Okonjo-Iweala Brought More Joy and Honors to Nigeria – President Buhari

NewsNigeriaOkonjo-Iweala Brought More Joy and Honors to Nigeria – President Buhari

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 15, 2021

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, quoted President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, as congratulating Ngozi Okonjo-Iweal on her election as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization. Shehu quoted the President as saying that the development has brought joy and more honors to Nigeria. The statement titled, “President Buhari congratulates Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on election as DG of WTO,” read in part,  “On behalf of the Federal Government...

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A Raging Anambra Gubernatorial Race Finally Unravels A Quintessential Statesman —The Real McCoy

ColumnsDon OkoloNigeriaOpinionA Raging Anambra Gubernatorial Race Finally Unravels A Quintessential Statesman —The Real McCoy

PilotnewsFebruary 14, 2021

“Sir Damian Chibuzo Okolo possesses the moral and ethical bearings of a monk,” ―Don Okolo Esteemed Bureaucrats, especially the elected ones, are hard to find. If a nation were lucky…as in this case, any State in this haggard nation, she would, every once in a while, haul in the quintessential Statesman, whose pottery was sculpted out of porcelain. In other words, the man or woman, who is on the straight and arrow…the one, who would...

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Zone The 2023 Presidency To South- Gov. Ganduje

NewsNigeriaPoliticsZone The 2023 Presidency To South- Gov. Ganduje

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 14, 2021

Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has said the Presidency in 2023 must be zoned to the South. The governor, who stated this during an interview on television, said he was not unmindful of the fact that the Nigerian constitution does not have provision for zoning, but that it was important to adopt it since it was strategic in winning elections. Presidency must go to “the Southern part of the country, but there should be a...

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Mr Macaroni, Others Arrested Over #OccupyLekkiTollGate Protest

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaMr Macaroni, Others Arrested Over #OccupyLekkiTollGate Protest

Beloved John (Staff Writer)February 13, 2021

Debo Adebayo, Nigerian comedian better known as Mr. Macaroni along with other youths have been arrested by operatives of the Lagos state police command over the ongoing #OccupyLekkiTollGate protest. On Saturday morning, the comedian took to his Instagram page to stream a live video of his arrest at the Lekki tollgate axis alongside other protesters. “I’m being arrested. I’m being arrested ooo Nigerians you can see,” he said in a video clip. In another clip,...

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University Student, 5 Others To Die By Hanging

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaUniversity Student, 5 Others To Die By Hanging

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 13, 2021

A High Court in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, has sentenced six youths to death by hanging for armed robbery. The convicts were found guilty of mounting illegal roadblocks and robbed passengers in 2015 along Lafiya-Numan highway. Those convicted are Munbe Bala, student of the Department of Mathematics and Education of  Modibbo Adama University Yola, Afu Stephen former staff of Nigeria Communications Satellite (NiComSat), Abuja, Peter Eli, Hassan Yusuf, Bobi Mabudi, and Emmanuel Kenneth. Justice...

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272 Community Policing Officers Inaugurated In Enugu State, The CPOs to Complement The Police Says The CP

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeria272 Community Policing Officers Inaugurated In Enugu State, The CPOs to Complement The Police Says The CP

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)February 13, 2021

The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu has charged the Community Police Officers, CPOs, to be professional in information gathering and apprehending of criminals and other law offenders in their various localities. The CP made this call during the inauguration of the 272 Special Constables recruited and trained at Oji River Police College, for Community Policing in the state; 16 persons were recruited from each of the 17 Local Government Area in the...

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AU Voices Concern Over Double Burden on Health Systems in Africa

AfricaCoronavirusNewsAU Voices Concern Over Double Burden on Health Systems in Africa

PilotnewsFebruary 11, 2021

Addis Ababa — The African Union (AU) Commission on Wednesday emphasised a double burden on health systems across Africa due to a new Ebola outbreak and the still-raging Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). The AU Commission, through the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has started discussions with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on how to support its response to the 12th Ebola outbreak declared by the DRC on Sunday in Butembo Area of...

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Fela Nominated for Rock and Roll 2021 Hall of Fame

Arts & CultureEntertainmentMusicFela Nominated for Rock and Roll 2021 Hall of Fame

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 11, 2021

The late Afrobeat legend, Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, popularly known as Fela Anikulapo Kuti, could be set for a posthumous honor as he was being nominated for the 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The late musician and activist was nominated alongside other international artists such as JAY-Z, Dionne Warwick, Foo Fighters, The Go-Go’s, Iron Maiden and Carole King. He could also be inducted on his first-ever nomination. The Water No Get Enemy crooner...

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Fiscal Deficit Rose to ₦620.49bn in November – CBN

EconomyNewsNigeriaFiscal Deficit Rose to ₦620.49bn in November – CBN

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 11, 2021

The fiscal deficit of the Federal Government rose by ₦208.14bn to ₦620.49bn as of the end of November from ₦421.35bn at the end of October. This was disclosed in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s the monthly economic report for November on Wednesday on the federation account operation. The report read in part, “At N706.47bn, provisional gross federally collected revenue in November 2020 contracted by 16.6 percent and 19.7 percent, compared with the budget benchmark...

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COVID-19: African Finance Ministers Call for Additional $500bn

AfricaCoronavirusEconomyCOVID-19: African Finance Ministers Call for Additional $500bn

PilotnewsFebruary 9, 2021

ABUJA —  African finance ministers have called for 500 billion U.S. dollars in Special Drawing Right (SDR) and an extension in the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The call was made during a virtual meeting convened by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Feb. 6, according to a statement from ECA on Tuesday. According to an IMF Factsheet, the SDR is an international...

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