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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Buhari Presides Over Virtual Meeting of Council of State

NewsBuhari Presides Over Virtual Meeting of Council of State

PilotnewsAugust 27, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday presided over the virtual meeting of the Council of State with former President Jonathan in attendance at the State House, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha are attending the meeting. Others participating in the meeting include the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari as well as Minister...

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We Will Get to the Root of the Killings in Enugu Last Thursday – Ohanaeze Ndigbo

NewsNigeriaWe Will Get to the Root of the Killings in Enugu Last Thursday – Ohanaeze Ndigbo

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 27, 2020

The President General of the Ohanaze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has vowed that the group will unearth the circumstances surrounding the killings of the Igbo youths by security agencies at Emene-Enugu, last Sunday. The President General speaking for the first time after the bloodbath said that Ohanaeze kept studying the situation silently all the while to gather proper information before making any comment on it. He said he decided to break the silence following...

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Buhari Says Administration of Justice in Nigeria Moves At A “Terribly Slow Pace”

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaBuhari Says Administration of Justice in Nigeria Moves At A “Terribly Slow Pace”

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 27, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the administration of justice in Nigerian courts moves at a “terribly slow pace”. The President said this while speaking at the 60th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), proposing a 12-month time limit for criminal cases to be heard and decided upon. The President who was represented by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said it took so long for the tribunal to hear matters and pass their verdicts...

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Chloroquine cqb Treat Coronavirus at Early Stage – NAFDAC DG

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaChloroquine cqb Treat Coronavirus at Early Stage – NAFDAC DG

Beloved John (Staff Writer)August 26, 20205

The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Adeyeye has said chloroquine is effective for the treatment of COVID-19 at the early stage of infection. During a virtual news conference on Tuesday, adeyeye stated the research has shown that chlorine is effective for an early stage Covid-19 infection. Mojisola stated that chloroquine can be used prophylactically and that countries like Ghana and Senegal have also embraced the clinical...

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NewsPolice Kill Wanted Serial Killer in a 2-Day Operation

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 26, 2020

Feyisola Dosumu, a wanted serial killer in Ogun state has been killed by the police in an operation that lasted two days. Dosumu who was also known as ‘Hacker Spartan’, was said to be a notorious cultist and drug addict and had been declared wanted by the police over the murder of nine people at Ogere and Iperu-Remo in Ikenne Local government of Ogun state. The Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, said that Dosumu lived...

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South-West Rejects Presidency’s Position That IG Should Determined the Structure of Amotekun

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSouth-West Rejects Presidency’s Position That IG Should Determined the Structure of Amotekun

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 26, 2020

The South-West states, through its mouthpiece, Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission, have rejected the Presidency’s position that the Western Nigerian Security Network, codenamed Operation Amotekun, will be run in compliance with the structure defined by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu. Last Tuesday, the Senior Special Assistance to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, that the structure of the security network would be...

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