19 Resident UN Agencies to Support Adamawa State

NewsRural DevelopmentUnited Nations19 Resident UN Agencies to Support Adamawa State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 17, 2020

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Mr. Edward Kallon has disclosed that nineteen Resident UN agencies are willing to support the state government through funds and programmes in addressing various challenges through an integrated approach that builds on each agency’s comparative advantage. Kallon who revealed this when he led a delegation on a courtesy call on Governor Ahamdu Umaru Finitir at the Government House, Yola, explained that the visit to the state is to...

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First Bank Nigeria CEO Gets Forbes Best of Africa Award

AfricaBusinessNewsFirst Bank Nigeria CEO Gets Forbes Best of Africa Award

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 16, 2020

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of First Bank Nigeria Limited, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, has been announced as the Forbes Best of Africa Award. The presentation of the award was held by Forbes, in conjunction with the Foreign Investment Network (FIN). The online roundtable discussion was themed, “Harnessing the Financial Resources and Social Capital of Philanthropy to Making a Lasting Impact.” The award was supported by the World Philanthropy Network and featured a keynote address by...

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Extend Visa Ban to Electoral, Judicial Officials – Saraki Tells US

Foreign PolicyNewsNigeriaUnited StatesExtend Visa Ban to Electoral, Judicial Officials – Saraki Tells US

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 16, 2020

The former President of Nigeria Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, has urged the United States (U.S) to extend the visa ban it slammed on some Nigerian politicians to include electoral officers, security officials, and judicial officers, who are guilty of undermining the country’s democratic process by their actions during and after elections. The former Senate President also called for strong enforcement of the law, which provide strong punishment of politicians, law enforcement agents, ordinary citizens and...

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Appeal Court Upholds Seven Years Imprisonment for Pastor Who Rapes 14-Year-Old Girl

NewsAppeal Court Upholds Seven Years Imprisonment for Pastor Who Rapes 14-Year-Old Girl

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 16, 2020

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the conviction and sentencing of a pastor, Apostle Basil Princewill, who raped a 14-year-old girl and attempted to abort the resultant pregnancy. Reading the unanimous judgment of a three-man panel on Tuesday, Justice Stephen Adah said the appellate court found nothing wrong with the judgement which was given on June 25, 2019 by Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),...

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Nigeria Launches Community Policing Initiative

ColumnsCrime & SecurityOpinionNigeria Launches Community Policing Initiative

PilotnewsSeptember 15, 2020

In the face of apparently soaring levels of crime and violence, the Nigerian government has launched a community policing initiative. Abuja has set aside N13 billion (about $35 million) to fund the launch and is recruiting some 10,000 constables, according to Nigerian media. The Chief of Police for Ekiti state is hinting that the new constables will be deployed in the areas from which they come. Locally based, the constables would develop ties with community leaders and,...

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U.S. Imposes Visa Ban on Some Nigerians Over Edo, Ondo Guber Polls

Foreign PolicyNewsUnited StatesU.S. Imposes Visa Ban on Some Nigerians Over Edo, Ondo Guber Polls

PilotnewsSeptember 15, 2020

The United States has imposed visa restrictions on some Nigerians involved in the run up to the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. The move also targets individuals it accused of working to undermine the November 2019 governorship polls in Kogi and Bayelsa. Morgan Ortagus, spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Ortagus said those affected were working to “undermine the Nigerian democratic process or for organising...

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Edo Election: Abubakar, Kukah, Others Sue for Peace

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEdo Election: Abubakar, Kukah, Others Sue for Peace

PilotnewsSeptember 15, 2020

The Chairman of the National Peace Committee, retired Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Monday in Benin said that members of his committee were in the state to assist in ensuring that the Sept. 19 gubernatorial election was conducted peacefully. Abubakar stated this while addressing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governorship candidate, Gov. Godwin Obaseki, ahead of the peace pact by all parties involved in the elections. According to him, the political temperature in the state has...

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COVID-19: NCDC Says Nigeria’s Death Toll Hits 1,083

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Says Nigeria’s Death Toll Hits 1,083

PilotnewsSeptember 15, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) at midnight on Monday said that the death toll for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Nigeria had jumped to 1, 083. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports the NCDC confirmed that there were 132 new infections. It stated that one new fatality raised the death toll to 1,083. The agency said 132 new cases of COVID-19, the disease caused...

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Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Anambra Startups Struggles

Special ReportAmid COVID-19 Pandemic, Anambra Startups Struggles

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)September 15, 2020

Report by Ebuka Onyekwelu AWKA — Pandemics are purely health-related, however, “throughout history, pandemics have had profound economic effects”, writes The Economist. This is true as can be observed with the COVID-19 pandemic, not just in Nigeria but around the world. More people have lost their job, many businesses are struggling while some have collapsed under the weight of the burden of the pandemic, yet, it is not over. In Anambra State, it is no...

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Presidency Replies Obasanjo, Calls him “Divider-in-Chief” of Nigeria

NewsNigeriaPresidency Replies Obasanjo, Calls him “Divider-in-Chief” of Nigeria

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 14, 2020

The Presidency has replied Nigeria former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, over his recent comment that Nigeria was becoming a failed and more divided state under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo on Thursday had said he had never seen Nigeria in such a state before, saying the blame for the current state of the country is due to poor management of the country’s diversity by Buhari. Obasanjo said, “Today, Nigeria is fast drifting to...

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