Speaker Gbajabimila to Engage State Assemblies on Domestication of Anti-Rape Laws

Crime & SecurityPoliticsSpeaker Gbajabimila to Engage State Assemblies on Domestication of Anti-Rape Laws

PilotnewsJune 6, 2020

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, says he will engage Speakers of State Houses of Assemblies on domestications of laws against rape. Gbajabiamila said this while receiving a delegation of 12 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), in his office on Friday in Abuja. Gbajabimila said that he would engage state assembly speakers on the urgent need to domesticate the Child Right Act and the Violence Against Persons Act. “I am aware that...

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Biden Clinches Democratic Bid to Face Trump in Election

NewsPoliticsUnited StatesBiden Clinches Democratic Bid to Face Trump in Election

PilotnewsJune 6, 2020

Former vice president Joe Biden on Friday claimed victory in the Democratic Party race to take on President Donald Trump in the November election. “It was an honor to compete alongside one of the most talented groups of candidates the Democratic party has ever fielded – and I am proud to say that we are going into this general election a united party,” Biden said in a statement. Biden passed the 1,991-delegate threshold required to...

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UI Postgraduate Student Murdered in Ibadan

Crime & SecurityNewsUI Postgraduate Student Murdered in Ibadan

PilotnewsJune 6, 2020

Shomuyiwa Azeezat, a female postgraduate student of the University of Ibadan, was  on Friday murdered in her rented apartment at Aba Ijefun, Akinyele area, by yet-to be identified persons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Azeezat, said to be seven-months pregnant, was a postgraduate student of the Department of Social Work in the Faculty of Education. The university’s Students’ Union President, Akeju Olusegun, in a statement said the deceased was hit with a heavy...

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NCDC announces 328 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Infections Now 11,844

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNCDC announces 328 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Infections Now 11,844

PilotnewsJune 6, 2020

The Nigeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 328 new cases of the COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 11, 844. The NCDC announced this on Friday through it’s official Twitter handle, saying that as at June 5, 2020, 328 new confirmed cases and 10  deaths were recorded in the country. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that no new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours....

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Protests Against Police Violence Sweep Across Small-Town America

Law & JusticeNewsUnited StatesProtests Against Police Violence Sweep Across Small-Town America

PilotnewsJune 5, 2020

ANNA, Illinois/NEW YORK  – Before sundown on Thursday around 150 protesters marched down the main street in Anna, Illinois, past Bob’s Tavern, Oasis of Grace Church, Douglas Skating Rink and Casey’s General Store holding homemade signs and chanting “black lives matter.” Nearly a century ago this southern Illinois town of 4,200 residents expelled most of its African-American residents, according to historians. The rally was held in solidarity with others protesting the death of George Floyd...

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COVID-19: Refugee Commission Distributes Farm Inputs to 100 Farmers in Kano

CoronavirusFoodNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Refugee Commission Distributes Farm Inputs to 100 Farmers in Kano

PilotnewsJune 5, 2020

The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) has distributed agricultural inputs to 100 local farmers in three Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kano State. Speaking during the ceremony in Kura, headquarters of Kura LGA on Friday, NCFRMI Commissioner, Sen. Bashir Garba-Mohammed, said the gesture was to ameliorate suffering farmers as a result of COVID-19 lockdown. “As Nigeria is having its share of coronavirus effects, President Muhammadu Buhari has therefore instructed agencies rendering humanitarian services to redouble efforts in their service delivery to vulnerable persons in...

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WHO Excites Over $8.8bn Vaccine Donation to GAVI

CoronavirusNewsWorld NewsWHO Excites Over $8.8bn Vaccine Donation to GAVI

PilotnewsJune 5, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed appreciation to governments and donors for contributing $8.8 billion for the vaccine as announced by GAVI, an international organisation, created to improve access to vaccines. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, expressed the appreciation on Friday on its official twitter handle @WHOAFRO. “This is great news that governments and donors have pledged an amazing $8.8 billion to GAVI for life-saving vaccinations, exceeding the target. Also, Countries, organizations pledge support for global...

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Removal of fuel Subsidy, Price-fixing Excites Atiku

EconomyNewsNigeriaPoliticsRemoval of fuel Subsidy, Price-fixing Excites Atiku

PilotnewsJune 5, 2020

ABUJA –– Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the stoppage of subsidy and price-fixing for petrol as a right move by the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari. Abubakar is also the leading opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections. In his verified Twitter handle on Friday, he called on Federal and State Governments to remove other impediments and roll out incentives to spur investments in the oil sector. Also, DPR warns petrol...

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In Bayelsa, Nigerian Government Response to COVID-19 Falls Short of Promises

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaPoliticsIn Bayelsa, Nigerian Government Response to COVID-19 Falls Short of Promises

PilotnewsJune 5, 2020

In Nigeria, as elsewhere in Africa (and the world, for that matter), there is often a large disconnect between what the federal government says in its press statements and what actually happens at the local level. Most observers comment on developments in the Lagos-Ibadan corridor, Abuja, Kano, Kaduna, and Port Harcourt, not least because they are media centers and the most developed parts of the country. It is difficult to know the views of people outside of...

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Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, 2nd Niger Bridge Ready in 2022 – Fashola

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaLagos-Ibadan Expressway, 2nd Niger Bridge Ready in 2022 – Fashola

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 5, 2020

The Federal Government has said that the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Second Niger Bridge, the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway, and others are to be ready in the first quarter of 2022. Mr. Babatunde Fashola, the Minister for Works and Housing, reveals this on Thursday in a live television programme in Abuja. The roads were said to be grouped as essential infrastructure and projected to be delivered in less than two years. Fashola said, “The Second Niger Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,...

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