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Education News Nigeria PoliticsGbajabiamila Sponsors Student Loan Bill for Nigerian Students to Access Interest-free Loans

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 24, 2022

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has sponsored a student loan bill in the National Assembly which aims to enable Nigerian students in tertiary institutions to have access to financial assistance. The proposed legislation is titled, ‘Bill for an Act to provide for easy access to higher education for Nigerians through interest-free loans from the Nigerian Education Bank.’ The bill seeks the establishment of the Nigerian Education Bank which shall have...

Crime & Security News Nigeria RegionsEnugu Govt Condemns Attack On Farmers, Donates 10m Naira To Victims Of Eha Amufu Crisis

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)November 24, 2022

The Enugu State Government has released a sum of N10 million for the immediate needs of victims of the Eha Amufu farmers and suspected herders clash with a promise to paying all the medical bills of those receiving treatments in the hospital. Condemning the attack on farmers in their farm settlements at Aguamaede and Mgbuji communities in Eha Amufu, Isi-Uzo Local Government Area by suspected herders, Governor Ugwuanyi assigned a delegate to investigate the attack...

Business News NigeriaBuhari Unveils New Naira Notes As CBN Plans to Reduce Volume of N500, N1000 in Circulation

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 24, 2022

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday launched the redesigned 200-, 500- and 1,000-naira notes at the Council Chambers of the State House shortly before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. This is coming a few weeks after the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, disclosed plans, backed by the President, to redesign the currency notes. In his speech, President Buhari said the redesigning of the naira notes would not only...

Education News NigeriaOver 11,000 Teachers Sat For Professional Qualifying Examination In Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 22, 2022

No fewer than 11,629 candidates have sat for the second batch of the 2022 Teachers Professional Qualifying Examination, PQE, nationwide conducted by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, (TRCN). Dr Jacinta Ogboso, TRCN’s Director of Examination and Licencing, disclosed this after monitoring the exercise in Abuja, explained that the Federal Capital Terrotory had the highest number of candidates with 982 teachers, while Lagos, Anambra, Ondo and Kaduna had equal number of registered candidates. Ogboso, said...

News Nigeria PoliticsFormer CBN Governor Urges Nigerians To Vote Credible, Visionary leaders In 2023

PilotnewsNovember 22, 2022

Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has advised Nigerians to vote credible and visionary leaders in 2023 general elections.Sanusi gave the charge in Abuja on Saturday at the 1444AH Annual Maulid Nabiy celebration organised by the Ashraaf Islamic Foundation themed ‘Islamic Perspectives on Elections and Good Governance’. The former CBN governor was represented by the coordinator, Centre for Community Development, Kwara State University, Malete, Ustaz Muhammad Awwal Olohungbebe....

Africa News NigeriaAfrica Illustrious Award Set to Honour Africans across Diverse Works of Life

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)November 22, 2022

The Africa Illustrious Award is set to honour outstanding Africans in diverse works of life, in an even scheduled to hold early December, 2022. The Award reserved for those who are making an impact in their community was instituted about five years ago, as a meritorious recognition that seeks to balance stories across Africa by beaming its search light on the bright-side of Africa that is often underreported. Some of the award categories include; public...

News Nigeria PoliticsCourt Orders INEC to Resume Voters’ Registration

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 22, 2022

Five months after the suspension of the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR), a Federal High Court in Abuja has directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resume the registration. Delivering the judgment on Tuesday, Justice Inyang Ekwo said the voters’ registration ought to last until 90 days before the 2023 general election. The judge also directed INEC to ensure that eligible Nigerians were not deprived the opportunity to have their voter’s card for the forthcoming...

Entertainment Lifestyle NewsWizkid Wins Afrobeats Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 22, 2022

At the 2022 edition of the American Music Awards held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California on Sunday night, Wizkid won the Favourite Afrobeats Artist. The Sony Music/RCA artiste was nominated in the category alongside Burna Boy, CKay, Tems, and Fireboy DML. The award for the Favourite R&B Song also went to his Tems-assisted Essence. Essence competed with Beyoncé’s Break my soul, Muni Long’s Hrs and Hrs, Silk Sonic’s Smokin’ out the window,...

Crime & Security News NigeriaGunmen Kidnap Rev Fr. Ishiwu In Igbo-Eze South LGA, Enugu

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)November 22, 2022

Rev Fr. Victor Ishiwu of St Jude’s Catholic Church, Eburummiri Ibagwa-Aka, Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area in Enugu state has been kidnapped. The catholic priest was kidnapped by men allegedly speaking Pidgin English and Fulani language. Eye witness account revealed the gunmen invaded the church premises, shooting sporadically into the air thus causing all including the Rev. Fr. To scamper for safety. However, they forced the parish house open and whisked Fr. Ishiwu out to...

Education NewsWAP’S Prof. Chris Ulasi Leads Election Reporting Project in Nigeria

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 21, 2022

The co-founder of The West African Pilot News, Professor Chris Ulasi, led a United States-sponsored Election Reporting Project (ERP) in Nigeria. ERP was a two-day workshop to equip, train and support Nigerian journalists, videographers and photojournalists to adequately cover the 2023 elections in an accurate, objective, balanced and safe way. The workshop was organised by the West Africa Broadcast and Media Academy (WABMA) and the Enugu Literary Society (ELS) in partnership with the US consulate-general...

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