Visa Openness Solutions Can Boost Africa’s Economic Recovery, the 2020 Africa Visa Openness Index Reveals

AfricaBusinessNewsTravelVisa Openness Solutions Can Boost Africa’s Economic Recovery, the 2020 Africa Visa Openness Index Reveals

PilotnewsDecember 11, 2020

A record 54% of the continent is accessible for African visitors who no longer need a visa to travel or can get one on arrival; in 2020, The Gambia joins Seychelles and Benin in allowing visa-free access for all African travelers; 24 countries offer e-Visas reflecting 44% of the continent. The upward trend in African countries liberalizing their visa regimes and welcoming African travelers continues, according to the 2020 Africa Visa Openness Index published by the African Union...

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Adamawa Owes Pensioners N27 Billion As 200 Died

LabourNewsNigeriaPeopleAdamawa Owes Pensioners N27 Billion As 200 Died

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 11, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’ Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ Pensioners in Adamawa State have cried out over the non-payment of over N27 billion owed them by both the state and local government pensioners since the coming of the present administration in the state. The pensioners also decried that since the coming of the present administration no pensioner claims to have received his full gratuity. Speaking during the marking of the Annual Pension Year 2020, in Yola, the  state...

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Ghana’s Election: Opposition Candidate Rejects Result

GhanaNewsPoliticsGhana’s Election: Opposition Candidate Rejects Result

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 11, 2020

The candidate of the opposition party in the just concluded Ghana election, John Mahama, on Thursday rejected as “fraudulent” the result of the presidential and parliamentary elections in which President Nana Akufo-Addo won a second term. Challenging the election result could test the stability of the country, where previous electoral grievances have been pursued through the court. A day before, the electoral commission said Akufo-Addo had won 51.59 percent of the vote on Monday, over...

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Pandemonium in Rivers State as Keke Drivers, Residents Protest Killing of Member Over N100 Bribe.

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPandemonium in Rivers State as Keke Drivers, Residents Protest Killing of Member Over N100 Bribe.

PilotnewsDecember 11, 2020

By Goldie Njideka, Contributing Reporter Commercial tricycle (Keke) drivers at  Rukpokwu, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area Thursday took to the streets to protest the killing of one of them popularly called “School Boy” by a policeman on patrol over N100 bribe. The commercial tricycle operators were joined by angry youths and residents to stage the demonstration. The angry Protesters blocked the Airport road, and major roads adjoining roads leading to the Port Harcourt International Airport causing heavy...

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Israel Receives 1st Batch of Pfizer Vaccine

CoronavirusNewsWorld NewsIsrael Receives 1st Batch of Pfizer Vaccine

PilotnewsDecember 10, 2020

An initial shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer arrived in Israel on Wednesday, the first of about 8 million Pfizer vaccines that the country is expected to receive. The Israeli health ministry said this in a statement. A DHL cargo flight from Belgium’s Brussels landed at the Ben Gurion airport outside Tel Aviv, carrying a small number of vaccines for a pilot run of the logistics of transportation and refrigerated storage procedure, statement said. “I...

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Enough Is Enough!: Leave Adamawa Or Face Death Penalty, Fintiri Tells Kidnappers, Others Criminals

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaEnough Is Enough!: Leave Adamawa Or Face Death Penalty, Fintiri Tells Kidnappers, Others Criminals

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 10, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ______ Amid incessant cases of kidnappings plaguing the state, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has warned kidnappers and other criminal kingpins  to either leave or risk death penalty. Fintiri gave the warning , during a courtesy visit to Gangwari Ganye, HRH Alhaji Umaru Adamu Sanda, at the traditional council’s palace in Ganye Local Government southern senatorial district of Adamawa state. Fintiri said the state government would take a...

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Nigeria to Get COVID-19 Vaccine By the End of January 2021 – Okonjo-Iweala

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNigeria to Get COVID-19 Vaccine By the End of January 2021 – Okonjo-Iweala

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 10, 2020

Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said Nigeria and other African countries to access COVID-19 vaccines from the end of January through the first quarter of 2021. The statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday quoted the former Finance Minister as disclosing this after a closed-door meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, in Abuja. She was quoted as saying, “As long as one person has it in...

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2020 Has Not Been A Very Good Year for Me – Wole Soyinka

NewsNigeriaPeople2020 Has Not Been A Very Good Year for Me – Wole Soyinka

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 10, 2020

The Nobel Laurette, Prof Wole Soyinka, has described the year 2020 as the most challenging year due to vicissitudes of problems. He added that Nigerian situation was worse as a result of the imperial nature of its leadership at the socio-cultural and religious levels. The Professor of Literature spoke at the Booksellers in Ibadan, Oyo State Capital, which is also the venue of his new book, Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth,’ a book...

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Almajiris Roaming Streets Are Foreigners – Ganduje

NewsNigeriaPeopleAlmajiris Roaming Streets Are Foreigners – Ganduje

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 10, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state,  said most of the Almajiris roaming the streets in the northern part of the country are foreigners from Niger Republic, Chad and Cameroun. The governor revealed this while declaring open a 3-day retreat organised    in Kano by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). The theme of the retreat is, ‘Enhancing Basic Education in Nigeria towards a Robust Institutional Strengthening and Effective Stakeholder...

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NCDC Confirms 550 New COVID-19 Cases in Nigeria

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNCDC Confirms 550 New COVID-19 Cases in Nigeria

PilotnewsDecember 9, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 550 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the country. The NCDC disclosed this via its verified website on Tuesday. It said that the 550 new cases had taken the total number of infections in the country to 70,195. The agency disclosed that it recorded an additional COVID-19-related death to take the total number of fatalities in the country to 1,182. The new cases, it said, were...

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