Sports19 States Participating As 38th Edition of Ramat Cup International Kicks Off in Kano

PilotnewsMarch 21, 2021

KANO — Teams from 19 states are participating in the 38th edition of the Ramat Cup International Under-16 Football Tournament which begins on Sunday in Kano, an official has said. Aliyu Kasim, the Kano State Chapter Secretary of Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria (YSFON), who is the tournament’s organisers, disclosed this on Sunday in Kano. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that players of teams from 17 of the states at the tournament...

Jobs News WellnessOverOne Hundred Physically Challenged Persons In Adamawa To Receive Training In Various Skills

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 20, 2021

In order to carry physically challenged persons in the scheme of things, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has flagged off the training of one hundred and five physically challenged persons in various skills across the twenty-one local governments in the state. The training programme was organized by the Adamawa State Poverty Alleviation and Wealth Creation Agency, PAWECA in collaboration with the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Development. Declaring open the training programme at the...

Africa Health NewsTanzania President Dies At the Age of 61

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 17, 2021

Tanzanian President, John Magufuli has died at the age of 61 from a heart condition. The Vice President, Samia Suluhu Hassan, said this in an address on state television on Wednesday. The news of his death broke out after days of uncertainty over his health and whereabout. According to the Vice President, “It is with deep regret that I inform you that today on the 17th of March, 2021 at 6 pm we lost our...

Lifestyle News Poverty200 Street Beggars And Almajiris Arrested In Kano

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 16, 2021

The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Dr. Zahra’u Muhammad-Umar, Kano state says 200 street beggars and almajiris were arrested for allegedly violating the law banning street begging in the state. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Dr. Zahra’u Muhammad-Umar, Kano state made this known to newsmen on Monday the ministry arrested the beggars and almajiris in Kano metropolis with 60 per cent being women, children and men, and 30 per cent...

Health News WellnessStrange Disease: Two Died, Over 100 Persons Hospitalize In Kano

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 16, 2021

KANO — The Kano State Ministry of Health has confirmed that two persons died while over 160 were taken ill from suspected food poisoning in Kano State. It was gathered that all the patients had taken expired citric acid powdered drinks which expired a year ago, but were still being sold in the market. The state’s epidemiologist, Dr. Bashir Lawan, said the index case was a six-year-old girl seen on March 6, 2021. He explained...

Africa Entertainment News Social MediaComedienne Emmanuella Wins Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards

PilotnewsMarch 16, 2021

ABUJA — Nigerian Comedienne Emmanuella has won Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Award 2021, for Favourite African Social Media Star. She posted this on her Instagram handle and thanked her family and fans for their massive support. She wrote: “Congratulations to me as I won the Favourite African Social Media Star category at the Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2021. I am so happy to be a winner, thank you! To all my fans out there, I say...

Health NewsNAFDAC Raises Alarm Over Fake COVID-19 Vaccine In Nigeria

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 16, 2021

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has issued warning to Nigerians to be wary of fake COVID-19 vaccines in the country. The organization on Sunday also warned Nigerians to “refrain from procuring the vaccine online to avoid falling into the wrong hands of merchants of death.” The agency called on Nigerians to be vigilant and expose anyone who might want to divert COVID-19 vaccines donated by international organizations for profiteering. The...

Crime & Security HealthNAFDAC Destroys Over N2b Counterfeit Drugs, Vaccines

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 15, 2021

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed counterfeit drugs and vaccines, cosmetics, and expired food items worth over N2 billion. A statement by the agency’s Resident Media Consultant, Sayo Akintola, in Abuja said the destruction exercise took place in Kano and Awka, the Anambra State capital. It stated that the agency’s operatives had combed the nooks and crannies of three geo-political zones, namely, North West, South East, and South-South,...

Entertainment MusicBurna Boy, Wizkid`s Grammy Awards inspiration to Nigerian youths-APC

PilotnewsMarch 15, 2021

ABUJA — The All Progressives Congress (APC) says Nigeria’s Afrobeat stars, Damini Ogulu, known as Burna Boy and Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun also known as Wizkid awards at the 63rd 2021 Grammys in Los Angeles was an inspiration to Nigerian youths. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary of APC Caretaker and Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Akpanudoedehe said winning the awards was unarguably Nigeria’s biggest moment on the...

Business Food NewsPrices of Foodstuffs Soar in Enugu Major Markets – Survey

PilotnewsMarch 14, 2021

ENUGU — Prices of some foodstuffs, particularly eggs, beans and crayfish have continued to rise in Enugu State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. NAN correspondent, who conducted a market survey in Enugu on Saturday, reports that the prices of foodstuffs had increased significantly between January and March. A 4.5 litre bucket of beans now sells for between N1,000 and N1, 200 as against N800 and N1, 000 sold in January, depending on the...

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