Senate Orders the Arrest and Prosecution of SARS Operatives Involve in Killings of Innocent Nigerians

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSenate Orders the Arrest and Prosecution of SARS Operatives Involve in Killings of Innocent Nigerians

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 8, 2020

The Senate, on Wednesday, ordered the arrest and prosecution of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, popularly refers to as SARS’ operatives who were involved in the recent killings of innocent Nigerians across the country. The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan stated this while ruling on the legislative resolution on the motion by Senator Oluremi Tinubu. Tinubu had drawn the attention of his colleagues to the recent extra-judicial killings and human rights abuses by the SARS Operatives...

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Lack of Recapitalization Hampers Operations of Adamawa State Homes and Savings Yola

EconomyNewsNigeriaLack of Recapitalization Hampers Operations of Adamawa State Homes and Savings Yola

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 7, 2020

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed that Mortgage banks in the country should have a capital base of two point five billion naira (N2.5b) for effective banking services. However, the new order is affecting the operations of Adamawa State Homes and Savings Yola who have only a share capital of one hundred and forty two million naira (N142m). Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Adamawa Homes and Savings Limited, Dr. Giscard Norris Stanley,...

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FEC To Purchase Hi-tech Equipment To Monitor Frequencies In Southeast, Others

National SecurityNewsNigeriaFEC To Purchase Hi-tech Equipment To Monitor Frequencies In Southeast, Others

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 7, 2020

A sum of N650 million (N653,886,584) has been approved by the federal government for the purchase of hi-tech equipment which monitors frequencies in the country, mostly in the South east. Isa Pantami, the communication minister, revealed this while speaking at the usual Wednesday Federal Executive Council meeting presided by President Muhammadu Buhari. He stated that buying a monitoring equipment was triggered by security considerations. “The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, sort the approval of...

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Mobile Application to Report Rape And Gender Based Violence Launch In Adamawa

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaMobile Application to Report Rape And Gender Based Violence Launch In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2020

Due to incessant cases of rape and other Gender Based Violence being recorded in Adamawa State and other parts of Nigeria, an application that will help interface between a survivors and service providers has been officially launched in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. The mobile Application known as Smart RR was an innovation by a nongovernmental organization “Big Family 36 Foundation” and other developmental partners.  At the launch, the Founder Big Family Foundation Mr. Dirug...

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One in Every Ten Persons May Have Contracted COVID-19 – WHO

CoronavirusWorld NewsOne in Every Ten Persons May Have Contracted COVID-19 – WHO

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 6, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said about 10 percent of the world population may have contracted COVID-19. Mike Ryan, the executive director of the WHO’s health emergencies programme, made this known on Monday while speaking at  a special session hosted by the organisation’s executive board. According to Worldometer, over 35 million cases of the coronavirus have been recorded globally. But with an estimated 7.6 billion world population, according to WHO’s estimates, 760 million people...

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NHRC Commends I-G on FSARS Ban

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaNHRC Commends I-G on FSARS Ban

PilotnewsOctober 6, 2020

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) In Tuesday commended the Inspector-General of Police (I-GP), Mohammed Adamu for banning the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS). Mr Tony Ojukwu, the Executive Secretary of the NHRC, gave the commendation in Abuja,  while reacting to the recent ban on SARS and other special teams of the Nigerian Police from routine patrol duties ”His order is in line with the Commission’s recommendations following a report on the Presidential Investigation Panel...

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ECOWAS lifts Sanctions Imposed on Mali After Military Coup

NewsWest AfricaECOWAS lifts Sanctions Imposed on Mali After Military Coup

PilotnewsOctober 6, 2020

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday lifted the sanctions imposed on Mali in the wake of an August 18, 2020, military coup, citing Mali’s “notable advances towards constitutional normalisation” as the reason for the relaxation of the sanctions. The regional bloc announced the lifting of the sanctions in a statement by Chairman of ECOWAS Authority and President of Ghana, Nana Kuffo Addo. The lifting of the sanctions comes two days after...

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Zamfara Govt Begins Own Gold Reserve

InvestingNewsNigeriaZamfara Govt Begins Own Gold Reserve

PilotnewsOctober 6, 2020

Zamfara government says it has started its gold reserve to reduce dependence on federal allocations. The state Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Rabiu Garba, told journalists in Gusau on Tuesday that, although, there was a federal government ban on mining activities in the country, “the state government was able to purchase the commodity from licensed miners. “At the moment, we have a pure gold reserve of over 30 kilos and as time goes by, we will...

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Current regime trends stir revival of xenophobic conspiracy theorists

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionCurrent regime trends stir revival of xenophobic conspiracy theorists

PilotnewsOctober 6, 20201

White privilege is a beast. It is an innate, naturally concocted following…it is therefore hard to extricate oneself from its snares. ―Don Okolo Man has disintegrated badly; his mind is still functional in the sense that it still wants to satisfy the musings of those like him. But the rest of him has acquired real estate in the pit of squalor where he now sits in comfort writing essays of disdain and mischievous husbandry in...

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Northern Elders Forum Calls for Restructuring, Says Nigeria Has failed

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNorthern Elders Forum Calls for Restructuring, Says Nigeria Has failed

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 6, 2020

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has advised Nigerians not to relent in their call for restructuring from the present government. The Forum agreed that that the Nigerian state has failed, especially in the area of security, adding that there was the need to look at the structure of the country in providing security for the people. The spokesperson of the forum, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, while speaking on Channels Television programme, Sunrise Daily, said the country...

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