OPINION: Former President Obasanjo Argues for the Unity of Nigeria

NigeriaPoliticsOPINION: Former President Obasanjo Argues for the Unity of Nigeria

PilotnewsJune 24, 2021

By John Campbell, Guest Columnist and Blogger Against a backdrop of growing calls for ethnically based separatism, including in former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s native Yorubaland, the former president in a speech laid out the arguments for maintaining Nigeria’s unity—though not at any cost. Speaking June 9 in the Yoruba heartland city of Abeokuta, where he lives in retirement, Obasanjo argued that Nigerians will fare better staying together: “it is better for Nigeria to remain as one indivisible nation...

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Africa’s Energy Deficit May Thwart Attainment of SDG-7 On Electricity Access, Says ECA

AfricaEconomyAfrica’s Energy Deficit May Thwart Attainment of SDG-7 On Electricity Access, Says ECA

PilotnewsJune 23, 2021

LAGOS — Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal-7 may elude Africa, due to limited supply and access to electricity, says Ms. Vera Songwe, the United Nations under-secretary-general and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).  Songwe stated this in her presentation at a virtual ministerial meeting in Addis Ababa, according to a statement on Wednesday by the Communication Section of the ECA. The News Agency of Nigeria recalled that the SDG-7 is one...

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NEWS ANALYSIS: The Economic And Political Factors Behind 10 Governors Who Have Dissolved Cabinets In 2021

PoliticsSpecial ReportNEWS ANALYSIS: The Economic And Political Factors Behind 10 Governors Who Have Dissolved Cabinets In 2021

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 23, 2021

Between January and now, about ten governors have mystically sacked members of or dissolved their cabinets. The factors responsible for this process can be analyzed from two sides of the events in the country. The first was to build loyalty within their cabinets and camps ahead of the 2023 elections while the other was the economic catastrophe bedeviling the country, particularly the decision of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) not to make its statutory...

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Court Awards N81.9 Billion Damages Against Mobil, NNPC Over Oil Spillage

EnvironmentNewsOil & GasCourt Awards N81.9 Billion Damages Against Mobil, NNPC Over Oil Spillage

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 22, 2021

ABUJA — To compensate the communities polluted by oil spillage in Ibeno LGA, Akwa Ibom, a federal high court in Abuja has awarded a sum of N81.9 billion as damages to the oil-producing communities. The court awarded the sum against Mobil producing Nigeria unlimited and its partner, Nigeria National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC) on the ground that the negligence of both companies caused the communities significant losses. A sum of N42.8 million was awarded to the...

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Insist On Power Rotation To Southern Nigeria In 2023, Prof. Moghalu Calls On Ndigbo

NewsPoliticsInsist On Power Rotation To Southern Nigeria In 2023, Prof. Moghalu Calls On Ndigbo

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)June 21, 2021

ENUGU — Professor Kingsley Moghalu at the inauguration ceremony of Igbonine, a socio-cultural organization called on Ndigbo to look beyond political party and focus on the emergence of a competent and visionary Nigeria President from South-East extraction capable of moving Nigeria and all its component parts and peoples forward. This is one of the eight needs enumerated by Moghalu, a former Deputy Governor Central Bank of Nigeria and 2019 Presidential Candidate in his keynote address;...

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Central Bank Of Nigeria To Cultivate Over 500,000 Hectares Of Farmland In Northeast

AgricultureFoodCentral Bank Of Nigeria To Cultivate Over 500,000 Hectares Of Farmland In Northeast

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 21, 2021

MAIDUGURI — Northeast Zonal Coordinator, Development Finance Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN Mr. Mahmood Nyako has commenced mapping of over 500,000 hecters of farmland for the cultivation of rice in the northeast cropping season. Nyako disclosed this during a meeting with the leadership of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria RIFAN, Borno state chapter in Maiduguri. He expressed confidence that with the special programme embarked by the Central Bank for the dry and...

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U.S. Administered 300m COVID-19 Vaccines In 150 Days – Biden

CoronavirusUnited StatesVaccinationU.S. Administered 300m COVID-19 Vaccines In 150 Days – Biden

PilotnewsJune 19, 2021

NEW YORK — U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said the U.S. had administered 300 million COVID-19 vaccines in 150 days, noting that COVID-19 cases and deaths have decreased by more than 90 per cent. Biden said this in“300 Million Shots in 150 Days: The President’s COVID-19 Strategy is Delivering for Americans’’ issued to commemorate his 150 days in office. According to the statement, when Biden took office 150 days ago, more than 3,300 Americans...

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INEC Removes 749 Polling Units from Shrines, Churches, Mosques, Others

NewsNigeria ElectionsINEC Removes 749 Polling Units from Shrines, Churches, Mosques, Others

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 16, 2021

ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the relocation of 749 polling units from inappropriate locations in various states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This was disclosed by INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday at the Commission headquarters in Abuja, the Nigeria Capital. Yakubu said, “After consultation with stakeholders, the commission has successfully removed 749 polling units from inappropriate locations to appropriate public facilities or open spaces, in line with our...

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Twitter Ban: The Insecurity and The Hidden Agenda Suppress Freedom of Expression In Nigeria

NewsTwitter Ban: The Insecurity and The Hidden Agenda Suppress Freedom of Expression In Nigeria

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 14, 2021

ABUJA — The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday announced the indefinite suspension of the operation of the social media giant, Twitter, in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who announced the suspension, argued that the micro-blogging platform had become a place where fake news spread like wildfire. He also alleged that the activities of Twitter in Nigeria were suspicious. However, the Buhari administration only suspended the Twitter operation in Nigeria...

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Emir of Zazzau Worried Over Incessant Abductions In The Emirate

Local GovernmentNewsNigeriaEmir of Zazzau Worried Over Incessant Abductions In The Emirate

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 14, 2021

The Emir of Zazzau, Ambassador Ahmad Nuhu Bamalli, on Monday said the emirate is under siege, as residents are having sleepless nights due to abductions going on within Zaria and environs. Bamalli, who disclosed this when he received a delegation of Security Heads led by the State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan at his palace, described the situation as unacceptable and urged the government to take action. “There are security formations...

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