Foodstuff Traders In Enugu Attribute Rise In Cost To Insecurity

BusinessFoodFoodstuff Traders In Enugu Attribute Rise In Cost To Insecurity

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)July 28, 2021

ENUGU — The menace of suspected Fulani herdsmen at farm settlements in Enugu state has crippled rate of farm produce in the state resulting in the high cost of foodstuffs in the market. Speaking to WAPN correspondent, a vegetable seller in the popular New Market Enugu, who pleaded anonymity explained, “The cost of foodstuffs are very high now as opposed to what it used to be at this time of year, rainy season,” “This is...

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Disability Group, Sightsavers, Calls for Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities as Buhari Jets to London for Education Summit

HealthNewsWellnessDisability Group, Sightsavers, Calls for Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities as Buhari Jets to London for Education Summit

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 27, 2021

A disability group, Sightsavers, has called on the government of Nigeria to ensure that children with disabilities are not left out in the coming global education summit. Sightsavers made the call as Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari travel to the United Kingdom on Monday to participate in the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021-2025. According to the disability group, “Nigeria has the greatest number of children out of school in the...

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Buhari Travels to London for Medical Check-Up, Education Summit

HealthTravelBuhari Travels to London for Medical Check-Up, Education Summit

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 27, 2021

ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday will travel to the United Kingdom. This was disclosed in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. The President’s aide explained that his employer would embark on the trip to participate in the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021-2025. After the event, Adesina said that the President would spend few days in the United Kingdom for an earlier...

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President Buhari To Spend Three Weeks Outside Nigeria

HealthNewsWellnessPresident Buhari To Spend Three Weeks Outside Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 26, 2021

ABUJA — Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina had announced on Monday in a statement that President Muhammadu Buhari will be in London till the second week of August. Adesina said the president will first attend a summit in the United Kingdom before seeing his doctors. Buhari was due in London for medical checkup last week but the trip was postponed for an undisclosed reason. “President Muhammadu Buhari will today Monday, July 26, 2021, travel to the...

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Concerning Questions over Sacking of Pastors at the Winners Chapel Church

ColumnsLifestyleOpinionRegionsConcerning Questions over Sacking of Pastors at the Winners Chapel Church

PilotnewsJuly 24, 20211

Talks and comments have emerged following the video of a pastor sacked from the Winners Chapel Church. The pastor named Pastor Peter Godwin narrated his ordeal on the AreaTV platform. An excerpt from the letter he showed, dated June 25th, 2021, reads: “Consequent upon the recent performance reviews which revealed that your Church growth index falls below expectations. “Please be informed that your services as a Pastor-in-charge are no longer required from this Commission with...

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Over 300 Persons Admitted of Cholera

HealthOver 300 Persons Admitted of Cholera

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 23, 2021

Over 300 persons have been admitted of cholera following an outbreak of the disease in the Dass Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Director of Programmes, Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BASPHCDA) Hajia Suwaiba Yakubu Jibrin was in Dass Local Government Area of the state on Thursday where she assessed the situation of the outbreak in the area. The ActionAid Nigeria has urged the state government and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)...

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The Hidden Lesson of Obi Cubana’s Mum’s Funeral

ColumnsLifestylePeopleThe Hidden Lesson of Obi Cubana’s Mum’s Funeral

PilotnewsJuly 21, 20211

Reactions of disgust about how wasteful and showy the Igbos are, and defensive responses to such reactions, have flooded the internet following the trend of the affluent burial ceremony of Mr. Obinna Iyiegbu’s (“Obi Cubana”) mother. High-class businessmen, politicians, and celebrities such as Mr. Emeka Agbanari, Mr. Emeka Okonkwo popularly known as E money, Jowi Zaza, Hon. Akin Alabi, Abba Kyari, Kanayo O Kanayo, Zubby Michael, Williams Uchemba, D’banj, Patoranking, Davido, Phyno, Kcee, Man like...

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Can We Be People? ―psychological relevance of unity and faith, peace and progress

ColumnsFiction & PoetryLifestyleCan We Be People? ―psychological relevance of unity and faith, peace and progress

PilotnewsJuly 20, 2021

  People whose placement in seats spells out s.e.r.v.i.c.e not subjugation; hose understanding of positions lies in the country’s motto: unity and faith, peace and progress, where unity beats instigation of violence and stir faith in her citizens, resulting in the wholeness that brings progress. People who uproot the weed of greed when saddled with the responsibility of multiplicity and distribution of the nation’s wealth. People who carry on their lips, words of inclusion, fairness...

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Cholera Cases On the Rise in Nigeria

HealthNewsWellnessCholera Cases On the Rise in Nigeria

Beloved John (Staff Writer)July 19, 2021

ABUJA — Concerns about the sudden spread of Cholera is beginning to grow among the authorities as the numbers of suspected cases and death continue to rise. 604 suspected cases alongside 54 deaths caused by the infection have been recorded within six area councils in Abuja. Cholera is an acute diarrheal infection caused by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with bacterium. Ramatu Aliyu, the minister of state for the federal capital territory, who...

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Seven Persons Dead In New Artisan Market Enugu, Cholera Outbreak Suspected

HealthWellnessSeven Persons Dead In New Artisan Market Enugu, Cholera Outbreak Suspected

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)July 16, 2021

ENUGU –-Nineteen critically ill persons and seven dead bodies were discovered at the early hours of Friday at the livestock market popularly known as New Artisan market situated along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, near NNPC Mega Filling station. The Chairman of the Livestock Market, Alhaji Danladi Abubarkar, disclosed that all the affected persons were stooling and vomiting. “Residents of the market woke up to discover seven dead bodies, four men and three women,” Abubarkar revealed. He...

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