Bird Flu Hits 7 States, As Cholera Reported In 8 States in Nigeria

HealthNewsNigeriaWellnessBird Flu Hits 7 States, As Cholera Reported In 8 States in Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 7, 2021

The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu has said Kano, Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Niger states have reported confirmed human cases of Avian Influenza H5N1, also called “Bird flu”. Avian Influenza has strains of the influenza virus that primarily infects birds but can also infect humans. NCDC Boss disclosed this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, while giving highlights of the...

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Hoodlums Free About 2000 Inmates, Burns Police Headquarters

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPoliceHoodlums Free About 2000 Inmates, Burns Police Headquarters

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 6, 2021

Suspected hoodlums reportedly attacked the Correctional Facility in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Monday morning and freed about 2,000 inmates. The Correctional Facilities is near the State Government House. It was also reported that the hoodlums attacked the Imo State Police Command headquarters where over 600 suspects were freed from custody. The police headquarters was also set ablaze and burnt down dozens of vehicles in the process. According to sources, the attack started around...

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IMF Projects Higher Economic Growth for Nigeria in 2021

EconomyInvestingNewsNigeriaIMF Projects Higher Economic Growth for Nigeria in 2021

Beloved John (Staff Writer)April 6, 2021

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Nigeria might experience a 2.5 percent economic growth in 2021. The new growth projection is 1.0 percent higher than IMF’s 2021 forecast in January which was estimated at 1.5 percent. The Washington-based institution disclosed this on Tuesday during the 2021 Virtual Spring Meetings. IMF also predicted a growth of 3.4 percent for the Sub-Saharan Africa region in 2021, up 0.2 percent, from the previous forecast. It also lifted its...

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Bandits Are Providing Funds For The Boko Haram- El-Rufa’i

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBandits Are Providing Funds For The Boko Haram- El-Rufa’i

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 5, 2021

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State says bandits are providing funds for the Boko Haram sect and his administration would not negotiate with bandits. El-Rufa’i who featured as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics said a strong link has been established between the bandits terrorizing the North West and the Boko Haram insurgents in the North East. He said there was no way Boko Haram could gather money to fund their operations in the North...

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The Unfortunate Narrative of FG Funding Its Projects with Delta Money

CorruptionNational DevelopmentNewsNigeriaThe Unfortunate Narrative of FG Funding Its Projects with Delta Money

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 5, 2021

One major defect of our federalism is resource control. Resource control has consistently been discoursed and still under discussion by the Nigerian elites but the Nigerian government and lawmakers have been turning deaf ears to the yearning of many Nigerians. And recently, the Federal Government set to lay claim to Ibori loot, which by extension, is a wealth of Delta State. It is quite unfortunate that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has recently shown its unconsciousness...

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Air Force Dismisses Boko Haram Claims on Missing Jet

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsNigeriaAir Force Dismisses Boko Haram Claims on Missing Jet

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 4, 2021

The Nigerian Air Force has dismissed the claims by the Boko Haram terrorist group that it has gunned down the missing Alpha jet, which disappeared from the radar on Wednesday. The authority said there was no confirmation of the claims, adding that the clips posted online by the group might be that of a previous incident. The Air Force also said two personnel on the missing Nigeria Air Force Alpha jet were feared dead following...

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ANALYSIS: Insecurity is Still Nigeria’s Principal Challenge Despite ₦3.8 Trillion Allocated in Ten Years

MilitaryNational SecurityNigeriaSpecial ReportANALYSIS: Insecurity is Still Nigeria’s Principal Challenge Despite ₦3.8 Trillion Allocated in Ten Years

Beloved John (Staff Writer)April 3, 2021

Abduction for ransom by criminal elements witnessed an unprecedented surge within the past few months. Principally the abduction of students in public schools, a few of these incidents clinched the headlines, raising concerns about the odds of a violent free Nigeria. The school series, from Dapchi girls, Kankara, Kangara boys to Jangebe girls are a repetition of the historic Chibok girls’ abduction which many believed to have cost Goodluck Jonathan, the former president, the exalted...

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South East Leaders To Meet Over Recent Attacks By Fulani Herdsmen

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaSouth East Leaders To Meet Over Recent Attacks By Fulani Herdsmen

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 2, 2021

In an obvious move to arrest and forestall a subsequent attack, the highest socio-cultural organization in southeast Nigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, disclosed that it would convene a meeting of Igbo leaders. The meeting is coming up on the heel of the attacks on Egedegede, Obiagu, and Nkaleha communities of Ebonyi State and some parts of Enugu State between Sunday and Monday nights by Fulani herdsmen. Over 22 innocents Nigerians were killed in the attack as the...

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See Words Nigerians Search Most on Google in March 2021

LifestyleNewsSee Words Nigerians Search Most on Google in March 2021

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 2, 2021

Google on Wednesday disclosed that ‘mother’, ‘women’s rights, ‘music’, ‘movies’, and celebrities were the most searched words on its platform in March 2021. Mr. Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Communication Officer, Google, West Africa, said that reasons for mothers and women’s rights leading the top search in March could be attributed to International Women’s Day and Mother’s Day. Kola-Ogunlade said that March 8 was International Women’s Day (IWD) and Nigerians joined the world to commemorate the cultural, political,...

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“Georgia On My Mind” ―Dazed Republican States Strive to Adopt Autocracy

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinion“Georgia On My Mind” ―Dazed Republican States Strive to Adopt Autocracy

PilotnewsApril 1, 2021

“…if you were lucky and you cast that vote they dreaded, and it turned out they hated the outcome, they would simply declare the republican loser, the victor.” ―Don Okolo In truth, if you were searching for America’s most evil City or State, you’d have three, maybe four southern States to run through the mill of ignominy, to see which one stands with her head held high…proud she had beaten out the other three. The...

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