Ex-Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Arrested for Online Fundraising Scheme

Law & JusticeUnited StatesEx-Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Arrested for Online Fundraising Scheme

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump’s former political adviser Steve Bannon was on Thursday arrested in connection with an online fundraising scheme, authorities said. Bannon and three others, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato, and Timothy Shea, were indicted for their roles in defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign known as “We Build the Wall“. According to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York, Audrey...

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BREAKING: NBA Withdraw el-Rufai Invitation, Following Protests Over Poor Human Rights Record

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaBREAKING: NBA Withdraw el-Rufai Invitation, Following Protests Over Poor Human Rights Record

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 20, 2020

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has withdrawn its invitation to Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, following protests from some lawyers. The NBA disclosed this in a tweet on Thursday via its Twitter handle @NigBarAssoc. According to the tweet, “The National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association at its ongoing meeting resolves that the invitation to the Kaduna State Governor, H.E. Nasir El-Rufai, by the 2020 Annual General Conference Planning committee be withdrawn and decision...

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Osun Deputy Governor Debunks Bankruptcy Claims

EconomyNewsOsun Deputy Governor Debunks Bankruptcy Claims

Beloved John (Staff Writer)August 20, 2020

The Osun State Deputy Governor, Benedict Alabi has refuted claims the state is bankrupt. In a statement yesterday by his Chief Press Secretary, Olaniyi Ajibola, he stated that hose behind the rumour lacked the knowledge of macro-economic theories and indices of Fiscal Sustainability Index. The deputy governor, who said Osun was indebted as other states, insisted there was no logical parity between incurred debt and insolvency in a market economy. “Our government remains committed to...

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Senate Threatens MDAs With Zero Budget Allocations Over Non Defence of 2021-2023 Budget

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSenate Threatens MDAs With Zero Budget Allocations Over Non Defence of 2021-2023 Budget

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

Senate says Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), that fail to appear to defend their inputs in the 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP), will have zero budgetary allocations for 2021-2023 budget years. Sen. Solomon Adeola (APC-Lagos), and Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, made the disclosure, at the opening of a five day public hearing on 2021-2023 MTEF and FSP documents on Wednesday. Adeola said the 50 revenue-generating agencies of government...

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NCPC Boss Thank Pope Francis for Peace Role in Nigeria

NewsReligionNCPC Boss Thank Pope Francis for Peace Role in Nigeria

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

Rev. Yakubu Pam, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), has expressed gratitude to His Holiness, Pope Francis, for praying against the killings in Southern Kaduna and for the peace of Nigeria. Pam said this in a statement at the end of strategic stakeholders meeting with states Chairmen and Secretaries of states Pilgrims Welfare Boards from the North Central and North West Zones of the country. The statement was issued on Wednesday...

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Banditry in Nigeria Has International Dimension — IGP

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaBanditry in Nigeria Has International Dimension — IGP

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, says the lingering banditry in the North-West and North-Central Nigeria has international dimension. Adamu said this during a town-hall meeting on peace and security held on Wednesday in Zuru, headquarters of Zuru Local Government Area of Kebbi State. “We have realised that most of the banditry has an international dimension. The bandits come from outside the country. We arrested Sudanese, Nigeriens and Malians, among other nationals. “We...

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Malian President Announces Resignation, Following A Sudden Coup

MilitaryNewsWest AfricaMalian President Announces Resignation, Following A Sudden Coup

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 19, 2020

The embattling President of Mali, Ibrahim Keita, on Wednesday, announced his resignation hours after his arrest by troops in a sudden coup that followed a months-long political crisis in the West African nation. Keita said it is to avoid “bloodshed”. The President and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse were detained on Tuesday afternoon by rebel soldiers. Both of them drove to a military base in the town of Kati, near the capital Bamako, which had been...

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House Committee Invites Ministry of Justice to Shed Light on China/Nigeria Loan Agreement

BusinessForeign PolicyInfrastructureNewsHouse Committee Invites Ministry of Justice to Shed Light on China/Nigeria Loan Agreement

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 19, 2020

The House of Representative Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements has invited the Nigeria Ministry of Justice to explain more to the Nigeria public the sovereignty clause in the Nigeria/China loan agreement. This was disclosed on Tuesday by the Chairman of the Committee, Nicholas Ossai, at the sitting of the panel, which was investigating the external loans and commercial agreements signed by Nigeria. The Punch in its investigation revealed that there were indications that the...

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Democrats Formally Nominate Biden for U.S. Presidential Election

NewsPoliticsUnited StatesDemocrats Formally Nominate Biden for U.S. Presidential Election

PilotnewsAugust 19, 2020

Democrats on Tuesday night officially nominated former Vice President, Mr. Joe Biden, to face incumbent President Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election. Biden’s nomination came on the second night of the party’s virtual National Convention under the theme, “Leadership Matters”. His emergence followed the announcement of votes by party delegates from across the country via video messages. The candidate immediately took to Twitter to accept his nomination, saying it was the “honour...

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Mali Soldiers Promise Civilian Transition After President’s Ouster

NewsWest AfricaMali Soldiers Promise Civilian Transition After President’s Ouster

PilotnewsAugust 19, 2020

Soldiers who staged a military coup in Mali leading to the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and his government said, on Wednesday, they plan to form a civilian transitional government that will organise fresh elections. Keita resigned and dissolved parliament late on Tuesday, hours after mutinying soldiers detained him at gunpoint, plunging a country already facing a jihadist insurgency and mass protests, deeper into crisis. In a statement broadcast on state-owned television early on...

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