Anambra State: Weighing Governor Obiano’s Seventh Year Stewardship by his Agenda

ColumnsNewsNigeriaOpinionAnambra State: Weighing Governor Obiano’s Seventh Year Stewardship by his Agenda

PilotnewsMarch 12, 2021

The administration is now seven years old and with only one year to go; it’s therefore, fair that the administration is evaluated on the basis of what it set out to do during the celebration of its one hundred days in office ―Ebuka Onyekwelu Nigerian governors, steeped in a culture of fanfare both for good or bad, for little or big accomplishment, has now established celebrating their one hundred days in office, as a mark...

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Governor Fintiri Encourages People To Take COVID-19 Vaccine

CoronavirusNewsVaccinationGovernor Fintiri Encourages People To Take COVID-19 Vaccine

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 12, 2021

YOLA — Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State Thursday received the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine at the vaccination centre in the State Specialist Hospital Yola. The Governor in an interview with newsmen after taking the vaccine call on the people in Adamawa to avail themselves of the vaccination as it is safe and harmless. “People should take the vaccine because it is the only way to make them safe and built their immunity against the...

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Buhari Reiterates Shoot On Sight Order For Illegal Owners of AK47

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsBuhari Reiterates Shoot On Sight Order For Illegal Owners of AK47

Beloved John (Staff Writer)March 11, 2021

President Mohammed Buhari has ruled that security officers should deal less compassionately with criminals and any person unlawfully wielding a weapon. While addressing the security challenges in the country, the president reiterated the directive that anyone with illegitimate access to or ownership of an AK-47 should be shot at sight. He indicated this on Monday while speaking at a meeting with the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria at the State House, co-chaired by...

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Enugu, Ebonyi And Anambra States Take Delivery of COVID-19 Vaccine

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaVaccinationEnugu, Ebonyi And Anambra States Take Delivery of COVID-19 Vaccine

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)March 11, 2021

ENUGU–  Enugu State Government alongside Ebonyi and Anambra states, on Wednesday, took delivery of the first batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. The Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, codenamed AZD1222 is a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca given by intramuscular injection; AZD1222 vaccine against COVID-19 has an efficacy of 63.09% against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and the recommended dosage is...

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Cameroonian Officials Handed 5,000 Nigerian Refugees To Gov Zulum

Foreign PolicyWorld NewsCameroonian Officials Handed 5,000 Nigerian Refugees To Gov Zulum

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 10, 2021

The first batch of 5,000 Nigerian refugees has been handed over to Borno State Governor, Prof.  Babagana Zulum by the Cameroonian Minister for Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji. The returnees were part of thousands of Nigerians, mostly from Borno, who since 2014, fled in batches to Minawao camp located in Mokolo, far north region of Cameroon following onslaught on their communities by Boko Haram insurgents. The repatriation was to implement the outcome of a tripartite...

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OPINION: Ransom Payment in the Gulf of Guinea

ColumnsCrime & SecurityOpinionOPINION: Ransom Payment in the Gulf of Guinea

PilotnewsMarch 9, 2021

According to the Nigerian army, a ransom of $300,000 was paid to pirates in the Gulf of Guinea to secure the release of the crew of a Chinese fishing boat. The party that paid the ransom is not reported. The most likely possibility is that it was the Chinese company that operated the fishing boat. The episode sheds some light of the murky operation of kidnapping and ransom payment in the Gulf of Guinea. The Chinese fishing boat...

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CBN to Appear Before Senate Over Missing $9.5m

Crime & SecurityMoneyNewsNigeriaCBN to Appear Before Senate Over Missing $9.5m

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 9, 2021

Officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are to appear before Senate Committee on Public Accounts on Tuesday, over the alleged disappearance of $9.5 million interest which was accrued from Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT) investment. According to the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, the principal sum deposited, tenor and rate of interest of the investment were veiled in secrecy. The PPT is a tax applicable to upstream operations in the oil industry....

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APC Leaders Paid N56m To Bandits In Zamfara State- APGA

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAPC Leaders Paid N56m To Bandits In Zamfara State- APGA

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 8, 2021

The leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Zamfara State Dr. Sani Abdullah Shinkafi has accused APC leaders in the State of offering N56 million to bandits to refuse the release of Jangebe abducted girls. Shinkafi, who was the 2019 governorship candidate of APGA in Zamfara State, made the allegation during a press briefing, said that their aim was to sabotage the peace effort of Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle. “I, therefore, challenge politicians...

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Osinbajo Calls for Decentralization of Police Force

Crime & SecurityNigeriaPoliticsOsinbajo Calls for Decentralization of Police Force

Beloved John (Staff Writer)March 7, 2021

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has called for the establishment of state police to address security challenges, saying that building a multi-ethnic nation like Nigeria may appear messy and costly. He indicated this while speaking at a conference on national development organised by the Global Patriot newspaper in collaboration with the Nigerian Consulate in New York and Nigeria in Diaspora Organisation, (NIDO), New Jersey chapter, on Saturday. The vice-president added that nation-building is “a challenge thrown to...

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Buhari, Osinbajo Receive COVID-19 Vaccine in Aso Rock

CoronavirusNigeriaVaccinationBuhari, Osinbajo Receive COVID-19 Vaccine in Aso Rock

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 7, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday, were vaccinated against the coronavirus. President Bubhari was vaccinated by his personal physician, Dr. Suhayb Sanusi, at 11:51am at a brief ceremony witnessed by top government officials at the New Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Shortly after the President, the Vice President was also vaccinated by his personal physician, Dr. Nicholas Audifferen at about 11:57am. Buhari and Osinbajo were the first among the...

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