Senate Confirms Nnamani as Member Police Service Commission

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaSenate Confirms Nnamani as Member Police Service Commission

PilotnewsDecember 16, 2020

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Mr. Onyemuche Nnamani, as a member of Police Service Commission. This followed the adoption of the report of Senate Committee on Police Affairs, presented by the Chairman Sen. Jika Haliru during plenary. Presenting the report, Haliru said that the nominee passed the screening, adding that, there was no petition against him. Contributing, Sen. Chukwuka Utazi (PDP-Enugu), described Nnamani as `a nationalist’ who would help the commission achieve...

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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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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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BREAKING: Alleged Money Laundering, Appeal Court Nullifies Metuh’s Conviction, Orders Fresh Trial

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaBREAKING: Alleged Money Laundering, Appeal Court Nullifies Metuh’s Conviction, Orders Fresh Trial

PilotnewsDecember 16, 2020

The Court of Appeal on Wednesday nullified the conviction of a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh. This was based on the grounds of bias allegedly exhibited by the trial judge who sentenced him to seven years’ imprisonment for money laundering charges in February 2020. The three-member panel led by Justice Stephen Adah ordered a retrial of the case. Justice Adah who read the lead judgment ordered that the case...

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Adamawa: Sultan Foundation Trains 160 Women, Girls Rights Defenders On Fighting Gender Based Violence

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPhilanthropyAdamawa: Sultan Foundation Trains 160 Women, Girls Rights Defenders On Fighting Gender Based Violence

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 16, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ____ The Sultan Foundation for Peace and Development has trained  one hundred and sixty (160)  women and girls rights defenders  on ways to better engage with relevant authorities and community leaders on ways to end violence against women and girls in the state. Participants gathered at the Nurses House, Yola, the Adamawa state capital for the four-days intensive training. The training was  aimed at mitigating and curtailing the increasing rate...

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Senate Summons Defence Minister, Service Chiefs, Others As Boko Haram Claims Abduction of Schoolboys

National SecurityNewsNigeriaSenate Summons Defence Minister, Service Chiefs, Others As Boko Haram Claims Abduction of Schoolboys

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 15, 2020

The Senate, on Tuesday, summoned the Minister of Defence, the service chiefs, and heads of the Nigerian Police Force and the Department of State Service over the unending insecurity situation in the country. The Senate passed the resolution following a motion moved by Senator Bello Mandiya from Katsina State on the abduction of a number of students of a secondary school in the state whose officials claimed were carried out by unknown bandits. The resolution...

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Troops Kill Over 20 Boko Haram terrorists in Askira Uba, Borno State

National SecurityNewsNigeriaTroops Kill Over 20 Boko Haram terrorists in Askira Uba, Borno State

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 14, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ Troops of 28 Task Force Brigade of Sector 1 Operation Lafiya Dole have inflicted heavy casualties on Boko Haram terrorists who attempted to attack Askira Uba in Borno State. The military says over 20 dead bodies were counted after the operation. A statement by the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations 7 Division Maiduguri, Col. Ado Isa  says the terrorists were suspected to have come from Sambisa Forest, mounted on...

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DRC Ratifies Protocol Establishing African Union Rights Court

AfricaLaw & JusticeNewsDRC Ratifies Protocol Establishing African Union Rights Court

PilotnewsDecember 12, 2020

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has deposited its instrument of ratification of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the Court announced on Friday at the African Union Headquarters. The instrument was deposited in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 8 December 2020, the Court said in a statement. DRC’s ratification of the protocol, meaning its passing of laws recognising...

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Insurgency: Don’t Be Distracted by ICC Investigation, COAS Tells Troops

Law & JusticeMilitaryNational SecurityNewsInsurgency: Don’t Be Distracted by ICC Investigation, COAS Tells Troops

PilotnewsDecember 12, 2020

 The Chief of Army Staff (COAS),  Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has urged troops not to be distracted by the move by International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate war crimes against Nigerian forces in the north eastern part of the country. Buratai made the call in a statement by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sagir Musa, on Saturday in Abuja. He said that the call followed the Friday statement from ICC prosecutor,  alleging that there...

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NBA Yola Branch Joins War Against Rape, Gender Based Violence

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaNBA Yola Branch Joins War Against Rape, Gender Based Violence

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 12, 2020

Members of the Nigeria Bar Association Yola branch on Saturday embarked on one and half hour walk along the major streets of Jimeta sensitizing people on the new Administration of Criminal Justice Law in the State. Speaking to Journalists after the walk, branch chairman of the Association Barr Jibrilla Jimeta said the exercise is to sensitize the populace on the need to put all hands on deck and chase the menace of Rape and Gender...

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