President Buhari Appoints NAICOM, NDIC Board Members

EconomyNigeriaPoliticsPresident Buhari Appoints NAICOM, NDIC Board Members

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr. Sunday Thomas as the substantive Commissioner for Insurance/Chief Executive Officer, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM). Mr. Yunusa Abdullahi, Special Adviser, Media, and Communications to the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. Thomas replaced Malam Mohammed Kari, who was Acting Commissioner for Insurance/CEO of the commission. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new appointee has...

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UNICEF Head Of Communications In Kano Dies

NewsNigeriaRegionsUnited NationsUNICEF Head Of Communications In Kano Dies

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 2, 2020

The Kano Field Office of the United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF), on Saturday lost its Head of Communications, Malam Rabiu Musa. Rabiu has been a front line communication expert at the forefront of Covid-19 campaigns since its outbreak in Kano state. A brief chat with his first son, Babangida Musa Rabiu, who confirmed the death through a phone call in Kano, said his father died on Saturday at the age of 60. “My dad died...

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COVID-19: The Controversial…Infection Bill: Highlights and Reactions

HealthNewsNigeriaPoliticsCOVID-19: The Controversial…Infection Bill: Highlights and Reactions

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 2, 2020

The controversial bill, “Control of Infectious Diseases Bill 2020” was sponsored by the Speaker of the House of Representative, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, and two of his colleagues, Pascal Obi and Tanko Sununu on Tuesday. The bill had been tagged controversial by the Nigerian public. Today, the West African Pilot News highlights some arguments about the bill and the public reactions to the bill for you. The Bill passed the second reading in a day The...

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You Are “Enemy of State” for Leaking Buhari’s Monday Speech –Adesina

CoronavirusNigeriaPoliticsYou Are “Enemy of State” for Leaking Buhari’s Monday Speech –Adesina

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 1, 2020

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, had reacted to his principal’s speech that was leaked on Monday. He described the person who leaked the speech as the “Enemy of the State” and said he is “already answering questions for his evil action”. Adesina reacted on Friday through a column, “From the Inside”, which he published on his website, www.femiadesina.com with the title “an Enemy of the State struck in...

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Shehu Sani Faults Lockdown Suspension, Calls It “Suicidal Act”

CoronavirusNigeriaPoliticsShehu Sani Faults Lockdown Suspension, Calls It “Suicidal Act”

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 1, 2020

Former Nigerian Senator, Senator Shehu Sani has faulted the Federal Government’s decision to ease lockdown in Lagos, Ogun, and Abuja. The Former Senator who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the last Senate described the decision of the FG to lift the lockdown without a vaccine as suicidal. He alleged that the FG decision is to allow this who can survive the COVID-19 to survive. He tweeted on Friday, that “the hidden truth behind the...

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U.S. Intel Community Says Virus Not Manmade, Probing Wuhan Lab Theory

CoronavirusPoliticsUnited StatesU.S. Intel Community Says Virus Not Manmade, Probing Wuhan Lab Theory

PilotnewsMay 1, 2020

The U.S. intelligence community on Thursday said it has concluded that the novel coronavirus “was not manmade or genetically modified,” but is still examining whether the outbreak could have originated in a Chinese laboratory. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which oversees the U.S.’ 17 intelligence bodies, said in a press release that intelligence community “concurs with the wide scientific consensus that the COVID-19 virus was not manmade or genetically modified.” The statement...

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Buhari didn’t Appoint ‘Dead’ Man from Ebonyi as FCC Member- APC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBuhari didn’t Appoint ‘Dead’ Man from Ebonyi as FCC Member- APC

PilotnewsApril 30, 2020

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Ebonyi chapter, has cleared the air on the alleged appointment of a ‘dead’ man from Ebonyi as a member of the Federal Character Commission (FCC). The state party chairman, Mr. Eze Nwachukwu, made the clarification at a news conference on Wednesday in Abakaliki. This followed news reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had appointed the late Chief Tobias Okwuru into the FCC even when it was clear that he died early...

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BREAKING: Muhammadu Goni, Borno’s first Executive Governor, is dead

NigeriaPeoplePoliticsBREAKING: Muhammadu Goni, Borno’s first Executive Governor, is dead

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 30, 2020

The death has occurred of Alhaji Muhammadu Goni, first Executive Governor of Borno state, comprising present Borno and Yobe states. He died a few hours ago after a brief illness in Maiduguri aged 78. Goni was a retired civil servant who was Governor of Borno State from 1979 to 1983 in the Nigerian Second Republic. According to Wikipedia, Muhammad Goni was born in 1942 in Kareto, Mobbar Local Government Area, Borno State. He attended Maiduguri Middle School...

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INEC deploys additional 39 Vehicles to PTF For COVID-19 Contact Tracing, Surveillance

CoronavirusNigeriaPoliticsINEC deploys additional 39 Vehicles to PTF For COVID-19 Contact Tracing, Surveillance

PilotnewsApril 29, 2020

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has deployed 39 additional vehicles to support the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVlD-19 in contact tracing, surveillance, laboratory, and infection prevention in Kano and Plateau. In a statement issued by Mr. Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner and Chairman, Voter Education Committee, in Abuja, the commission said that the vehicles were deployed in response to the request by the PTF to facilitate the movement of medical personnel for massive...

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P&ID Case: Current Circumstances Avoidable if Buhari followed Advice – Jonathan Replies FG

Law & JusticeNigeriaPoliticsP&ID Case: Current Circumstances Avoidable if Buhari followed Advice – Jonathan Replies FG

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)April 29, 2020

Former President Jonathan has responded to a subpoena by the Nigerian Government before a federal court in the United States seeking permission to access the bank account information of himself, his wife, and other government officials over alleged P&ID contract scam. The contract which has become a subject of corruption litigation required Process and Industrial Developments Ltd. (P&ID) to build a gas processing plant and the government to supply it. In a statement, Former President...

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