Update -The Untold Story: COVID-19 Hampers Fight Against HIV As 50 Persons Are Infected Weekly in Adamawa

HealthNewsNigeriaWellnessUpdate -The Untold Story: COVID-19 Hampers Fight Against HIV As 50 Persons Are Infected Weekly in Adamawa

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 5, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ____ As COVID-19 swept, Farah James, watched with alarm as some of the HIV positive patients she helped in the rural Adamawa stopped showing up for lab tests and doctor’s visits. The state Coordinator of Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS, Farah James had to squeeze the little she had to reach the vulnerable targets in the rural and other urban communities outside Yola, the state capital. Amid the pandemic,...

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Speaker Gbajabiamila Calls for Full Protection for Persons with Disability

NewsNigeriaPeopleWellnessSpeaker Gbajabiamila Calls for Full Protection for Persons with Disability

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 5, 2020

The House of Representatives Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has called for full implementation of the Discrimination Against Persons With Disability (Prohibition) Act, 2019. The Speaker said the full implementation of the law would address issues of discrimination, empowerment and equal opportunity for Persons Living with Disabilities in Nigeria. The Lawmaker made the call on Friday during the celebration of the 2020 World Disability Day organized by the office of the Speaker, according to a statement...

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”Those Killed In Zarbamari By Boko Haram Were Not Farmers” – Community Source Says

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeria”Those Killed In Zarbamari By Boko Haram Were Not Farmers” – Community Source Says

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 5, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ____ As recent massacre  which was believed by many to be on rice farmers  continued to elicit commentaries and condemnations from all spheres of life fresh facts emerged that ” those killed in Zabarmari by Boko Haram were not farmers.” Daily Post also reports that contrary to the belief that victims of Boko Haram attack last Saturday in Borno were rice farmers; fresh facts have emerged on Friday that they...

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COVID-19: NCDC Confirms 343 New Infections

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Confirms 343 New Infections

PilotnewsDecember 4, 2020

Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 343 new infections of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Thursday. The agency also reported two additional COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities in the country to 1,179. It said that the infections brought the total number of cases  in the country to 68,303. The NCDC stated that a total of 64,291 patients were...

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Ohanaeze Elections: Former Scribe Warns Against Political Interference

NewsPeoplePoliticsOhanaeze Elections: Former Scribe Warns Against Political Interference

PilotnewsDecember 4, 2020

Dr Joe Nworgu, former Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo says Ohaneze might lose its potency as voice for Igbos if politicians are allowed to interfere in the January 2021 elections. Nworgu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview on Friday in Awka that article 11 of Ohanaeze spelt out methods and persons qualify for president general and secretary general positions. Ohanaeze, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation through Imeobi, the highest policy...

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Lai Muhammed: “Suicide Bombing, Attacks Has Become a Thing of the Past.”

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaLai Muhammed: “Suicide Bombing, Attacks Has Become a Thing of the Past.”

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 4, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent   Nigeria Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said Boko Haram terrorist groups are no longer occupying any part of the country and hence they no longer receive tax from citizens. The Minister stated this on Thursday, December 3 during an interaction with the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigerian, NPAN in Lagos State, . Recounting victories recorded by the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration against the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents, Mohammed...

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Backlash: Mercenaries Vow Not to Support Nigeria Again to Fight Boko Haram

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsNigeriaBacklash: Mercenaries Vow Not to Support Nigeria Again to Fight Boko Haram

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 4, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent As  renewed calls on the Federal Government to engage foreign mercenaries in routing Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa forest and other insurgents’ enclaves continue, the foreign military contractors earlier engaged by Nigeria have vowed never to return, PRNigeria reports. During the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria had covertly brought in ‘military-technical advisers’ suspected to be mercenaries from South Africa and the former Soviet Union to take on Boko Haram ahead...

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Buhari Has Failed Nigeria; Needs To Ask Allah For Forgiveness – Sule Lamido Says

NewsBuhari Has Failed Nigeria; Needs To Ask Allah For Forgiveness – Sule Lamido Says

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 4, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Sule Lamido, Former governor of Jigawa state has said that President Buhari has failed Nigerians and needs to wake up at midnight and pray to Allah for forgiveness. Lamido said this in an interview with BBC Hausa while reacting to the gruesome murder of 43 farmers by Boko Haram members in Borno state . Lamido added that President Buhari should drop his ”arrogance” and seek Allah’s forgiveness. “There is no way...

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Nigeria: Atrocity in the Northeast

ColumnsNational SecurityNigeriaOpinionNigeria: Atrocity in the Northeast

PilotnewsDecember 3, 2020

In response to the latest atrocity—the November 28 killing of civilians working in rice fields in villages in the Jere local government area, which is close to the Borno State capital of Maiduguri—Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum appears to be looking for Borno State and local entities to restore security. In a public statement, he did call on the federal government to recruit more troops, but his emphasis appears to have been on growing the...

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Northern Elders Ask Buhari to Resign for His Failure on Security and Economy

National SecurityNewsNigeriaPoliticsNorthern Elders Ask Buhari to Resign for His Failure on Security and Economy

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 3, 2020

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) on Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign his position as Nigeria President. According to the group, Buhari has failed in the two critical areas of security and economy, therefore, he has ‘nothing new to offer’ Nigerians. This was made by the NEF Spokesman, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, on Wednesday night on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. The elder said it is disappointing that after over five years of being in...

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