Rep. pays over N12m WAEC fees for constituents

EducationNewsNigeriaPoliticsRep. pays over N12m WAEC fees for constituents

PilotnewsFebruary 1, 2020

Rep. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia, has doled out over N12 million to register candidates for the 2020 West African School Certificate Examination (WASCE) in 16 public schools in her constituency. Onyejeocha presented symbolic bank cheques of various sums, ranging from N333,000 to N1.591 million, to the benefitting schools at a brief ceremony in her Ngodo Isuochi country home in Umunneochi Local Government Area on Friday. Speakinpg in an interview with newsmen,...

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Apple to close all China mainland stores due to virus outbreak

BusinessHealthMarketsNewsWorldApple to close all China mainland stores due to virus outbreak

PilotnewsFebruary 1, 2020

Apple Inc on Saturday said it would shut all of its official stores and corporate offices in mainland China until Feb 9. as fears over the coronavirus outbreak mounted and the death toll more than doubled to over 250 from a week ago. “Out of an abundance of caution and based on the latest advice from leading health experts, we’re closing all our corporate offices, stores, and contact centers in mainland China through Feb. 9,”...

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United States visa-ban fallout: Eritrea and Nigeria fight back

AfricaNewsWorldUnited States visa-ban fallout: Eritrea and Nigeria fight back

PilotnewsFebruary 1, 2020

Eritrea blasts U.S. visa ban, Nigeria creates committee to address issues Eritrea denounced a U.S. ban on immigrant visas for its citizens as “unacceptable” on Saturday, while Nigeria’s government said it had created a committee to address the issues that prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to add the country to the ban. Nigeria and Eritrea were among six countries, four of them in Africa, added to an expanded version of the U.S. visa ban announced...

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Buhari constitutes committee on U.S. visas ban

NewsNigeriaPoliticsWorldBuhari constitutes committee on U.S. visas ban

PilotnewsFebruary 1, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted a committee, to be chaired by the Minister of Interior, Ra’uf Aregbesola, to study the reason why the United State banned Nigerians from its immigration visa. According to a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Saturday, the committee will work with the U.S Government, INTERPOL and other stakeholders to ensure all updates are properly implemented. The president further charged the...

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Ezza stakeholders give plaintiffs 72 hours ultimatum to withdraw suit against Ebonyi airport project

LocalNewsNigeriaPoliticsEzza stakeholders give plaintiffs 72 hours ultimatum to withdraw suit against Ebonyi airport project

PilotnewsJanuary 31, 2020

Stakeholders of Ezza clan in Ebonyi state have given their brothers who filed a suit against the construction of an international airport in Ezza land 72 hours to withdraw the suit in the interest of peace and development. This was contained in a communiqué issued after an expanded stakeholders meeting of the Clan at the palace of the Chairman, Ebonyi State Traditional Rulers Council, H.R.M Ezeogo Charles Mkpuma {Ezegburugbala the III} of Ezzama Kingdom. Six...

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Nigeria: Governor Okowa deny conniving with Omo Agege to destroy Ogboru’s ambition

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigeria: Governor Okowa deny conniving with Omo Agege to destroy Ogboru’s ambition

PilotnewsJanuary 31, 2020

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state has denied making any deal with the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo Agege in 2019 to truncate the chances of the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Chief Great Ogboru to become the governor of the State. The governor urged leaders of the All Progressive Congress and their followers in Delta State to look inward and find internal solutions to the party’s abysmal performance during the 2019 general...

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Over 100 Ebonyi women protest half-naked over takeover of their mineral-rich land

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOver 100 Ebonyi women protest half-naked over takeover of their mineral-rich land

PilotnewsJanuary 31, 2020

Odogwu Emeka Odogwu Women from Ndiezoke village in Igbeagu community in Izzi local government area of Ebonyi State numbering over One Hundred (100) has staged a protest half-naked over alleged forceful takeover of their land by a former traditional ruler of Igbeagu community, John Nwenyi, following discovery of mineral deposit in the land. The aged women who stormed Government House Abakaliki to protest the forceful takeover of their land were joined in the protest by...

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Imo governorship: Uzodinma optimistic Supreme Could will not overturn itself

NewsNigeriaPoliticsImo governorship: Uzodinma optimistic Supreme Could will not overturn itself

PilotnewsJanuary 31, 2020

Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo has expressed optimism that the Supreme Court would not reverse its judgment that sacked his predecessor, Emeka Ihedioha, and declared him winner of the March 19, 2019 governorship election. The apex court had, on Jan. 14, removed Ihedioha of the PDP on the ground that he did not score the lawful majority votes in the Imo governorship race. The court said it arrived at that decision after adding votes scored...

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EFCC arrests 11 cyber criminals, gets FBI commendation

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaWorldEFCC arrests 11 cyber criminals, gets FBI commendation

Izu Emmanuel (Abuja City Editor)January 31, 2020

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has effected the arrest of 11 suspected fraudsters including a female at Airport View Estate Thinkers Corner, Enugu State. Tony Orilade, acting head of media and publicity at the Commission disclosed this in a press statement he issued in Abuja January 31. According to the statement, the arrest followed several calls by the residents to the increasing activities of internet fraudsters in the area. After several intelligence reports on the...

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Obaseki dares Oshiomhole, vows to deal with him

NewsNigeriaPoliticsObaseki dares Oshiomhole, vows to deal with him

Izu Emmanuel (Abuja City Editor)January 29, 2020

The political feud between Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state seems to be taking a dangerous turn ahead of the election coming up later in d year. Comrade Oshiomhole, who is currently the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and his erstwhile political protégé Gov Obaseki are at daggers drawn owing to what many political watchers have described as “irreconcilable differences”. While Oshiomhole has vowed to deny the...

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