Finding Hubby: Ade Laoye, Kehinde Bankole, Others Star in Screen Adaptation

EntertainmentFilm & TVNewsFinding Hubby: Ade Laoye, Kehinde Bankole, Others Star in Screen Adaptation

PilotnewsSeptember 19, 2020

The producers of the screen adaptation of Tunde Leye’s 2012 fan-favourite “Finding Hubby” have unveiled the star actors in the movie which is set to hit the Cinema in November. According to a video tweet on its handle @FindingHubby, major stars unveiled were: Ade Laoye, Kehinde Bankole, Munachi Abii and Omowunmi Dada. According to the tweet, the unveiling is to lay to rest the suspense as to who would play the role of Oyin Clegg...

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Lagos to Transform Judiciary Infrastructure – Sanwo-olu

Law & JusticeNewsLagos to Transform Judiciary Infrastructure – Sanwo-olu

PilotnewsSeptember 19, 2020

The Lagos State Government on Saturday promised to transform the infrastructure of the judiciary sector of the state. Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, made the promise during an inspection of Lagos High Court, Ikeja and Lagos High Court, Igbosere. Sanwo-Olu said that the state government was committed to reforming the judicial sector and would change the face of courtrooms across the state. He said that adjudication would no longer take place in an unconducive...

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Vulture Day: NCF Advocates Vulture Conservation

ConservationNewsNigeriaVulture Day: NCF Advocates Vulture Conservation

PilotnewsSeptember 19, 2020

As the world marks the International Vulture Awareness Day, the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) on Saturday underscored the importance of Vultures in the maintenance of balance in the ecosystem. The NCF in a communique released after its five days webinar forum on Vultures and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, noted that vultures were sanitary officers with a clean-up service on the environment. Dr Joseph Onoja, Director of Technical Programmes,...

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Edo Election: European Centre Decries Non-compliance to COVID-19 Protocols

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEdo Election: European Centre Decries Non-compliance to COVID-19 Protocols

PilotnewsSeptember 19, 2020

The European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES), on Saturday, said voters in Ologbosere primary school, ward 4 with 40 units and other polling units they visited were not observing the COVID-19 guidelines as stipulated in the INEC policy. Mr Wilson Manji, the deputy project coordinator, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), that although the voters were all wearing face masks but they did not maintain social distancing. “So far the election is going smoothly...

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#EdoDecide: Governor Obaseki Expresses Displeasure Over Edo Election

NewsNigeriaPolitics#EdoDecide: Governor Obaseki Expresses Displeasure Over Edo Election

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 19, 2020

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has expressed displeasure over the conduct of the ongoing state governorship election in Edo. Obaseki said the Independent National Electoral Commission should have prepared better for the election The governor said this after casting his vote at Polling Unit 19, Ward 4, Oredo Local Government Area. He lamented that he stayed for over one and a half hours in the queue. The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party...

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Boko Haram Arms Stockpiling Indicates Long-Term Threat

ColumnsCrime & SecurityOpinionWest AfricaBoko Haram Arms Stockpiling Indicates Long-Term Threat

PilotnewsSeptember 19, 2020

On September 2, Boko Haram (ISWA) militants reportedly killed 10 Nigerian soldiers in Borno state. Such bloodshed has become so commonplace that it often fails to garner much interest. International news outlets spilled little ink to report the incident. Nevertheless, the failures of the region’s militaries—as well as the Lake Chad Basin Commission’s Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF)—to combat Boko Haram merit greater attention from policymakers and the international community. The widespread and persistent human rights abuses...

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NCPC to Send Youths to Israel to Learn Farm Techniques

AgricultureNewsRural DevelopmentNCPC to Send Youths to Israel to Learn Farm Techniques

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 19, 2020

Based on the agrarian nature of Adamawa state, the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) has expressed its readiness to partner with the Adamawa State Government towards sponsoring youths from the state to Israel for training on farming skills. The Executive Secretary of the Commission Dr Yakubu Pam revealed this when he paid a courtesy call on Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri in the Government House, Yola on Friday. “Israel is one of the leading developed countries...

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UNICEF, Adamawa Govt to Construct, Rehabilitate 165 Classrooms in 80 Schs

EducationInfrastructureNewsNigeriaUNICEF, Adamawa Govt to Construct, Rehabilitate 165 Classrooms in 80 Schs

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 19, 2020

To ensure conducive learning environment, UNICEF and Adamawa State Government are partnering to construct and rehabilitate one hundred and sixty-five (165) classrooms in eighty (80) schools across Fufore and Guyuk local government areas of Adamawa state. Speaking at the commencement of work in Central Primary School Fufore, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state, thanked the United Nations Children Fund UNICEF and other development partners for collaborating with the state government to execute the project....

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Unilag Crisis: Babalakin Resigns, Alleges Bias, Incompetence of Visitation Panel Members

EducationNewsUnilag Crisis: Babalakin Resigns, Alleges Bias, Incompetence of Visitation Panel Members

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)September 18, 2020

The embattled Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Dr Wale Babalakin, has resigned. He resigned hours after the Special Visitation Panel set up by the federal government to investigate the crisis rocking the top management of the university, submitted its report to President Buhari through the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu. Recall that in an emergency meeting on Aug. 12, the Governing Council of the University of Lagos led by Dr Babalakin removed the...

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Imo State Governor Signs Law to Detain Anybody at Will in Imo

Law & JusticeNewsImo State Governor Signs Law to Detain Anybody at Will in Imo

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)September 18, 2020

The Governor of Imo State Sen. Hope Uzodinma has signed the Imo State Administration of Criminal Justice ACJL 2020, with some sections of the law authorizing him to detain citizens at his “pleasure”. The Bill was sponsored by the Minority Leader of Imo State House of Assembly, Hon. Barr. Frank Ugboma, has come under intense public scrutiny after sections 484 and 485 were exposed. Specifically, section 484 of the Administration of Criminal Justice law reads,...

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