BREAKING NEWS: Former Emir Sanusi Accepts Appointment as the Chancellor of Kaduna State University

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBREAKING NEWS: Former Emir Sanusi Accepts Appointment as the Chancellor of Kaduna State University

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 11, 2020

Less than twenty-four hours after appointing former Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II as the Vice Chairman of the board of the Kaduna State Agency for Investment Promotion, the Government of Kaduna State has appointed the deposed Emir as the Chancellor of Kaduna State University. The appointment was announced in a statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye on Wednesday. “On behalf of the government and people of Kaduna State,...

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BREAKING: Accountant General Queried by the Senate, Ordered to Name Lawyer Paid $4m from the ECA

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBREAKING: Accountant General Queried by the Senate, Ordered to Name Lawyer Paid $4m from the ECA

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 11, 2020

The Senate Committee on Finance, Tuesday, asked the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, to provide details of lawyer paid $4m from the excess crude account (ECA) which is gradually going dry. The accountant general had been invited to brief the Senators on the revenue projection for 2020 and to explain why the funds in ECA were diminishing. Mr. Idris explained that the ECA had reduced from $2.2bn — which President Muhammadu Buhari inherited...

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Good Education, they say ‘is Expensive’ but Some Countries have Proven that Adage to be Obsolete

EducationNigeriaWorldGood Education, they say ‘is Expensive’ but Some Countries have Proven that Adage to be Obsolete

PilotnewsMarch 11, 2020

Regardless of Nigeria’s poverty index and the clear-cut differences in our financial statuses, we all desire studying overseas. Well, for-not-so-privileged students, studying overseas might be a realistic idea assuming foreign Universities’ expensive tuition fees and cost of living factors are cancelled out. Luckily, there are quite a number of countries where one can pursue higher degrees without paying any significant sums of money. Here, you might only need a job to cater for your living....

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BREAKING NEWS: UK Health Minister Tests Positive for Coronavirus Days after Seeing PM Boris Johnson

HealthWorldBREAKING NEWS: UK Health Minister Tests Positive for Coronavirus Days after Seeing PM Boris Johnson

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 11, 2020

Nadine Dorries, Junior Minister for Health in the UK has confirmed in a statement that she has tested positive to  COVID-19. This is coming days after she attended an International Women’s Day event last Thursday, where the Prime Minister and hundreds of people in the Parliament were present. Reports say she had close contact with hundreds of people at the meeting. She was reported to have fallen ill last Friday. It is not clear who...

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Western Nigeria can Proceed with a Civil War Against the North; Igbos Would Supply Arms and Food

Anthony Obi OgboNigeriaOpinionPoliticsWestern Nigeria can Proceed with a Civil War Against the North; Igbos Would Supply Arms and Food

PilotnewsMarch 9, 2020

Anytime there is a call for war, those who have once lived through it speak differently from those whose experience is from computer games.   Just recently, two former Nigerian leaders, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and a former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. T.Y. Danjuma (retd.) have been on a rampage – spewing inflammatory comments about a possible civil war in Nigeria – holding rallies in Nigeria and overseas, conveying animosity over the country’s current political...

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OPINION: Two Major Reasons Emir Sanusi was Dethroned

OpinionPoliticsOPINION: Two Major Reasons Emir Sanusi was Dethroned

PilotnewsMarch 9, 2020

The major fact to note is that the dethronement of Sanusi is political. Sanusi was appointed Emir of Kano just before the former governor of Kano Rabiu Kwankwaso left office in 2015. Sanusi, a former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has shown to be a man of his own whims, an independent actor with a capacity for self-criticism. Certainly, after his tenure as CBN governor, where he was forced by the former president,...

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Senate Wants Vice-President and Governors to Lose Immunity if Guilty of Corruption

Law & JusticeNigeriaPoliticsSenate Wants Vice-President and Governors to Lose Immunity if Guilty of Corruption

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 9, 2020

The Senate is seeking to amend a section of the constitution which gives immunity from criminal prosecution to vice-president and governors. The bill wants vice-president and governors to lose their immunity if found guilty of misappropriation of funds and sponsoring thugs to perpetrate violence that cause injury or death. The president, however, is excluded from the bill. Sponsored by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the review of the 1999 constitution, Deputy Senate President,...

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Trump fires White House Chief Of Staff, Mick Mulvaney and hires his ally, Mark Meadows

NewsPoliticsUnited StatesTrump fires White House Chief Of Staff, Mick Mulvaney and hires his ally, Mark Meadows

PilotnewsMarch 7, 2020

For the fourth time in three years, President Trump has a new chief of staff. With his administration grappling with the response to coronavirus — and just months ahead of the next election — Trump tweeted on Friday night that congressional ally Mark Meadows will be his newest top aide at the White House. Meadows replaces Mick Mulvaney, who like him, was once part of the House Freedom Caucus. Meadows has come to be one...

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BREAKING: Why PDP Sacked 4 Directors, 58 Others

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBREAKING: Why PDP Sacked 4 Directors, 58 Others

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 7, 2020

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has carried out a mass sack of 50 per cent of its workers, a notice pasted at the National Secretariat of the party revealed. In what appears as the result of a financial crisis, 62 officials and other members of staff were affected by the mass disengagement. Those affected include 4 directors, two deputy directors, 6 assistant directors, seventeen supervisors, 14 intermediate staff and nineteen junior staff. The workers were...

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Twitter’s CEO Reconsidering Moving to Africa Due to Coronavirus

BusinessHealthWorldTwitter’s CEO Reconsidering Moving to Africa Due to Coronavirus

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 6, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak has made Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey to rethink his plans to spend up to six months in Africa, after he made the announcement in November 2019. Although he did not mention the country he would stay, there are speculations that it could be one of Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria or South Africa. Mr. Dorsey made this announcement during the Morgan Stanley conference in California that he would reconsider the idea, citing coronavirus outbreak. He...

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