Obaseki Insists No Party Can Hold Direct Primary in Edo As INEC Backs Oshiomhole

NewsNigeriaPoliticsObaseki Insists No Party Can Hold Direct Primary in Edo As INEC Backs Oshiomhole

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 8, 2020

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has insisted that no political party can hold direct primary in the state. This is coming ahead of the scheduled June 22 governorship primary of the All Progressive Congress in the state. The Governor said that only indirect primary could hold in the state, which is in accordance with the rule gazette in the newspaper on Friday. Obaseki in a gazette signed on May 28 and published on Friday,...

CONTINUE READING
Candace Owens’ Garbage Is The Unkindest Cut Of All

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionUnited StatesCandace Owens’ Garbage Is The Unkindest Cut Of All

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

I took to remembering Candace Owens, the activist, on this period of our present time that would be recalled infamously until the end of days. Madam Candace, as I have chosen to call her, walked into my dream brandishing a six-foot long two-by-four, staring at me through a pair of red listless eyes, because her lower face was under the cover of a covid-19 mask of a she-tiger brand. Her intention was clearly understood; she...

CONTINUE READING
Trump Says National Guard will Start Withdrawal from Washington

Law & JusticeUnited StatesTrump Says National Guard will Start Withdrawal from Washington

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

National Guard troops will start withdrawing from Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday, nearly a week after he deployed federal forces to the capital city. The move comes after several days of sustained peaceful protests in the city against police brutality, a demonstration movement that started in late May with the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minnesota. Protests have spread nationwide and Saturday saw mass demonstrations in major cities...

CONTINUE READING
WHO Issues Guidance on Locally-Made Face Masks

CoronavirusNewsWorld NewsWHO Issues Guidance on Locally-Made Face Masks

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a new guidance on homemade or locally-made face masks for prevention of COVID-19. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, gave the advice on Sunday on its official twitter handle @WHOAFRO. The UN health agency urged people to clean locally-made face masks properly before wearing again. According to WHO, the guidance on homemade masks are important for preventing COVID-19 in low-income context. In a video posted...

CONTINUE READING
Don’t Celebrate Victory Over Coronavirus Too Soon, Pope Tells Italians

ConservationWorld NewsDon’t Celebrate Victory Over Coronavirus Too Soon, Pope Tells Italians

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

Pope Francis on Sunday warned Italians to not let their guard down against coronavirus now that infection rates have fallen and urged them to obey government rules on social distancing and wearing masks. Francis, addressing several hundred people in St. Peter’s Square for his Sunday blessing, reacted to applause that broke out when he said their presence, albeit reduced, was a sign that Italy had overcome the acute phase of the pandemic. “Be careful. Don’t...

CONTINUE READING
Nigeria Risks Water Drought Over Unchecked Borehole Drillers — Association

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaNigeria Risks Water Drought Over Unchecked Borehole Drillers — Association

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

Borehole drillers said Nigeria risked water drought if Federal Government failed to stop indiscriminate drilling activities without protection for underground water in the country. Yinka Kolawole, Chairman, Association of Waterwell Drilling Rig Owners and Practitioners (AWDROP), Oyo State Chapter, urged the Federal Government to raise the benchmark for the depths that all boreholes should go. He urged the Federal Government to empower AWDROP to raise the benchmark for the depths that all borehole should go....

CONTINUE READING
Presidency: IPOB Using Christianity to Wage War Against Nigeria

NewsNigeriaReligionPresidency: IPOB Using Christianity to Wage War Against Nigeria

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

The Presidency on Sunday raised alarm over the misleading campaign spearheaded by the so-called Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), using false allegations of persecution of Christians against the Nigerian State. Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja, said that the Federal Government had since uncovered two interconnected campaigns being run concurrently by the IPOB in that regard. According to him, both are using the...

CONTINUE READING
Nigeria seizes luxury private jet linked to OPL245 money laundering in Montreal

NewsNigeriaWorld NewsNigeria seizes luxury private jet linked to OPL245 money laundering in Montreal

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

By Lionel Faull & Margot Gibbs  Nigeria has tracked down and grounded the luxury private jet purchased by its former oil minister Dan Etete with some of the alleged proceeds of the notorious $1.3 billion OPL245 oil deal. Asset recovery lawyers acting for the Nigerian government swooped last week after the Bombardier 6000 jet, tail number M-MYNA (main photo), touched down at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport in Canada on Friday evening (29 May). It had just flown from...

CONTINUE READING
OPEC+ Countries Extend Oil Output Cut to July

Oil & GasWorld NewsOPEC+ Countries Extend Oil Output Cut to July

PilotnewsJune 6, 2020

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC allies, known as OPEC+ have agreed to extend the 10-million-barrel-per-day (mbd) first phase of the oil output cut by one month, to July 2020. The group disclosed this in a statement released at the end of its online meeting in Vienna on Saturday. It would be recalled that OPEC and its allies under the OPEC+ had agreed to cut supply by up to 10 million barrels...

CONTINUE READING
CSO Urges Federal Government to Declare State Of Emergency On Sexual Based Violence

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCSO Urges Federal Government to Declare State Of Emergency On Sexual Based Violence

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 6, 2020

The Coalition of Civil Society Groups has condemned and incessant rape and violence against the girl-child. Following the recent outburst against rape on social media, the group during a peaceful protest in Abuja, demanded that the federal government should declare a state of emergency on gender and sexual-based violence. Groups under the coalition including ActionAid, TeacherNG, Girl-Child Africa, Connected Development, Enough is Enough Nigeria, Stand to End Rape, Silver Chip Fox, Yiaga Africa, Dorothy Njemanze...

CONTINUE READING

Newer Posts

Older Posts

WP2Social Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com