Woman arrested in Anambra for using child to beg for alms

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaWoman arrested in Anambra for using child to beg for alms

PilotnewsJuly 2, 2023

The Anambra State government yesterday arrested a woman, Eneh Ogechukwu for using a 10 year old child to beg for alms, despite repeated warning to desist from it. Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Hon Ify Obinabo who arrested her, also handed her over to the police, saying she would be charged to court. She warned that Anambra State government will not tolerate any act that tends to exploit a child. The 27 years old...

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CSOs vow to picket filling stations over proposed fuel hike

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCSOs vow to picket filling stations over proposed fuel hike

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)July 1, 2023

A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has vowed to picket filling stations that sell fuel above the government approved pump price. The group in a statement on Friday said that plans by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), to increase the pump price of petrol to N700 per litre was unacceptable. While reacting to the planned increment of fuel pump price from government approved N448 per litre to N700, the Coalition which...

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DHQ Gave Deadline For All Senior Military Officers To Retire From Service

NewsNigeriaPoliticsDHQ Gave Deadline For All Senior Military Officers To Retire From Service

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 1, 2023

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has ordered all military officers whose rank supersedes that of the newly appointed Service Chiefs to voluntarily retire on or before July 3 2023. The order was contained in a memo signed by Major General Y. Yahaya on behalf of the Chief of Defence Staff, ordering all officers above that of NDA Regular Course 39 to submit their applications for voluntary retirement from Service with immediate effect. According to the memo,...

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Keep Up The Fight Against Insurgency-Former CDS

NewsNigeriaPoliticsKeep Up The Fight Against Insurgency-Former CDS

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 1, 2023

Former Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor has charged Nigerian Armed Forces to keep up the fight against insurgency to ensure lasting peace is restored in all parts of the country. General Irabor who pulled out of Service, thanks to God and members of the Armed Forces for their support. As part of pull out activities, General Lucky Irabor reviewed the parade mounted for the ceremony in his honour at the Mogadishu Cantonment Abuja....

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Enugu gov’t sets up taskforce on erosion challenges

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEnugu gov’t sets up taskforce on erosion challenges

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)July 1, 2023

…As NiMet warns of flooding The Enugu State government has commenced reinforcement of different means to address erosion and environmental challenges in the state which has been predicted to be imminent within the next couple of months, even as the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NHSA)  warned that parts of the state would be affected by flooding ranging from low to moderate-risk flooding. This was disclosed by the Secretary to...

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Salvation Army loses 12 officers, baby, driver to Edo accident

Accidents and SafetyNewsNigeriaSalvation Army loses 12 officers, baby, driver to Edo accident

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)July 1, 2023

The Salvation Army Nigeria Territory announced the death of 12 of its officers in a fatal auto accident at Ovia River close to Benin City, Edo State, while they were returning from Officers’ Councils Conference in Lagos. A statement issued by the Public Relations Secretary of the organization, Major Daniel Ekong, stated thus, “the Salvation Army has lost 12 of its officers (pastors), a baby and a driver in a fatal accident occurred at the...

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Retired NUC boss, Abubakar hands over to Maiyaki 

EducationNewsNigeriaRetired NUC boss, Abubakar hands over to Maiyaki 

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)July 1, 2023

The retired Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abdulrasheed Abubakar has handed over the baton of leadership to the Deputy Executive Secretary, Chris Maiyaki. The handing-over ceremony took place  at the headquarters of the Commission over the weekend. Recall that Prof. Abubakar voluntarily stepped down from the Commission as Executive Secretary on Tuesday. He noted that he was heading back to the Bayero University, Kano (BUK) to continue his career in lecturing....

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AGN suspends actor Jerry Williams indefinitely over drug abuse

LifestyleNewsNigeriaAGN suspends actor Jerry Williams indefinitely over drug abuse

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 1, 2023

The Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, the umbrella union that regulates and represents the affairs of Nollywood actors in Nigeria and abroad, has suspended Jerry Williams indefinitely. According to a statement signed by Emeka Rollas, the national president of AGN, and made public on Thursday, the suspension was due to the actor’s “involvement in illicit substances since December last year.” Rollas said the Guild decided to suspend William as his misuse of drugs has gotten...

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Watch viral pre-wedding photos of a teenage couple

LifestyleNewsNigeriaWatch viral pre-wedding photos of a teenage couple

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 1, 2023

A 19-year-old boy has taken to social media to share his pre-wedding photos with his 17-year-old fiancée. In the photos, the couple looked very happy and much ready for their wedding. The young boy with the TikTok handle @vhikkyedibles captioned the video “You come to love not by finding the perfect person but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly. Share your thoughts. People have said a lot.” As if to indulge him, many people took...

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Chimamanda Adichie’s Notes on Grief wins best non-fiction award

LifestyleNewsNigeriaChimamanda Adichie’s Notes on Grief wins best non-fiction award

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 1, 2023

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s memoir, ‘Notes on Grief’ won this year’s Indie Book Award for the best non-fiction book. The winners of the 2023 Indie Book Awards were announced on June 23, the penultimate day of the Independent Bookshop Week which started on June 17 and ended on June 24. We’re excited to reveal the winners of this year’s #IndieBookAwards 🌟 Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver 🌟 Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 🌟 Skandar...

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