We’ve Rescued Five LGAs from Insurgents – Anambra CP

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaWe’ve Rescued Five LGAs from Insurgents – Anambra CP

PilotnewsSeptember 8, 2023

Anambra State commissioner of police, CP Aderemi Adeoye has said that five out of seven local government areas in Anambra South Senatorial Zone have been freed from the grip of insurgents. The commissioner who spoke to journalists in Awka at the weekend said the command is working to totally end terrorism in the state, but have been very tactical in the fight, to avoid what he described as collateral damage. Adeoye said the command has...

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Canoe Capsizes With More Than 20 People On Board In Adamawa

NewsNigeriaCanoe Capsizes With More Than 20 People On Board In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 8, 2023

A combined rescue operation of Marine Police and local divers is ongoing around the Rugange community of Yola South LGA, Adamawa State. The rescue operation is to locate about 17  people including children mainly farmers who were traveling in a local canoe to cross Njuwa Lake when the capsized Friday. According to an eyewitness, the incident happened when the victims were on their way to sell their wares at the weekly Yola town main market...

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Group to honour Ali Nuhu, Ahmed Musa, others with the ‘Arewa Hero’s Award’

NewsNigeriaGroup to honour Ali Nuhu, Ahmed Musa, others with the ‘Arewa Hero’s Award’

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 8, 2023

Nigerian actor Ali Nuhu, Super Eagles player Ahmed Musa, and the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, have been nominated for the 2023 ‘Arewa Hero’s and Philanthropic Award Of Excellence.’ The trio were among other prominent personalities to be presented with the award according to a statement by the organisers, MACA Peace Ambassador and Unity Affair Africa, on Friday. Other Nigerians that made the list are actor Rabi’u Rikadawa; the national security...

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NERC hikes the prices of prepaid meters

NewsNigeriaPowerNERC hikes the prices of prepaid meters

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 8, 2023

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has announced that a single-phase prepaid meter would now cost N81,975.16 while the price of a three-phase prepaid meter has also been increased to N143,836.10. NERC announced the new development in a memo jointly signed by its chairman, Sanusi Garba and its commissioner for legal, licensing and compliance, Dafe Akpeneye, dated September 5. Before now, a single-phase prepaid meter costs N58,661.69 and a three-phase prepaid meter costs N109,684.36. On...

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Anambra State Government Signs MoUs With Thirteen Organizations To Boost Development

EconomyNewsNigeriaAnambra State Government Signs MoUs With Thirteen Organizations To Boost Development

PilotnewsSeptember 8, 2023

Anambra State Government has signed memorandum of understanding with thirteen organisations across different economic sectors including commerce and automobile. The MOU signing ceremony was highpoint of the Anambra Investment Summit, ANINVEST 2023, held at Anambra International Convention Centre, Awka. The MoUs were signed with Universal Elysium Ltd for the development of Onitsha River Port, Birds Water Ltd and Neni Development Union for the development of Neni Water Scheme, OMAA Global Engineering and Tech for the...

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Army Court Martial 14 Officers, 9 Soldiers

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaArmy Court Martial 14 Officers, 9 Soldiers

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 8, 2023

For alleged breaching different provisions of the Armed Forces Act, the Nigeria Army has court martial 14 officers and nine soldiers. The Commander, Army Headquarters Garrison (AHQ Gar), Maj.-Gen Koko Isoni, while inaugurating a General Court Martial on Thursday assured the accused persons that justice would be done to all parties concerned by members of the court. The court martial was convened at the Scorpion Officer’ Mess, Asokoro Abuja, pursuant to the powers conferred on...

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Insurgency: UNICEF Says Nigeria Lost Over $100bn In 13 Years

NewsNigeriaPoliticsInsurgency: UNICEF Says Nigeria Lost Over $100bn In 13 Years

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 8, 2023

The thirteen years of insurgency in the Northeast has cost Nigeria over $100bn, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The World Agency in its latest report indicates that the long-term economic impacts of the conflicts could be seen in areas of death and injury, loss of livelihoods, displacement, and damage to infrastructure. The Boko Haram terrorists have displaced millions of people and destroyed properties valued at billions of naira in the country’s Northeastern...

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Randy Lecturer Arrested For Raping Undergraduate

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaRandy Lecturer Arrested For Raping Undergraduate

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 8, 2023

The Lagos Police Command has arrested a lecturer at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Kadiri Babalola, for allegedly raping a 20-year-old undergraduate of the institution. The Command Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest Thursday, said the suspect will appear in court for “sexual harassment” in the coming days. The accused, Mr Babalola, an associate professor of Botany was said to have perpetrated the act on 16 August, when the victim visited...

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Police raid FUOYE, arrest ten suspects over murder of missing student, Deborah

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaPolice raid FUOYE, arrest ten suspects over murder of missing student, Deborah

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 8, 20232

Police in Ado-Ekiti, the capital city of Ekiti State, have said that ten suspects are currently being interrogated over the murder of one Atanda Modupe Deborah, a 200-level nursing student of government-owned tertiary institution Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, FUOYE. The police raid came after the school’s registrar, Mufutau Ibrahim, put out a public notice on Thursday morning stating that Deborah’s corpse had been found after the student was declared missing on September 5. According to multiple...

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Jubilation, dismay as election tribunal fails to discredit Tinubu’s victory

NewsNigeriaPoliticsJubilation, dismay as election tribunal fails to discredit Tinubu’s victory

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 8, 2023

Nigeria’s presidential election petition tribunal (PEPT), on Wednesday, rejected petitions by opposition parties seeking to overturn President Bola Tinubu’s election in February. The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a lesser-known political party Allied Peoples Movement (APM) asked the court to invalidate the presidential election, alleging irregularities. But the five-member panel of judges unanimously picked holes in all three petitions and upheld...

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