North East Development Commission Distributes Food Items To Over 100 IDPs

Local GovernmentNewsNorth East Development Commission Distributes Food Items To Over 100 IDPs

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 12, 2021

The North East Development Commission ( NEDC) has distributed food items and clothing materials to over 100 Internally Displaced Persons’ Households from Borno and Yobe state, residing in Adamawa. Items distributed include bags of rice, cooking oil, wrappers, detergents, blankets, and mats, among other materials. Speaking during the presentation of the items, on Wednesday, in Yola, Mrs. Fatima Bakari, Head of Yola office of the Commission, said that the intervention was to bring hope and...

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LG Poll: Delta Speaker, Others Hail Peaceful Conduct

Local GovernmentPoliticsLG Poll: Delta Speaker, Others Hail Peaceful Conduct

PilotnewsMarch 6, 2021

WARRI — The Speaker, Delta House of Assembly, Mr. Sheriff Oborevwori, has commended the peaceful conduct of the Saturday council poll across the state. Oborevwori made the commendation shortly after he cast his vote at about 10:05 a.m. in Unit 9 Ward 6 in Osubi, Okpe Local Government Area of the state. “I want to tell you that the election is peaceful. Everybody accepts the candidature of Mr. Isaiah Isiovwa as Chairman of Okpe Local...

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PDP Optimistic of Victory in Delta LG Poll

Local GovernmentNewsNigeriaPoliticsPDP Optimistic of Victory in Delta LG Poll

PilotnewsMarch 3, 2021

ASABA — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed optimism of a landslide victory at the March 6 Delta local government councils poll. Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza, the state PDP Publicity Secretary, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Asaba on Wednesday. “The PDP is fully confident of achieving a landslide victory in the March 6 council poll. “We have campaigned vigorously and comprehensively with visible and verifiable achievements in...

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Anambra Assembly Expresses Worry Over Spike in Criminal Activities

Crime & SecurityLocal GovernmentNewsNigeriaAnambra Assembly Expresses Worry Over Spike in Criminal Activities

PilotnewsMarch 3, 2021

AWKA — The Anambra House of Assembly has expressed worry over the increasing rate of crimes in the state and called for urgent measures to address the menace. Mr. Noble Igwe, representing Ogbaru 1 Constituency, while speaking on a matter of urgent public importance, on Tuesday, lamented that the rate of crime had triggered fear among the residents. Igwe said there were recent reports of residents who had been victims of a wide range of...

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Enugu Govt Imposes Curfew on Oruku Community, Nkanu East LGA

Crime & SecurityLocal GovernmentNewsEnugu Govt Imposes Curfew on Oruku Community, Nkanu East LGA

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)February 26, 2021

The recent gruesome murder of the Vice-Chairman of Oruku Town Union Caretaker Committee, Chief Samuel Ani has led to the imposition of curfew in Oruku community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State. In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Nnayelugo Chidi Aroh, the 6pm to 6 am curfew was imposed by Gov. Ugwuanyi, pursuant to Executive Order No. 2: 2021, dated 25th February 2021. “The curfew which is between the...

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Violent Mars Selection of New Mai Tangale, Governor Yahaya Suspends The Process

Crime & SecurityCulture & TraditionLocal GovernmentViolent Mars Selection of New Mai Tangale, Governor Yahaya Suspends The Process

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 21, 2021

Gombe State governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has suspended all proceedings leading to the selection of a new traditional ruler of Tangale Chiefdom until peace is fully restored to the troubled area engulfed with days of violent protests. The action follows the confirmation by the state’s commissioner of Police; Maikudi Shehu, that three persons have been killed during the crises. The police commissioner who spoke when the governor led some members of the government on an...

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Herders, Farmers’ Clashes: Ebonyi Govt Seeks Strict Herders’ Profiling

Crime & SecurityLocal GovernmentNewsNigeriaHerders, Farmers’ Clashes: Ebonyi Govt Seeks Strict Herders’ Profiling

PilotnewsFebruary 19, 2021

ABAKALIKI — The Ebonyi government has called for strict enforcement of herders’ profiling to check the incessant clashes between them and farmers in the state. Gov. David Umahi made the call on Friday in Abakaliki during a stakeholders’ meeting convened by the Commissioner of Police in the state to evolve ways of permanently checking the clashes. Umahi, represented by Mr. Stanley Okoro-Emegha, Commissioner for Border, Peace, and Internal Security, expressed disappointment that the government’s directive...

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Rep Azubogu Inspects Ongoing Akaniru NAUTH Road

InfrastructureLocal GovernmentNewsRep Azubogu Inspects Ongoing Akaniru NAUTH Road

PilotnewsFebruary 19, 2021

Azubogu Inspects ongoing Akamili- NAUTH Permanent Site Road Project he facilitated … Says road will give access to Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Permanent Site. Leading Governorship aspirant under the People’s Democratic Party  (PDP), Engr Chris Azubogu, on Thursday inspected the ongoing completion of road project at Akamili portion of the kilometre Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) Permanent Site/Blaze FM road project which was facilitated from federal Government. The road is 90% completed apart...

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President Buhari Names Abdulrasheed Bawa as New EFCC Boss

Local GovernmentNewsNigeriaPresident Buhari Names Abdulrasheed Bawa as New EFCC Boss

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 16, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has named Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa as the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The President also requested the Senate to confirm Bawa’s nomination. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina disclosed in a statement on Tuesday. The statement is titled, “President Buhari requests Senate to confirm Abdulrasheed Bawa as EFCC boss.” The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm...

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Shasha Crisis Update: Akeredolu Warns Against Lawlessness

Local GovernmentNewsNigeriaShasha Crisis Update: Akeredolu Warns Against Lawlessness

Beloved John (Staff Writer)February 16, 2021

The governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has called on citizens residing in Shasha vicinity of Ibadan to maintain peace and remain law abiding in the face of the crisis that recently plunged the area. The governor, while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday evening, said that he is vehemently opposed to citizens taking of laws into one’s hand. Shasha, a town located in Akinyele local government area had been engulfed in a...

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