House of Representatives Worries Over Missing N43 Billion Revenue

The House of Representatives had threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against the Managing Director of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Mohammed Odunowo, next Monday, over missing N43 billion revenue. The revenue was accrued from sales of both local and international air tickets between 2021 and 2022. The threat followed the refusal to honor the two invitations sent to the NAMA Boss by the Committee. Chairman, House Committee on Finance, Hon. Abiodun James Faleke,...

ECOWAS Appoints Acting Secretary-General Of The Parliament

New Acting Secretary-General of the Parliament, Mr Bertin Somé has been approved by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The Speaker of the Parliament, Mr Sidie Tunis who announced the appointment in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, explained that the former Director of Parliamentary Affairs and Research. Somé, who assumed office on Nov. 1, replaced Mr John Azumah, who retired from active service in the community. Speaker Tunis formally presented the acting...

Court Reserves Judgement On Relocation Of Patent Medicine Dealers In Kano

Judgment in a suit challenging the forceful relocation of patent medicine dealers to a coordinated wholesale center in the Kanawa Economic City located at Dan Gwauro on the outskirts of the Kano metropolis has been reserved by the Federal High Court sitting in Kano. Justice Simon A. Amobede, after hearing all pending applications of the plaintiff’s and defendant’s counsels, reserved judgment on a date to be communicated to the parties. Counsel to the plaintiffs, Abdulaziz...

Board Promotes 32,361 Paramilitary Personnel

The Board of Immigration, Civil Defence, Fire, and Correctional Services has approved the promotion of 32,361 personnel. Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of Interior disclosed details of the promotions from the four services through the NSCDC Commandant General, Dr Ahmed Audi, on Friday in Abuja. He however said the majority of those promoted are from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) which had 21,385 out of its 25,951 that sat for the promotion examinations....

Anambra State Ranks 5th In HIV Prevalence Rate In Nigeria – Health Commissioner

The Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Obidike, says the state is the fifth highest in HIV prevalence rate in Nigeria, and highest in the Southeast region. Dr. Obidike stated this in Awka during a press briefing in commemoration of World Aids Day. Briefing the media, the Commissioner, who noted that HIV is one of the issues of public health importance, revealed that it is estimated that ninety-eight thousand, nine hundred and sixty Ndi...

“No Governor of Anambra State has fully Mobilized the State Resources” – Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah

Anambra South senator, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah has said that no governor of Anambra State has fully leveraged the State’s enormous human and material resources to grow and position Anambra State. Speaking in an exclusive conversation with  The West African Pilot News, Senator Ubah regretted that Anambra is yet to have a focused leadership that is fully capable of using its resources to expand the frontiers of opportunities, public service, and growth for Anambra and the...

How Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju Exemplified the Vanity of Power 

“Last weekend, many gathered in Uli, a community in Ihiala LGA where Dr. Mbadinuju came from, to pay him the last respect” —Ebuka Onyekwelu The Late Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju, was governor of Anambra State between 1999 and 2003. In 2003, he did everything within his power to return for a second term but could not secure the ticket of his former party, the PDP. He then ended up running on the platform of the AD...

N30,000 minimum wage to end March 2024 – FG

Nigerian workers have a cause to rejoice as the federal government has announced that a new wage regime will take off from 1 April 2024. Idris Mohammed, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, said Thursday that the subsisting minimum wage of N30,000 will expire by the end of March 2024. The labour unions in Nigeria, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, have been at loggerheads with the federal government...

Spotify names most-streamed Nigerian artistes, songs and albums in 2023

Music heavyweights Asake, Burna Boy and Davido deepened their prominence in the Nigerian music industry by becoming the three most-streamed male artistes on Spotify. This is according to Spotify’s ‘2023 Wrapped’, an end-of-the-year data on the top 10 most streamed (male and female) artistes, tracks and albums, among others, in Nigeria. “This year’s ‘Wrapped’ is a testament to the power of music to connect people and bring them closer to the culture and traditions of...

Ethiopian Airlines bans ‘Ghana-Must-Go’ bags on flights

Ethiopian Airlines has restricted Nigerians from bringing ‘Ghana-Must-Go’ bags aboard any of its flights. The ban, according to a letter signed by Henok Gizachew, the Airline’s Manager of Airport Services, and addressed to the Regional Manager of the Federal Airports Authority Of Nigeria, FAAN, took effect from 25 November. Ethiopian Airlines Nigeria said the regulation is due to the “frequent occurrences of damages to conveyor belts at various airports, resulting in significant costs by the...

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