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Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNigeriaPoliticsStop Negotiating With Bandits, IPAC Told Government

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 6, 2021

Worried with the commercialization of kidnapping for ransom by bandits, the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), the umbrella body of all political parties in Nigeria, has urged the Federal Government and concerned states to stop all forms of negotiations with bandits and begin to confront the spate of insecurity across the country. The IPAC’s National Chairman, Dr. Leonard Nzenwa, made the call on Friday in Abuja at a press conference by the Council, urged President Muhammadu...

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BusinessFoodNational SecurityNigeriaNortherners Resumes Supply Of Foods To South West

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 6, 2021

Following the suspension of strike by members of Foods and Cattle dealers Association transportation of foods to the South West through Kwara State previously blocked Jebba and Niger border axis have resumed. The blockage of food to the South was a means deployed by the North to send a subtle warning to other parts of Nigeria to stop the harassment and intimidation of the Fulanis. The Coordinator of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Kwara...

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Anthony Obi OgboColumnsOpinionUnited StatesGovernor Abbott’s COVID comedy—the height of executive recklessness

PilotnewsMarch 5, 2021

“He may just be compromising the lives of thousands of Texans to structure his next tenure.” ― Dr. Anthony Obi Ogbo Texas Governor Greg Abbott has always used his physical paralysis as a talking point to advocate his zeal for overcoming individual challenges. Paralyzed from the waist down since 1984 after an accident involving an oak tree falling on him, Abbott has used a wheelchair ever since. In fact, through this experience, this Governor explained...

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InfrastructureNewsPowerNorth East Governors Forum Resolved to Fund Mambila Hydroelectric Power Project

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 5, 2021

In its efforts to create over 60,000 jobs for the teeming unemployed youth in the North East region, North East Governors Forum, has resolved to fund Mambila Hydroelectric Power Projects. In a communique read by Adamawa state Governor, Alhaji Adamu Fintiri, at the end of the 4th meeting of Governors of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe States, held in Bauchi, forum noted with dismay, that the project as important as it is to...

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BusinessInvestingNewsNigeriaEmefiele Woos Investors, Promises CBN’s Support

PilotnewsMarch 5, 2021

LAGOS — The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has advised indigenous and multinational firms to consider the opportunities that Nigeria offers and begin to set up their manufacturing lines in Nigeria. Emefiele gave the advice at the Local Manufacturing Contract Signing of Oral-B Toothpaste, between Procter and Gamble Nigeria and Colliery Cosmetics, on Friday in Lagos. According to him, Nigeria should be the first port of destination for anybody...

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CoronavirusHealthNigeriaPoliticsCOVID-19: Gbajabiamila Warns Against Playing Politics With the Vaccines in Nigeria

PilotnewsMarch 5, 2021

ABUJA – Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of House of Representatives of Nigeria, has cautioned against playing politics with the coronavirus vaccines, as Nigeria commences vaccination. Gbajabiamila gave the warning on Friday in Abuja at the National Flag-off Ceremony for COVID-19 Vaccination. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, flagged off the exercise on behalf of...

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EnvironmentInfrastructureNewsUNN in 100m Suit Over Environmental Degradation

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 5, 2021

The people of Ajuona Obukpa Autonomous Community in the Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State have sued the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, demanding ₦100m damages for alleged degradation of their environment. The community in suit No N/86/2020 before a Nsukka Division of the Enugu State High Court, asked the court for a perpetual injunction to restrain the university from continuing the construction of its 11,900-room hostel, which was the cause of the problem. The...

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CoronavirusNewsNigeriaBuhari, Osinbajo To Receive Vaccines On Saturday as Exercise Begins Today

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 5, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will be vaccinated against the deadly coronavirus on Saturday. This was disclosed by the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib, during the second edition of State House weekly briefing held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Director added that Nigerians would begin to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to its people on Friday, after a launch that would take place...

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Crime & SecurityMoneyNewsFederal High Court Kano Convicts Ponzi Scheme Operator, Orders a N110m Refund to victims

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 4, 2021

The Federal High Court Kano has convicted one Maryam Abu Shinga on one-count amended charge of retention of proceeds of crime and ordered her to pay the sum of N110, 000,000 in restitution to victims. The convict was said to have lured her victims into a phony gold mining investment where she represented that the investor stands to earn 300% profit. She claimed that if an investor invests N500, 000, such investor could earn one...

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EntertainmentFilm & TVNewsIrokoTv Boss Receives Backlash From Twitter Users for Saying ₦4.6m School Fees is Cheap

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 4, 2021

The founder of the online streaming service IrokoTv, Jason Njoku, has been lambasted by Twitter users after he stated that ₦4.6m school fee is cheap in Nigeria. A few days ago, Jason Njoku took to his social media to reveal that school fee of ₦4.6m is cheap, adding that he pays more for his three-year-old after a twitter user shared the provisional bill for a school in Epe, Lagos State with school fees of ₦4,643,901....

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