How Coronavirus Forced Me to Change My Birthday Programme – Obasanjo

HealthNewsNigeriaHow Coronavirus Forced Me to Change My Birthday Programme – Obasanjo

PilotnewsMarch 6, 2020

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday disclosed that he was forced to make adjustments to his 83rd birthday programme because of the outbreak of the coronavirus which had spread across the world. Obasanjo made the disclosure in Abeokuta while speaking at a symposium organised to celebrate his 83rd birthday. He said that the birthday ceremony was originally scheduled to hold between Tuesday and Friday, adding that the programmes for Tuesday and Wednesday were put off because...

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Twitter’s CEO Reconsidering Moving to Africa Due to Coronavirus

BusinessHealthWorldTwitter’s CEO Reconsidering Moving to Africa Due to Coronavirus

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 6, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak has made Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey to rethink his plans to spend up to six months in Africa, after he made the announcement in November 2019. Although he did not mention the country he would stay, there are speculations that it could be one of Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria or South Africa. Mr. Dorsey made this announcement during the Morgan Stanley conference in California that he would reconsider the idea, citing coronavirus outbreak. He...

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Emir Wants Shorter Route to Link Northern, Southern Nigeria

NewsNigeriaTravelEmir Wants Shorter Route to Link Northern, Southern Nigeria

PilotnewsMarch 6, 2020

Mohammed Zayyanu-Abdullahi, Emir of Yauri on Wednesday advocated for a bridge construction across river Niger from Zamare town in Kebbi State to Rofia village in Niger State to boost business activities between Northern and Southern Nigeria. Zayyanu-Abdullahi made the disclosure while interacting with Journalists in his palace in Yauri, Kebbi State. He observed that the bridge if constructed would not only boost business activities between North and South but also shorten the long distance motorists...

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Reps’ Committee Challenges Nigeria Navy to Build its Own Warships

National SecurityNigeriaReps’ Committee Challenges Nigeria Navy to Build its Own Warships

PilotnewsMarch 6, 2020

Mr Yusuf Gadgi, the Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Navy, on Wednesday challenged  the Nigeria Navy (NN)  to start building its own warships. He said that the NN had the required competence and expertise to build its own warships without any intervention. Gadgi said this on Wednesday after a Stakeholders’ Meeting and at the end of a three-day oversight visit to the various naval commands in Lagos. He said that during the course of the committee members tour, they noticed...

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Senate Approves N346.4bn NDDC 2019 Budget

NewsSenate Approves N346.4bn NDDC 2019 Budget

PilotnewsMarch 5, 2020

The Senate on Thursday approved the sum of N346.4 billion as 2019 Budget for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This followed the consideration of the report of the 2019 budget of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as presented during plenary by the Chairman Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi. Presenting the report, Nwaoboshi noted that President Muhammadu Buhari through a communication to the Senate, had presented a budget of N409.9 billion for the NDDC for 2019....

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Nigerian Considering Budget Review as Covid-19 Strikes Oil Prices

EconomyNewsNigeriaNigerian Considering Budget Review as Covid-19 Strikes Oil Prices

PilotnewsMarch 5, 2020

The Federal Government of Nigeria is considering a review of the 2020 budget in order to make plans for the drop in oil prices triggered by coronavirus outbreak globally, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance/Budget Planning said on Wednesday. According to the minister, the government was troubled by the fall in oil revenue and that a mid-term review of the budget was on the table. Briefing newsmen after the Federal Executive Council meeting, the...

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Buhari’s $22.7 Billion Loan Request Approved as Some Senators Alleged Exclusion of Some Regions

EconomyNewsNigeriaBuhari’s $22.7 Billion Loan Request Approved as Some Senators Alleged Exclusion of Some Regions

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 5, 2020

After a heated debate and a closed- door session that lasted 45 minutes, lawmakers in the Senate have approved President Buhari’s $22.7 billion loan request to fund key infrastructural projects, four years after it was rejected by the Saraki-led eight Senate. The loan request was given a green-light after the report of the Senate committee on Local and Foreign debts was read and recommended for approval by its chairman, Clifford Ordia (PDP, Edo). But some...

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Plots to Replace Oshiomhole by Governors Revealed as APC Chair seeks Stay of Execution

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPlots to Replace Oshiomhole by Governors Revealed as APC Chair seeks Stay of Execution

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 5, 2020

Some governors of the All Progressive Congress and anti-Oshiomhole forces are planning to call a meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) in a few days to determine the fate of the suspended National Chairman. According to Punch newspaper, some APC governors were looking for Mr. Oshiomhole’s successor to be announced in a soon-to-be convened NEC meeting. A top member of the party who did not want to be named was quoted as saying that...

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Mike Bloomberg is Suspending His Presidential Campaign, Says He’s Endorsing Biden

NewsPoliticsUnited StatesMike Bloomberg is Suspending His Presidential Campaign, Says He’s Endorsing Biden

PilotnewsMarch 4, 2020

Mike Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York who had hoped to self-fund his way to the Democratic presidential nomination but was spurned by voters in Tuesday’s balloting, has dropped out of the race. Bloomberg endorsed Joe Biden, saying the former vice president had the best chance to win in November. “I’ve always believed that defeating Donald Trump starts with uniting behind the candidate with the best shot to do it. After yesterday’s vote,...

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APC Crisis: Oshiomhole Fights Back, Appoints New National Officers

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAPC Crisis: Oshiomhole Fights Back, Appoints New National Officers

Izu Emmanuel (Abuja City Editor)March 4, 2020

Amidst the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the suspended national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has staged a fight back in what many observers say is his last card to save his job.  In a swift move by the embattled chairman, he has approved the appointment of new national officers to fill long existing vacancies at the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party. According to a statement signed by the national publicity...

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