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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OPINION: Sit-at-Home Order: How Much Longer Can IPOB Directives Go Uncontested?

ColumnsNational SecurityOpinionPoliticsOPINION: Sit-at-Home Order: How Much Longer Can IPOB Directives Go Uncontested?

PilotnewsSeptember 17, 2021

There is now a generation of Igbo youths who have never experienced sound political leadership and the same group of youths is faced with disappearing opportunities amidst suffocating economic realities. The Indigenous People of Biafra – IPOB, led by Nnamdi Kanu who was arrested in Kenya and extradited to Nigeria to face alleged sundry charges bordering on terrorism, has apparently taken their agitation to the next level, as latest developments would suggest. Vocal on the...

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Nigerian Southern Governors’ Forum Support Zoning Of Presidency To South, States Collection Of VAT

National DevelopmentNewsPoliticsNigerian Southern Governors’ Forum Support Zoning Of Presidency To South, States Collection Of VAT

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)September 17, 2021

ENUGU — Governors of States in the Southern region of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has reaffirmed their earlier commitment to fiscal federalism as resolved at the inaugural meeting of the Southern Governors’ Forum held on Tuesday, 11th May 2021 at Asaba, Delta State; they resolved that power to collect Value Added Tax, VAT, be vested on the states. In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting on Thursday in Enugu State Government...

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OPINION: The Quest for Freedom; Transgender in Nigeria

ColumnsLifestyleOpinionOPINION: The Quest for Freedom; Transgender in Nigeria

PilotnewsSeptember 16, 2021

Transgender people are people who have a gender identity different from their sex.   The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor E. Adeboye has publicly declared his stand on transgenderism. He did this in his Facebook post where he based his opinion on biblical scriptures citing different passages. He asserted that God is not an author of confusion but the God of distinction and that he created humans male and female....

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Federal Government Extends Twitter Ban To 100 Days

NewsNigeriaFederal Government Extends Twitter Ban To 100 Days

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 15, 2021

ABUJA — The Federal Government has extended Twitter ban in Nigeria to 100 days, and in that time frame the nation has lost N247.61bn. Recall that the Federal Government had on June 4 suspended Twitter after the social media platform deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari. Consequently, telcos on June 5 blocked access to Twitter after receiving a directive by the Nigerian Communications Commission. Nigeria is a member of an exclusive list of countries...

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UAE Publishes Six Nigerians, 47 Others Named As Global Terrorists Sponsors (See Full List)

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityUAE Publishes Six Nigerians, 47 Others Named As Global Terrorists Sponsors (See Full List)

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 15, 2021

UAE Publishes Six Nigerians, 47 Others Named As Global Terrorists Sponsors…See Full List Six Nigerians have been designated as terrorism sponsors by the United Arab Emirates. The state-owned news agency, WAM, made this known in a report. The country said the listed individuals and entities, including their affiliates, are being monitored. The Nigerians named are Abdurrahaman Ado Musa, Salihu Yusuf Adamu, Bashir Ali Yusuf, Muhammed Ibrahim Isa, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan and Surajo Abubakar Muhammad. “The...

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FG Approves N38bn for Completion of Abandoned Road Projects in Five States

InfrastructureNational DevelopmentNewsFG Approves N38bn for Completion of Abandoned Road Projects in Five States

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 15, 2021

ABUJA — The federal government has approved a sum of N38.4 billion for the completion of abandoned road projects in Benue, Bayelsa, Anambra, Imo, and Nasarawa state. Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing confirmed the development to state house correspondents on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting. According to the minister, the projects are old and were inherited from past administrations. He noted that the cost of the projects was revised to reflect...

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