COVID-19: AfDB Approves $27.33m for AU’s Response Initiative

AfricaCoronavirusNewsCOVID-19: AfDB Approves $27.33m for AU’s Response Initiative

PilotnewsSeptember 9, 2020

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved 27.33 million dollars in grants to boost the African Union’s efforts to mobilise a continental response to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a statement from the AfDB, the approval is made by the organisation’s Board of Directors on Wednesday. The approval followed a meeting of the extended Bureau of the Conference of Heads of State and Government with Africa’s private sector on April 22 April. The meeting was...

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Nigeria Must Assert Itself as Regional, Global Leader – UNGA President

Foreign PolicyNewsNigeriaNigeria Must Assert Itself as Regional, Global Leader – UNGA President

PilotnewsSeptember 9, 2020

The President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Tijjani Muhammad-Bande has challenged Nigeria to continue to ensure that it asserts itself as a leader both at the regional level and the global stage. Muhammad-Bande who is from Nigeria gave the charge during a virtual interaction with Nigerian journalists. He noted that Nigeria had been providing leadership in Africa, but urged the country to ensure that it continues to play positive roles. “Nigeria has been...

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Nigerian Languages Going into Extinction – NICO

NewsNigeriaNigerian Languages Going into Extinction – NICO

PilotnewsSeptember 9, 2020

The Executive Secretary, National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), Mr. Ado Muhammed Yahuza, has said that some Nigerian Languages might go into extinction if urgent measures were not taken to reverse the trend. Yahuza said this at the 2nd edition of the Nigerian Indigenous Language Programme (NILP) on Monday in Abuja. According to him, some Nigerian languages including Igbo and Yoruba, may not survive next 50 years. “The alarm has been raised in socio-linguistic circles...

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We Have Paid About ₦20bn Allowance to Health Workers – FG

HealthNewsNigeriaWe Have Paid About ₦20bn Allowance to Health Workers – FG

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 9, 2020

The Federal Government through its Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora, said it has paid about ₦20Bn in COVID-19 inducement allowance to doctors and health workers in the country. Mamora said this on Wednesday morning while speaking on Channels Television’s programme, Sunrise Daily. The Minister applauded all front-line workers in the country amid the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. About 16,000 doctors across the country have knocked the government over its inability to...

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I Am Ready to Testify Before Justice Ayo Salami Panel – Malami Replies Magu

Law & JusticeNewsI Am Ready to Testify Before Justice Ayo Salami Panel – Malami Replies Magu

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 9, 2020

The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN) has said he is ready to testify before the Justice Ayo Salami-led Presidential Panel if he is being summoned. Malami said this in an interview on Arise TV. The Nigeria Minister of Justice was reacting to a letter by the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, asking the panel to summon the AGF for questioning. The AGF in his reaction...

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NDLEA Intercepts 1000kg Cannabis, Parades Dealers In Adamawa

Crime & SecurityNewsNDLEA Intercepts 1000kg Cannabis, Parades Dealers In Adamawa

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)September 9, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent YOLA — The Adamawa State Command of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has paraded six suspected illicit drug dealers and consumers with 1000 kilograms of cannabis sativa seized from them. The State Commandant of the Agency, Idris Bello who paraded the suspects at the Command headquarters in Yola, said the seizures were made in Mubi, Numan, and other parts of the state. Bello, however, added that the suspected cannabis...

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COVID-19: NCDC Discharges 218 Patients in 24 Hours, Records 155 New Infections

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Discharges 218 Patients in 24 Hours, Records 155 New Infections

PilotnewsSeptember 8, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that 218 Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients have recovered from the infection across the country in the last 24 hours. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Monday. The health agency said that this brought the total number of successfully treated cases in the country to 43,231. It said that there were 155 new COVID-19 infections reported in 16 states with the total number...

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World Literacy Day in Nigeria: Sally Mbanefo; Anambra Commissioner for Tertiary Education and Bierrenu-Nnabugwu; University Don, React

EducationNewsSpecial ReportWorld Literacy Day in Nigeria: Sally Mbanefo; Anambra Commissioner for Tertiary Education and Bierrenu-Nnabugwu; University Don, React

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)September 8, 2020

Today is celebrated all over the world by all members of the United Nations as World Literacy Day. The UNESCO on October 26, 1966 declared September 8 World Literacy Day and ever since, the day has been set aside to highlight the importance of education on societies and individuals. However, year 2020 is the first time since 1966 that education is disrupted all over the world because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Consequently, this year’s...

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Southern Kaduna Killings: Sultan Blames Politicians, Says Killings as Madness

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaSouthern Kaduna Killings: Sultan Blames Politicians, Says Killings as Madness

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 8, 2020

Traditional rulers in the 19 Northern States and the Abuja on Monday met in Kaduna over the disturbing spate of insecurity in the region and the country. The northern monarch under the aegis of the Northern Traditional Council was presided over by its Chairman and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III and held at the Lugard Hall Secretariat of the council, in the metropolis. In his opening address, the Sultan described the killings in...

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Magu Demands Evidence of Allegations Against Him By Beloved John

CorruptionNewsNigeriaMagu Demands Evidence of Allegations Against Him By Beloved John

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 7, 2020

Embattled EFCC chairman, Ibrahim Magu has asked the Attorney-general of the Federation(EFCC), Abubakar Malami to back up allegations against him with evidence. Magu urged the presidential panel investigating him to order the AGF to prove the infractions he is accused of in a statement directed to the committee. The panel was mandated to investigate the former EFCC boss after Malami recommended his removal over allegations of corruption in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari. “We...

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