Anambra Loses N3bn to Fake Revenue Collectors in 3yrs

CorruptionEconomyNewsNigeriaAnambra Loses N3bn to Fake Revenue Collectors in 3yrs

PilotnewsDecember 16, 2020

The Onitsha Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ONICCIMA) has lost over three billion naira to illegal revenue collectors within Onitsha and its environs in three years. ONICCIMA President, Mr Chris Ukachukwu, said this at a news conference on Wednesday in Onitsha. Ukachukwu said that another N100 million was indirectly lost through the activities of the miscreants. Ukachukwu lamented that the activities of the illegal toll collectors had contributed to the diminishing business fortunes...

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Buhari Approves Immediate Reopening of 4 Land Borders

EconomyNational SecurityNewsNigeriaBuhari Approves Immediate Reopening of 4 Land Borders

PilotnewsDecember 16, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate reopening of four land borders. Hajia, Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The virtual FEC was presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Buhari, who is on a private visit to Kastina State, joined the virtual meeting from his hometown, Daura. Ahmed listed the...

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BREAKING: Alleged Money Laundering, Appeal Court Nullifies Metuh’s Conviction, Orders Fresh Trial

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaBREAKING: Alleged Money Laundering, Appeal Court Nullifies Metuh’s Conviction, Orders Fresh Trial

PilotnewsDecember 16, 2020

The Court of Appeal on Wednesday nullified the conviction of a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh. This was based on the grounds of bias allegedly exhibited by the trial judge who sentenced him to seven years’ imprisonment for money laundering charges in February 2020. The three-member panel led by Justice Stephen Adah ordered a retrial of the case. Justice Adah who read the lead judgment ordered that the case...

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Reps Orders NCC to Extend Deadline For NIN Registration

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaTelecommunicationReps Orders NCC to Extend Deadline For NIN Registration

Beloved John (Staff Writer)December 16, 2020

The House of Representatives has ordered the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to extend the deadline for SIM card registration with national identification number (NIN) by 10 weeks. This directive was issued during Wednesday’s plenary session. On Tuesday, the communications agency asked telecommunications companies to block SIM cards not registered with NIN after two weeks. The directive was based on the outcome of a meeting of key stakeholders in the communications industry as convened by Isa...

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INEC to Integrate COVID-19 Protocols in Its Operations

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaPoliticsINEC to Integrate COVID-19 Protocols in Its Operations

Beloved John (Staff Writer)December 16, 2020

The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), has said it plans to review its regulations and guidelines for political parties to accommodate COVID-19 protocols. INEC Deputy Director, Election and Monitoring Shehu Wahab said this at the opening of a retreat on COVID-19 protocol for officials on Wednesday in Kano. He noted that the retreat was to review INEC guidelines to accommodate COVID-19 protocols and other related matters. According to him, the retreat is being organised by INEC...

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Works & Infrastructures, Education And Health Sector Receives Attention In The Enugu State Government Budget Proposal Says Ugwu, Deputy Speaker ENHA

EconomyNewsNigeriaPoliticsWorks & Infrastructures, Education And Health Sector Receives Attention In The Enugu State Government Budget Proposal Says Ugwu, Deputy Speaker ENHA

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)December 16, 2020

The bill for a law to make provision for the sum of one hundred and sixty-nine billion, eight hundred and forty-five million, seven hundred and fifty-eight thousand, five hundred naira (N169, 845, 758, 500.00) to the services of the Government of Enugu State of Nigeria for the year ending 31st December, 2021 and for other related purposes (HB.14), 2020 has scaled through second reading at the Enugu State House of Assembly hallowed chambers. The budget...

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Health Insurance Will Fast-track Quality Health Care–Sambo

HealthNewsNigeriaWellnessHealth Insurance Will Fast-track Quality Health Care–Sambo

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 15, 2020

The Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Prof. Mohammed Sambo has expressed optimism that the Health Insurance, “Under One Roof”, will ensure quality and affordable healthcare for all Nigerians. Insurance Under one Roof is an approach to decentralise insurance practice in Nigeria to sub-national level (States) with the central coordinating entity at the Federal level. Sambo said this on Tuesday in his welcome speech at the Health Insurance Under One Roof (HIUOR) Document Validation...

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Senate Summons Defence Minister, Service Chiefs, Others As Boko Haram Claims Abduction of Schoolboys

National SecurityNewsNigeriaSenate Summons Defence Minister, Service Chiefs, Others As Boko Haram Claims Abduction of Schoolboys

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 15, 2020

The Senate, on Tuesday, summoned the Minister of Defence, the service chiefs, and heads of the Nigerian Police Force and the Department of State Service over the unending insecurity situation in the country. The Senate passed the resolution following a motion moved by Senator Bello Mandiya from Katsina State on the abduction of a number of students of a secondary school in the state whose officials claimed were carried out by unknown bandits. The resolution...

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Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaBREAKING NEWS: Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Abduction of Kankara School Boys

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 15, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ____ The Boko Haram terrorists have claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of schoolboys of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State. In a 4:30 audio message sent to Daily Nigerian, the leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, said his group abducted the schoolboys because Western education is against the tenets of Islam. “What happened in Katsina was done to promote Islam and discourage un-Islamic practices as Western education...

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El-Rufai Orders Closure of Schools in Kaduna as COVID-19 Cases Increase

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaEl-Rufai Orders Closure of Schools in Kaduna as COVID-19 Cases Increase

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 15, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has ordered the closure of public and private schools in the state from Wednesday, December 16 as cases of coronavirus increase in the state. This was contained in a statement issued by the State Commissioner for Education, Shehu Muhammad. The statement read, “The Kaduna State Ministry of Education wishes to inform the general public, parents, guardians and students of the new date of schools’ closure...

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