Lagos Helicopter Crash: ‘We Are Grateful Nobody in the Building Was Injured’ – Helicopter Owner Say

NewsNigeriaTravelLagos Helicopter Crash: ‘We Are Grateful Nobody in the Building Was Injured’ – Helicopter Owner Say

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 29, 2020

Quorum Aviation Limited, owners of the bell 206 helicopter that crashed in Lagos on Friday afternoon has confirmed that the fatalities involved were its crew and that no one on the ground was affected. The firm said in a press release that two people died while another sustained injuries and was being treated at the hospital. “Preliminary reports indicate that of the three souls on board – all crew, two of the crew members lost...

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NCDC Confirms 296 New COVID-19 Cases in Nigeria

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNCDC Confirms 296 New COVID-19 Cases in Nigeria

PilotnewsAugust 28, 2020

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 296 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. The NCDC, which made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday, added that only one death was recorded in the country. It said till date, 53,317 cases had been confirmed, 40,726 cases discharged while 1,011 deaths had been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The health agency disclosed that the 296 new cases...

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NewsNigeriaBreaking News: Helicopter Crashes into Building in Lagos, Two Dead, One Injured

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 28, 2020

Emergency officials are responding to the scene of a helicopter crash that occurred at Opebi in Lagos on Friday afternoon. The Bell 206 helicopter with registration number 5N BQW reportedly belongs to Quorom Aviation. It flew from Port Harcourt with two crew members and a passenger but crashed into a building at a densely populated area in Lagos. Officials said that the crash resulted in the injury of one person who has been taken to...

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Soyinka Warns as National Assembly Plans to Bring Back Rejected Water Bill Through Back Door

NewsNigeriaSoyinka Warns as National Assembly Plans to Bring Back Rejected Water Bill Through Back Door

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 28, 2020

Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has warned the Federal Government with the connivance of the National Assembly with the intention of returning the National Water Resources Bill rejected in 2018 by the Nigerian public. Media report has it that the House of Representatives on July 23, 2020, referred to the National Water Resource Bill 2020to a “committee of whole,” for third reading and passage. In a statement titled, ‘MLK’s Mighty Stream of Consciousness’ on Thursday,...

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Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPresence of Terrorists in the Country Not New, Machinery in Place to Handle Threats – Defence HQ Responds

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 28, 2020

The Nigerian military has said that claims by the Aare Ona Kakanfo-in-council that the Southwest of the country had been infiltrated by terrorists were not new as it gets such stories daily and that it had machinery in place to handle the threat. The Aare Ona Kakanfo-in-council is an extraordinary meeting on the Yoruba nation and sundry matters affecting the Nigerian state. It was held on Tuesday and presided over by the Aare Ona Kakanfo...

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Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsBoko Haram Slaughtered 75 Borno Elders in One Night – Senator Ndume

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 28, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has revealed how Boko Haram insurgents killed 75 members of his community in Gwoza local government in one night. Mr Ndume dropped the hint during a stakeholders’ meeting organized by Senate Committee on Special Duties and the North East Development Commission (NEDC) in Maiduguri. The former Senate leader, who is also a member of the committee, informed the gathering that the challenges faced...

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LifestyleNewsSportsWorld’s Oldest Ironman Plans to Keep Competing into His 90s

PilotnewsAugust 28, 2020

Hiromu Inada, the world’s oldest Ironman says he hopes to keep competing into his 90s. The 87-year-old Inada already has a certificate on his wall that confirms his status as the world’s oldest Ironman, but the Japanese man is still pounding away on his training bike. In 2018 at the age of 85 years and 328 days, Inada went to Kailua-Kona in Hawaii and set a new mark for the oldest person to complete the...

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InfrastructureNewsPowerBuhari Directs Mass Metering to End Estimated Billing

PilotnewsAugust 27, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the commencement of a nationwide mass-metering programme as part of efforts to put an end to estimated and arbitrary billing for electricity. Prof. James Momoh, Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said the president’s directive was in response to yearnings of Nigerians. According to him, the president also approved a waiver of the import levy on meters, so that those that do not...

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BusinessNewsRegionsNew CAMA No Threat to Religious Freedom – Legal Practitioner

PilotnewsAugust 27, 2020

Mr. Frank Tietie, an Abuja based lawyer and Human Rights activist, says the newly amended Company and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) poses no threat to religious freedom. Tietie spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari signed CAMA into law on Aug. 7, to facilitate the ease of doing business in the country. But a part of the law, particularly section 839, was...

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DAILY UPDATE: Nigeria Records Lowest Daily Case of 221 New COVID-19

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaDAILY UPDATE: Nigeria Records Lowest Daily Case of 221 New COVID-19

PilotnewsAugust 27, 2020

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 221 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 221 new cases was the lowest number of cases recorded in the country in about three months. It recalls that on Aug. 4, Nigeria reported 288 COVID-19 new cases and 290 one week later,...

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