Boko Haram Arms Stockpiling Indicates Long-Term Threat

ColumnsCrime & SecurityOpinionWest AfricaBoko Haram Arms Stockpiling Indicates Long-Term Threat

PilotnewsSeptember 19, 2020

On September 2, Boko Haram (ISWA) militants reportedly killed 10 Nigerian soldiers in Borno state. Such bloodshed has become so commonplace that it often fails to garner much interest. International news outlets spilled little ink to report the incident. Nevertheless, the failures of the region’s militaries—as well as the Lake Chad Basin Commission’s Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF)—to combat Boko Haram merit greater attention from policymakers and the international community. The widespread and persistent human rights abuses...

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NCPC to Send Youths to Israel to Learn Farm Techniques

AgricultureNewsRural DevelopmentNCPC to Send Youths to Israel to Learn Farm Techniques

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 19, 2020

Based on the agrarian nature of Adamawa state, the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) has expressed its readiness to partner with the Adamawa State Government towards sponsoring youths from the state to Israel for training on farming skills. The Executive Secretary of the Commission Dr Yakubu Pam revealed this when he paid a courtesy call on Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri in the Government House, Yola on Friday. “Israel is one of the leading developed countries...

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UNICEF, Adamawa Govt to Construct, Rehabilitate 165 Classrooms in 80 Schs

EducationInfrastructureNewsNigeriaUNICEF, Adamawa Govt to Construct, Rehabilitate 165 Classrooms in 80 Schs

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 19, 2020

To ensure conducive learning environment, UNICEF and Adamawa State Government are partnering to construct and rehabilitate one hundred and sixty-five (165) classrooms in eighty (80) schools across Fufore and Guyuk local government areas of Adamawa state. Speaking at the commencement of work in Central Primary School Fufore, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state, thanked the United Nations Children Fund UNICEF and other development partners for collaborating with the state government to execute the project....

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Unilag Crisis: Babalakin Resigns, Alleges Bias, Incompetence of Visitation Panel Members

EducationNewsUnilag Crisis: Babalakin Resigns, Alleges Bias, Incompetence of Visitation Panel Members

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)September 18, 2020

The embattled Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Dr Wale Babalakin, has resigned. He resigned hours after the Special Visitation Panel set up by the federal government to investigate the crisis rocking the top management of the university, submitted its report to President Buhari through the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu. Recall that in an emergency meeting on Aug. 12, the Governing Council of the University of Lagos led by Dr Babalakin removed the...

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Imo State Governor Signs Law to Detain Anybody at Will in Imo

Law & JusticeNewsImo State Governor Signs Law to Detain Anybody at Will in Imo

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)September 18, 2020

The Governor of Imo State Sen. Hope Uzodinma has signed the Imo State Administration of Criminal Justice ACJL 2020, with some sections of the law authorizing him to detain citizens at his “pleasure”. The Bill was sponsored by the Minority Leader of Imo State House of Assembly, Hon. Barr. Frank Ugboma, has come under intense public scrutiny after sections 484 and 485 were exposed. Specifically, section 484 of the Administration of Criminal Justice law reads,...

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Gbajabiamila Plans Conference for Other African Heads of Parliaments

AfricaNewsGbajabiamila Plans Conference for Other African Heads of Parliaments

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 18, 2020

The Nigerian Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has met with speakers of parliaments in other African countries to discuss ways to seek from external debts. The Speaker announced the meeting on his verified Twitter handle, @FemiGbaja, on Thursday night. Gbajabiamila tweeted, “Today, I engaged with my colleagues from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal and South Africa to discuss how African speakers can collaborate in the joint task of loosening the stranglehold of...

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FG Apologizes for Asking All Banks, Other Account Holders to Re-register

BusinessNewsNigeriaFG Apologizes for Asking All Banks, Other Account Holders to Re-register

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 18, 2020

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Friday, apologized to all account holders in the country’s financial institutions, for asking them to re-register their details again. On Thursday, the FG had asked all account holders in Nigerian banks, including insurance companies to fill and submit a self-confirmation form. The FG gave the order despite the possession of Bank Verification Number and the National Identification Number by account holders. It threatened that failure to do so, it...

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Kogi State Protests Visa Ban, Writes US

Foreign PolicyNewsNigeriaKogi State Protests Visa Ban, Writes US

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 18, 2020

Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello has kicked against the US visa ban imposed on some politicians who allegedly sponsored the last governorship election in Kogi and Bayelsa state. The governor referred to the ban as unwarranted interference in the state’s political and social process. The American government had imposed visa restrictions on some Nigerians for undermining electoral processes in the elections. According to spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, Morgan Ortagus,  the decision also...

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Commissioner of Police Describes Ugwuanyi As Security-Friendly Governor as Enugu Gets Additional Police Area Command in Udenu LGA

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCommissioner of Police Describes Ugwuanyi As Security-Friendly Governor as Enugu Gets Additional Police Area Command in Udenu LGA

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)September 18, 2020

The Enugu State Governor on Thursday inaugurated a new Police Area Command Headquarters, Orba in Udenu Local Government Area. During the commissioning, Ugwuanyi expressed immense gratitude to the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr. Mohammed Adamu Abubakar, for approving the permanent site of the Police Area Command Headquarters in Orba, Udenu Local Government Area to enhance the security of the area and its jurisdiction. Ugwuanyi further disclosed that bearing in mind the exigency of security,...

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CDD Expresses Concern Over Likely Electoral Violence in Edo Poll

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCDD Expresses Concern Over Likely Electoral Violence in Edo Poll

PilotnewsSeptember 17, 2020

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has expressed concern over likely electoral violence, vote-buying, and spread of fake news ahead during the coming Edo guber election. CDD said trends of claims and counterclaims of victory, delivering polling unit directive given to political party agents are the recipe for violence as they are likely to cause partisan clashes during the election. The organisation disclosed this during a press conference on the pre-election analysis report on...

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