EndSARS: I-G Hosts Davido, Promises to Investigate All Videos of Brutality

EntertainmentLaw & JusticeNewsEndSARS: I-G Hosts Davido, Promises to Investigate All Videos of Brutality

PilotnewsOctober 13, 2020

The Inspector General of Police (I-G), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has pledged to investigate all videos of police brutality against Nigerians to ascertain their authenticity and ensure that officers found wanting were punished. Adamu made the pledge on Monday in Abuja during a courtesy visit by a popular Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, also known as Davido. He said investigation of videos in circulation became necessary because of the issue of fake videos seen on social media...

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FG Trains Youths, Women, to Combat Desertification

EnvironmentJobsNewsNigeriaFG Trains Youths, Women, to Combat Desertification

PilotnewsOctober 13, 2020

The Federal Government has put in place skill acquisition and entrepreneurship training, for youths and women to combat desertification and improve livelihood of communities affected by it. A statement signed by Mrs Pauline Sule, Head, Press and Public Relations, National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) in Abuja on Monday, said the programme is carried out by the agency. The statement said this became necessary following the devastating effects of desertification and land degradation...

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Chinese Embassy Pledges Increased Education Cooperation With Nigeria

ChinaEducationNewsNigeriaChinese Embassy Pledges Increased Education Cooperation With Nigeria

PilotnewsOctober 13, 2020

The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China has pledged to promote education exchange and cooperation between China and Nigeria, saying that this has always been its top priority. Mr Zhao Yong, Deputy Ambassador of the Chinese Embassy in Abuja, made this known on Monday during the presentation ceremony of the China-Nigeria friendship award ceremony on Oct. 1 to outstanding secondary school students and teachers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the award...

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Edo Election: Tribunal Receives 5 Petitions Against Obaseki’s Victory

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEdo Election: Tribunal Receives 5 Petitions Against Obaseki’s Victory

PilotnewsOctober 13, 2020

The Edo Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benin has received petitions from five political parties and their candidates, challenging the declaration of Gov. Godwin Obaseki as the rightful winner of the September 19 poll. The Secretary of the tribunal, Mr Sunday Martins, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Monday. Martin’s said that the 21-day window period for the submission of petitions ended on Saturday. He, however, said that...

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Task Force on COVID-19 Takes Steps to Decongest Airports

CoronavirusNewsTravelTask Force on COVID-19 Takes Steps to Decongest Airports

PilotnewsOctober 13, 2020

Air travellers intending to come into Nigeria will not be allowed to board aircraft without a Quick Response (QR) code certifying that they are COVID-19-free, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, has said. Dr. Aliyu, who made the pronouncement on Monday in Abuja, told newsmen that the step had become necessary to ease congestion on arrival at airports and to avoid the spread of infections. He explained...

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COVID-19: NCDC Records 164 New Infections as Total Now 60,430

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Records 164 New Infections as Total Now 60,430

PilotnewsOctober 13, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 164 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections across the country, the public health outfit announced on its official twitter handle on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that the nation has recorded over 60,000 total infections. The health agency said  that the 164 new infection brought the nation’s confirmed COVID-19 infections to 60,430. The NCDC said it had discharged 208 COVID-19 patients across the country bringing the total number...

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Lakers Return to Glory, Claim Record-tying 17th NBA Title

EntertainmentNewsSportsUnited StatesLakers Return to Glory, Claim Record-tying 17th NBA Title

PilotnewsOctober 12, 2020

The Los Angeles Lakers captured a record-tying 17th NBA Championship on Sunday with a 106-93 victory over the Miami Heat that sealed the best-of-seven title series 4-2, restoring the storied franchise to the top of the basketball world. The Lakers’ victory tied them with the Boston Celtics for most NBA championships and capped an unprecedented season that resumed in July at a spectator-free campus at Disney World in Florida after a four-month COVID-19 shutdown. Finals...

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Palliatives: Tambuwal’s Wife Distributes Food Items, Working Tools To Women

CoronavirusNewsPalliatives: Tambuwal’s Wife Distributes Food Items, Working Tools To Women

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)October 12, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The wife of the Sokoto State Governor, Hajiya Maryam-Mairo Tambuwal, has commenced the distribution of food items and working tools to women as palliatives to cushion the effects of COVID-19 in the state. Speaking at the ceremony, Tambuwal said she will continue to champion economic empowerment, social awareness, medical outreach services and other intervention activities to alleviate the sufferings of people in the state. According to her, the project knows...

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FG Extends Suspension of New Electricity Tariff by 1 week

NewsNigeriaPowerFG Extends Suspension of New Electricity Tariff by 1 week

PilotnewsOctober 12, 2020

The Federal Government has extended the suspension of the new electricity tariff by one week. Prof. James Momoh, Chairman, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said this when the ad hoc Technical Committee on Electricity Tariff submitted its interim report at a reconvene bilateral meeting between Federal Government and Organised Labour on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new tariff was earlier suspended for two weeks and ended at midnight...

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Buhari MeetsEex-Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at Aso Villa

United NationsWorld NewsBuhari MeetsEex-Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at Aso Villa

PilotnewsOctober 12, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed door with the former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Okonjo-Iweala contesting for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). She has already emerged as one of the final two candidates for the position. NAN reports that the agenda between the president and Okonjo-Iweala was...

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