President Muhammadu Buhari’s Address At The First Year Ministerial Performance Review Retreat

NewsNigeriaPresident Muhammadu Buhari’s Address At The First Year Ministerial Performance Review Retreat

PilotnewsSeptember 7, 2020

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AT THE FIRST YEAR MINISTERIAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW RETREAT STATE HOUSE CONFERENCE CENTRE, ABUJA 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2020, PROTOCOLS It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to the First Year Ministerial Performance Review Retreat. We are meeting a time that mankind is struggling to overcome the economic and social crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disrupted life as we knew...

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It is “Grossly Irresponsible” to Borrow to Subsidize Electricity Tariff Amid the Economic Crunch

EconomyNewsNigeriaIt is “Grossly Irresponsible” to Borrow to Subsidize Electricity Tariff Amid the Economic Crunch

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 7, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has said it will be “grossly irresponsible” to borrow to subsidize electricity tariffs during the economic crunch caused by the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. He also said that the Revised 2020 budget has no provision for fuel subsidy, noting that about ₦1.7trn has been spent on tariff shortfalls to support the electricity sector since its privatization. Remember that the increase in fuel price and electricity tariff has caused alarm in...

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Lawmaker Empowers Boko Haram Victims in Adamawa

NewsNigeriaLawmaker Empowers Boko Haram Victims in Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 7, 2020

Following devastation by Boko Haram insurgents in Madagali local government area of Adamawa state Northeast Nigeria that shares a border with Sambisa forest, the enclave of the insurgents located in Borno state, the Member representing the area in the State House of Assembly Mr. Haruna Jilantikiri, has distributed empowerment items to the electorates worth millions of naira. The beneficiaries mainly youths and women received one hundred and twenty (120) sewing machines, ninety (90) Gasoline Power...

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CAN Donates Food Items, Clothing To IDPs In Southern Kaduna

NewsCAN Donates Food Items, Clothing To IDPs In Southern Kaduna

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)September 7, 2020

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State Chapter, has reached out to displaced victims of the recent attacks in the Southern part of the state with food items and clothing. Presenting the items at the IDP camp in Zonkwa, Zango Kataf Local Government Area, the State CAN Chairman, Rev. John Hayab, said the gesture was meant to cushion the hardship victims were facing. “We are here on behalf of all the Christians in Kaduna...

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Ondo 2020: No Rift Between Me and Akeredolu – Tinubu

NewsPoliticsOndo 2020: No Rift Between Me and Akeredolu – Tinubu

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 7, 2020

The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said the insinuation that there is a rift between him and Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State are not true. Tinubu who speak during the interactive session with Ondo Traditional Rulers on Saturday, said the state needs the governor to continue the good job he has started, so that the people could enjoy more dividends of democracy. He said, “Don’t listen to...

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Amidst COVID, Thousands Zoom-in to Celebrate Westfield Energy’s Boss, Henry Okolie-Aboh

NewsAmidst COVID, Thousands Zoom-in to Celebrate Westfield Energy’s Boss, Henry Okolie-Aboh

PilotnewsSeptember 6, 2020

Henry Okolie-Aboh AKA Igiligi is not a new face in today’s business world. In the global economic scheme, the name pops out from every project segment relevant to oil, gas, and energy. He is the Managing Director/Chief Executive officer of Westfield Energy Resources Limited who started from the bottom up, to become one of top guns in the global oil and gas service sector. This day, however, Okolie-Aboh is did not wake up in preparation...

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Income Tax: FIRS Inaugurates Online Portal for Financial Institutions

BusinessNewsNigeriaIncome Tax: FIRS Inaugurates Online Portal for Financial Institutions

PilotnewsSeptember 6, 2020

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it has inaugurated a new Automatic Exchange of Information-Common Reporting Standard (AEOI-CRS) system for the use of financial institutions in the country. FIRS Director, Communications and Liaison, Mr Abdullahi Ahmad, said this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. Ahmad said the step was part of the service’s ongoing reforms to align the nation’s tax system with global standards. He quoted the Executive Chairman, FIRS, Mr Muhammad Nami...

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NCDC Confirms 162 New COVID-19 Infections, Push Total to 54,905

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNCDC Confirms 162 New COVID-19 Infections, Push Total to 54,905

PilotnewsSeptember 6, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 162 new cases of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19 ) in the country, bringing the confirmed cases to 54,905. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria continued its week of recording less than 200 new cases of COVID-19 per day with Saturday’s 162 new confirmed cases. The agency said that three deaths were...

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CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCoronavirus: Bishop Mamza Discharges, Says COVID-19 Over Exaggerated In Nigeria

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)September 6, 2020

Barely two weeks after he was infected by the novel Coronavirus, the chairman Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Adamawa State chapter, Most Rev Dr. Stephen Dami Mamza has recovered and discharged from isolation. The CAN chairman who is also a Catholic Church Bishop laments that the coronavirus disease ” is overly exaggerated,” noting that such over-exaggeration has led patients to go through unnecessary fear and psychological tension that usually result in deaths. Mamza who made...

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Hopeless State of Hopefulness: Enduring a Mob of Blood-Drunk Humans in Blue Garbs

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionHopeless State of Hopefulness: Enduring a Mob of Blood-Drunk Humans in Blue Garbs

PilotnewsSeptember 5, 2020

If I were God. I would end it. If I were God, I would have the haters careening through the gates of hell proper…alive. ―Don Okolo I have had time, forty-something years and counting, to muse upon the fate of man the world over. And I have come to believe that a section of humanity would never rise from the quagmire of filth and disdain…from the vise-like grip the rest of the sultry smut have...

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