How FG Plans to Feed 3.1 Million Primary School Children at Home

EducationNigeriaHow FG Plans to Feed 3.1 Million Primary School Children at Home

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 12, 2020

The Federal Government of Nigeria has released details of how the National Home-Grown School Feeding Program scheduled to begin on 14th May will be executed first in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun before other states. Following President Buhari’s directive to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to continue the school feeding programme, the ministry said it developed a programme to distribute take-home rations to the households of the children already on the...

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WHO Gives Conditions for Reopening Schools and Workplaces

CoronavirusWorld NewsWHO Gives Conditions for Reopening Schools and Workplaces

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 12, 2020

The World Health organization had given conditions for reopening of schools and workplaces across the world.  The directives were mentioned by the WHO’s Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Monday while giving his opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19.  The health organization said a comprehensive package of measure is the most effective set of tools used to tackle the virus while the search for a vaccine is ongoing.  The WHO urged decision-makers across the...

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Prof. Ibrahim Gambari Is Buhari’s Next Chief Of Staff

NigeriaPoliticsProf. Ibrahim Gambari Is Buhari’s Next Chief Of Staff

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 12, 2020

At last, after cat and mouse politics and internal intrigues that played in Aso Villa, President Buhari has finally picked   former Minister of External Affairs, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, as the next Chief of Staff to the President. Prof. Ibrahim Gambari hails from Ilorin West local government area of Kwara state. Many   prominent personalities   were earlier mentioned as probably successor of late Abba Kyari who died recently due to coronavirus contraction. Though for now, the Presidency...

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Former External Affairs Minister, Professor Ibrahim Gambari appointed as Buhari’s new Chief of Staff

NewsNigeriaFormer External Affairs Minister, Professor Ibrahim Gambari appointed as Buhari’s new Chief of Staff

PilotnewsMay 12, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, CFR  is his new chief of staff, it was gathered in a yet-to-be-officially-confirmed memo made available to WAP News. The appointment took political observers by surprise because there were speculations that the new CoS would come within the current cabinet. Hon.  Gambari,  (born November 24, 1944, in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria) is an academic and diplomat who has diligently served various regimes at several capacities. He...

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Violence in Northwest Nigeria Drives 23,000 into Niger – UNHCR

National SecurityNewsNigeriaViolence in Northwest Nigeria Drives 23,000 into Niger – UNHCR

PilotnewsMay 12, 2020

May 12 – Violence in northwest Nigeria has forced about 23,000 refugees to flee to Niger since April and raised concerns about the deteriorating security situation, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday. The numbers fleeing to neighbouring Niger have almost tripled from last year when the agency reported the first influx of 20,000 people following an insurgency and banditry in northern Nigeria which killed hundreds and displaced thousands. The latest influx of mostly...

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5th Anniversary of The African Film Festival (TAFF) Goes Online Due to COVID-19

Arts & CultureEntertainmentFilm & TVWorld News5th Anniversary of The African Film Festival (TAFF) Goes Online Due to COVID-19

PilotnewsMay 12, 2020

Since its first edition in Dallas, Texas, 2015, The African Film Festival (TAFF) has grown to become a veritable cultural, education, and entertainment event to showcase African independent films. This fifth Anniversary edition will be hosted entirely online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 4-day festival will kick off on Tuesday, June 2nd through Saturday, June 6th with film screenings, online workshops, and training sessions, and TAFF Awards ceremony. Kelechi Eke, TAFF founder, and Executive...

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No More Farmers, Herders clashes in Adamawa, Gov Fintiri Declares

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNo More Farmers, Herders clashes in Adamawa, Gov Fintiri Declares

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 12, 2020

Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa says his administration has reduced and managed farmers and herders conflicts in the state within his one year in office. Fintiri made this known to newsmen in his office  in Yola said, ” new dawn heralded in Adamawa.” He said one of his administration’s agenda was to ensure the peace and stability of people of the state for sustainable economic growth. “Today, I can beat my chest that within one year in office, we...

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Wole Soyinka’s Little Known Musical Endeavors

Arts & CultureNigeriaPeopleWole Soyinka’s Little Known Musical Endeavors

PilotnewsMay 12, 2020

Among other notable achievements, Wole Soyinka made political music. In 1983, he even released an album. In response to a query that sought his thoughts on Bob Dylan’s controversial Nobel Prize win in 2017, Wole Soyinka quipped: “Since I’ve written quite a number of songs for my plays, I would like to be nominated for a Grammy.” Soyinka is popularly known for a number of remarkable things: he is the first African Nobel laureate; he carries an...

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COVID-19: Catholic Bishops Offer 425 Clinics as Isolation Centres

CoronavirusPhilanthropyRegionsCOVID-19: Catholic Bishops Offer 425 Clinics as Isolation Centres

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

The Presidential Task Force (PTF), has advised State governments to set up isolation centres with a minimum of 300 beds in their states, to strengthen the fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Mr Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and chairman of the PTF, made the call on Monday in Abuja, at the PTF daily briefing on COVID-19 in the country. Mustapha said that the isolation centres should include wards and...

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FG Set to Evacuate 200 Nigerians From Canada on Thursday

CoronavirusForeign PolicyNigeriaFG Set to Evacuate 200 Nigerians From Canada on Thursday

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

The Nigeria High Commission in Canada says it is set to evacuate Nigerians stranded in that country due to coronavirus travel restrictions. In a statement on Monday, the mission said it had received no fewer than 200 requests for evacuation. To this end, it stated that a Boeing 777 aircraft operated by Air Peace had been specially arranged to fly the intending returnees home this Thursday. The high commission noted that it could be the...

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