How COVID-19 Derails Economic Activities in Northeast, Nigeria

Crime & SecurityEconomyNewsHow COVID-19 Derails Economic Activities in Northeast, Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 22, 2020

The pride of any nation or region is determined by its robust economy. The Northeast region of Nigeria is blessed with entrepreneurs that have contributed immensely to the economic growth of the nation. However, the region found itself in an economic quagmire for more than ten years when the callous terrorist group Boko Haram launched attacks on several communities forcing the residents to flee to safe-haven thereby crippling commercial activities. As the region is recovering...

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Senate Queries DPR Officials Over N44.5 Remittance

CorruptionNewsPoliticsSenate Queries DPR Officials Over N44.5 Remittance

Beloved John (Staff Writer)August 22, 2020

The Senate has queried Officials of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) for remitting only N44.5 billion into the Consolidated Revenue Fund in 2019 out of N2.4 trillion generated. This is as heads of many of the other revenue-generating agencies invited by the Senate’s Joint Committee on Finance and National Planning for Interactive Sessions on their 2021 revenues projections, refused to appear. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Solomon Adeola, queried the remittance...

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Rape: El-Rufai’s Wife Takes Campaign To Ancestral Home of Legendary Queen Amina

Crime & SecurityNewsRape: El-Rufai’s Wife Takes Campaign To Ancestral Home of Legendary Queen Amina

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 22, 2020

The Kaduna State Governor’s wife, Hajia Ummi el-Rufai has taken her campaign against rape to Turunku, which is the ancestral home of the legendary Queen Amina in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna state. El-Rufai’s wife used the opportunity to address and educate children on the tricks to identify a potential rapist and how to raise alarm if any comes to them. The Governor’s wife appealed to traditional, religious and other community leaders to stop...

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BREAKING: Salami’s Panel Recommends The Sacking of Magu, The Suspended EFCC Boss Kicks

CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaBREAKING: Salami’s Panel Recommends The Sacking of Magu, The Suspended EFCC Boss Kicks

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 22, 2020

The Justice Ayo Salami’s Judicial Commission of Inquiry (retd) set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magi, had submitted an interim report to the President. The report was said to have recommended the sacking of the suspended EFCC Chairman. According to TheCable, the report also recommended that the President should appoint a new chairman for the anti-graft agency. ThePunch also revealed...

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APC Boasts That Bigwigs Who Have Left the Party Will Soon Return to the Party

NewsPoliticsAPC Boasts That Bigwigs Who Have Left the Party Will Soon Return to the Party

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 22, 2020

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday has boasted that its political bigwigs who have left the party would soon return, stating that its ongoing reconciliation efforts were heeding success. This was disclosed by Chairman of the party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee, and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, while inaugurating a reconciliation committee for Ogun and Imo states. Recall that the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara had...

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Ex-Super Falcons Star Mmadu Laments Effect of COVID-19 on Female Football

NewsNigeriaSportsEx-Super Falcons Star Mmadu Laments Effect of COVID-19 on Female Football

PilotnewsAugust 22, 2020

Former Super Falcons midfielder Maureen Mmadu says the negative toll of the coronavirus pandemic on football activities has greatly affected female football. Mmadu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that a number of professional players have stayed back in Nigeria because of the lull in football abroad. The former Super Falcons’ Assistant Coach said it was painful that those who were in the country had continued to train without any form of...

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COVID-19: Cinema Industry Has Lost N6bn — Association

BusinessEntertainmentFilmNewsCOVID-19: Cinema Industry Has Lost N6bn — Association

PilotnewsAugust 22, 2020

The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) on Friday said it had lost over N6billion in the course of the lockdown caused by the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Patrick Lee, the Chairman of the Association, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He said that since the lockdown in March, the industry kept losing N1billion on a monthly basis rendering most of the staff jobless. “We are appealing...

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106 Persons Escape From Boko Haram’s Captivity

Crime & SecurityNews106 Persons Escape From Boko Haram’s Captivity

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 21, 2020

At least, 106 captivists who were  reportedly escaped from Boko Haram dens  have found their way into the hands of the troops of the Multinational Joint Taskforce. Reports say that 94 of the escapees, who are Nigerians, were released to representatives of the Borno State Government, led by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Kaka Shehu Lawan. A  statement shared on the verified social media handles of Borno State Government said the MNJTF  received 106...

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COVID-19: NCDC Launches Digital Platform for Speedy Delivery of Test Results

CoronavirusNewsCOVID-19: NCDC Launches Digital Platform for Speedy Delivery of Test Results

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has launched a digital platform to ensure speedy delivery of COVID-19 results in the Federal Capital Territory. Mrs Elsie Ilori, Head of Department, Surveillance and Epidemiology Department, NCDC, said this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing on Thursday in Abuja. Ilori said that the platform, called Surveillance Outbreak Response Management Analysis System (SORMAS), would be used to communicate directly to individuals through SMS alert. She noted that...

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COVID-19: Nigeria Working With WHO, Others on Vaccines, Treatment

CoronavirusNewsCOVID-19: Nigeria Working With WHO, Others on Vaccines, Treatment

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

The Federal Government says the nation is working with the World Health Organisation (WHO), GAVI, and others on therapeutics and vaccines against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the 59th joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. Ehanire said that Nigeria had as of August, 19, 2020, crossed the 50,000 landmark and recorded 50,488 COVID-19 cases, this was out...

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