How the Economic Recession is Shaping this Year’s Christmas in Southeast Nigeria

NewsNigeriaSpecial ReportHow the Economic Recession is Shaping this Year’s Christmas in Southeast Nigeria

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)November 30, 2020

For the second time since 2016, Nigeria has gone into an economic recession. This time, the worst the country has seen in three decades. The situation as bad as it is, is further exacerbated by rising inflation and as this year’s Christmas is only days away, costs of food items, household needs and other daily consumables are already far above the purchasing power of many Nigerians. WAP’s staff writer Ebuka Onyekwelu explores the influence of...

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25m Nigerians to Own 5m Solar Systems At N4,000 Monthly–Presidency

Housing & DevelopmentNewsNigeria25m Nigerians to Own 5m Solar Systems At N4,000 Monthly–Presidency

PilotnewsNovember 30, 2020

The Presidency said it would deliver 5 million solar systems to 25 million Nigerians previously not connected to the national grid though Solar Home Systems, under the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP). Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this on Sunday in Abuja. He said that the solar system would be provided at N4,000 monthly over a 3-year period. Akande was responding to inquiries...

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How Hath the Mighty Fallen ―Dissecting the Mystery of the Trump’s Era

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionHow Hath the Mighty Fallen ―Dissecting the Mystery of the Trump’s Era

PilotnewsNovember 29, 2020

It is safe to say that even the great United States could fall prey to a snake oil salesman.  ―Don Okolo Well, the caption above isn’t exactly true. The United States is standing on the precarious edge of tipping over into a chasm of jagged rock tips. It is swaying dangerously, but hadn’t yet fallen over…at least, not yet. The next small wind could nudge it over. Believe me, it could come. And if it...

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Zabarmari: Zulum Leads Horrified Kinsmen to Bury 43 Farmers Killed By Boko Haram

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaZabarmari: Zulum Leads Horrified Kinsmen to Bury 43 Farmers Killed By Boko Haram

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 29, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was at Zabarmari early morning on Sunday, to lead kinsmen and other residents, still in shock, for the funeral of 43 farmers slaughtered by the Boko Haram insurgents. Though the victims lived in Zabarmari is a farming community in Jere local government area, famous for rice cultivation and local processing, they were attacked on Saturday, at Koshebe village, a place in Mafa...

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NAFEST 2020: Bayelsa State Takes Overall 1st Position

Arts & CultureEntertainmentNewsNigeriaNAFEST 2020: Bayelsa State Takes Overall 1st Position

PilotnewsNovember 28, 2020

Bayelsa state, ‘The Glory of all Lands’, has bagged the overall first position at the National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) competitive events. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the competitive events were on traditional cuisines, arts and crafts, essay writing, quiz, traditional board game, indigenous fabrics and fashion parade, indigenous music, archery and coral competitions. Ekiti state and Rivers states emerged in the 2nd overall position, Plateau state bagged 3rd position,...

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Arrest Me With Proof That I Plan Instigating Violence in Ebonyi — Egwu

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaArrest Me With Proof That I Plan Instigating Violence in Ebonyi — Egwu

PilotnewsNovember 28, 2020

Sen. Sam Egwu (PDP-Ebonyi North) has asked security agencies to arrest him if it is proved that he, alongside other leaders, are planning to instigate violence in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Gov. David Umahi in a broadcast on Nov. 27, announced that he received information that some political leaders were planning to instigate crisis in Ebonyi with the aid of cultists and an outlawed secessionist group. Egwu, the first...

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Cassava Growers’ Association Allay Fears of Cassava Shortage in 2021

AgricultureFoodNewsCassava Growers’ Association Allay Fears of Cassava Shortage in 2021

PilotnewsNovember 28, 2020

Some farmers under the aegis of the Cassava Growers Association of Nigeria (NCGA) have allayed fears of an impending shortage of cassava in 2021, due to inability to access government intervention funds. A member of the association, Yemi Williams told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview on Saturday in Lagos that farmers’ inability to access the government’s N19.7 billion promised in 2019, is projected to cause the anticipated shortage. “As part of...

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Hike in Onion Prices Unexplainable — FCT Residents

EconomyFoodNewsNigeriaHike in Onion Prices Unexplainable — FCT Residents

PilotnewsNovember 28, 2020

Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have lamented the recent hike in the price of onions in the market, saying that most homes are doing with little or no onions in their meals The residents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja, said that the prices of onions had gone beyond the reach of the average Nigerian. Adullahi Ahmed, an onion seller in the popular Karu market,...

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YPP Mobilises Nigerian Youths For Future Elections, Changes Logo

NewsNigeriaPoliticsYPP Mobilises Nigerian Youths For Future Elections, Changes Logo

PilotnewsNovember 28, 2020

The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has urged Nigerian youths to rally round the party to forge a common front in pursuit of a better Nigeria. National Chairman of YPP, Comrade Bishop Amakiri, made the call on Saturday at the special national convention of the party held in Abuja, tagged “Ballot Revolution – YPP Generation Now”. Amakiri said the nation currently needed urgent intervention as all socio-economic and political indicators were not favourable to the citizens....

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Pump Price May Drop to N160 Per Litre As Negotiations With FG Continues

BusinessNewsOil & GasPump Price May Drop to N160 Per Litre As Negotiations With FG Continues

Beloved John (Staff Writer)November 28, 2020

Pressure from the organised Labour on the Federal Government to reverse the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) back to N160 per litre seems to be yielding a positive result. At the end of the resumed negotiations between government and the labour movement yesterday night, the Federal Government indicated willingness to consult widely with the view to reviewing the price downward, saying it might unveil the new price at the resumed meeting slated for...

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