EducationNewsNigeriaBREAKING: UNILAG Gets First Female Acting Vice-Chancellor in 58 Years

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 24, 2020

Professor Folasade Ogunsola has emerged as the acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos. Professor Ogunsola was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor in-charge of development services before she emerged as the Vice-Chancellor on Monday afternoon following an election at a Senate meeting which had 167 professors in attendance, the West African Pilot learned. Mrs Ogunsola got 135 votes of 167 while her opponent, Professor Ben Ogbojafor, who is also a deputy vice-chancellor, scored 31 votes. One vote...

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PAN urges ECOWAS, FG’s Intervention Over $1m-levy on Nigerian Traders in Ghana

BusinessGhanaNewsNigeriaPAN urges ECOWAS, FG’s Intervention Over $1m-levy on Nigerian Traders in Ghana

PilotnewsAugust 24, 2020

The Progressive Ambassadors of Nigeria (PAN) has urged ECOWAS and the Federal Government to wade-in on the imposition of $1million trade-levy on Nigerian Traders in Ghana, by Ghanaian authorities. This is contained in a statement issued by Emmanuel Ohiomokhare, PAN’s National Director of Media, on Sunday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that PAN is a non-governmental organisation of Nigerian traders in Ghana seeking to promote and protect the welfare of Nigerian...

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India’s Virus Cases Top 3m Amid Biggest Rise in Infections

AsiaCoronavirusIndia’s Virus Cases Top 3m Amid Biggest Rise in Infections

PilotnewsAugust 24, 2020

The number of coronavirus cases in India topped three million on Sunday, government data showed. This is as the South Asian country logged the world’s biggest daily rise in cases for almost three weeks. India, a country of 1.3 billion, has so far reported 3,044,940 infections, with 69,239 cases being reported in the last 24 hours, the Federal Health Ministry said. India is ranked third behind Brazil and the United States in the highest number...

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Mali Coup: Military Wants Three-Year Rule, Promises to Free President

MilitaryNewsWest AfricaMali Coup: Military Wants Three-Year Rule, Promises to Free President

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 24, 2020

The junta that has overtaken power in Mali wants a military-led transitional body that will rule the country for three years and has agreed to release the detained President, a source in a visiting West African delegation and the rebel soldiers disclosed on Sunday. Last week’s coup was Mali’s second military intervention in eight years. The coup followed months of protests calling for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign as the public is discontent with...

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Breaking News: Lagos Health Commissioner Contracts COVID-19

CoronavirusHealthNewsBreaking News: Lagos Health Commissioner Contracts COVID-19

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 24, 2020

The Commissioner for Health in Lagos, Professor Akin Abayomi has tested positive for COVID-19, the state government disclosed on Monday. Mr. Gbenga Omotosho, the Commissioner for Information in Lagos, said that Mr. Abayomi would continue to discharge his duties while isolating at home. “Subsequent to close contact with persons feeling unwell and testing positive for the COVID-19 infection, the Honorable Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has tested positive for the virus,” Mr. Omotosho said....

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Tears Flow in Enugu As ECTDA Demolishes Houses to Implements FAAN and SEGF Resolution

NewsNigeriaTears Flow in Enugu As ECTDA Demolishes Houses to Implements FAAN and SEGF Resolution

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 24, 2020

A video clip of a widow, Mrs. Vero Ngene whose house amongst many other houses was demolished at Ukwu Oji Emene, went viral on social media last week. Ngene lamented that she has no place or source of income to build another home as her ancestral home wherein her late husband and four children were buried was marked among houses for destruction. The pathetic story of this widow was so touching as she cried that...

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2023: APC Must Allow Tinubu to Contest – Babachir Lawal

NewsPoliticsSpecial Report2023: APC Must Allow Tinubu to Contest – Babachir Lawal

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 23, 2020

…… Roasts Oshiomhole, Reveals Why He Was Removed As APC National Chairman A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babachir Lawal, says to avoid ‘’wrath of God’’  the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, must be given a chance to contest 2023 Presidency. Lawal who was sacked as SGF in October 2017 after he was indicted in N544m grass-cutting scandal, made this comment while speaking on...

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CorruptionNewsNigeriaPoliticsPDP Faults Gbajabiamila Decision to Shut Down the Sitting of Investigative Committees

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 23, 2020

The People’s Democratic Party has faulted the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership of the House of Representatives to shut down sittings of various investigative committees currently investigating the executive, adding that it is a deliberate design to cover the smell of corruption “oozing out of the APC administration.” The party then urged the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, to stop circumventing the statutory duties of the House and...

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Kaduna: 3 killed, 10 Injured During Shia Ashurah Mourning Session – IMN

NewsNigeriaPoliticsRegionsKaduna: 3 killed, 10 Injured During Shia Ashurah Mourning Session – IMN

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 23, 2020

At least three members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, also known as Shi’ites have been reportedly killed by the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force in Kaduna State. The West African Pilot News gathered that the Shi’ite members were holding their Ashura annual mourning session when the police attacked them at Hayin Bello area of Kaduna metropolis. The President Media Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim Musa, confirmed that three of their...

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Logical thoughts about El-Rufai’s Feud with the Nigerian Bar Association

Law & JusticeNigeriaOpinionLogical thoughts about El-Rufai’s Feud with the Nigerian Bar Association

PilotnewsAugust 22, 2020

It is safe to say that El-Rufai has long before now gained a reputation as an ethnic irredentist and a governor who is doing so little to resolve the security situation in Southern Kaduna ―Ebuka Onyekwelu The Selection of the Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El Rufai as a guest speaker at the Nigerian Bar Association –NBA- Annual General Meeting, has been canceled following outrage and protest by thousands of Nigerians for NBA leadership to...

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