Senegal Pilgrimage Tests Resistance to COVID-19

ColumnsCoronavirusReligionWest AfricaSenegal Pilgrimage Tests Resistance to COVID-19

PilotnewsOctober 8, 2020

Senegal is a major center of West African Islam, and its imams, mullah, and brotherhoods are influential across the Sahel. The holy city of Touba, 120 miles east of the Senegalese capital of Dakar, is the site of a major, annual pilgrimage called the Magal, which is now underway. While no estimates are yet available as to the number of participants this year, in past years there have been as many as five million. The pilgrimage...

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Adamawa Residents Issued 10 day Ultimatum, Threatened Mass Protest Over Numan -Gombe Bad Road

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaAdamawa Residents Issued 10 day Ultimatum, Threatened Mass Protest Over Numan -Gombe Bad Road

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)October 8, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Disturbed by the deplorable Numan -Gombe  road, Adamawa residents have on Thursday  threatened to  embark on mass protest as they  issued  10 days ultimatum to APC led Federal government to fix the road. During a  virtual social media  campaign by  concerned indigenes  and motorists in the two states of Adamawa and Gombe with hash tag: # Shut Down Yola Airport #Fix Yola Gombe Road”  residents alleged that was ” preferential...

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Court Grants EFCC The Order to Freeze Lagos Speaker, Obasa, Bank Accounts

CorruptionNewsCourt Grants EFCC The Order to Freeze Lagos Speaker, Obasa, Bank Accounts

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 8, 2020

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has gotten the order to freeze three bank accounts belonging to the Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. In a matter filed by the EFCC at the Federal High Court in Lagos, with suit number, FHC/CS/1069/2020, sought an ex-parte order to freeze three bank accounts belonging to Mr. Obasa. The bank included Standard Chartered Bank and pending the conclusion of an ongoing investigation into the...

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Bulk of Education Budget Go To Professors – Minister

EducationNewsNigeriaBulk of Education Budget Go To Professors – Minister

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 8, 2020

The minister of state for education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba has said bulk of money budgeted for education is spent on the 10,500 professors in the country. During an interview with The Punch, the minister stated that students leave the country to pursue higher education abroad owing to the numerous occasions of strike. On Tuesday, the National President of ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, hinted that students might have to endure a long-drawn strike in universities due to...

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WTO Confirms Okonjo-Iweala, One Other as DG Election Finalists

United NationsWorld NewsWTO Confirms Okonjo-Iweala, One Other as DG Election Finalists

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 8, 2020

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has announced Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as one of the finalists in the run for director-general election. Yoo Myung-hee of the Republic of Korea was shortlisted alongside Okonjo-Iweala as the second candidate in the final. Both emerged from a shortlist of five which was selected from a pool of eight candidates. At every stage of the election, member countries are required to choose a preferred candidate. David Walker, the ambassador from New...

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Senate Orders the Arrest and Prosecution of SARS Operatives Involve in Killings of Innocent Nigerians

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSenate Orders the Arrest and Prosecution of SARS Operatives Involve in Killings of Innocent Nigerians

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 8, 2020

The Senate, on Wednesday, ordered the arrest and prosecution of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, popularly refers to as SARS’ operatives who were involved in the recent killings of innocent Nigerians across the country. The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan stated this while ruling on the legislative resolution on the motion by Senator Oluremi Tinubu. Tinubu had drawn the attention of his colleagues to the recent extra-judicial killings and human rights abuses by the SARS Operatives...

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Lack of Recapitalization Hampers Operations of Adamawa State Homes and Savings Yola

EconomyNewsNigeriaLack of Recapitalization Hampers Operations of Adamawa State Homes and Savings Yola

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 7, 2020

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed that Mortgage banks in the country should have a capital base of two point five billion naira (N2.5b) for effective banking services. However, the new order is affecting the operations of Adamawa State Homes and Savings Yola who have only a share capital of one hundred and forty two million naira (N142m). Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Adamawa Homes and Savings Limited, Dr. Giscard Norris Stanley,...

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FEC To Purchase Hi-tech Equipment To Monitor Frequencies In Southeast, Others

National SecurityNewsNigeriaFEC To Purchase Hi-tech Equipment To Monitor Frequencies In Southeast, Others

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 7, 2020

A sum of N650 million (N653,886,584) has been approved by the federal government for the purchase of hi-tech equipment which monitors frequencies in the country, mostly in the South east. Isa Pantami, the communication minister, revealed this while speaking at the usual Wednesday Federal Executive Council meeting presided by President Muhammadu Buhari. He stated that buying a monitoring equipment was triggered by security considerations. “The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, sort the approval of...

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One in Every Ten Persons May Have Contracted COVID-19 – WHO

CoronavirusWorld NewsOne in Every Ten Persons May Have Contracted COVID-19 – WHO

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 6, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said about 10 percent of the world population may have contracted COVID-19. Mike Ryan, the executive director of the WHO’s health emergencies programme, made this known on Monday while speaking at  a special session hosted by the organisation’s executive board. According to Worldometer, over 35 million cases of the coronavirus have been recorded globally. But with an estimated 7.6 billion world population, according to WHO’s estimates, 760 million people...

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NHRC Commends I-G on FSARS Ban

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaNHRC Commends I-G on FSARS Ban

PilotnewsOctober 6, 2020

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) In Tuesday commended the Inspector-General of Police (I-GP), Mohammed Adamu for banning the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS). Mr Tony Ojukwu, the Executive Secretary of the NHRC, gave the commendation in Abuja,  while reacting to the recent ban on SARS and other special teams of the Nigerian Police from routine patrol duties ”His order is in line with the Commission’s recommendations following a report on the Presidential Investigation Panel...

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