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InfrastructureMilitaryNigeriaFG Bridging Infrastructure Gaps in Military Formations- Mamora

PilotnewsMarch 6, 2021

LAGOS — Minister of State for Health Olorunnimbe Mamora says the Federal Government is taking measures aimed at bridging the infrastructure gaps in the Nation’s military formations. Mamora said this on Saturday at the inauguration and handing over of Jetty and Shoreline protection facilities at Underwater Warfare School, Ojo, Lagos State. The minister said that such intervention projects were necessary in order to respond to emerging trends and sophistication in modern warfare in addressing security...

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EntertainmentNewsSportSports commissioner Hails Umahi’s Pronouncement On State’s New Football Teams

PilotnewsMarch 6, 2021

ABAKALIKI — The Ebonyi Commissioner for Youth Development and Sports, Charles Akpuenika has hailed Gov. David Umahi’s pronouncement on the eventual formation of the state’s new football teams. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Umahi while declaring open the on-going state’s #EndSARS youth summit, announced that the process of forming both male and female teams would begin from the end of March 2021. Akpuenika in an interview with NAN on Saturday in Abakaliki,...

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Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaSoldier, Girlfriend Arrested For Supplying Ammunition, Military Uniforms To Armed Bandits

PilotnewsMarch 6, 2021

The call for the cleansing of bad eggs in the force and saboteurs in the society for Nigeria to succeed in the fight against banditry and other forms of criminality came to the fore with the arrest of a Nigerian soldier and his girlfriend who were caught supplying ammunition and military uniforms to armed bandits in Zamfara state. Recall that the governor had alleged sabotage in the fight against banditry in the state while reacting...

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Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsMother Of Two Dies During Sex Thriller With Lover In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 6, 2021

YOLA — The Adamawa state Police Command on Friday confirmed the arrest of an MTN staff, Lekan Agboola, over complicity in the death of a 37-year-old mother of two. DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, Adamawa State Police Command Public Relations Officer, confirmed the development to newsmen, in Yola, said Agboola, who was arrested on a charge of homicide, was being detained at the Command’s Criminal Investigation Department. ”Yes, the suspect is in our custody, the Command is...

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Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNigeriaPoliticsStop Negotiating With Bandits, IPAC Told Government

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 6, 2021

Worried with the commercialization of kidnapping for ransom by bandits, the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), the umbrella body of all political parties in Nigeria, has urged the Federal Government and concerned states to stop all forms of negotiations with bandits and begin to confront the spate of insecurity across the country. The IPAC’s National Chairman, Dr. Leonard Nzenwa, made the call on Friday in Abuja at a press conference by the Council, urged President Muhammadu...

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BusinessFoodNational SecurityNigeriaNortherners Resumes Supply Of Foods To South West

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 6, 2021

Following the suspension of strike by members of Foods and Cattle dealers Association transportation of foods to the South West through Kwara State previously blocked Jebba and Niger border axis have resumed. The blockage of food to the South was a means deployed by the North to send a subtle warning to other parts of Nigeria to stop the harassment and intimidation of the Fulanis. The Coordinator of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Kwara...

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CoronavirusNewsNigeriaGovernor Bello Of Kogi State Rejects COVID-19 Vaccine

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 6, 2021

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has said that the government of the state doesn’t need COVID-19 vaccine, as they have “more pertinent” issues to tackle. The governor, who has repeatedly denied the existence of Coronavirus in his state, said COVID-19 is the “minute aspect” of what the state is currently addressing. Bello while appearing on ‘Politics Today’, a Channels Television programme, on Friday, said Kogi is tackling diseases like Yellow Fever and Lassa Fever,...

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EducationNewsModibbo Adama University Set To Run Conventional University

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 5, 2021

Following the assent of President Muhammadu Buhari for the conversion of Federal University of Technology Yola to Modibbo Adama University, the management of the institution has concluded arrangements to run a conventional university. Prof. Abdullahi Liman Tukur, Vice-Chancellor of the institution who disclosed this said the university is 100% ready to take up its new status as more management courses are already underway while hostel accommodation has been provided for more students. “We are 100%...

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Foreign PolicyNational SecurityNewsNigeriaPresident Buhari Directs Nigeria Immigration Service To Improve Surveillance On Nation’s Borders

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 5, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to improve surveillance and control around the nation’s borders to check the activities of criminal elements in the country. The President gave the directive on Thursday at the virtual inauguration of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Technology Building in Abuja. Buhari instructed all security agencies to improve their performance in the protection of lives and property, with a mandate that the country’s Global Security Index...

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Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBandits Kill 13 People In Tara Village Of Sokoto State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 5, 2021

Reports from Tara village in Sabon Birni local government area of Sokoto state says bandits have killed 13 people while seven other persons were critically injured by the attackers are now receiving treatment at the hospital. According to the village head of Tara, Mainasara Muhammed Tara, the bandits also carted away with an determined number of livestock after burning their food storage facilities. “The came around 11:58 pm, through the uncommon route to the village...

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