BusinessNewsRegionsNew CAMA No Threat to Religious Freedom – Legal Practitioner

PilotnewsAugust 27, 2020

Mr. Frank Tietie, an Abuja based lawyer and Human Rights activist, says the newly amended Company and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) poses no threat to religious freedom. Tietie spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari signed CAMA into law on Aug. 7, to facilitate the ease of doing business in the country. But a part of the law, particularly section 839, was...

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Unemployment Tragedies in Nigeria: Four PhD, 200 Master Holders Have Applied for FG ₦20,000 Contract Job

EconomyLabourNewsNigeriaUnemployment Tragedies in Nigeria: Four PhD, 200 Master Holders Have Applied for FG ₦20,000 Contract Job

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 27, 2020

The tragedy of unemployment in Nigeria is taking another dimension in the public space with the published report of four Ph.D. holders and 200 master holders who have applied for the 774,000 Federal Government (FG) contract jobs which are just ₦20,000. According to the Ogun State Chairman of Special Public Works, Senator Gbenga Obadara in an interview with journalists, he disclosed that “Four Ph.D. and 200 master’s degree holders have applied,” for the FG contract...

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Niger SDGs Trains 500 Youths, Women on Briquettes, Borehole Repairs

JobsNewsNigeriaNiger SDGs Trains 500 Youths, Women on Briquettes, Borehole Repairs

PilotnewsAugust 26, 2020

The Niger State Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has commenced training of about 500  youths and women in Briquette making and borehole repairs in Bida  Local Government Area of the state. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Niger State Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) had in July trained about 500 youths and women on Briquette making and borehole repairs in Zone B in Suleja Local Government Area of the state. Gov. Abubakar Bello while launching the...

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JobsNewsPolitics774 Job: PDP Reps Threaten to Sue FG Over Allocation

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 25, 2020

The People’s Democratic Party Caucus in the House of Representatives has threatened to sue Federal Government over what it described as breached in relation to the FG’s Special Works Project designed to provide 774,000 jobs in the country. A few weeks ago, the caucus rejected the allocation of only 25 slots to members of the House of Representatives as against the 30 slots allocated to the upper chamber members. Also, 30 slots were allocated to...

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Hisbah Destroys 588 Bottles of Beer in Jigawa

BusinessNewsReligionHisbah Destroys 588 Bottles of Beer in Jigawa

PilotnewsAugust 24, 2020

Hisbah, the Sharia law enforcement agency in Jigawa, said it had destroyed no fewer than 588 confiscated bottles of beer in Ringim Local Government Area of the state. Malam Ibrahim Dahiru, the State Commandant of Hisbah, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Sunday that the beer was destroyed on Aug. 20. Dahiru said that the beer was confiscated in Tudun Babaye village, Ringim LGA, during a raid in Gujungu, Kijawal and...

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PAN urges ECOWAS, FG’s Intervention Over $1m-levy on Nigerian Traders in Ghana

BusinessGhanaNewsNigeriaPAN urges ECOWAS, FG’s Intervention Over $1m-levy on Nigerian Traders in Ghana

PilotnewsAugust 24, 2020

The Progressive Ambassadors of Nigeria (PAN) has urged ECOWAS and the Federal Government to wade-in on the imposition of $1million trade-levy on Nigerian Traders in Ghana, by Ghanaian authorities. This is contained in a statement issued by Emmanuel Ohiomokhare, PAN’s National Director of Media, on Sunday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that PAN is a non-governmental organisation of Nigerian traders in Ghana seeking to promote and protect the welfare of Nigerian...

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Dana Air Increases Flights to Abuja

BusinessNewsTravelDana Air Increases Flights to Abuja

PilotnewsAugust 24, 2020

Dana Air says it will introduce additional flights between Abuja and Lagos and commence Lagos to Owerri, Port Harcourt to Abuja beginning from Aug. 28. Mr Kingsley Ezenwa, the airlines’ Manager, Media and Communications, made this known in a statement in Lagos on Sunday. Ezenwa quoted the airlines’ Accountable Manager, Obi Mbanuzuo as saying the additional flights were due to the feedback from the guests and popular demand for flights at specific times. “The additional...

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How COVID-19 Derails Economic Activities in Northeast, Nigeria

Crime & SecurityEconomyNewsHow COVID-19 Derails Economic Activities in Northeast, Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 22, 2020

The pride of any nation or region is determined by its robust economy. The Northeast region of Nigeria is blessed with entrepreneurs that have contributed immensely to the economic growth of the nation. However, the region found itself in an economic quagmire for more than ten years when the callous terrorist group Boko Haram launched attacks on several communities forcing the residents to flee to safe-haven thereby crippling commercial activities. As the region is recovering...

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NUPENG Threatens to Embark on Strike

BusinessCrime & SecurityNewsNUPENG Threatens to Embark on Strike

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 22, 2020

Petroleum Station Workers of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG in Adamawa state Northeast Nigeria has threatened to embark on strike to demand action by security agents to check incessant attacks on petroleum stations by armed robbers.  Mr. Sunday Jatau, Secretary of the body who disclosed this after a meeting of the union in Yola expressed worry that the crimes are perpetrated unabated. He explained that in recent times armed robbers attacked...

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COVID-19: Cinema Industry Has Lost N6bn — Association

BusinessEntertainmentFilmNewsCOVID-19: Cinema Industry Has Lost N6bn — Association

PilotnewsAugust 22, 2020

The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) on Friday said it had lost over N6billion in the course of the lockdown caused by the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Patrick Lee, the Chairman of the Association, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He said that since the lockdown in March, the industry kept losing N1billion on a monthly basis rendering most of the staff jobless. “We are appealing...

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