Exec Orders on COVID-19 to Receive Legislative Backing As Enugu State House of Assembly Resumes Plenary on Tuesday

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaPoliticsExec Orders on COVID-19 to Receive Legislative Backing As Enugu State House of Assembly Resumes Plenary on Tuesday

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)May 18, 2020

ENUGU — The Enugu State House of Assembly has expressed readiness to give all Executive Orders aimed at curtailing the spread of Covid-19 in the state legal backing on the resumption of plenary on Tuesday. Jeff Mba, Chairman House Committee on Information, on Monday made this known in a telephone interview with our correspondent in Enugu. “Giving the Executive Orders the necessary legal backing will not only strengthen the Orders but also empower the State...

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Leaders ‘Not Pretending to Be in Charge’ – Obama Tells Graduating Students

EducationNewsUnited StatesLeaders ‘Not Pretending to Be in Charge’ – Obama Tells Graduating Students

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 18, 2020

Former United States’ President, Barack Obama urged graduating students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities to be in charge as they step into the real world. He added that if they want to see real change, it won’t come from current leaders. Obama spoke at the virtual commencement speech on Saturday to the HBCU students. Obama stated that the coronavirus pandemic has “more than anything … fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea...

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Buhari Receives PTF Proposals on the Next Face of COVID-19 Lockdown

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaBuhari Receives PTF Proposals on the Next Face of COVID-19 Lockdown

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 18, 2020

The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha held a meeting on Sunday with the committee members. The meeting, which was held at the Presidential Villa, was in preparation for Monday’s announcement on the next phase of the COVID-19 lockdown, where the committee submitted its report to the president. April 27, President Muhammadu Buhari in a nationwide broadcast, announced the face easing of...

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Nigerian Crude Oil Cargoes Not Stranded at Sea – NNPC GMD

NewsNigeriaOil & GasNigerian Crude Oil Cargoes Not Stranded at Sea – NNPC GMD

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 18, 2020

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, has denied reports that 84 million barrels of Nigerian crude oil were stranded at sea because there no buyers to take them. Mr. Kyari said there were no physical vessels floating on the sea with Nigerian crude oil waiting for buyers. According to a report by ThisDay, the NNPC GMD said crude oil was normally sold and done on paper two months...

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Media Mogul, Deji Osibogun, Quits Yoruba World Congress

NewsNigeriaPoliticsMedia Mogul, Deji Osibogun, Quits Yoruba World Congress

PilotnewsMay 17, 2020

A renowned media mogul and convener of a Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Yoruba Ko’ya Movement, Deji Osibogun, has resigned his position as the Organizing Secretary of Yoruba World Congress (YWC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that YWC is an umbrella body of about 100 Yoruba Socio-cultural groups within and beyond Nigeria with Emeritus Professor of History, Banji Akintoye, as its President-General. In a letter addressed to Akintoye, Osibogun said he considered it worthy of...

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Buhari orders Military Operations to Sweep Bandits, Kidnappers out of Katsin

National SecurityNewsNigeriaBuhari orders Military Operations to Sweep Bandits, Kidnappers out of Katsin

PilotnewsMay 17, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has authorised the commencement of a major military operation to sweep bandits and kidnappers out of Katsina State. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. He said: ”A major proactive operation by Special Forces, which details are being kept secret, is now in progress to replace the reactive strikes against insurgent camps. ”To give a full effect to...

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Gov. Wike’s Media Aide Dies

NewsNigeriaGov. Wike’s Media Aide Dies

PilotnewsMay 17, 2020

Mr. Simeon Nwakaudu, the Special Assistant (Electronic Media) to Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers is dead. Nwakaudu’s death was announced in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Pastor Paulinus Nsirim, in Port Harcourt on Sunday. According to Nsirim, Gov. Wike expressed shock over the sudden death of Nwakaudu. The governor described late Nwakaudu as a loyal and dedicated professional, who contributed immensely to the implementation of ‘The NEW Rivers Vision’. “The governor,...

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Liberia’s Largest Palm Oil Project Lays Off 10% of Workforce

AfricaCoronavirusEconomyNewsLiberia’s Largest Palm Oil Project Lays Off 10% of Workforce

PilotnewsMay 17, 2020

MONVROVIA – Liberia’s largest palm oil company, Golden Veroleum, has laid off 443 employees, more than 10% of its workforce, due to persistently low prices and the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, a company spokesman said on Saturday. Golden Veroleum is owned by the U.S.-based Verdant Fund LP, whose sole investor is Singapore-listed palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources (GAGR.SI), the world’s second-largest palm oil plantation company. Golden Veroleum spokesman Alphonso Kofi told Reuters that the...

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Jonathan Dissociate Self from Making Online Comments on Biafra

NewsNigeriaPeopleJonathan Dissociate Self from Making Online Comments on Biafra

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 17, 2020

Former President Goodluck Jonathan had dissociated himself from giving the position on Niger Delta over agitations for Biafra. In a statement signed by his media adviser, Mr. Ikechukwu Eze on Saturday, Jonathan also disowned an online publication which reported that he spoke on the relationship between the South East and Niger Delta. In the report, Jonathan was said to have spoken on the position of Niger Delta over agitation for Biafra in a speech he...

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Rwanda Genocide Suspect Arrested in France

Law & JusticeNewsWorld NewsRwanda Genocide Suspect Arrested in France

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 17, 2020

One of the most wanted suspects of the Rwanda Genocide, Félicien Kabuga, had been arrested near Paris. This was announced by the French Justice Ministry on Saturday. According to the BBC, the gendarmes in Asnières-Sur-Seine had detained Mr. Kabuga, who was reported to have been living under a false identity in the area. The 84-year old Kabuga had been charged for genocide and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. He was...

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