Next Big Leap’: Netflix to Offer 41 New Shows to Lure Indian Viewers

BusinessFilm & TVIndiaNext Big Leap’: Netflix to Offer 41 New Shows to Lure Indian Viewers

PilotnewsMarch 4, 2021

MUMBAI, INDIA —  Netflix said on Wednesday it would release 41 shows and films in India this year, calling the move its “next big leap” in the world’s second-most populous nation where video streaming services have become more popular. India, with its 1.3 billion people, is a vast and valuable market for the U.S. streaming service and its rivals Amazon’s Prime Video and Walt Disney Co’s Disney+ Hotstar. The platforms, which are all offering an...

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Post COVID-19 Template, Recipe For Sports’ Revival — Promoter

BusinessEntertainmentSportsPost COVID-19 Template, Recipe For Sports’ Revival — Promoter

PilotnewsMarch 4, 2021

BENIN — Christopher Ojo, sports promoter and sponsor of the 10km Annual Owan Marathon Race, says design of a post-COVID-19 template is the needed recipe for sports revival in the country. Ojo, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Benin, said the template would include strategies for gradual recovery of sporting events from impact of the pandemic. He noted that due to the huge impact of the pandemic on sports...

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MOMAN Says Dangote Refinery Will Be Extremely Beneficial to Nigeria

BusinessNewsNigeriaOil & GasMOMAN Says Dangote Refinery Will Be Extremely Beneficial to Nigeria

PilotnewsMarch 4, 2021

LAGOS —  The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) says the 650,000 BPD Dangote Refinery in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos will be extremely beneficial to Nigeria when it begins production. MOMAN however, advised the Federal Government against preventing marketers from importing refined petroleum products when the refinery and others come on stream in order to create an open market for the sector. Mr. Clement Isong, Executive Secretary, MOMAN, made this known while speaking with the...

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COVID-19: NEPC Trains Over 60 Women Entrepreneurs in Edo

CoronavirusJobsNewsCOVID-19: NEPC Trains Over 60 Women Entrepreneurs in Edo

PilotnewsMarch 3, 2021

BENIN — The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Benin Export Assistance Office, says it has trained over 60 women entrepreneurs in Edo on crisis management. Mr. Macpherson Fred-Ileogben, Head, Trade Promotion Adviser, NEPC, Benin Office, made this known while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Wednesday. Fred-Ileogben said the training which was held in February, was to enable women entrepreneurs to adjust and cope with the shocks that arose from...

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Cattle Dealers Association of Nigeria Decries Illegal Checkpoints In Southern Nigeria

BusinessNewsNigeriaCattle Dealers Association of Nigeria Decries Illegal Checkpoints In Southern Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 3, 2021

As the ongoing nationwide strike by members of cattle dealers continues, the Northeast zonal Chairman Cattle Dealers Association of Nigeria Northeast Alhaji Yahya Mohammed has appealed to members of the association to exercise patience with regard to the ongoing nationwide strike by the union. Mohammed, who made the plea in an interview with  The West African Pilot News, said the strike became imperative to register the union grievances to government over unlawful checkpoints mounted on...

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Governor Yahaya Of Gombe State Fires Three Commissioners

JobsNewsNigeriaPoliticsGovernor Yahaya Of Gombe State Fires Three Commissioners

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 2, 2021

Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has sacked three commissioners in a minor cabinet reshuffle. Similarly, six commissioners were redeployed to other ministries, while three persons were nominated by the governor for confirmation by the state House of Assembly as replacements of the sacked commissioners. Prof. Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi Secretary to the State Government announced the changes in a statement on Monday that said the reshufflement is with immediate effect. The statement read in part “in...

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Persons Living With Disabilities in Enugu Receives IT Intervention and Entrepreneurship

HealthJobsScience & TechnologyPersons Living With Disabilities in Enugu Receives IT Intervention and Entrepreneurship

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)March 2, 2021

50 persons living with disabilities in Enugu are currently undergoing five days of training on Information Technology at the Enugu State Tech Hub and Youth Innovation Center. The training which started on Monday, 1st day of March is an initiative of the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, implemented by the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, in partnership with the Enugu State Government to empower persons living with disabilities, PLWDs, through IT entrepreneurship, policies,...

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No Fuel Price Increase in March – NNPC

BusinessNewsNigeriaOil & GasNo Fuel Price Increase in March – NNPC

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 2, 2021

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has debunked the report of any price increment in the Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) in the country in March 2021. The NNPC said this in a statement signed by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru on Sunday. Obateru added that the Corporation was not planning any raise in the price of the commodity in March in order not to jeopardize the ongoing engagement with...

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DSS Invites Our Leaders for Blocking Food to South – Northern Traders

BusinessFoodDSS Invites Our Leaders for Blocking Food to South – Northern Traders

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 2, 2021

The Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) said its leaders have been invited by the Department of State Services for blocking the supply of foodstuffs and cattle from the North to the South. The General Secretary of the union, Ahmed Alaramma, said this at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, adding that the President of the association, Mohammed Tahir, was currently with the DSS. The blockade of food to the...

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Adamawa State Government Commits To Boost Its Revenue Base

EconomyJobsAdamawa State Government Commits To Boost Its Revenue Base

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 1, 2021

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has restated government commitment to boost the revenue base of the state. The Governor gave the assurance at the official commissioning of the hospitality centre, “Fombina Ambassadors Suites and Apartments” along Army Barracks Road in Jimeta-Yola. Fombina Ambassadors Suites and Apartments is owned by Adamawa businessman and politician, Barr. Aliyu Wakili Boya. “Government will continue to create an enabling environment for business to thrive; the edifice equipped with...

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