The Wild Foe: Why Nigeria’s Military Cannot Hit the Core of Boko Haram

National SecurityNewsSpecial ReportThe Wild Foe: Why Nigeria’s Military Cannot Hit the Core of Boko Haram

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 17, 2020

Boko Haram is said by the Nigerian government officials to be ‘technically defeated’, but recent incidents portray an adversary on a rampage and an unending bloody nightmare for the military since the civil war. Adeola Oladipupo, The West African Pilot News Correspondent, writes. It was founded in the Northeast state of Borno in 2002 by an Islamic cleric, Mallam Muhammed Yusuf, as a Salafi movement, part of Sunni Islam, which wanted a state that would...

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Adamawa Govt Approves N18.6bn For Flyovers, Roads

InfrastructureNewsAdamawa Govt Approves N18.6bn For Flyovers, Roads

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)July 17, 2020

The Adamawa State Executive Council Thursday approved N18.6 billion for the construction of two flyover bridges in the state capital and township roads across the state. Similarly, the council, during an extraordinary meeting in the state capital, Yola, also approved recovery of the payment of sales of shops at Jimeta Ultramodern Market, by issuing demand notice to those who have defaulted for over 10 years. The Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Dr. Umar Garba Pella, dropped...

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Nigerians Living Abroad Are Country’s Greatest Assets – NiDCOM Chief

DiasporaNewsNigeriaNigerians Living Abroad Are Country’s Greatest Assets – NiDCOM Chief

PilotnewsJuly 16, 2020

Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has described citizens living abroad as the country’s greatest assets. Chairman/CEO of the commission Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa made the description in a statement by Gabriel Odu of the commission’s Media, Public Relations and Protocol Unit. According to Odu, the NiDCOM chief gave the description at the presentation of Diagnostics and Pharmaceutical Personal Protective Equipment worth millions of Naira by the Nigerian Association of Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists in the Americas (NAPPSA)....

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COVID-19 Vaccine: 165 Countries Engage in Global Access Facility – WHO

CoronavirusWorld NewsCOVID-19 Vaccine: 165 Countries Engage in Global Access Facility – WHO

PilotnewsJuly 16, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says no fewer than 165 countries have engaged in COVID-19 vaccine global access facility. WHO said in a statement posted on its website on Thursday that of the number, 75 countries have so far shown interest in joining its COVAX facility meant to provide global access to a COVID-19 vaccine. It said “the 75 countries, which would finance the vaccines from their own public finance budgets, partner with up to...

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NHIS to Extend Health Insurance to Diplomats Abroad, Corp Members

HealthNewsWellnessNHIS to Extend Health Insurance to Diplomats Abroad, Corp Members

PilotnewsJuly 16, 2020

Prof. Mohammed Sambo, the Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), says the scheme is planning to extend health insurance to diplomats abroad to enhance Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Sambo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja, that NHIS had been working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to achieve the feat. He said “when we met with the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, they said that they wanted to concentrate...

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Wike Frees Ex-NDDC MD’s From Police Siege

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaWike Frees Ex-NDDC MD’s From Police Siege

Beloved John (Staff Writer)July 16, 2020

The governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, stormed the residence of Joy Nunieh, former acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), and freed her from police siege. The governor arrived at her residence on Thursday morning, ordering armed policemen around out of the way. He then proceeded to enter the house and was seen driving her off in his convoy. The cable reported that the policemen had laid siege at Nunieh’s residence...

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Southwest States’ Decision to Reopen School: Another Milestone to Decentralization Evolution

CoronavirusEducationNewsSouthwest States’ Decision to Reopen School: Another Milestone to Decentralization Evolution

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 16, 2020

Just like Amotekun, the six Southwest States – Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Osun and Ekiti – have agreed to reopen schools next month to enable Senior Secondary School 3 students to write the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The decision was taken at a virtual meeting organized by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission on Wednesday. Commissioners for Education in the six states, special advisers on Education and State Universal...

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I’ll Proactively Work With all WTO Members as DG – Okonjo-Iweala

World NewsI’ll Proactively Work With all WTO Members as DG – Okonjo-Iweala

Beloved John (Staff Writer)July 16, 2020

Nigeria’s frontrunner for the position of Director-General of the World Trade Organization(WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Wednesday pledged to work for the benefit of all member-countries irrespective of size or level of economic development. The former Minister of Finance, who spoke during a media briefing held shortly after her presentation to the General Council of the global trade organisation in Geneva also stressed the need for the election of a credible candidate based on merit...

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Nigerians Yet to See Evidence of Corruption Clampdown, But Presidency Say Buhari Won’t Fail Nigerians on Anti-graft War

CorruptionNewsNigeriaNigerians Yet to See Evidence of Corruption Clampdown, But Presidency Say Buhari Won’t Fail Nigerians on Anti-graft War

PilotnewsJuly 16, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari came into power seemingly on the mantra of anti-corruption, but five years into his term in office Nigerians are increasingly disappointed as daily news of top-level corruption in government continues to astound even as official response amount to lip service from the ruling APC government. Nigerians generally see the fight against corruption as slow and cloaked in secrecy.  The lack of transparency in the manner cases of corruption by top government officials...

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Oba Youths vs IPOB, as Kanu Orders Clampdown on Oba Youths

NewsNigeriaOba Youths vs IPOB, as Kanu Orders Clampdown on Oba Youths

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)July 16, 2020

ONITSHA — Youths of Oba, a community in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State on Sunday 12th day of July, allegedly engaged in a fisticuff that led to the disruption of IPOB meetings in Oba as well as smashed windows of vehicles owned by IPOB members, parked outside the compound where the meeting was ongoing. On Wednesday the 15th of July 2020, in a broadcast, the leader of IPOB Nnamdi Kanu had ordered...

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