Reporter’s Diary: In Lagos and Ogun States COVID-19 Means Money-Making; In Oyo Few Believe It Exists

CoronavirusLifestyleNewsReporter’s Diary: In Lagos and Ogun States COVID-19 Means Money-Making; In Oyo Few Believe It Exists

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 13, 2020

Before the index case of COVID-19 was recorded in Nigeria, I had been to Ibadan in Oyo State, twice. I know what pre-COVID-19 was like. Last Sunday, I visited the ancient city, again. Two hours from Ibadan, in Lagos, the government struggles to ensure that the enforcement — at least during the day — of measures, including the use of masks by residents and restricting the number of passenger commercial motorists commute. Many times, the...

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CACOVID, UBA, First Bank Top List as Oyo Reveal COVID-19 Fund Donors

CoronavirusNewsPhilanthropyCACOVID, UBA, First Bank Top List as Oyo Reveal COVID-19 Fund Donors

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 13, 2020

The Oyo State government has received cash and items donations from individuals, corporate bodies and non-governmental organisation. In a statement, Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, said the government aims to write all donors who contributed monetary and material items to the State. “The novel COVID-19 pandemic has tremendously impacted the world’s economy and, by extension, Oyo State,” Adisa said. “In order to cushion the effect of this virus, provide necessary...

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For the Igbo to Be President, They Must Love Themselves – Arthur Eze

NewsPeopleFor the Igbo to Be President, They Must Love Themselves – Arthur Eze

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 13, 2020

A billionaire oil mogul, Prince Arthur Eze, has said for the Igbo to be president of Nigeria, they must love another and be united. According to the business mogul, it will take God for an Igbo man to become Nigeria’s President because they are not united. Speaking on the 2023 general elections, Eze advised that the Ndigbo not to crave for a President of Igbo extraction but a President who would champion the interest of...

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The Corruption Nexus in Nigeria and Ibrahim Magu’s Example

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionThe Corruption Nexus in Nigeria and Ibrahim Magu’s Example

PilotnewsJuly 13, 2020

The problem of economic ruin in Nigeria can easily be traced to white-collar criminality and the cyclical nature of hedonism that has permeated the culture and sustained a formula of chronic corruption ―ID Onwudiwe The suspension from office of Ibrahim Magu, the former acting chairman of the EFCC, for alleged diversion of recovered funds and other corrupt practices in the performance of his official duties by the presidency is a massive step in the right...

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Upgrade: FG Officially Hands Over National Theatre to CBN, Bankers Committee

Arts & CultureNewsUpgrade: FG Officially Hands Over National Theatre to CBN, Bankers Committee

PilotnewsJuly 12, 2020

The Minister for Culture and Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Sunday in Lagos handed over the National Theatre to the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Bankers committee for restoration and upgrade. Speaking at the event, Mohammed said that the National Theare, despite the arrangement, still remained a national heritage. He said that the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture would continue to hold the keys to the iconic national heritage in spite of the Public-Private...

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How Magu Turned EFCC to `Glorified Police Station’ for Selfish Motives – Report

Crime & SecurityHow Magu Turned EFCC to `Glorified Police Station’ for Selfish Motives – Report

PilotnewsJuly 12, 2020

The suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has allegedly been accused of turning EFCC into `glorified police station’ for alleged selfish motives. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accusation was contained in a report submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari by one of the investigative committees set up to look into the activities of the EFCC under Magu. According to the report, Magu has continued seconding...

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EFCC: Magu Failed to Account for 332 Recovered Property Worth Billions

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaEFCC: Magu Failed to Account for 332 Recovered Property Worth Billions

PilotnewsJuly 12, 2020

The suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),Mr Ibrahim Magu, has again been accused of allegedly failing to give proper account of missing 332 out of the 836 recovered real estate property in March, 2018. A report by the Presidential Committee on Audit of Recovered Assets (PCARA) made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) confirmed the development, indicating that the unaccounted property was worth billions of naira. The report...

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Lagos State COVID-19 Mortality Rises to 185

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaLagos State COVID-19 Mortality Rises to 185

PilotnewsJuly 12, 2020

The Lagos State Government says it has recorded three new COVID-19 related deaths, raising the number of COVID-19 related deaths in the state to 185. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made the disclosure through his Twitter account on Sunday while giving the state’s COVID-19 update for July 10. He, however, did not give additional information on the sex, age, nationality or medical conditions of the deceased. Abayomi added that out of the...

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356 Nigerian Soldiers Resign, Cite Loss of Interest as Reason

MilitaryNational SecurityNews356 Nigerian Soldiers Resign, Cite Loss of Interest as Reason

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 12, 2020

356 Nigerian soldiers in the North-East and other theatres of operation have applied for voluntary retirement. The soldiers applied to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, citing “loss of interest” as their reason for disengagement. The letter of the soldiers is dated July 3, 2020, with Reference NA/COAS/001, quoting the Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service soldiers/rating/airmen (Revised) 2017. The voluntary disengagement of the 356 soldiers was approved. This was contained in...

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Internet Usuage: Nigerian Kids in the Woods With No Guard

Crime & SecurityLifestyleNewsInternet Usuage: Nigerian Kids in the Woods With No Guard

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)July 12, 20201

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed cracks in diverse sectors in Nigeria; the true state of the health sector despite billions earmarked annually for it; unpatriotic law enforcement agents who would rather collect a thousand naira ($3) and let citizens cross the interstate borders in defiance of government orders; the zero maintenance culture and abandonment of government properties as in the case of isolation and treatment centers built in the days of Ebola; a country whose laws...

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