Yuletide: DPR Warns Against Panic Buying, Hoarding of Petroleum Products

BusinessNewsNigeriaOil & GasYuletide: DPR Warns Against Panic Buying, Hoarding of Petroleum Products

PilotnewsDecember 17, 2020

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Osogbo Field Office, has warned residents of the state against panic buying, hoarding and storing of petroleum products at home during the Yuletide period. Mr Benjamin Ogunnubi, the DPR Operations Controller in Osun, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Osogbo. Ogunnubi said there was no cause for panic buying, as the Federal Government had made adequate provision for availability of...

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Jubilation in Seme as FG Reopens 4 Land Borders

BusinessNational SecurityNewsNigeriaJubilation in Seme as FG Reopens 4 Land Borders

PilotnewsDecember 16, 2020

There was jubilation in Seme, near Badagry, Lagos State, on Wednesday as Federal Government ordered the reopening of four land borders across the country. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, announced the immediate reopening of four land borders after the Federal Executive Council meeting held virtually in Abuja on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Federal Government had on Aug. 21, 2019, ordered the closure of ...

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Anambra Loses N3bn to Fake Revenue Collectors in 3yrs

CorruptionEconomyNewsNigeriaAnambra Loses N3bn to Fake Revenue Collectors in 3yrs

PilotnewsDecember 16, 2020

The Onitsha Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ONICCIMA) has lost over three billion naira to illegal revenue collectors within Onitsha and its environs in three years. ONICCIMA President, Mr Chris Ukachukwu, said this at a news conference on Wednesday in Onitsha. Ukachukwu said that another N100 million was indirectly lost through the activities of the miscreants. Ukachukwu lamented that the activities of the illegal toll collectors had contributed to the diminishing business fortunes...

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Buhari Approves Immediate Reopening of 4 Land Borders

EconomyNational SecurityNewsNigeriaBuhari Approves Immediate Reopening of 4 Land Borders

PilotnewsDecember 16, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate reopening of four land borders. Hajia, Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The virtual FEC was presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Buhari, who is on a private visit to Kastina State, joined the virtual meeting from his hometown, Daura. Ahmed listed the...

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Jigawa Governor Signs 2021 Appropriation Bill

EconomyNewsNigeriaJigawa Governor Signs 2021 Appropriation Bill

Beloved John (Staff Writer)December 16, 2020

Jigawa state governor, Muhammad Abubakar Badaru, signed into law the appropriation bill for the year 2021 to the tune of N156, 588,000,000.00 billion. This development is barely one week after the state house of assembly passed the bill. He signed the budget at Dutse government house in the presence of members of the state executive councils, members state assembly, APC leaders and other stakeholders. Speaking shortly after signing of the budget, the Governor commended the...

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Works & Infrastructures, Education And Health Sector Receives Attention In The Enugu State Government Budget Proposal Says Ugwu, Deputy Speaker ENHA

EconomyNewsNigeriaPoliticsWorks & Infrastructures, Education And Health Sector Receives Attention In The Enugu State Government Budget Proposal Says Ugwu, Deputy Speaker ENHA

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)December 16, 2020

The bill for a law to make provision for the sum of one hundred and sixty-nine billion, eight hundred and forty-five million, seven hundred and fifty-eight thousand, five hundred naira (N169, 845, 758, 500.00) to the services of the Government of Enugu State of Nigeria for the year ending 31st December, 2021 and for other related purposes (HB.14), 2020 has scaled through second reading at the Enugu State House of Assembly hallowed chambers. The budget...

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Inflation Rate in Nigeria Hit 14.89% in November – NBS

EconomyNewsNigeriaInflation Rate in Nigeria Hit 14.89% in November – NBS

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 15, 2020

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measured inflation increased by 14.89 per cent (year-on-year) in November 2020. This was disclosed by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its Consumer Price Index November 2020 report on Tuesday. The NBS added that this is 0.66 percentage points higher than the rate recorded in October 2020 (14.32 per cent). There was change in the percentage composition CPI for the 12 months period ending November 2020 over the average...

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What Nigeria Intends to Benefit From Border Closure?

EconomyFoodNigeriaSpecial ReportWhat Nigeria Intends to Benefit From Border Closure?

PilotnewsDecember 14, 2020

By Abba Dukawa, Contributing Reporter _____ Nigeria has not sufficiently improved its capacity toward attaining self food reliance, almost two years since  Buhari’s  administration ordered the closure of  Nigeria’s land borders. The policy of shutting it border is to achieved food security, curtail the importation of drugs and proliferation of small arms which threaten the country security. Unfortunately, the shutting of land borders has failed to stop the flow of arms into the country. Insurgents,...

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Ndah-Isaiah’s Death, Huge Loss to Media Industry, Nigeria – Orji Kalu

BusinessNewsPeoplePress * MediaNdah-Isaiah’s Death, Huge Loss to Media Industry, Nigeria – Orji Kalu

PilotnewsDecember 12, 2020

Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has described the demise of the publisher of Leadership Newspapers, Mr Sam Ndah-Isaiah, as a huge loss to the media industry and Nigeria at large. Kalu in a statement on Saturday in Abuja extolled the virtues of the deceased. He stressed  that the late chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was a patriotic statesman and detribalised Nigerian with passion for a prosperous and united Nigeria. He lauded...

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We Need Mechanized Farm Tools, Women Farmers Tells FG

AgricultureBusinessNewsNigeriaWe Need Mechanized Farm Tools, Women Farmers Tells FG

Beloved John (Staff Writer)December 12, 2020

A group of small-scale women farmers have rejected the use of simple farm tool in exchange for mechanised agricultural machinery to increase the productivity of farm workers. Under the aegis of Small-Scale Women Farmers Organization in Nigeria (SWOFON), the group declared that women farmers will not longer carry out farming activities with hoes and cutlass during a 3-day programme in Abuja. The group visited the Cyprian Ekwensi Centre for Arts and Culture Abuja to retire...

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