Creative Work: Enugu State Govt Set Aside Loan for Youth

Arts & CultureEducationNewsNigeriaCreative Work: Enugu State Govt Set Aside Loan for Youth

PilotnewsApril 27, 2021

ENUGU — The Enugu State Government says it has set aside loans for youths who want to engage in creative work in the state. Mr. Arinze Chilo-Offiah, Special Adviser to Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on SME Development and Investment, made the disclosure in Enugu on Monday at an event to mark the 2021 World Intellectual Property Day organized by the Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC).  The theme for the year is ‘Intellectual Property (IP)and SMEs : Taking...

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Group Trains 400 Ebonyi Cassava Farmers on Akilimo Tool

AgricultureJobsNewsNigeriaGroup Trains 400 Ebonyi Cassava Farmers on Akilimo Tool

PilotnewsApril 26, 2021

ABAKALIKI — The Cedro Royal Multiventures, Abuja has trained 400 grassroots cassava farmers in the use of Akilimo advisory tool for fertiliser recommendation and weed management. The Lead team of the venture, Mr. Fakunle Aremu, said this on Monday in Abakaliki during a training workshop on the use of the tool. Aremu said the innovation was meant to increase cassava production. He said the firm, together with Eleanya Empowerment Foundation Africa in the state, wanted...

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Attacks in S/East: Nigeria Army Promise to Secure NYSC Camps, Lodges

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsNigeriaAttacks in S/East: Nigeria Army Promise to Secure NYSC Camps, Lodges

PilotnewsApril 26, 2021

ENUGU — The Nigerian Army has pledged to protect all orientation camps and corps lodges of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the South-East amidst current insecurity in the zone. The General Officer Commanding (GOC) the 82 Division of the Nigeria Army in Enugu State, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, gave the assurance in Enugu on Monday when the Director of the South East Area Office of NYSC, Mrs. Ngozi Nwatarali, visited him. Lagbaja requested...

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We Are Not Responsible For The Attack On Uzodinma’s Home – IPOB

National SecurityNewsNigeriaWe Are Not Responsible For The Attack On Uzodinma’s Home – IPOB

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 26, 2021

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group has dissociated itself from the recent attack on the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma’s country home. The spokesperson of the group, Emmanuel Powerful described those linking the incident to the group as liars, adding that neither IPOB nor the Eastern Security Network (ESN) was responsible for the incident. “They are liars, and they are not saying the truth,” Powerful said during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday...

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Stop Blame Game, Seek Help On Insecurity – Soyinka Tells FG

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaStop Blame Game, Seek Help On Insecurity – Soyinka Tells FG

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 26, 2021

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has asked the Federal Government to seek help where needed to regain peace in the country and find a lasting solution without making Nigerians victims. The Nobel Laureate made the call in a statement while reacting to the killings going on across the country by bandits, terrorists, and other gunmen in the country. According to him, these gunmen have sacrificed and traumatized the youths in the country and beyond what...

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Interfaith Council Sets to Find Lasting Peace in Plateau

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPeaceInterfaith Council Sets to Find Lasting Peace in Plateau

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 26, 2021

The Plateau Inter-Religious Council (IRC) has promised to ensure the restoration of lasting peace in the state by promoting the virtue of tolerance among citizens. Rev. Pandang Yamsat, the Co-chairman of the council made the promise at its inaugural meeting on Monday in Jos. It was reported that Gov. Simon Lalong, on February 8, inaugurated the council aimed at promoting peaceful co-existence and tolerance among adherents of the various religions in the state. Yamsat, a...

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Police Arrest 2 Suspected Kidnappers in Zaria

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice Arrest 2 Suspected Kidnappers in Zaria

PilotnewsApril 26, 2021

ZARIA — The Police have arrested two of the suspected kidnappers who attacked Kofar-Gayan Low-Cost Zaria on Sunday, abducted two housewives, and injured four residents. ASP Mohammed Jalige, Police Public Relations Officer, Kaduna State Police Command, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Zaria. Jalige said the police were on top of the situation, adding that investigation into the matter was ongoing. Alhaji Haruna Sani, a husband to one...

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NERC Mulls Extraordinary Tariff Review for 11 DisCos

BusinessNewsNigeriaPowerNERC Mulls Extraordinary Tariff Review for 11 DisCos

PilotnewsApril 26, 2021

LAGOS — The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says it is concluding the Extraordinary Tariff Review process for the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos). NERC, which is the regulator of Nigeria’s power sector, made this known on Monday in a notice to the general public and industry stakeholders posted on its website. The commission said the review was pursuant to the provisions of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSRA). According to NERC, extraordinary tariff...

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Senator Ndume Reacts To Arrest Of Some Bureau De Change Operators

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaSenator Ndume Reacts To Arrest Of Some Bureau De Change Operators

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 26, 2021

ABUJA — The Senator representing Borno South in the National Assembly, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume had expressed concern why the Federal Government will choose to cover the identities of the suspects, noting that he underwent the same experience in an open court for six years before his eventual vindication. The lawmaker who spoke in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Sunday was reacting to the recent arrest of some Bureau De Change (BDC) operators,...

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Bandits Kills Physician In A Church, Abducts 4 Worshippers In Kaduna

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBandits Kills Physician In A Church, Abducts 4 Worshippers In Kaduna

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 26, 2021

KADUNA –-Bandits on Sunday attacked Haske Baptist Church in Manini Tasha vil­lage, Kuriga Ward in Chukun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killed one person and kidnaped several worshippers. The gunmen were said to have attacked the church at about 9:00 am and shot sporadically causing pandemonium, and in the ensuing stampede, a worshipper was gunned down whose identity was given as Dr. Zechariah Dogonyaro, a physician with Kaduna State Ministry of Health. One of...

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