Edo Governorship Election: INEC to Arrest, Prosecute Vote Buyers

NewsNigeriaEdo Governorship Election: INEC to Arrest, Prosecute Vote Buyers

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will arrest and prosecute anyone found buying votes during the Edo and Ondo governorship elections on Sept. 19 and Oct. 10 respectively. Mr Festus Okoye, the INEC National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), gave the warning at a one-day sensitisation forum for journalists in Benin. Okoye said there would be security personnel at each voting centre to ensure strict implementation of the directive. “We will...

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France Says its Military Operation in Mali Continues

MilitaryNewsFrance Says its Military Operation in Mali Continues

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

The military operation by the French forces continues in Mali, Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly said on Thursday. Parly’s comments come two days after a mutiny led to the forced resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of the western African country. “The Barkhane Operation, asked for by the Mali population and authorised by the UN Security Council, continues,” Parly said on Twitter. Some 5,000 French troops started Barkhane Operation in 2014 in Sahel...

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PIB for Presentation to National Assembly in Few Weeks, Says Sylva

EconomyNewsNigeriaOil & GasPIB for Presentation to National Assembly in Few Weeks, Says Sylva

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, says the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) will be presented to the National Assembly in the next few weeks. Sylva said the Executive arm would be requesting the lawmakers to specially reconvene to receive and begin deliberations on the Bill. According to him, the Bill is key to repositioning Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Industry under its post-COVID-19 agenda. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...

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Ex-Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Arrested for Online Fundraising Scheme

Law & JusticeUnited StatesEx-Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Arrested for Online Fundraising Scheme

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump’s former political adviser Steve Bannon was on Thursday arrested in connection with an online fundraising scheme, authorities said. Bannon and three others, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato, and Timothy Shea, were indicted for their roles in defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign known as “We Build the Wall“. According to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York, Audrey...

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BREAKING: NBA Withdraw el-Rufai Invitation, Following Protests Over Poor Human Rights Record

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaBREAKING: NBA Withdraw el-Rufai Invitation, Following Protests Over Poor Human Rights Record

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 20, 2020

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has withdrawn its invitation to Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, following protests from some lawyers. The NBA disclosed this in a tweet on Thursday via its Twitter handle @NigBarAssoc. According to the tweet, “The National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association at its ongoing meeting resolves that the invitation to the Kaduna State Governor, H.E. Nasir El-Rufai, by the 2020 Annual General Conference Planning committee be withdrawn and decision...

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Osun Deputy Governor Debunks Bankruptcy Claims

EconomyNewsOsun Deputy Governor Debunks Bankruptcy Claims

Beloved John (Staff Writer)August 20, 2020

The Osun State Deputy Governor, Benedict Alabi has refuted claims the state is bankrupt. In a statement yesterday by his Chief Press Secretary, Olaniyi Ajibola, he stated that hose behind the rumour lacked the knowledge of macro-economic theories and indices of Fiscal Sustainability Index. The deputy governor, who said Osun was indebted as other states, insisted there was no logical parity between incurred debt and insolvency in a market economy. “Our government remains committed to...

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Senate Threatens MDAs With Zero Budget Allocations Over Non Defence of 2021-2023 Budget

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSenate Threatens MDAs With Zero Budget Allocations Over Non Defence of 2021-2023 Budget

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

Senate says Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), that fail to appear to defend their inputs in the 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP), will have zero budgetary allocations for 2021-2023 budget years. Sen. Solomon Adeola (APC-Lagos), and Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, made the disclosure, at the opening of a five day public hearing on 2021-2023 MTEF and FSP documents on Wednesday. Adeola said the 50 revenue-generating agencies of government...

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NCPC Boss Thank Pope Francis for Peace Role in Nigeria

NewsReligionNCPC Boss Thank Pope Francis for Peace Role in Nigeria

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

Rev. Yakubu Pam, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), has expressed gratitude to His Holiness, Pope Francis, for praying against the killings in Southern Kaduna and for the peace of Nigeria. Pam said this in a statement at the end of strategic stakeholders meeting with states Chairmen and Secretaries of states Pilgrims Welfare Boards from the North Central and North West Zones of the country. The statement was issued on Wednesday...

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Banditry in Nigeria Has International Dimension — IGP

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaBanditry in Nigeria Has International Dimension — IGP

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, says the lingering banditry in the North-West and North-Central Nigeria has international dimension. Adamu said this during a town-hall meeting on peace and security held on Wednesday in Zuru, headquarters of Zuru Local Government Area of Kebbi State. “We have realised that most of the banditry has an international dimension. The bandits come from outside the country. We arrested Sudanese, Nigeriens and Malians, among other nationals. “We...

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Malian President Announces Resignation, Following A Sudden Coup

MilitaryNewsWest AfricaMalian President Announces Resignation, Following A Sudden Coup

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 19, 2020

The embattling President of Mali, Ibrahim Keita, on Wednesday, announced his resignation hours after his arrest by troops in a sudden coup that followed a months-long political crisis in the West African nation. Keita said it is to avoid “bloodshed”. The President and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse were detained on Tuesday afternoon by rebel soldiers. Both of them drove to a military base in the town of Kati, near the capital Bamako, which had been...

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