Water Resources Bill Will Boost Irrigation Farming System- Minister

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaWater Resources Bill Will Boost Irrigation Farming System- Minister

PilotnewsOctober 22, 2020

Mr Suleiman Adamu, the Minister of Water Resources, says the passage of Water Resources Bill will boost irrigation farming system and enhance food security in the country. Adamu made this known when he appeared at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. He said that the bill would enhance both domestic and non-domestic use for irrigation, navigation, agricultural and fishery purposes as well as generation of hydro-electric energy. He said that the Federal...

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#ENDSARS: My Heart Goes Out to All Victims of Lekki Shootings—Osinbajo

Law & JusticeNewsNigeria#ENDSARS: My Heart Goes Out to All Victims of Lekki Shootings—Osinbajo

PilotnewsOctober 22, 2020

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has condoled with victims of shootings which occurred in Lekki, Lagos. The Vice President also expressed grief over loss lives in Lagos and other parts of the country as a result of the #ENDSARS protests. #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate were attacked with guns on Oct. 20. Osinbajo, in a series of tweets said he had reached out to those in hospital and prayed that such would not happen again....

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COVID-19: NCDC Reports 37 New Infections in Nigeria

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Reports 37 New Infections in Nigeria

PilotnewsOctober 22, 2020

Thirty-seven new Coronavirus infections have been reported across Nigeria with no COVID-19-related deaths in eight states and the Federal Capital Territory. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official website on Wednesday. The NCDC, however, said that 183 patients were discharged after testing negative to the virus across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that with the new update, the tally of infected people in the country...

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Presidency Calls For Nationwide Calmness

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPresidency Calls For Nationwide Calmness

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 21, 2020

The presidency on Wednesday appealed to Nigerians to be calm with the administration while it tries to implement the police reform. The call was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled, ‘President Buhari welcomes establishment of judicial panels of inquiry by 13 states to deliver justice for victims of police brutality’. The call came few hours after eyewitnesses claimed that armed soldiers...

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#Endsarsprotest Or Miscreants At Work? Enugu Boils As Ugwuanyi Imposes Indefinite 24hours Curfew In 3LGAs.

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPeople#Endsarsprotest Or Miscreants At Work? Enugu Boils As Ugwuanyi Imposes Indefinite 24hours Curfew In 3LGAs.

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 21, 2020

The peaceful end SARS protest in Enugu took a turn for the worse on Wednesday as bonfires at road junctions hindered commuters from proceeding to their desired destinations. Tension filled the air and young men were seen carrying sticks, barricading some roads with tires and tree trunks. The Phase 6 Trans Ekulu Police Station at Zion Avenue was burnt, dust bins hauled out of its position on to the road, traffic light destroyed and shattered...

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Gov. Ugwuanyi Inaugurates Judicial Panel On Police Brutality

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGov. Ugwuanyi Inaugurates Judicial Panel On Police Brutality

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 21, 2020

The Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on Wednesday inaugurated an 8-man Judicial Panel of Inquiry. The panel was set up to address the demands of the end SARS protesters and to receive and investigate complaints of police brutality and/or related extra judicial killings in the state. Inaugurating the panel at the Government House, Ugwuanyi revealed that setting up the panel is in response to the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Yemi...

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Soldiers Open Fire in Nigeria, Drawing Global Attention to Weeks-long Protests

NewsNigeriaWorld NewsSoldiers Open Fire in Nigeria, Drawing Global Attention to Weeks-long Protests

PilotnewsOctober 21, 2020

Nigeria witnessed scenes of violence and chaos as protests calling for an end to police brutality continued overnight and into Wednesday, despite a 24-hour curfew and multiple eyewitness reports of soldiers opening fire on protesters. Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said Wednesday that one person had died at a hospital in Lagos, the country’s financial capital, after a shooting in the upmarket suburb of Lekki on Tuesday, but did not confirm whether the victim was a protester. “This is...

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Group Condemns Attack of Peaceful Protesters

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGroup Condemns Attack of Peaceful Protesters

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 21, 2020

The Crime Correspondent Association of Nigeria (CCAN), has condemned the extra judicial killings carried out by the security forces on defenceless #EndSARS protesters. In a statement, Hassan Zaggi, CCAN Chairman expressed distaste over the massacre of young, energetic and vibrant citizens. “The ugly incidents of gruesome killings and maiming of Nigerians in the Abuja city centre, Dutse Alhaji, a suburb in the FCT, Lagos and other parts of the country is worrisome. “We have even...

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“If U Cannot Do the Job,” Get the F…k – Simi Tells Buhari

EntertainmentNewsNigeriaPolitics“If U Cannot Do the Job,” Get the F…k – Simi Tells Buhari

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 21, 2020

Nigerian sensational singer, Simi, has send a strong message to President Muhammadu Buhari to resign if he cannot handle the situation in the country. The singer lamented the fact that suffering is now the order of the day in Nigeria. The singer takes to her twitter handle to write a long epistle of how Nigerians have gotten used to suffering and smiling, thinking that it is normal. She adds that Nigerians use to pay for...

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33 Health Workers Contracted Coronavirus in Adamawa – Official

CoronavirusNewsNigeria33 Health Workers Contracted Coronavirus in Adamawa – Official

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)October 21, 2020

No fewer than 33 healthcare workers were  confirmed infected with the coronavirus, while one died of the disease in Adamawa. Dr Abraham Tizhe,  the Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, Adamawa Branch, dropped  the figure at the opening of the 2020 Physicians’ Week in Yola. Tizhe said that the record covered the period when the disease broke out in the state in April 22, 2020 till date. He said that the celebration of the Week...

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