Why Keyamo Was Walked Out of a Meeting with NASS Members

NewsNigeriaPoliticsWhy Keyamo Was Walked Out of a Meeting with NASS Members

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)June 30, 2020

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo was on Tuesday, involved in a shouting match with members of the Senate and House Joint Committee on Labour, and was walked out. Mr. Keyamo had been invited to brief the legislators on the Special Public Works Programme meant to employ 774,000 people across the 774 local government in Nigeria, which would gulp N52 billion. But drama began when the Senate and House joint Committee...

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How Lagos is Preparing for Increase in Demand for COVID-19 Test

CoronavirusHealthNewsHow Lagos is Preparing for Increase in Demand for COVID-19 Test

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)June 30, 2020

The Lagos government in anticipation of an increase in demand for COVID-19 test in the state has given seven private laboratories approval to begin polymerase chain reaction testing for the virus. The laboratories are Total Medical Services, Synlab, 54 Gene, Medbury Medical Services, Biologix Medical Services, 02 Medical Services, and Clina Lancent Laboratories. The Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, said during the signing of a memorandum of understanding, that bringing private laboratories onboard was...

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Indian PM Chairs Key Meeting on Development of COVID-19 Vaccine

CoronavirusWorld NewsIndian PM Chairs Key Meeting on Development of COVID-19 Vaccine

PilotnewsJune 30, 2020

Indian Prime Minister,Narendra Modi, on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the planning and preparations for COVID-19 vaccine, said an official statement issued by the PM office. According to the PM office, strenuous efforts are underway to develop a vaccine named `COVAXIN’, in close coordination and supervision by the Delhi-based Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Institute of Virology (NIV) located in southwestern city of Pune. Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech is learnt...

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Why Fraud Has Become Attractive and Popular Among Young Nigerians

ColumnsLifestyleOpinionWhy Fraud Has Become Attractive and Popular Among Young Nigerians

PilotnewsJune 30, 2020

Moral and ethical weakness, exacerbated by irresponsible government creates enabling environment for fraud in Nigeria. Most Nigerians simply want money desperately. ―Ebuka Onyekwelu Nigeria has gradually become deeply associated with fraud such that the phrase “internet fraud” on Google search will throw up several news reports on internet fraud in connection with young Nigerians. Fraud is the new epidemic sweeping across Nigeria; taking captive, many young Nigerians in their 20s and early 30s, with many...

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Buhari Pledges Speedy Completion of $2.5bn AKK Gas Pipeline Project

EconomyNigeriaOil & GasBuhari Pledges Speedy Completion of $2.5bn AKK Gas Pipeline Project

PilotnewsJune 30, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja affirmed the Nigerian government’s commitment to ensure timely delivery of the landmark Ajakuota-Kaduna-Kano Gas (AKK) gas pipeline project within budgetary allocation and specifications. Speaking at the virtual flag-off ceremony of the project at the Ajaokuta, Kogi and Rigachikun, Kaduna State campsites simultaneously, Buhari said the project was very dear to the people of Nigeria and must succeed. He, therefore, directed the NNPC and partners to remain focused, noting...

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Anambra Govt. Identifies 6 Herbal Products for Management of COVID-19

HealthNewsNigeriaAnambra Govt. Identifies 6 Herbal Products for Management of COVID-19

PilotnewsJune 30, 2020

Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim, the Special Adviser to Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra on Indigenous Medicine and Herbal Practice, said that the government had identified six herbal drugs that could be used to manage Coronavirus in the state. Ibezim told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Tuesday that the agency had forwarded the products to the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). He said that a team of medical experts...

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APC Caretaker Chairman, Buni, Takes Over, Begs Members to Withdraw Suits

NigeriaPoliticsAPC Caretaker Chairman, Buni, Takes Over, Begs Members to Withdraw Suits

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 30, 2020

On Monday, the Head of the All Progressives Party (APC) Legal Department, Dare Oketade, administered oaths of office and allegiance to members of the Caretaker Committee and Extraordinary National Convention Committee at the party’s national secretariat Abuja. The APC Caretaker Chairman, Mai Bala Buni, in his inaugural address after the inauguration, assured the party members that the committee would work on repositioning the party in both short- and long-term plans. Buni, who is also the...

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DAILY UPDATES: NCDC Announces 566 New Cases of COVID-19, Number of Infections Jumps to 25,133

CoronavirusNigeriaDAILY UPDATES: NCDC Announces 566 New Cases of COVID-19, Number of Infections Jumps to 25,133

PilotnewsJune 30, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday, announced 566 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 25,133. The centre announced this via its official Twitter handle. It said that the 566 new confirmed cases were from 20 states, with eight deaths as of June 29. The health agency added that no new state reported a case in the past 24 hours. The NCDC said that...

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Buhari’s Hellish Anti-Igbo Bloodsucking Economic Policies ―Vlad Dracula Would Be Jealous

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionBuhari’s Hellish Anti-Igbo Bloodsucking Economic Policies ―Vlad Dracula Would Be Jealous

PilotnewsJune 29, 2020

In that same shallowness, The sewer dweller in Aso Rock believes he has the knife and the roasted yam tuber to feed her people. This impoverished, morally bankrupt monarch of the savannah is ready to slice away: Therefore, one can only eat when one receives a slice of yam from him. ― Don Okolo IF YOU HAVE TEARS, PREPARE TO SHED THEM NOW. (Shakespeare) This is a lamentation…a requiem of sorts regarding the most painful,...

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Alleged Kidnap: Wadume’s Trial Begins as Witness Testifies Before Court

Crime & SecurityNewsAlleged Kidnap: Wadume’s Trial Begins as Witness Testifies Before Court

PilotnewsJune 29, 2020

The trial of Taraba kidnap kingpin, Bala Hamisu, also known as Wadume, on Monday, began at the Federal High Court, Abuja, before Justice Binta Nyako. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Wadume, alongside six other defenants, was, on June 8, arraigned on 13 counts bordering on terrorism. The other defendants are: Insp. Aliyu Dadje, Auwalu Bala, Uba Bala, Bashir Waziri, Zubairu Abdullahi and Rayyanu Abdul. NAN recalls that the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF)...

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