NBA Conference: Chimamanda Adichie Decries Leadership Deficit as Obi, Atiku, Others Unveil 2023 Agenda

NewsNBA Conference: Chimamanda Adichie Decries Leadership Deficit as Obi, Atiku, Others Unveil 2023 Agenda

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 24, 2022

The annual general meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association kicked off on Monday. The 62nd in the series, the conference themed, ‘Bold Transitions’ is expected to hold between August 19 and 26. The opening ceremony, which was held at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, was well-attended by big personalities including some contenders for the presidential seat in the forthcoming general elections. Some notable personalities at the conference, include former vice-president and the...

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41,235,148 Nigerians Receive First Dose Of Covid-19 Vaccine

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaVaccination41,235,148 Nigerians Receive First Dose Of Covid-19 Vaccine

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 24, 2022

The Nigerian Government said 41,235,148 of its eligible population have successfully been vaccinated with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of 23rd August 2022. The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) yesterday disclosed that it represented 36.9 percent of the country’s eligible population. Speaking at the maiden Quarterly review meeting of the Southwest Traditional Leaders Committee on primary health care delivery (SWTLC) held in Abuja, the Executive Director of NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib said: “As...

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Young Women Committed Suicide More Than Men In Nigeria-Prof Aishatu Armiya’u

HealthNewsWellnessYoung Women Committed Suicide More Than Men In Nigeria-Prof Aishatu Armiya’u

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 20, 2022

With the upsurge of suicide in Nigeria, Prof Aishatu Yusha’u Armiya’u of the Psychiatry department, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University and Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi said young women were on the high side of those who committed suicide in Nigeria. Prof Aishatu Armiya’u who stated this in an interview said recent studies in Nigeria said 80 percent of suicide reports were by men. However when age was used younger women committed suicide more than men....

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This Man Is Dangerous: Go Get Him, Boys

ColumnsDon OkoloNigeriaOpinionThis Man Is Dangerous: Go Get Him, Boys

PilotnewsAugust 13, 2022

“You can gallivant all you want with junk premises, and all of them will lead you back to the money bags in this man’s head.” Peter Cheyney, the British maestro, the one before this other British maestro, James Hadley Chase, was in the game as Britain’s most shrewd detective novelist, the second his first, the most daring book, ‘This Man Is Dangerous; Go Get Him, Boys’ hit the shelves. If I am lying, I am...

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Federal Government Borrow N2.45 trn From CBN In Six Months

Banking & FinanceEconomyFederal Government Borrow N2.45 trn From CBN In Six Months

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 12, 2022

The Federal Government has borrowed N19.91trn from the Central Bank of Nigeria through its Ways and Means Advances. Ways and Means Advances is a loan facility the Central bank uses to finance budget deficits. As of December 2021 total Ways and Means Advances to the Federal Government was N17.46 trn.  From January to June 2022, the Government borrowed N2.45 trn. Ways and Means Advances is backed by Section 38 of the CBN Act, 2007, the...

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Biyi Bandele, Director of ‘Half of A Yellow Sun’, is Dead

NewsObituaryBiyi Bandele, Director of ‘Half of A Yellow Sun’, is Dead

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 9, 2022

British-based Nigerian playwright and filmmaker, Biyi Bandele has passed on. His death was announced via a statement signed by his daughter, Temi Bandele. According to the statement, he died on Sunday, 7 August 2022 at the age of 54. “I am heartbroken to share the sudden and unexpected death on Sunday 7th of August in Lagos of my father Biyi Bandele,” his daughter, Temi, wrote. “Biyi was a prodigiously talented writer and filmmaker, as well...

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OPINION: A Religious Dilemma

ColumnsNigeria ElectionsOpinionOPINION: A Religious Dilemma

PilotnewsAugust 9, 2022

Nigerian Christians must decide whether to cut or thrust.  It is not unusual that religion is getting all the attention as next year’s presidential election in Nigeria draws closer. For better or for worse, Nigerians take religion very seriously, and the often unpredictable interaction of religion and ethnicity is a key element of political contestation in the country. Yet, if the role of religion was totally predictable, that Nigerian Christians feel that they have been...

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World Bank Support Adolescent Girls Education In Nigeria With $500 million

EducationNewsUnited NationsWorld Bank Support Adolescent Girls Education In Nigeria With $500 million

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 8, 2022

The Federal Government with support from the World Bank has commenced a project known as AGILE in Borno, Ekiti, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, and Plateau to improve secondary education opportunities for adolescent girls and empower them to earn their living in the country. The AGILE Project has World Bank support to the tune of $500 million with prospects of improved funding. National Project Coordinating Unit of the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project,...

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Coalitions Endorse Peter Obi for President

NewsNigeria ElectionsCoalitions Endorse Peter Obi for President

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 5, 2022

A Coalition for Good Governance, a Coalition of civil society groups has endorsed the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, for the 2023 poll. The coalition is made up of 15 deregistered political parties in the country and some former presidential candidates. The National Chairman, Engr. Okey Chikwendu and National Publicity Secretary, Don Anthony Harmattan, the group described Obi and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed as the most credible among other candidates....

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Nigeria in Uncharted Waters

ColumnsNational SecurityOpinionNigeria in Uncharted Waters

PilotnewsAugust 3, 2022

The contending scenarios as social order breaks down.   In a different context, the deadly attack on the 7 Guards Battalion of the Nigerian Army Presidential Guards Brigade on the evening of Friday, July 22nd would have set alarm bells ringing in the upper echelons of Nigerian intelligence. Among the many puzzles raised by the attack, which reportedly left three soldiers wounded and eight dead, is the question of how the assailants got wind of the elite unit’s...

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