Influx of Herdsmen: Miyetti Allah Advises FG to Leverage ECOWAS Transhumance Protocol

BusinessMigrationNewsInflux of Herdsmen: Miyetti Allah Advises FG to Leverage ECOWAS Transhumance Protocol

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2021

ABUJA — Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has called on the Federal Government to leverage the ECOWAS transhumance certificate protocol, to check the influx of herdsmen from neighboring countries. The call was contained in a statement, jointly signed and issued by Alhaji Muhammad Kiruwa, President, and Alhaji Baba Ngelzarma, National Secretary, of the association, on Thursday, in Abuja. Ngelzarma, who explained that the advice was part of resolutions reached at the end...

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Man Bags 66 Months Imprisonment for Human Trafficking

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsMan Bags 66 Months Imprisonment for Human Trafficking

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2021

KATSINA  — The Federal High Court sitting in Katsina has sentenced one Muyeedeen Jamilu, 42, to five and a half years’ imprisonment for trafficking in persons. Jamilu, a resident of Brigade quarters in Kano, was accused of procuring illegal entry for 11 youths, comprising 10 female and one male to go to Libya, but were arrested while en route from Kano, through Kwangwalam border in Katsina state, on Nov. 30, 2020, by the Joint Taskforce...

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DPR Clarifies Crude Accounting Process

BusinessNewsNigeriaOil & GasDPR Clarifies Crude Accounting Process

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2021

LAGOS — The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has clarified the process it uses for accounting for crude production in the country. The agency disclosed that most incidents relating to oil theft occur from the land terminals. A statement issued on Thursday in Lagos by Mr. Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs, DPR, said Mr. Sarki Auwalu, Director, DPR made the clarification while speaking before the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Oil Theft in Abuja....

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Court Orders Reopening of Wuse, UTC Markets in FCT, Imposes N50,000 Fine

CoronavirusMarketsNewsNigeriaCourt Orders Reopening of Wuse, UTC Markets in FCT, Imposes N50,000 Fine

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2021

ABUJA — The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) mobile court has ordered the reopening of Wuse, UTC markets, and Murg Shopping Plaza shut down on Monday in Abuja for violating COVID-19 safety protocol. The court also slammed the fine of N50, 000 each on the three facilities, for over flagrant disregard to COVID-19 Health Protection Regulations Act 2021, which must be paid before the reopening. Mr. Ikharo Attah, Head, Media and Enlightenment of FCT Ministerial...

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Two Google Engineers Resign Over Firing of AI Ethics Researcher Timnit Gebru

LabourLaw & JusticeTechnologyUnited StatesTwo Google Engineers Resign Over Firing of AI Ethics Researcher Timnit Gebru

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO — An engineering director and a software developer have quit Alphabet Inc’s Google over the dismissal of AI researcher Timnit Gebru, a sign of the ongoing conflicts at the search giant over diversity and ethics. David Baker, a director focused on user safety, left Google last month after 16 years because Gebru’s exit “extinguished my desire to continue as a Googler,” he said in a letter seen by Reuters. Baker added, “We cannot...

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Saudi Excludes Nigeria as It Bars 20 Countries to Curb COVID-19 Spread in Its Kingdom

CoronavirusWorld NewsSaudi Excludes Nigeria as It Bars 20 Countries to Curb COVID-19 Spread in Its Kingdom

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 3, 2021

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday suspended 20 countries from entering its Kingdom, ranging from some neighboring states to the United States. The Muslim nation is doing this to curb the jump in coronavirus infection. The temporary suspension was announced by the interior minister, adding that it would be effective from 9.00 pm (1800 GMT) on Wednesday, according to the official Saudi Press. The ban is applied to neighboring Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and...

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COVID-19: NCDC Announces 1,138 New Infections

CoronavirusNewsCOVID-19: NCDC Announces 1,138 New Infections

PilotnewsFebruary 3, 2021

ABUJA  — The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 1,138 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 134,690. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the country has so far tested 1,302,410  people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded on Feb. 27, 2020. The Nigerian public health agency also confirmed additional five coronavirus-related...

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COVID-19: Governors Working With FG on Vaccine Procurement – NG

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Governors Working With FG on Vaccine Procurement – NG

PilotnewsFebruary 2, 2021

ABUJA — The Nigeria Governors’ Forum on Tuesday said it was working with the Federal Government to make Coronavirus vaccines available in the country. The Forum’s Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, said this while delivering a lecture titled “The role of Nigeria’s state governments in recovery: responses to COVID-19 linked challenges’’ at Chatham House Event, London, UK. Fayemi, in his speech made available to correspondents in Abuja, said that the COVID-19...

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Buhari Returns to Abuja After 4-day Official Visit to Daura, Katsina State

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBuhari Returns to Abuja After 4-day Official Visit to Daura, Katsina State

PilotnewsFebruary 2, 2021

ABUJA —  President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday returned to Abuja after a four-day official visit to Daura, his hometown in Katsina State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Presidential aircraft carrying the president and some presidential aides landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 5.p.m. NAN reports that the president was welcomed at the airport by his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Minister of...

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Senate Committee Rejects Voting Rights for Married Underage Girls

LifestyleNigeriaPoliticsSenate Committee Rejects Voting Rights for Married Underage Girls

Beloved John (Staff Writer)February 2, 2021

ABUJA —  Senator Kabiru Gaya, chairman of the Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said the suggestion that married underage girls should have the right to vote has been rejected. The senator disclosed this while at the NAN Forum in Abuja on Tuesday. The matter had generated widespread criticism when it was brought up in the senate in December 2020. According to Gaya, a memorandum on the matter was “submitted by...

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