Your Next Home? Yes, It Is Better to Buy Than Build ―Just Ask Me Why?

ColumnsNigeriaReal EstateYour Next Home? Yes, It Is Better to Buy Than Build ―Just Ask Me Why?

PilotnewsDecember 20, 2021

Last week, I addressed a group of prospective home-buyers about the plain psychology of buying a house and how it engenders our lives. Your home is not necessarily the structure of the building but an abode that gives you that natural feeling, a sense of belonging that yes, this is mine. There is always an emotional calmness the moment you walk through the door, drop down on your couch, breathe a sigh of relief, and...

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Full List: NJC recommends 64 judges as judicial officers

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaFull List: NJC recommends 64 judges as judicial officers

Beloved John (Staff Writer)December 19, 2021

The National Judicial Council (NJC) recommended the appointment of 64 persons as judicial officers. The agency’s spokesperson, Soji Oye, made the announcement. According to him, the council reached a decision during its 94th meeting held on December 14 and 15. He said the NJC considered the list of candidates presented by its interview committee and at the end of deliberation. He also noted that council recommended the under-listed names of sixty-four successful candidates to their...

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Why local, state governments must finance health sector adequately — Senate Committee

NewsNigeriaWhy local, state governments must finance health sector adequately — Senate Committee

Beloved John (Staff Writer)December 18, 2021

Ibrahim Oloriegbe, chairman of the senate committee on health, has called on the state and local governments to work on adequately financing the health sector. Oloriegbe said this on Thirsday at 2023 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Forum organised by the International Society for Media in Public Health (ISMPH) in Abuja. According to him, the state and local governments are not committing enough resources to healthcare in their jurisdictions. He noted that achieving universal health coverage...

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Buhari Confirms Nigeria and Turkey to Strengthen Security and Defense Ties

AfricaNewsNigeriaBuhari Confirms Nigeria and Turkey to Strengthen Security and Defense Ties

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 18, 2021

On Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari confirmed that Nigeria will partner with the Republic of Turkey in confronting the current security challenges the country is facing. According to the presidency, this is in furtherance of sustained efforts at keeping Nigerians safer. Speaking at a bilateral meeting with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his Turkish counterpart shortly before the official commencement of the 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit in Istanbul, President Buhari acknowledged that Turkey had garnered a lot of...

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Military Chiefs Back NDLEA War Against Drug, Meet Marwa

MilitaryNigeriaMilitary Chiefs Back NDLEA War Against Drug, Meet Marwa

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 16, 2021

ABUJA — The Armed Forces on Thursday supported efforts to mobilise more support for the war against illicit drug trafficking and abuse in the country. The boost came when the Chief of Defence Staff, General Leo Irabor; Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Farouk Yahaya; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Azee Gambo and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, in separate meetings pledged to support the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency...

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Nigeria Government Rejects Travel Ban By United Kingdom

Foreign PolicyNigeriaUnited KingdomNigeria Government Rejects Travel Ban By United Kingdom

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 6, 2021

ABUJA — The Federal Government wants the United Kingdom to review its decision to impose a travel ban on Nigerians because of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. It said the UK’s decision was “unfair, unjust, punitive and discriminatory. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed made the position of the government known during a briefing in Abuja. “As you are aware, Britain has put Nigeria on its red list and banned foreign travels from...

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The Tragedy of Lai Mohammed’s Spiteful Narrative on Lekki Massacre

ColumnsHuman Rights & FreedomNigeriaOpinionThe Tragedy of Lai Mohammed’s Spiteful Narrative on Lekki Massacre

PilotnewsDecember 1, 2021

“It is a disaster that someone who is ready to use government paraphernalia to attempt to intimidate and force a narrative down the throat of Nigerians” ―Ebuka Onyekwelu Nigeria’s Minister of Information Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has continued unabated with his single narrative that no one was killed at the Lekki Tollgate scandalous event over a year ago, during the endsars protest. Only a few months ago, Mr. Lai was threatening CNN for the effrontery to...

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APC’s Decision to Challenge Anambra Election in Court—My Thoughts

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionAPC’s Decision to Challenge Anambra Election in Court—My Thoughts

PilotnewsNovember 24, 2021

“We need to interrogate our systems to have the best of what they can be,” ―Ebuka Onyekwelu I think our democracy is very far from maturity, though I must admit it’s a long process of hard work, testing, and interrogation. There are three stages of every democratic process; pre-election, election, and post-election. The importance and relevance of each of these stages cannot be overemphasized in strengthening our institutions. There is nothing personal, at all. In...

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Cape Verde Opens First Embassy In Nigeria

Foreign PolicyNigeriaCape Verde Opens First Embassy In Nigeria

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 20, 2021

Jose Silva, Prime Minister of Cape Verde, the only Island-country in West Africa, has pledged better cooperation and increase in trade volumes between Nigeria and his country in the coming years. Silva made the pledge in Abuja on Saturday at the official opening of the first-ever Cape Verdean Embassy in Nigeria, stressing that tourism and transportation would top the areas of cooperation. Speaking to newsmen after the opening, the PM, who spoke through an interpreter,...

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FG, IFAD-VCDP to Give $1m Grant to Farmers in 9 States

AgricultureNigeriaFG, IFAD-VCDP to Give $1m Grant to Farmers in 9 States

PilotnewsNovember 11, 2021

MINNA — The Federal Government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) on Thursday said that the intervention would support vulnerable farmers affected by insecurity and flood with a 1million dollars grant. Dr. Mathew Ahmed, the Niger Programme Coordinator, IFAD-VCDP, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna. He said that the intervention would support farmers in the nine VCDP participating states....

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