New Year: Buhari Pledges to Keep Citizens Safe from COVID-19 Resurgence

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaWellnessNew Year: Buhari Pledges to Keep Citizens Safe from COVID-19 Resurgence

PilotnewsJanuary 1, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated the commitment of his administration to keep Nigerians safe from the resurgence of the Coronavirus pandemic. In a New Year broadcast on Friday in Abuja, the president stated that the Federal Government had completed arrangements to procure and distribute the COVID-19 vaccines to citizens. He, however, enjoined Nigerians to always observe the COVID-19 prevention protocols to check the second wave of the deadly virus in the country. He said: “Keeping...

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President Buhari’s New Year Speech

NewsNigeriaPresident Buhari’s New Year Speech

PilotnewsJanuary 1, 2021

NEW YEAR SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA 1ST JANUARY 2021 My fellow countrymen and women, First, I would like to thank and praise the Almighty who saw us through the year 2020 and has given us the opportunity to witness the start of another new year.  We especially thank God because the year 2020 was one of the most trying years since our existence as a Nation....

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Adamawa State Government Will Focus On Security, Education, Women and Youth, Others In 2021

National DevelopmentNewsNigeriaAdamawa State Government Will Focus On Security, Education, Women and Youth, Others In 2021

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 1, 2021

The Adamawa state government will invest in education, women and youth, security, development, and housing as well as bring positive changes in the welfare system, pensions, and more infrastructural development across the state in 2021. Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri stated this in his New Year message; said the government will ensure more good jobs and opportunities for young people especially in agriculture, assured that the Government will build an economy fit for the future with...

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Certificate Forgery and Other Allegations Against Obaseki

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPoliticsCertificate Forgery and Other Allegations Against Obaseki

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 31, 2020

All Progressives Congress (APC) and one of its chieftains, Mr. Williams Edobor, has dragged Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to court, alleging that the Governor forged his University of Ibadan degree certificate, which he used in securing his candidacy for the September governorship election in the state. The September election that looks like the Lord’s Chosen election could be turned down by the tribunal if the evidence presented against the People’s Democratic Party’s candidate...

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AU Awards 3 Outstanding Education Innovations

AfricaEducationHealthNewsAU Awards 3 Outstanding Education Innovations

PilotnewsDecember 31, 2020

The AU has awarded three outstanding education innovations including a project used during the COVID-19, the 55-member pan-African bloc in a statement said on Wednesday. During the Innovating Education in Africa Pitch Event 2020, the innovations were awarded grants of 60,000, 40,000, and 20,000 dollars according to their ranks, the statement said. The grants would be used to undertake pilot projects in collaboration with AU member states, it said, indicating that one of the innovations...

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang to Visit Nigeria in Jan

ChinaForeign PolicyNewsNigeriaChinese Foreign Minister Wang to Visit Nigeria in Jan

PilotnewsDecember 31, 2020

Mr. Wang Yi, State Councilor and Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China is expected in Nigeria on a two-day State visit from Jan. 4 to Jan. 5. The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Nigeria, disclosed the visit on its verified Twitter handle, @China_emb_ng on Wednesday. The visit, the Chinese Embassy said, was at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama. “At the invitation of Nigerian Foreign Minister...

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Mother of sodomized pupil accuses Deeper Life School of blackmail and cover-up

NewsNigeriaSpecial ReportMother of sodomized pupil accuses Deeper Life School of blackmail and cover-up

Beloved John (Staff Writer)December 30, 2020

Deeper Life School Masked Up Doctor to Conduct Test on My Son, Mother of Molested Pupil Alleges   Deborah Okezie, a mother who alleged that her son was sexually molested by fellow students in Deeper life High School, Akwa Ibom says the school management sneaked in a doctor to the hospital where her son, Don Davis was admitted to conducting tests on him. Pointing out that the school has been keen on covering up the...

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2021: Ebonyi Embarks on Intensive Campaign to End Open Defecation

EnvironmentHealthNewsNigeria2021: Ebonyi Embarks on Intensive Campaign to End Open Defecation

PilotnewsDecember 30, 2020

The Ebonyi Government says it has embarked on an aggressive campaign to address environmental challenges to complement the infrastructural development of the present administration. The state, in a bid to achieve this, on Nov 25, launched the ‘Clean Ebonyi, Use the Toilet Campaign’ saying that the government would spare no efforts in addressing environmental degradation in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ebonyi was rated highest in states that practice open...

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North is the Most Denigrated, Most Abused Part of Nigeria -—Dauda Birma

NigeriaPoliticsSpecial ReportNorth is the Most Denigrated, Most Abused Part of Nigeria -—Dauda Birma

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 30, 2020

Malam Dauda Birma, a former minister of education, a technocrat, and a thoroughbred politician needs no introduction in Nigeria’s political and bureaucratic spaces. In this first part of the interview with newsmen in Yola, the elder-stateman bares his mind about some nagging issues afflicting the north and the way forward. Our Regional Correspondent, Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz,   Reports. _________ Reporter: The north known for its peaceful enterprise is currently at a tipping point as differences in...

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Lament for Normalcy —a Free Verse from the Grandmaster’s Journal

Chris Chinwe UlasiColumnsFiction & PoetryLament for Normalcy —a Free Verse from the Grandmaster’s Journal

PilotnewsDecember 30, 2020

My love, may I ask this pandemic to return to its abode with the thorns of unwelcome gift–spiked red-eyed bouquet of dreads to caress our land. This visitor shouldn’t impose his will on the holder of deeds, stroking the hair of the young, leaving the old panting until their last breath. Maybe you’ll remember — when this is all gone and forgotten, who slipped out from the darkness of night to find your face alone....

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