Niger Delta Youths to Resist Diversion of 4.2m Pounds Ibori Loot

CorruptionMoneyNewsNiger Delta Youths to Resist Diversion of 4.2m Pounds Ibori Loot

PilotnewsMarch 16, 2021

ABUJA — The Niger Delta Youth Council (NDYC) said in Abuja on Tuesday that it would resist Federal Government’s plan not to remit the 4.2 million Pounds looted by Ibori to Delta. Last Tuesday, Nigeria and the UK signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Abuja to repatriate the money looted by James Ibori when he was governor of Delta, The money, stashed in the UK was recovered by the British government from Ibori, his...

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Prices of Foodstuffs Soar in Enugu Major Markets – Survey

BusinessFoodNewsPrices of Foodstuffs Soar in Enugu Major Markets – Survey

PilotnewsMarch 14, 2021

ENUGU — Prices of some foodstuffs, particularly eggs, beans and crayfish have continued to rise in Enugu State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. NAN correspondent, who conducted a market survey in Enugu on Saturday, reports that the prices of foodstuffs had increased significantly between January and March. A 4.5 litre bucket of beans now sells for between N1,000 and N1, 200 as against N800 and N1, 000 sold in January, depending on the...

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Traders In FCT, Jigawa Groan Over Scarcity Of Foreign Rice

BusinessMarketsNewsTraders In FCT, Jigawa Groan Over Scarcity Of Foreign Rice

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 14, 2021

ABUJA, FCT — Traders in some markets in Abuja on Saturday were out of stock of foreign rice in their shops and warehouses weeks after the reopening of borders by the Federal Government. Hajiya Rahmatu Mohammed, a rice seller in Utako Market in Abuja, said in view of the scarcity, the price of foreign rice had increased in the market. Mohammed said that the scarcity started in the last two weeks. “In January and February,...

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PPPRA Deletes Petrol Increase Template

BusinessNewsNigeriaOil & GasPPPRA Deletes Petrol Increase Template

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 14, 2021

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has deleted the template announcing the new price of petrol stands at N212.6 per litre from its website. The agency published the template on its website http://pppra.gov.ng/pms-guiding-price-for-march-2021/. The publication was welcomed with outrage across the country with fuel queues observed in several filling stations in Abuja and Lagos. The template which was released in the early hour of Friday, indicated petrol price to be sold at a lower...

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Petrol Queues Resurface in Abuja Over Fear of Price Hike

BusinessNewsOil & GasPetrol Queues Resurface in Abuja Over Fear of Price Hike

PilotnewsMarch 12, 2021

ABUJA — Long queues have appeared in Abuja for the purchase of Premium Motor Spirit also known as petrol, few days after normalcy returned to the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that long queues returned to retail outlets in Wuse, Gwarimpa, Wuye and Kubwa expressway on Friday, while other areas were not selling the product. Meanwhile, Alhaji Suleiman Yakubu, National Public Relations, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) advised the public...

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Reps Summons NLC to Hearing Over Wage Bill

EconomyLabourNewsNigeriaReps Summons NLC to Hearing Over Wage Bill

Beloved John (Staff Writer)March 11, 2021

The Nigeria House of Representatives has asked the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to submit its argument against the bill to decentralize minimum wage to the house public hearing. Garba Datti, the lawmaker who had initiated the bill which removes the power to negotiate minimum wage at the federal level urged the NLC to bring forth a constructive argument. The bill titled; An Act to alter the Constitution to transfer minimum wage prescription from the Exclusive...

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The House of Reps is Broke – Spokesperson

MoneyNewsPoliticsThe House of Reps is Broke – Spokesperson

Beloved John (Staff Writer)March 11, 2021

The Nigerian House of Representatives said that effectively carrying out its constitutional mandate has been a tedious task due to the unavailability of funds. Indicating that the National Assembly is broke, the spokesperson of the House, Benjamin Kalu, while addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday said, the 2021 budget of the National Assembly should be reviewed upward to enable it to cope with the situation. “Yes, the House is broke. I have said it before...

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Kebbi Commences Training Of Health Workers For COVID -19 Vaccination

HealthJobsKebbi Commences Training Of Health Workers For COVID -19 Vaccination

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 11, 2021

Kebbi State Government in conjunction with the Primary Healthcare Development Agency has commenced the first phase of training of Health workers involved in Covid-19 Vaccination. Declaring the training held at the Conference Hall, Ministry of Health, Gwadangaji, Secretariat, Birnin Kebbi, the Commissioner for Health and Chairman Kebbi State Taskforce on Covid-19, Alhaji Jafar Muhammad said the exercise was a prerequisite for the provision of Covid 19 vaccine by the Federal Government. “Kebbi State Government has...

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CBN to Appear Before Senate Over Missing $9.5m

Crime & SecurityMoneyNewsNigeriaCBN to Appear Before Senate Over Missing $9.5m

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 9, 2021

Officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are to appear before Senate Committee on Public Accounts on Tuesday, over the alleged disappearance of $9.5 million interest which was accrued from Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT) investment. According to the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, the principal sum deposited, tenor and rate of interest of the investment were veiled in secrecy. The PPT is a tax applicable to upstream operations in the oil industry....

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Young Lady Develops App For Reporting Rape Cases

BusinessScience & TechnologyYoung Lady Develops App For Reporting Rape Cases

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 9, 2021

The founder of Shamrock Innovations Kano Ms. Saadat Aliyu has developed Android application ‘Helpio App’ for reporting sexual abuse. Ms. Aliyu who is a woman and youth-centric tech innovation hub in Kano said the ‘Helpio App’ was launched on August 6, 2020 on the play store and that any person can visit the play store on Android phone and install the app. “I started learning IT skills from my brother when I was in junior...

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