COVID-19: Refugee Commission Distributes Farm Inputs to 100 Farmers in Kano

CoronavirusFoodNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Refugee Commission Distributes Farm Inputs to 100 Farmers in Kano

PilotnewsJune 5, 2020

The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) has distributed agricultural inputs to 100 local farmers in three Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kano State. Speaking during the ceremony in Kura, headquarters of Kura LGA on Friday, NCFRMI Commissioner, Sen. Bashir Garba-Mohammed, said the gesture was to ameliorate suffering farmers as a result of COVID-19 lockdown. “As Nigeria is having its share of coronavirus effects, President Muhammadu Buhari has therefore instructed agencies rendering humanitarian services to redouble efforts in their service delivery to vulnerable persons in...

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WHO Excites Over $8.8bn Vaccine Donation to GAVI

CoronavirusNewsWorld NewsWHO Excites Over $8.8bn Vaccine Donation to GAVI

PilotnewsJune 5, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed appreciation to governments and donors for contributing $8.8 billion for the vaccine as announced by GAVI, an international organisation, created to improve access to vaccines. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, expressed the appreciation on Friday on its official twitter handle @WHOAFRO. “This is great news that governments and donors have pledged an amazing $8.8 billion to GAVI for life-saving vaccinations, exceeding the target. Also, Countries, organizations pledge support for global...

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Removal of fuel Subsidy, Price-fixing Excites Atiku

EconomyNewsNigeriaPoliticsRemoval of fuel Subsidy, Price-fixing Excites Atiku

PilotnewsJune 5, 2020

ABUJA –– Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the stoppage of subsidy and price-fixing for petrol as a right move by the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari. Abubakar is also the leading opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections. In his verified Twitter handle on Friday, he called on Federal and State Governments to remove other impediments and roll out incentives to spur investments in the oil sector. Also, DPR warns petrol...

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In Bayelsa, Nigerian Government Response to COVID-19 Falls Short of Promises

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaPoliticsIn Bayelsa, Nigerian Government Response to COVID-19 Falls Short of Promises

PilotnewsJune 5, 2020

In Nigeria, as elsewhere in Africa (and the world, for that matter), there is often a large disconnect between what the federal government says in its press statements and what actually happens at the local level. Most observers comment on developments in the Lagos-Ibadan corridor, Abuja, Kano, Kaduna, and Port Harcourt, not least because they are media centers and the most developed parts of the country. It is difficult to know the views of people outside of...

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Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, 2nd Niger Bridge Ready in 2022 – Fashola

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaLagos-Ibadan Expressway, 2nd Niger Bridge Ready in 2022 – Fashola

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 5, 2020

The Federal Government has said that the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Second Niger Bridge, the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway, and others are to be ready in the first quarter of 2022. Mr. Babatunde Fashola, the Minister for Works and Housing, reveals this on Thursday in a live television programme in Abuja. The roads were said to be grouped as essential infrastructure and projected to be delivered in less than two years. Fashola said, “The Second Niger Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,...

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Guyuk Paramount ruler, Kwandi Nunguraya Asks Farmers,Herders To Respect Peace Accord

Crime & SecurityLocal GovernmentNewsNigeriaGuyuk Paramount ruler, Kwandi Nunguraya Asks Farmers,Herders To Respect Peace Accord

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)June 5, 2020

The Paramount ruler of the Lunguda Chiefdom in southern part of Adamawa state, the Kwandi Nunguraya Kuruhaye Dishon Dansanda II, rounded up the signing of peace agreement reached by farmers and herders in Guyuk local government area. The Paramount ruler called on the two parties to respect the agreement for  peace to reign in the land, adding that without peace there will be no development in any society. Disturbed by the lingering crisis between farmers and...

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Court Orders Police, DSS Not to Arrest CUPP Spokesman, Ugochinyere

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCourt Orders Police, DSS Not to Arrest CUPP Spokesman, Ugochinyere

PilotnewsJune 4, 2020

The FCT High Court sitting in Bwari, Abuja has ordered the inspector-general of police and the director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS) not to arrest the Spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Mr Ikenga Ugochinyere. Justice Othman Musa, who gave the order on Thursday in Bwari, said the police and DSS should not give effect to the directives of the House of Representatives to arrest Ugochinyere. ”The 5th and 6th...

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Adamawa: Farmers/Herders Sheath Swords To End Crisis In Guyuk Communities

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNigeriaAdamawa: Farmers/Herders Sheath Swords To End Crisis In Guyuk Communities

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)June 4, 2020

In a renewed commitment to end the lingering farmers /herders conflicts in Guyuk farming communities of southern Adamawa state, Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) and Pan-Fulani Cultural Association Tabbital Pulaaku International, on Thursday reached a  peace accord between the two groups. The British Council/European Union (MCN), initiated the peace accord with stakeholders involved in the peace agreement. The farmers /Herders peace agreement documents were signed by Ardo Usman Buba and Ayuba Bangwale on behalf of...

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Stakeholders Decry Increasing COVID-19 Infections Rise in Adamawa

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaStakeholders Decry Increasing COVID-19 Infections Rise in Adamawa

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)June 4, 2020

Stakeholders have expressed concern over increasing COVID-19 infections in Adamawa State despite robust sensitization by the media since the incursion of the pandemic into the state. Disturbed by the ugly development, journalists and media practitioners have been enjoined to redouble their efforts on sensitization and urged to be innovative in evolving new ways of passing messages that will appeal to the general public. During one day workshop in Yola, the stakeholders also harped on the...

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Federal Road Projects: FEC Approves Refunds of N148bn to Rivers, Ondo, 3 Others

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaPoliticsFederal Road Projects: FEC Approves Refunds of N148bn to Rivers, Ondo, 3 Others

PilotnewsJune 4, 2020

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved refund of N148billion expended on federal roads by Rivers, Cross River, Ondo, Bayelsa, and Osun states. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the  third virtual meeting of the FEC, held at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Mohammed said the approval of the refund...

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