OPINION: What Does Restructuring Really Mean?

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPoliticsOPINION: What Does Restructuring Really Mean?

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)December 8, 2020

By Ebuka Onyekwelu Since Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999, various forms of agitations expressing the desires of the people of Nigeria for some structural reforms have become the mainstay of Nigeria’s democratic experience, up till date, after twenty-one long years. Conversations on resource control, propriety of state police, devolution of power, return to regionalism, local government creation, are some of the most vexatious and hotly debated areas requiring reforms. These ultimately entail constitutional...

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FG Announces Reduction of Petrol Price to ₦162.44 Per Liter

BusinessNewsNigeriaOil & GasFG Announces Reduction of Petrol Price to ₦162.44 Per Liter

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 8, 2020

The Federal Government has announced a reduction in the pump price of premium motor spirit, also known as petrol, from ₦168 to ₦162.44 per liter with effect from December 14. This was disclosed by the Minister of Labor and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, after a meeting with labor leaders which began around 9pm on Monday and ended at 1:30am on Tuesday. The product is presently dispensed at ₦168, following the decision of the Petroleum Products...

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I Will Decline to Return as APC Chairman – Oshiomhole

NewsNigeriaPoliticsI Will Decline to Return as APC Chairman – Oshiomhole

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 8, 2020

The former National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has distanced himself from the fresh suit instituted by the former National Vice Chairman (South South), Hilliard Eta, who recently challenged the dissolution of the National Working Committee that was chaired by Oshiomhole. This was contained in a statement that the former Edo Governor signed on Monday. The statement is titled, ‘My Position Has Not Changed.’ The former chairman made it known that he...

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PDP Reps Want Buhari to be Impeached, Ask Nigerians to Compel National Assembly to Begin Process

NewsPDP Reps Want Buhari to be Impeached, Ask Nigerians to Compel National Assembly to Begin Process

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 7, 2020

The People’s Democratic Party caucus in the House of Representatives has urged Nigerians to compel their representatives in the National Assembly to immediately commence impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari over what they termed “gross incompetence and persistent and continuous breach of Section 14(2) (b) of the 1999 Constitution.” The section of the constitution partly reads, “The security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government; …” The PDP Reps also...

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Kalu Endorses Obiozor For President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo

Culture & TraditionNewsNigeriaPoliticsKalu Endorses Obiozor For President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 7, 2020

The Senate Chief Whip and former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, has endorsed a former Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Prof George Obiozor, to be the next President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo. The Senator representing Abia North, in a statement by one of his aides, Emeka Nwala, in Abuja on Sunday, called on Ime Obi Ohanaeze Ndigbo, which is the organization’s highest organ, to adopt Obiozor as his consensus candidate. Kalu added that...

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Nasarawa Governor Urges Buhari to Adopt Other Options to End Insurgency

National SecurityNewsNigeriaNasarawa Governor Urges Buhari to Adopt Other Options to End Insurgency

PilotnewsDecember 7, 2020

The Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and other leaders in the country to explore other options in the effort to bring the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast to an end. Sule made the call on Saturday in Maiduguri when he led a delegation from the state on a condolence visit to the Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, over the recent killing of 43 farmers in Zabarmani....

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COVID-19: Nigeria Hits 68,937 Cases As 310 New Infections Reported

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Nigeria Hits 68,937 Cases As 310 New Infections Reported

PilotnewsDecember 6, 2020

The total confirmed COVID-19 infections in the country jumped to 68,937 on Saturday as Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC ), reported  310 new Coronavirus (COVID-19 ) cases in 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The NCDC made this known via its verified website. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that the country has conducted about 791,539 tests since the first COVID-19 case was announced in February. According to it, the number of deaths...

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Chigari, Adamawa Rural Communities Decry Deplorable Roads, Lack of Potable Water

NewsNigeriaRural DevelopmentChigari, Adamawa Rural Communities Decry Deplorable Roads, Lack of Potable Water

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 6, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ Rural dwellers in Chigari, and Beti farming communities of Fufore Local Government Area, Adamawa state on Sunday decried the deplorable state of their roads and the lack of potable water in their communities, calling on the Fintiri’s led PDP administration to come to their aid. The rural dwellers voiced their concerns on Sunday in Chigari town, while fielding questions from a team of investigative journalists who were in the...

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11-year-old Boko Haram Insurgency Now the Cash Cow of ‘War Entrepreneurs’- Sheikh Albarnawi, Says

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeria11-year-old Boko Haram Insurgency Now the Cash Cow of ‘War Entrepreneurs’- Sheikh Albarnawi, Says

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 6, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ______ A  Maiduguri based renown Islamic scholar , Sheikh Muhammad Mustapha Albarnawi, has described the 11-year-old Boko Haram insurgency as a grand conspiracy by war entrepreneurs for worldly gains and accumulation. Sheikh Albarnawi stated  in Maiduguri the Borno State capital. The Scholar  accused some ill-fated security agents and fifth columnists among the civilian population of constituting themselves into a stumbling in the war against insurgency and terrorism. Sheikh Albarnawi equally accused...

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Update -The Untold Story: COVID-19 Hampers Fight Against HIV As 50 Persons Are Infected Weekly in Adamawa

HealthNewsNigeriaWellnessUpdate -The Untold Story: COVID-19 Hampers Fight Against HIV As 50 Persons Are Infected Weekly in Adamawa

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 5, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ____ As COVID-19 swept, Farah James, watched with alarm as some of the HIV positive patients she helped in the rural Adamawa stopped showing up for lab tests and doctor’s visits. The state Coordinator of Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS, Farah James had to squeeze the little she had to reach the vulnerable targets in the rural and other urban communities outside Yola, the state capital. Amid the pandemic,...

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