Adamawa Govt Declares Councillor Wanted Over Cattle Rustling

BusinessCrime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAdamawa Govt Declares Councillor Wanted Over Cattle Rustling

PilotnewsMay 14, 2020

The Adamawa Government has declared Mr Makana Enan Ngari, councillor, representing Vulpi Ward, in Numan Local Government Area (LGA) of the state wanted over alleged cattle rustling. This was contained in a statement by Mr Humwashi Wonosikou, Press Secretary to Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri on Wednesday in Yola. He said that the councillor was allegedly involved in illegal and criminal deals of cattle rustling which was contrary to his oath of office. Wonosikou said that the...

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Twitter Announces Plans to Allow Employees to Work from Home Forever

BusinessCoronavirusNewsPress * MediaWorld NewsTwitter Announces Plans to Allow Employees to Work from Home Forever

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 13, 2020

The social media giant, Twitter, had announced on Tuesday, its plans to let all its employees who wish to work from home to do so for the foreseeable future. It says this will also be allowed in the post-COVID-19 world. The company made this known in a statement on Tuesday. The company said that the past few months had seen its staff work remotely is proof that it can work. The statement read in part,...

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Ethiopia’s Only Ventilator Expert Races to Train Others as Virus Spreads

AfricaBusinessCoronavirusNewsEthiopia’s Only Ventilator Expert Races to Train Others as Virus Spreads

PilotnewsMay 13, 2020

ADDIS ABABA  – As the coronavirus epidemic gains a foothold in Ethiopia, Habtamu Kehali’s skills in operating a ventilator may, for increasing numbers of patients, mean the difference between life and death. As the country’s only respiratory therapist, Kehali is rushing to train others to run the machines used to keep severely ill COVID-19 patients breathing. “We only have few patients who are under intensive (coronavirus) care but if the number is going to increase there is...

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Traders reject Fresh Lockdown, Task Govt. on Speedy Testing for Coronavirus

BusinessCoronavirusNewsNigeriaTraders reject Fresh Lockdown, Task Govt. on Speedy Testing for Coronavirus

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

Some traders at the Balogun Lagos Trade Fair Complex market on Monday expressed misgivings on the planned fresh lockdown by the Lagos State government to check the spread of coronavirus pandemic. The traders, who expressed relief for the subsisting three days a week trading period instead of total lockdown that was the situation some weeks ago, urged the government to speed-up testing capacity to capture infected persons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos...

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IPMAN Confirms Purchase of PMS at N108 Per Litre Ex-Depot Price

BusinessOil & GasIPMAN Confirms Purchase of PMS at N108 Per Litre Ex-Depot Price

PilotnewsMay 10, 2020

The President,  Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Mr Chinedu Okoronkwo says its members have started buying Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol at N108 ex-depot price as announced by NNPC. Okoronkwo made this known in an Interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, on Sunday. NAN recalls that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had on May 6, announced a reduction in the ex-depot price of PMS from...

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Lockdown: Traders in Aba Threaten Reopening Markets

BusinessCoronavirusMarketsNigeriaLockdown: Traders in Aba Threaten Reopening Markets

PilotnewsMay 7, 2020

Traders in Aba have threatened to reopen their shops in major markets if Abia Ministry of Trade and Investment continue delaying the reopening. Some residents who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) disclosed this in separate interviews on Thursday in Aba. Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia had on May 1, at a meeting with market leaders and other stakeholders outlined modalities for gradual relaxation of lockdown. The modalities included setting up 17-man COVID-19...

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CBN Disburses Loan to Maize Farmers in Anambra

BusinessMoneyNewsNigeriaCBN Disburses Loan to Maize Farmers in Anambra

PilotnewsMay 7, 2020

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has commenced the disbursement of loans to maize farmers in Anambra under its Anchor Borrower Programme meant for the 2019 farming season. Speaking at the event on Thursday, Mrs. Bridget Okpalaeke, the Development Finance Officer of CBN, Awka branch explained that the inauguration was delayed due to heavy flooding in 2019. Okpalaeke, who noted that the loan granted to the farmers was to aid them financially, explained that CBN...

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ADAPALM Can Employ 35,000 People – Gov. Uzodimma

BusinessJobsNewsNigeriaADAPALM Can Employ 35,000 People – Gov. Uzodimma

PilotnewsMay 7, 2020

Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo on Wednesday said the state’s Palm Oil Producing Industry, ADAPALM, could employ about 35,000 people if fully revived. The governor said this while on inspection visit to the palm oil industry to have on-the-spot assessment of the state of affairs in the industry. He said the industry if revived, would help the state government in facilitating industrial growth, harmony, expansion, and increased productivity. Uzodinma said he was happy that production had...

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Nigerians Await New Petrol Pump Price as Depot Price Reduces by N5

BusinessNigeriaOil & GasNigerians Await New Petrol Pump Price as Depot Price Reduces by N5

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 7, 2020

The Nigerian National Petroleum Commission (NNPC) Tuesday, announced a reduction in the depot price of petrol from N113.28 per litre to N108 per litre. The reduction comes barely 3 weeks after it reduced the deport price of petrol from N133.28 per itre to 113.28 per litre which resulted in the slash in the retail price of petrol from N145 to N125 per litre. At the time, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) said according...

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COVID-19: FG Grants 2-Month Licence Fee Waiver to Broadcast Stations

BusinessNigeriaTV & RadioCOVID-19: FG Grants 2-Month Licence Fee Waiver to Broadcast Stations

PilotnewsMay 6, 2020

The Federal Government has granted a two-month licence fee waiver for terrestrial broadcast stations in the country as part of measures to cushion the effect of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the broadcast industry. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this at a meeting with the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) on Wednesday in Abuja. Mohammed informed the meeting that he had approved the request by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to...

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