8,000 Boko Haram Terrorists Surrendered

Boko HaramNational Security8,000 Boko Haram Terrorists Surrendered

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 22, 2021

MAIDUGURI — The Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Brig.-Gen. Abdulwahab Eyitayo, says more than 8,000 Boko Haram terrorists have so far surrendered to troops Eyitayo, who is also the Commander, Sector 1, Operation Hadin Kai, disclosed this during a visit by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu and a team of Defence Correspondents from Abuja on Tuesday, in Maiduguri. He said the terrorists surrendered from their enclaves in Sambisa Forests, as...

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FG is Uninterested in Naming and Shaming Terrorism Sponsors – Femi Adesina

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityPoliticsFG is Uninterested in Naming and Shaming Terrorism Sponsors – Femi Adesina

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 21, 2021

ABUJA — Femi Adesina, the presidential spokesperson, has said that the naming and shaming sponsors of terrorism aren’t part of the federal government agenda. Adesina said this on Monday while speaking on the recent move by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), during an interview on Channels Television. Last week, the UAE had placed six Nigerians on its terror list. The UAE said this was an effort to target and disrupt networks associated with the financing...

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Banditry: Sokoto Shuts Down Telecom Networks in 14 Local Governments

Crime & SecurityBanditry: Sokoto Shuts Down Telecom Networks in 14 Local Governments

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 21, 2021

SOKOTO — Telecommunication networks have been shut down in 14 of the 23 local government areas of Sokoto state by the state government. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Governor Aminu Tambuwal, Muhammad Bello. “About three weeks after it approved an Executive Order in response to the situation of insecurity in the eastern flank of Sokoto State, Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal,...

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FIFA Scribe Commends Aisha Buhari Cup

SoccerSportsFIFA Scribe Commends Aisha Buhari Cup

PilotnewsSeptember 21, 2021

LAGOS — Fatima Samoura, the Secretary-General of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), on Monday commended the display of skills and the level of competition at the ongoing 2021 Aisha Buhari Cup in Lagos. Samoura made this known in Lagos after the match that saw the Black Queens of Ghana defeat the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon 2-0. She said she was delighted to see the level of improvement in competitive football for women at the...

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Africa Records Good Progress in Adoption of Bio-Tech Crops- ISAAA Director

Science & TechnologyAfrica Records Good Progress in Adoption of Bio-Tech Crops- ISAAA Director

PilotnewsSeptember 21, 2021

ABUJA — Africa has recorded good progress in the world in adopting bio-tech crops,  Dr. Margaret Karembu, the AfriCentre Director, International Service for the Acquisition of Agricbiotech (ISAAA) has said. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that SAAA is a not-for-profit international organisation that shares the benefits of new bioscience technologies to key stakeholders, particularly resource-poor farmers in developing countries, through knowledge sharing, support to capacity building initiatives, and partnerships. Karembu made this known in...

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UN Nations Pay Tribute at 9/11 Museum in New York

Award & RecognitionUnited NationsUnited StatesUN Nations Pay Tribute at 9/11 Museum in New York

PilotnewsSeptember 21, 2021

NEW YORK — UN nations on Monday paid tribute at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks launched against the U.S. that changed the course of history. UN Counter-Terrorism chief, Vladimir Voronkov, in his message to commemorate the anniversary, said the UN would continue to stand in solidarity with all victims of terrorism. Speaking at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in downtown Manhattan where the...

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Chinese Community in Lagos Celebrates Mid-Autumn Festival, National Day

Culture & TraditionChinese Community in Lagos Celebrates Mid-Autumn Festival, National Day

PilotnewsSeptember 21, 2021

LAGOS —  The Chinese community in Lagos has celebrated the mid-autumn festival and the Chinese national day, marking the final of the Nigeria maiden SGEL Chinese Wushu performance championship and awards ceremony in Nigeria. The was disclosed by Chu Moaming, Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China, in a statement he made available to the media on Monday. The event which was held on Saturday was organised by Huaxing Arts Troupe Nigeria, Wushu Development Association...

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Federal Government To Executes 15 Major Projects With $4 Billion Loan

MoneyNational DevelopmentFederal Government To Executes 15 Major Projects With $4 Billion Loan

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 19, 2021

ABUJA — The Presidency has confirmed the 15 major projects spread across the country’s six geo-political zones to be financed with the proposed over $4 billion loan to be sourced from multilateral institutions, under the 2018-2021 medium-term (rolling) external borrowing plan. Presidential spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, in a statement disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari had requested the Senate to approve the sovereign loans of $4.054 billion and €710 million as well as grant components of...

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FG to “Shut Down” Popular Aboki FX Website, Prosecute Owner Over Soared Naira-Dollar Exchange Rate

BusinessMoneyFG to “Shut Down” Popular Aboki FX Website, Prosecute Owner Over Soared Naira-Dollar Exchange Rate

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 18, 2021

ABUJA — The Federal Government has said that it will shut down the operations of Aboki FX, a website providing currency exchange information, which the bank described as an illegal and criminal platform. The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, who disclosed this while fielding questions after the Monetary policy committee’s two-day meeting in Abuja on Friday, noted that the bank also plans to prosecute the owner of the platform, Olusegun Oniwinde....

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Devastations of Moral Bankruptcy: Thanks General Milley, for Saving the World

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionDevastations of Moral Bankruptcy: Thanks General Milley, for Saving the World

PilotnewsSeptember 18, 2021

Fifty States, with more than three-hundred million people, and yet not enough of us to seal the airflow in this punctured Zeplin. The country is reeling; she is unable to duck from the punch she had herself thrown. The end could be near…imminent, that is…at least if the speed and trajectory the country is traveling stayed the same. Even the one who convinced her to wind up and throw that punch was aware that if...

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