Nigeria Launches Community Policing Initiative

ColumnsCrime & SecurityOpinionNigeria Launches Community Policing Initiative

PilotnewsSeptember 15, 2020

In the face of apparently soaring levels of crime and violence, the Nigerian government has launched a community policing initiative. Abuja has set aside N13 billion (about $35 million) to fund the launch and is recruiting some 10,000 constables, according to Nigerian media. The Chief of Police for Ekiti state is hinting that the new constables will be deployed in the areas from which they come. Locally based, the constables would develop ties with community leaders and,...

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U.S. Imposes Visa Ban on Some Nigerians Over Edo, Ondo Guber Polls

Foreign PolicyNewsUnited StatesU.S. Imposes Visa Ban on Some Nigerians Over Edo, Ondo Guber Polls

PilotnewsSeptember 15, 2020

The United States has imposed visa restrictions on some Nigerians involved in the run up to the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. The move also targets individuals it accused of working to undermine the November 2019 governorship polls in Kogi and Bayelsa. Morgan Ortagus, spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Ortagus said those affected were working to “undermine the Nigerian democratic process or for organising...

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Edo Election: Abubakar, Kukah, Others Sue for Peace

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEdo Election: Abubakar, Kukah, Others Sue for Peace

PilotnewsSeptember 15, 2020

The Chairman of the National Peace Committee, retired Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Monday in Benin said that members of his committee were in the state to assist in ensuring that the Sept. 19 gubernatorial election was conducted peacefully. Abubakar stated this while addressing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governorship candidate, Gov. Godwin Obaseki, ahead of the peace pact by all parties involved in the elections. According to him, the political temperature in the state has...

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COVID-19: NCDC Says Nigeria’s Death Toll Hits 1,083

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Says Nigeria’s Death Toll Hits 1,083

PilotnewsSeptember 15, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) at midnight on Monday said that the death toll for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Nigeria had jumped to 1, 083. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports the NCDC confirmed that there were 132 new infections. It stated that one new fatality raised the death toll to 1,083. The agency said 132 new cases of COVID-19, the disease caused...

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Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Anambra Startups Struggles

Special ReportAmid COVID-19 Pandemic, Anambra Startups Struggles

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)September 15, 2020

Report by Ebuka Onyekwelu AWKA — Pandemics are purely health-related, however, “throughout history, pandemics have had profound economic effects”, writes The Economist. This is true as can be observed with the COVID-19 pandemic, not just in Nigeria but around the world. More people have lost their job, many businesses are struggling while some have collapsed under the weight of the burden of the pandemic, yet, it is not over. In Anambra State, it is no...

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Presidency Replies Obasanjo, Calls him “Divider-in-Chief” of Nigeria

NewsNigeriaPresidency Replies Obasanjo, Calls him “Divider-in-Chief” of Nigeria

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 14, 2020

The Presidency has replied Nigeria former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, over his recent comment that Nigeria was becoming a failed and more divided state under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo on Thursday had said he had never seen Nigeria in such a state before, saying the blame for the current state of the country is due to poor management of the country’s diversity by Buhari. Obasanjo said, “Today, Nigeria is fast drifting to...

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2023: Wambai, Others Decamp To PDP In Adamawa

NewsPolitics2023: Wambai, Others Decamp To PDP In Adamawa

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)September 14, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has received the former House of Representatives member Alhaji Abubakar Mahmud Wambai and his supporters who defected from the All Progressives Congress APC to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Adamawa. The Governor at the ceremony held in the Government House, Yola over the weekend,  said  ‘’the people of Adamawa are yearning for change and therefore this administration will not relent until the downtrodden are...

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Fayose Nods Obasanjo Over Comments on Buhari’s Administration

NewsNigeriaFayose Nods Obasanjo Over Comments on Buhari’s Administration

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 14, 2020

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has nodded the former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his comment about Nigeria becoming a failed state and can crumble if nothing urgent is done to address the country’s challenges. Fayose gave the nod on Saturday night in an Instagram Live Chat with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ovation Media Group, Dele Momodu. Obasanjo in an event on Thursday had said Nigeria was slowly becoming a failed state...

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Senior Government Officials, CSOs Trains On Gender Budgeting In Adamawa

NewsNigeriaSenior Government Officials, CSOs Trains On Gender Budgeting In Adamawa

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)September 14, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) in conjunction with Spotlight Initiative has trained senior government officials and Civil Society Organisations on gender-responsive budgeting. The training held at Murtala Nyako training centre, Adamawa state secretariat was aimed to have a responsible budget that could help in the fight against gender violence plaguing the society. In her welcome address, Bar Fabaryu Alfred representative of the FIDA Chairperson stated that’’ The project...

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Lagos Primary, Secondary Schools to Resume September 21

CoronavirusEducationNewsLagos Primary, Secondary Schools to Resume September 21

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 14, 2020

The Lagos state government has instructed all public and private schools to begin the 2020/2021 academic session on September 21. Mr. Kayode Abayomi, the state Head of Public Affairs, in a statement on Sunday, said the state would adopt a phased approach in reopening public schools. He noted that while all classes in private primary and secondary schools are permitted to resume, only JSS 3 and SS2 students in public schools will return to classes....

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