Kaduna State Environmental Protection Authority Issues Relocation Notices To 305 Residents

Accidents and SafetyEnvironmentNewsNigeriaKaduna State Environmental Protection Authority Issues Relocation Notices To 305 Residents

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 25, 2021

The General Manager Kaduna state Environmental Protection Authority (KEPA), Mr. Lawal Jibrin said the authority has issued 305 relocation notices to residents of flood-prone areas across the state. Jibrin told newsmen on Friday in Kaduna that the notices became necessary after a series of meetings and interactions with various stakeholders as no fewer than 30 flood cases were reported in 2020. “We urge those issued notices in flood-prone areas to relocate to safer places before...

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Hoodlums Kills ASP Police Officer, Injures Three Others In Adamawa

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaHoodlums Kills ASP Police Officer, Injures Three Others In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 25, 2021

The Adamawa State Police command has confirmed the killing of its officer by hoodlums in Lafiya. According, to Press Statement by the command’s image maker DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, said the hoodlums numbering about 60 armed with dangerous weapons killed Assistant Superintendent of Police ASP Ibrahim Abdullahi and injured three other Policemen while trying to effect the arrest of the wanted Criminal in Lafiya. Part of the statement read “On 24/4/2021 between the hours of...

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Forty-Four Persons, Including Two Medical Doctors Died Of Coronavirus Disease In Gombe State

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaForty-Four Persons, Including Two Medical Doctors Died Of Coronavirus Disease In Gombe State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 24, 2021

Deputy Governor of Gombe, Manassa Jattau, who doubles as chairman of the state’s COVID-19 Committee said forty-four persons, including two medical doctors, have died of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)-related complications in the State. Briefing newsmen in Gombe, the Deputy Governor stated that the state was able to reduce the mortality rate to 2.1 per cent against the seven per cent recorded in most states.  “Out of the 34,472 samples taken so far, 2,034 tested positive for...

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Mother Of Emirs of Kano and Bichi Passes On

NewsNigeriaObituaryMother Of Emirs of Kano and Bichi Passes On

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 24, 2021

The Kano Emirate Council on Saturday announced the death of Hajiya Maryam Ado Bayero, mother of Emirs of Kano and Bichi Aminu Ado Bayero and Nasiru Ado Bayero. According to the announcement on the Kano Emirate’s Facebook page, arrangements for her funeral rites will be announced later. The deceased who died on Saturday in Egypt after a protracted illness was a widow of late Ado Bayero and a princess of Ilorin Emirate, Kwara state. Until her death,...

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Pantami Should Resign His Ministerial Position – Moghalu

National SecurityNewsNigeriaPantami Should Resign His Ministerial Position – Moghalu

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 24, 2021

A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Kingsley Moghalu, has joined the call for the resignation of the embattled Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, over his past apologist statement on terrorism. Moghalu’s call followed the defense of the Minister by the Presidency, who claimed that Pantami put Nigeria first and had initiated plans and policies that would profit the Nigerian public. But in a series of tweets...

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Gunmen Raze Uzodinma’s Country Home, Kill Two Security Operative

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen Raze Uzodinma’s Country Home, Kill Two Security Operative

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 24, 2021

Gunmen have reportedly attacked the home country of the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma. Report reaching The West African Pilot News confirm that the gunmen invaded the Governor’s residence in Omuma in Oru East Local Government Area in the early hours of Saturday. The assailants killed two security men on duty before torching it. It was also learned that vehicles parked at the compound and part of the building were affected by the fire. The...

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Oji-River People Pass Vote-of-Confidence on Gov. Ugwuanyi

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOji-River People Pass Vote-of-Confidence on Gov. Ugwuanyi

PilotnewsApril 24, 2021

ENUGU — The people of Oji-River in Enugu State have passed a vote-of-confidence on Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s leadership resourcefulness in the entire Enugu State. This was contained in a communiqué made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on Saturday at the end of an extraordinary stakeholders’ meeting held on April 23 in the council area. It noted that the people, especially the political and community leaders of Oji-River Local Government Area (LGA),...

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Our Investment in Rice Production Will Produce Returns in 2020 – Bayelsa Gov’t

AgricultureNewsNigeriaOur Investment in Rice Production Will Produce Returns in 2020 – Bayelsa Gov’t

PilotnewsApril 24, 2021

YENAGOA — The Bayelsa Government says its investment partnership in agriculture with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in the area of rice production will start yielding returns before the end of the year. The Deputy Governor, Mr. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, said this on Saturday at a meeting with traditional rulers from Nembe Local Government Area of the state. The deputy governor said the state had since subscribed to the CBN-backed Accelerated Agriculture Development Scheme (AADS)...

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COVID-19: NCDC Discharges 65, Total Recoveries 154,643

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Discharges 65, Total Recoveries 154,643

PilotnewsApril 24, 2021

ABUJA — The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has discharged additional 65 people after testing negative for the COVID-19 virus following treatment in the country. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Friday. It stated that the nation’s total recoveries had increased to 154,643, in the last 24 hours. The public health agency noted that the country recorded no deaths from COVID-19 on Friday, making it the 11th consecutive day that...

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Odumakin’s Demise, Great Loss to Nigeria – Osun Govt.

NewsNigeriaObituaryOdumakin’s Demise, Great Loss to Nigeria – Osun Govt.

PilotnewsApril 24, 2021

MORO (Osun) — Mr. Charles Akinola, the Chief of Staff to Osun Governor, has said that the death of Yinka Odumakin, Afenifere’s Spokesman, is a great loss to Nigeria. Akinola, who represented Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola, spoke while receiving Odumakin’s remains at Asejire, the boundary between Osun and Oyo States. He said: “Our brother, an illustrious son of Osun, was one of the finest. “Odumakin was not just a leader of conscience, he was one of...

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