Enough Is Enough!: Leave Adamawa Or Face Death Penalty, Fintiri Tells Kidnappers, Others Criminals

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaEnough Is Enough!: Leave Adamawa Or Face Death Penalty, Fintiri Tells Kidnappers, Others Criminals

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 10, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ______ Amid incessant cases of kidnappings plaguing the state, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has warned kidnappers and other criminal kingpins  to either leave or risk death penalty. Fintiri gave the warning , during a courtesy visit to Gangwari Ganye, HRH Alhaji Umaru Adamu Sanda, at the traditional council’s palace in Ganye Local Government southern senatorial district of Adamawa state. Fintiri said the state government would take a...

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Nigeria to Get COVID-19 Vaccine By the End of January 2021 – Okonjo-Iweala

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNigeria to Get COVID-19 Vaccine By the End of January 2021 – Okonjo-Iweala

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 10, 2020

Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said Nigeria and other African countries to access COVID-19 vaccines from the end of January through the first quarter of 2021. The statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday quoted the former Finance Minister as disclosing this after a closed-door meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, in Abuja. She was quoted as saying, “As long as one person has it in...

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2020 Has Not Been A Very Good Year for Me – Wole Soyinka

NewsNigeriaPeople2020 Has Not Been A Very Good Year for Me – Wole Soyinka

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 10, 2020

The Nobel Laurette, Prof Wole Soyinka, has described the year 2020 as the most challenging year due to vicissitudes of problems. He added that Nigerian situation was worse as a result of the imperial nature of its leadership at the socio-cultural and religious levels. The Professor of Literature spoke at the Booksellers in Ibadan, Oyo State Capital, which is also the venue of his new book, Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth,’ a book...

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Almajiris Roaming Streets Are Foreigners – Ganduje

NewsNigeriaPeopleAlmajiris Roaming Streets Are Foreigners – Ganduje

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 10, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state,  said most of the Almajiris roaming the streets in the northern part of the country are foreigners from Niger Republic, Chad and Cameroun. The governor revealed this while declaring open a 3-day retreat organised    in Kano by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). The theme of the retreat is, ‘Enhancing Basic Education in Nigeria towards a Robust Institutional Strengthening and Effective Stakeholder...

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NCDC Confirms 550 New COVID-19 Cases in Nigeria

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNCDC Confirms 550 New COVID-19 Cases in Nigeria

PilotnewsDecember 9, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 550 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the country. The NCDC disclosed this via its verified website on Tuesday. It said that the 550 new cases had taken the total number of infections in the country to 70,195. The agency disclosed that it recorded an additional COVID-19-related death to take the total number of fatalities in the country to 1,182. The new cases, it said, were...

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Mohammed Idris, Blueprint Publisher Now NPAN Scribe As Trust Chair Leads New Team

NewsNigeriaPress * MediaMohammed Idris, Blueprint Publisher Now NPAN Scribe As Trust Chair Leads New Team

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 9, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ Amid dwindling economic fortunes, the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has called on the federal government to make concerted effort towards  reviving the newsprint factories in Nigeria to boost the newspaper industry. NPAN made the call Tuesday in a  communiqué  after its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lagos, during which new executive members were elected. Those elected include Chairman Trust Media Limited, Malam Kabir A. Yusuf, (president); while Chairman Guardian Press Limited, Lady Maiden Ibru,...

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Buhari Swears in INEC Boss, Yakubu, for Second Term

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBuhari Swears in INEC Boss, Yakubu, for Second Term

PilotnewsDecember 9, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday swore-in Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for the second and final five-year term in office. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the swearing-in ceremony took place just before the commencement of the weekly virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council, (FEC), in the Council Chambers, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Senate had on Dec. 1, confirmed the nomination of Yakubu for re- appointment as...

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NCC Suspends SIM Sale, Registration for Database Audit

BusinessTelecommunicationNCC Suspends SIM Sale, Registration for Database Audit

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 9, 2020

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed Mobile Network Operators to immediately suspend the sales and registration of new SIM cards in the country to allow an audit of the Subscribers Registration Database. The NCC Director of Public Affair, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, made this known in a statement on Wednesday, saying that it was absolutely necessary for operators to comply pending the conclusion of the audit. In his words, the Minister of Communication and Digital...

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Fraudulent Government: Kumangar Attacks Ribadu, ‘’You Ran Most Fraudulent Regime in EFCC’’

CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaFraudulent Government: Kumangar Attacks Ribadu, ‘’You Ran Most Fraudulent Regime in EFCC’’

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 9, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ The Director General media to Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state, has called on a former chairman of the economic and financial crimes commission, Nuhu Ribadu, to clear the air on issues surrounding the financial misappropriation allegations levelled against him by his predecessor, Farida Waziri. Solomon Kumangar, the spoke’s man to the governor, made the call in Yola while reacting to Ribadu’s statement that Fintiri’s government is fraudulent....

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Goodluck Jonathan, the Caliphate Ritual-Cow and Ayo Oritsejafor Metaphor

NigeriaOpinionPoliticsGoodluck Jonathan, the Caliphate Ritual-Cow and Ayo Oritsejafor Metaphor

PilotnewsDecember 9, 2020

President Goodluck Jonathan was a very fine gentleman in politics, broad-minded and slow to judgment. But that he was naive and an utter stranger to the realities and responsibilities of his time at the detriment of those whose political future depended mostly on his exalted position cannot be disputed.—Dr. Nwankwo Tony Nwaezeigwe “Mr President you are finished,” said Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor to President Goodluck Jonathan. And President Jonathan responded: “You said what?” And Pastor Ayo...

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