Adamawa Correspondents’ Scary, Stigamatising COVID-19 Experience

LocalNewsNigeriaAdamawa Correspondents’ Scary, Stigamatising COVID-19 Experience

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 16, 2020

Our Regional Correspondent writes on the experience of members of the correspondents’ chapel in Adamawa State when a member tested positive for COVID-19. It was a big relief and celebration time for members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Adamawa state when the result of their blood samples taken for coronavirus test returned negative. The joy wasn’t only for the two members who had contact with the first index...

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PDP Suspends 8 Members for Alleged Anti-Party Activities in Plateau

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPDP Suspends 8 Members for Alleged Anti-Party Activities in Plateau

PilotnewsMay 16, 2020

The Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau has suspended eight members of the party for constituting a rival State’s Caretaker Committee. Mr. John Akans, the committee’s head of media, said in a statement on Saturday that the decision to suspend the erring members was taken at an emergency meeting on Friday evening. “The working committee, an arm of the Plateau Caretaker Committee at its emergency meeting held Friday evening at the...

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Disease Control Bill Will Negate Rights of Citizens – Archbishop

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaRegionsDisease Control Bill Will Negate Rights of Citizens – Archbishop

PilotnewsMay 16, 2020

Archbishop Samson Benjamin, the General Overseer for Resurrection Praise Ministry for Africa Worldwide, on Saturday said the proposed Disease Control Bill would negate the rights of Nigerians. Benjamin told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that he was totally opposed to the Bill which seeks to promulgate the vaccine. “I am also absolutely against the vaccine that wants to be introduced into Africa from abroad. I do not believe it is best for...

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Trump Fires State Department Inspector General

NewsPoliticsUnited StatesTrump Fires State Department Inspector General

PilotnewsMay 16, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump fired the State Department’s head of internal audits, inspector general Steve Linick, late on Friday, according to media reports. Linick played a “small” role in the impeachment proceedings against Trump, according to broadcaster CNN. After being informed of the dismissal, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a statement on the “late-night firing,” accusing Trump of punishing Linick for protecting the Constitution and national security. Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs...

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NCDC BILL: Court Summons Gbajabiamila, Orders House to Maintain Status Quo

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaPoliticsNCDC BILL: Court Summons Gbajabiamila, Orders House to Maintain Status Quo

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 16, 2020

The House of Representatives has been ordered by a Federal High Court in Abuja to maintain status quo on the infectious disease bill which has passed second reading. The order was given by Justice Ifeoma Ojukwu, who also called on the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila; the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu and the clerk of the National Assembly to appear before the court, according to...

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FAAC: FG, States, LGs Share N606.196bn for April

MoneyNigeriaPoliticsFAAC: FG, States, LGs Share N606.196bn for April

PilotnewsMay 15, 2020

The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N606.196 billion to the three tiers of government for the month of April. Mr. Hassan Dodo, Director of Information in the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Dodo said the meeting, which held by virtual, was chaired by Dr Mahmoud Isa-Dutse, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry. He said the amount shared included Value Added Tax...

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Femi Adesina Faults Nigerians Calling on Buhari to Address the Country on COVID-19

NigeriaPoliticsFemi Adesina Faults Nigerians Calling on Buhari to Address the Country on COVID-19

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 15, 2020

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, had faulted some Nigerians for calling President Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) to address Nigerians on the COVID-19 pandemic. Adesina made his views known in an article posted on his Facebook page on Friday, title ‘If you can’t take blows brother, don’t throw blows’. He added that if it were to be former President Olusegun Obasanjo that was in power, he would have insulted those...

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Swearing-in of New Israeli Government Pushed Back to Sunday

PoliticsWorld NewsSwearing-in of New Israeli Government Pushed Back to Sunday

PilotnewsMay 14, 2020

In a surprise last-minute move, the long-awaited swearing-in of Israel’s new government has been postponed until Sunday, as caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he needed more time to distribute portfolios to future ministers. The decision came just as the parliament, or Knesset, was set to begin Thursday’s ceremony. Netanyahu and his former rival Benny Gantz made the decision jointly, according to a statement. “Netanyahu approached Gantz with a request to postpone the swearing-in until...

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Ibrahim Gambari: Transformational Leadership and the Misconceptions of Age Politics

ColumnsNewsOpinionPoliticsIbrahim Gambari: Transformational Leadership and the Misconceptions of Age Politics

PilotnewsMay 14, 2020

One of the greatest misconceptions of Nigerians or Africans about age in leadership is being unable to differentiate age from wisdom Minutes after Professor Ibrahim A. Gambari was announced the Chief-of-Staff of Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, the social media went wild with commentaries and analysis. Professor Gambari replaces the former Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, who died on April over COVID-19 complications. While the majority praised him as a level-headed intelligent leader...

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Chief of Staff Gambari: I Don’t Report Directly to the Nation

NewsNigeriaPoliticsChief of Staff Gambari: I Don’t Report Directly to the Nation

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 13, 2020

Professor Ibrahim Gambari, the newly appointed Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, says he reports to the President and not directly to the nation. He said this while addressing journalists following the confirmation of his appointment at the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday. Responding to a question about what Nigerians should expect from him as the Chief of Staff, Mr. Gambari, according to press reports, said: “I have not started, so I will...

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