The Only Thing Pharmaceutical Companies Don’t Import is Water — NAFDAC DG

BusinessNewsNigeriaThe Only Thing Pharmaceutical Companies Don’t Import is Water — NAFDAC DG

Beloved John (Staff Writer)August 1, 2020

The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Adeyeye has spoken on the rate and scope importation by pharmaceutical companies, saying the only thing not imported is water. The DG who appeared as a guest on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television, stated that more efforts should be directed towards local production. Highlighting the effects of importation and how it has affected the availability of medical supplies...

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Nigeria’s Power Deal with Siemens May Resuscitate a Beleaguered Buhari Administration

Chris Chinwe UlasiEditorialsNewsNigeriaNigeria’s Power Deal with Siemens May Resuscitate a Beleaguered Buhari Administration

Chris UlasiAugust 1, 2020

This development will come as tremendous relief to millions of Nigerian who suffer from highly inadequate power supply to their homes or businesses. ______________ Something with potentially major transformative significance happened in Nigeria this week but it’s not getting much notice. It’s about power supply and electricity generation.  Obviously, this is not the kind of news that goes viral on social media or mainstream media. But it happened. And though President Mohammadu Buhari was never...

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Insecurity: Reps Minority Caucus Wants Service Chiefs Removed

NewsPoliticsInsecurity: Reps Minority Caucus Wants Service Chiefs Removed

PilotnewsAugust 1, 2020

The Minority Caucus on the House of Representatives says there is an urgent need to review the security architecture in the country. The caucus made the call in a statement signed by the Minority Leader of the House, Rep. Ndudi Elumelu (PDP-Delta) on Friday in Abuja while reacting to the attack on the convoy of  Gov. Baba Zulum of Borno by suspected bandits. Elumelu said that the incident of insecurity had again reinforced, urging President Muhammadu Buhari...

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Nigeria Has Consistently Been Hazardous to the Yoruba Nation – Prof. Banji Akintoye

NewsNigeriaNigeria Has Consistently Been Hazardous to the Yoruba Nation – Prof. Banji Akintoye

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 1, 2020

Leader of the Yoruba World Congress, which is the umbrella body of over 300 Yoruba groups worldwide, Prof. Banji Akintoye, has said that the Nigerian environment has been consistently harsh to the Yoruba people of the South-West part of the country. The professor says that though the association is committed to peaceful activities, and peaceful purposes, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has already begun to make step against it by removing the Yoruba World...

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Could the “China Strategy” save Nigeria’s Intractable Corrupt Culture?

ColumnsDon OkoloNigeriaOpinionCould the “China Strategy” save Nigeria’s Intractable Corrupt Culture?

PilotnewsAugust 1, 2020

“Those of us living in the trenches of this Heartbreak Alley are faced with one undeniable fact: More than ninety percent of Nigerians are corrupt.” ―Don Okolo Maybe there is a redeeming feature about arresting two men and summarily executing them for bribery. I thought a long prison sentence would have been enough. But the Chinese are a different breed; the court went through the rigors to find out that these two men accused of...

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Why Nigeria Should Take Decisive Method in Managing Public Assets – Olusegun Aganga

EconomyNewsWhy Nigeria Should Take Decisive Method in Managing Public Assets – Olusegun Aganga

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 1, 2020

The former Nigerian Finance Minister, Olusegun Aganga, has said there are many assets belonging to Nigeria ministries, agencies and departments that are not managed actively. Aganga disclosed this at a webinar organized by EY Nigeria Alumni on Thursday evening. He adds that the country needs to take decisive actions in growing and diversifying its economy. He says, “As a country, we do have so many assets held by different MDAs that are not actively managed....

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Nigeria: Two Problems and a Lesson on How to Not Run a Country

EconomyNewsSpecial ReportNigeria: Two Problems and a Lesson on How to Not Run a Country

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 1, 2020

Five months into the pandemic, Nigeria is learning the hard way that some of its unresolved problems would make recovery from COVID-19 slow and difficult. Many sectors in Nigeria have grappled with poor infrastructure for many years. A problem that has rendered many of them ineffective. Education and health are two of the most wrenched sectors in Nigeria in the wake of COVID-19. Although many had thought that the virus would be confined to Asia...

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Bishop Wants FG Intensify Efforts to Diversify Economy, Avoid Borrowing for Consumables

NewsPoliticsReligionBishop Wants FG Intensify Efforts to Diversify Economy, Avoid Borrowing for Consumables

PilotnewsJuly 31, 2020

The Anglican Bishop of Umuahia Diocese, Rt. Rev. Geoffrey Ibeabuchi, has called on the Federal Government to intensify efforts to diversify the economy for rapid economic growth and reduction in dependence on oil revenue. Ibeabuchi made the call in his speech on Friday at the opening of the Ninth Synod of the diocese, at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Isiama Afara in Umuahia. “As a nation, it has become very clear that we can no longer depend on...

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BREAKING: 25,000 MW Electricity Contract: Siemens to Train DISCOs, Stakeholders

InfrastructureNewsPowerBREAKING: 25,000 MW Electricity Contract: Siemens to Train DISCOs, Stakeholders

PilotnewsJuly 31, 2020

German multinational conglomerate company, Siemens, has concluded plans to train electricity Distribution Companies and other electricity stakeholders in the country. Siemens in a statement on Thursday stated that 11 DISCOs, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), and regulators would be trained on all the equipment and software being provided in phase 1. According to the company, the training was part of its phase 1 pre-engineering contract of providing 25,000mw of electricity to the nation. It would...

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COVID-19: NCDC Urges Preventive Measures, Records 481 New Infections

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Urges Preventive Measures, Records 481 New Infections

PilotnewsJuly 31, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has called on Nigerians to take preventive measures against the Coronavirus during the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations as the country recorded 481 new infections. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday. The health agency said that as Nigerians celebrate the festive period, they should remember that COVID-19 was not yet over. “Wear a face mask, wash hands frequently and avoid large gatherings. “You might come in contact...

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