Unical Medical Student Emerges Winner of Music Show, YouCanSing Season 2

EducationEntertainmentUnical Medical Student Emerges Winner of Music Show, YouCanSing Season 2

PilotnewsJanuary 13, 2022

A 20 year-old medical student from the University of Calabar (Unical), Miss Divine Great, has emerged winner of the second edition of the YouCanSing music show in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the music show Season 2 started on Oct. 3, 2021 with over 200 applicants from all over the country. The Edo born Great beat MarySavio Okundo from Ebonyi and Petra Alare from Delta, who finished as the first and...

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Yobe State Govt Expend OverN4b On 132 Primary Healthcare Centres

HealthYobe State Govt Expend OverN4b On 132 Primary Healthcare Centres

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 11, 2022

Yobe State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mohammed Lawan Gana said the state government has spent the sum of over N4 billion in the construction, rehabilitation, and expansion of 132 out of 178 Primary Healthcare Centres promised by governor Mai Mala Buni. Gana who was speaking on the progress of the projects said Governor Mai Mala Buni is committed to ensuring that primary healthcare services are provided at the doorstep of the electorate. “His Excellency Hon...

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Kano Targets Over 3.6m Children For Immunization

HealthKano Targets Over 3.6m Children For Immunization

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 11, 2022

KANO — Kano state government said it targets over 3.6 million children for immunization against poliomyelitis in the Maternal Newborn and Child Health Week (MNCHW) January campaign. Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje disclosed this on Sunday at Ungogo Local Government while flagging off the OBR1 and MNCHW January campaign in the State. Represented by his Deputy Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, the Governor said the MNCHW would be conducted alongside the Outbreak Response exercise (OBR1) where immunization personnel would...

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Jim Iyke’s Orchestration Revealed

EntertainmentFilmJim Iyke’s Orchestration Revealed

Favour Ebubechukwu (Staff Writer)January 10, 2022

LAGOS — In August last year, a video of Nollywood star, Jim Iyke- beating a fellow actor, Uche Maduagwu for questioning his source of wealth- went viral. The world of social media, being what it is, began its scandalous trend on both participants. During that period, Jim Iyke had a film project at hand. He revealed in an interview with Chude Jideonwo, published on Wednesday, 5th of January, 2021, that he paid Uche Maduagwu to...

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Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Others Send Tribute to Veteran Actor, Sidney Poitier

EntertainmentObituaryObama, Oprah Winfrey, Others Send Tribute to Veteran Actor, Sidney Poitier

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 8, 2022

Former President of the United States, Barack Obama; globally-renowned media personality, Oprah Winfrey; and other notable figures have sent glowing tributes to veteran actor Sidney Poitier. Poitier, who was the first black actor to win an Oscars award, died on Thursday night at the age of 94. According to a statement sent to THR by the family, it was noted that the actor spent his last days with family and friends. “There are no words to convey...

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Thanksgiving Service Episode 2: “”Any Pastor Wey Dey Look Me Bad Eye…..”

ColumnsLifestyleOpinionThanksgiving Service Episode 2: “”Any Pastor Wey Dey Look Me Bad Eye…..”

PilotnewsDecember 27, 2021

“Any Pastor Wey Dey Look Me Bad Eye as If Him Sef Be Saint, Na God Go Punish Am” I imagined myself grabbing her waist and moving mine in and out like I usually do in the other room. It felt like a pleasant heavenly dream until I was awoken with a violent slap. The building had gone quiet. I was faced with an angry and disgusted woman who had just slapped me. Pastors rushed...

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Thanksgiving Service Episode 3: “He Used His Thing to Put the Oil Inside Me”

ColumnsLifestyleOpinionThanksgiving Service Episode 3: “He Used His Thing to Put the Oil Inside Me”

PilotnewsDecember 27, 2021

“When we entered the altar place,” she began “Pastor Edwin asked me to wait for him in one room. The room resemble office but now look like self-contain apartment because parlour chair, bed and small wardrobe was there.” She pushed beyond the limitations of her fluency to paint a clearer picture. “Mhm?” I followed. “After some time, he came inside the room and said that God show him something.” A reckless driver I had been...

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Yuletide COVID-19 Surge: FTC Admin Bans Nightclubs, Parties, Religious Congregations

Crime & SecurityHealthNewsNigeriaYuletide COVID-19 Surge: FTC Admin Bans Nightclubs, Parties, Religious Congregations

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 26, 2021

The current status of COVID-19 in the Nation’s capital Abuja has forced the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to place ban on nightclubs, parties and religious congregations with over 50 worshippers. The administration in a statement Saturday by the Secretary, Health and Human Services Secretariat Dr. Abubakarl Tafida noted that the failure of residents to adopt simple preventive measures was worrisome. The statement said read in part, “Any gathering in excess of 50 people must...

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Feds Increases Hazard Allowance for Doctors, Other Healthcare Workers

HealthNewsNigeriaWellnessFeds Increases Hazard Allowance for Doctors, Other Healthcare Workers

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 26, 2021

It has been gathered that the Federal Government has increased the hazard allowance for medical doctors and other health workers in the country. It was also learnt that while the government increased the doctors’ allowance from N5,000 to between N32,000 and N40,000; other health workers like nurses, laboratory workers among others had theirs reviewed to between N15,000 and N34,000. This was according to a circular with reference number SWC/S/04/S.218/11/406 dated December 22, 2021 and signed...

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Barbed Oddities of the Conformist

ColumnsFiction & PoetryLifestyleBarbed Oddities of the Conformist

PilotnewsDecember 24, 2021

To dance another’s dance steps is to deprive your soul its freedom of expression. To think another’s thought is to suffocate the elasticity of your mind. To embrace war without defence is to dig a self-made grave. To fume anger without understanding is to get burnt with strange fire. To expect a harvest different from its seed is to nurture the weed of disappointment. To compare oneself to another is to fix round pegs into...

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