FG ₦5m Fine Imposed on Nigeria Info FM is Draconian and Attempt to Gag the Media Says PDP

NewsPress * MediaFG ₦5m Fine Imposed on Nigeria Info FM is Draconian and Attempt to Gag the Media Says PDP

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 15, 2020

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday condemned the ₦5m fine imposed on Nigeria Info, a radio broadcasting station in Lagos, Nigeria by the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for airing the view of the former presidential aspirant of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dr. Obed Mailafia which Federal Government (FG) described as inciting crime and public disorder. The PDP said it was a renewed clampdown on the media and gagging of the free speech by...

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76, 000 Orphans, Vulnerable Children To Benefit From USAID ICHSSA 4 Project In Adamawa

HealthNewsPhilanthropy76, 000 Orphans, Vulnerable Children To Benefit From USAID ICHSSA 4 Project In Adamawa

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 15, 2020

Pro-Health International in collaboration with Adamawa state government, launched USAID-Funded Integrated Child Health and Social Service Award (ICHSSA 4 project ) to Support 76,000 Children Orphaned or made vulnerable to HIV in Adamawa and Bauchi states. USAID Mission Director Stephen M. Haykin made this known during a virtual launch of the project in Yola the state capital. He stressed that the new activity was designed to protect more than 76,000 children and their households made...

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Anambra Monarchs Protest Suspension, Say “Nothing Warrants it”

NewsAnambra Monarchs Protest Suspension, Say “Nothing Warrants it”

PilotnewsAugust 14, 2020

The suspended traditional rulers of Anambra on Thursday said that they did not commit any wrong to warrant their suspension by the state government. The monarchs stated this at a joint press conference addressed by Chief Chioke Nwankwo, the Igwe of Nawfia, in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the traditional rulers were suspended on Tuesday for allegedly travelling out of the state without government’s approval. The 12 monarchs had travelled to Abuja for an “official engagement”. A...

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Gov. Umahi Rejects Ebonyi’s Transfer to Police Zone 13 Division

NewsNigeriaGov. Umahi Rejects Ebonyi’s Transfer to Police Zone 13 Division

PilotnewsAugust 14, 2020

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has rejected the transfer of the state from the Nigeria Police Force Zone 9 Division, Umuahia, Abia to the newly-created Zone 13, Dunukofia, Anambra. Umahi spoke on Thursday in Abakaliki while inaugurating the Ebonyi Policing Advisory Committee and the Ebonyi Community Policing Committee. The governor said that he disagreed with the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 13 on the issue, insisting that Ebonyi could not belong...

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FG Moves to Prevent Job Losses in Aviation Sector

EconomyLabourNewsFG Moves to Prevent Job Losses in Aviation Sector

PilotnewsAugust 14, 2020

The Federal Government has called for social dialogue between the employers and the employees in the Aviation industry to prevent job losses. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, made the call in a statement, signed by Mr Charles Akpan, Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations in the ministry on Friday in Abuja. Ngige made the call during a conciliatory meeting with airline operators and the trade unions in the aviation...

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Nigeria Reports 373 Fresh Cases of COVID-19 Infection

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNigeria Reports 373 Fresh Cases of COVID-19 Infection

PilotnewsAugust 14, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 373 fresh cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday. According to it, 10 deaths were recorded in the country. The NCDC said that the new cases took Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections to 48,116, with 34,309 discharged and 966 deaths. The health agency said that the cases were confirmed in 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory...

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U.S. Ambassadors and African Diplomacy

AfricaForeign PolicyOpinionU.S. Ambassadors and African Diplomacy

PilotnewsAugust 14, 2020

In most African countries, the U.S ambassador plays a crucial role in managing the U.S. bilateral relationship with the host country. Hence, the importance of the arrival in Tanzania of Dr. Donald J. Wright, MD. He presented his ambassadorial credentials to President John P. Magufuli on August 2. Magufuli is increasingly problematic: he is becoming authoritarian in style and he refuses to share with international health agencies information about COVID-19. Worse, he claims the disease is absent from Tanzania because of the...

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Igbo Youths Urge Pro-Biafra Groups to Halt Secession Gitation

NewsNigeriaIgbo Youths Urge Pro-Biafra Groups to Halt Secession Gitation

PilotnewsAugust 13, 2020

Igbo Youth Assembly (IYA) worldwide, a socio-cultural youth organisation, has called on various pro-Biafra groups to stop secession agitation and channel their energies towards promoting national cohesion. IYA gave the advice in a statement jointly signed by its President-General, Mr Ifeanyi Nwaudunna and Secretary-General, Mr Casmir Irekamba, in Owerri on Thursday. Nwaudunna said that Nigeria was better when it remainEd one indivisible entity, adding that disintegration may make the country lose its economic diversity, political, military and numerical strength. He...

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Military Deploys Special Operations to Southern Kaduna

National SecurityNewsNigeriaMilitary Deploys Special Operations to Southern Kaduna

PilotnewsAugust 13, 2020

The Defence Headquarters says in its determinant efforts to curb the recent attacks and isolated killings in Southern Kaduna, has deployed Special Operations Forces to the various flashpoints in the area. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, at the updates briefing on military operations across the country on Thursday in Abuja. “In a bid to curb the recent attacks and isolated killings in Southern Kaduna, troops of Operation “SAFE HAVEN” have continued to...

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Buhari Inaugurates 17-Storey NCDMB Building, Pledges More Infrastructure

BusinessNewsNigeriaBuhari Inaugurates 17-Storey NCDMB Building, Pledges More Infrastructure

PilotnewsAugust 13, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja pledged to spend more on infrastructure across the country, focusing on finishing projects delivered by local contractors and technology that create jobs for thousands of Nigerians. The president made the pledge at the virtual inauguration of the new headquarters building of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) in Yenagoa, Bayelsa. According to him, the iconic 17-storey building, known as the Nigerian Content Tower, with the full...

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