Northwest Nigeria Potential Jihadi Linchpin in West Africa

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionRegionsNorthwest Nigeria Potential Jihadi Linchpin in West Africa

PilotnewsOctober 31, 2020

Up to now, radical jihadi activity in West Africa has been centered in Mali—with spillover to adjacent parts of Burkina Faso and Niger—and the Lake Chad Basin. The two locales are now increasingly bridged by jihadi activity in northwest Nigeria, where resurgent struggles over land and water with a cast of ethnically aligned fighters and flourishing criminality provide them with new space. Jihadi movements in all three regions are fractious, subject to bloody internal rivalries, and overlap...

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FG Reiterates Commitment to Ensure Okonjo-Iweala Emerges WTO-DG

NewsFG Reiterates Commitment to Ensure Okonjo-Iweala Emerges WTO-DG

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 31, 2020

The Federal Government of Nigeria has reiterated its commitment to ensuring that Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala emerges as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization. This was disclosed by the Nigeria Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement on Thursday. The statement was signed by the spokesperson of the Ministry, Ferdinand Nwonyo, titled, ‘Update on Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s aspiration to lead the World Trade Organization’. Part of the statement read, “Nigeria will continue to engage relevant stakeholders...

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We Have the Footage of the Oct. 20 Lekki Shooting Incident, LCC Tells Lagos Judicial Panel

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPeopleWe Have the Footage of the Oct. 20 Lekki Shooting Incident, LCC Tells Lagos Judicial Panel

PilotnewsOctober 30, 2020

The Management of the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) on Friday told the Lagos State Judicial Judicial Panel of Inquiry for Restitution for Victims of SARS and related abuses and Other Matters that the footage of the Oct. 20 shootings of the #EndSARS protesters by the Nigerian Army is available. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Gbolahan Agboluwaje, the Head of the Legal Department of LCC, made the revelation after Mr Abayomi Omomuwa,...

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COVID-19 is Still Very Much Around and Real, Group Cautions Nigerians

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19 is Still Very Much Around and Real, Group Cautions Nigerians

PilotnewsOctober 30, 2020

An Abuja-based NGO, Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC), has cautioned Nigerians who threw the COVID-19 protocols to the wind to continue to abide by the rules “as COVID-19 is not just real, but very much around without an enduring cure.” The President of the group, Chief Ugochukwu Nnam, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday. Nnam, who said he had observed that many...

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.CSP Catherine Ugorji of the Nigerian Police Selected by the UN for Woman Police Officer of the Year Award

NewsWorld News.CSP Catherine Ugorji of the Nigerian Police Selected by the UN for Woman Police Officer of the Year Award

PilotnewsOctober 30, 2020

CSP Catherine Ugorji of the Nigerian police and serving with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has been selected by the UN as one of two runners-up for the prestigious UN Woman Police Officer of the Year award for 2020. Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, in a statement by Oluseyi Soremekun, the National Information Officer of the UN System in Nigeria, said through both her words and actions, UN Police Officer...

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PMAN Mourns Highlife Legend “Morocco”

EntertainmentMusicNewsPeoplePMAN Mourns Highlife Legend “Morocco”

PilotnewsOctober 30, 2020

The Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN) on Friday described the late Chief Chukwuemeka Maduka, popularly known as Morocco, as a legend who would be greatly missed. In a statement, PMAN President, Dr Obi Casmir (Voombastic Uncle P), said the association received with shock the sudden demise of the South East Premier, the legend of ngu Ekpili, Prince Morocco. “We commiserate with the entire people of Anambra, as we pray God to give his family...

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Gombe State Empowers 35 Communities with N380m

Local GovernmentNewsNigeriaGombe State Empowers 35 Communities with N380m

PilotnewsOctober 30, 2020

Gombe State government spent N380 million to support micro projects implementation in 35 communities across the 11 local government areas of the state in the last 16 months. Mr Abubakar Kumo, the General Manager, Gombe State Agency for Community and Social Development (GMCSDA), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe on Friday that the projects covered health, water, education and transportation sectors. He said it also covered the rural electrification, environment, social and...

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COVID-19: NCDC Announces 150 New Infections in Nigeria

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Announces 150 New Infections in Nigeria

PilotnewsOctober 30, 2020

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 150 new COVID-19 infections in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that as Nigeria continued with its fight against COVID-19, it has conducted about 620,758 tests since the first confirmed case was announced in the country. The public health agency also recorded two COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours in...

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#Endsars Protests: South East Leaders Resolve To Engage The Youths for Sustainable Peace…And to Set Up Funds For Victims

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPeople#Endsars Protests: South East Leaders Resolve To Engage The Youths for Sustainable Peace…And to Set Up Funds For Victims

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 30, 2020

The South East geo-political zone leaders on Thursday at a closed door meeting at the Government House Enugu resolved to effectively engage the youths to ensure sustainable peace in the zone as well as a glorious future for them. The Chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum, SEGF, and Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi revealed this to newsmen at the rise of the closed door meeting. “The State Governors are committed to addressing the...

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Trump’s Dangerous Rhetoric Toward Ethiopia is Indicative of a Larger Problem

AfricaColumnsForeign PolicyUnited StatesTrump’s Dangerous Rhetoric Toward Ethiopia is Indicative of a Larger Problem

PilotnewsOctober 30, 2020

Last week President Trump invited reporters to listen in on a call intended to celebrate the normalization of relations between Sudan and Israel, a diplomatic achievement that comes with more than a few complications. During the course of the conversation with the Sudanese and Israeli prime ministers, the president of the United States took it upon himself to casually issue a bellicose threat to Ethiopia on behalf of Egypt and its president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a man...

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