How I Committed Over $10m to Polio Eradication in Nigeria – Emeka Offor

HealthPhilanthropyHow I Committed Over $10m to Polio Eradication in Nigeria – Emeka Offor

PilotnewsJune 20, 2020

The Sir Emeka Offor Foundation says it has committed $10 million financial interventions, with matching grants from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, towards the eradication of polio in Nigeria. The founder of the foundation, Chief Emeka Offor, announced this in a message to celebrate Nigeria’s wild polio-free status being accepted by Africa’s Regional Certification Committee (ARCC) of the World Health Organisation (WHO). Offor, who is the Rotary International Polio Ambassador to Nigeria, personally signed the message...

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Dutch Soccer Players Boycott TV Show Over Black Pete Remarks

NewsSportsDutch Soccer Players Boycott TV Show Over Black Pete Remarks

PilotnewsJune 20, 2020

The Dutch men’s and women’s national football team players said on Friday they would no longer grant interviews to a popular TV show due to remarks made by a commentator mocking an anti-racism protester. In a statement first published on Twitter by men’s team captain Virgil van Dijk, the players said they would no longer speak with the Veronica Inside programme. This was after the host compared a prominent Dutch black activist to “Black Pete”....

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DAILY UPDATE: COVID-19: NCDC Records 667 New Cases, Infections Now 19,147

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaDAILY UPDATE: COVID-19: NCDC Records 667 New Cases, Infections Now 19,147

PilotnewsJune 20, 2020

Nigeria has recorded 667 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 19,147. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Friday through its official Twitter handle. NCDC said that the 667 new confirmed cases were from 23 states, with six deaths as at June 19. The health agency said that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours. The NCDC said that Lagos...

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Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Obasa, and Others Are Not Natives of Lagos – ‘Bode George

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu, Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Obasa, and Others Are Not Natives of Lagos – ‘Bode George

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 20, 2020

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, and many other top political office holders in Lagos have been alleged by a former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Chief Olabode George, and two other members of the Omo Eko Pataki Forum of not being natives of Lagos State. Top political office holders accused of not from the state are the Senators representing Lagos Central and Lagos...

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Nigeria Needs National Debate to Examine Issues Around Size And Cost of Governance – VP Osinbajo

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigeria Needs National Debate to Examine Issues Around Size And Cost of Governance – VP Osinbajo

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 20, 2020

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has opined that Nigeria needs a national debate to examine the issues around the size and cost of governance. Nigeria’s cost and size of government have often been described as expensive and unsustainable. The Vice President added that it is a difficult task for the government to do something about its cost but it is what must be done. Professor Osinbajo said this on Friday while answering questions by...

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BREAKING: Ondo Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi To Defect To PDP Next Week

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBREAKING: Ondo Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi To Defect To PDP Next Week

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 20, 2020

The deputy governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, plans to defect from the All Progressive Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party, few months to the October 10, 2020 governorship election in the state. This is the result of an ongoing cold war between Ajayi and Governor Rotimi Akeredolu which became visible shortly after the 2019 general elections. SaharaReporters reports that Ajayi has decided to join the PDP to contest against Akeredolu during the governorship election....

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PTF Identifies FCT As Red Spot for Community Spread of COVID-19

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaPTF Identifies FCT As Red Spot for Community Spread of COVID-19

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 20, 2020

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 pandemic says the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, remains one of the red spots where community spread of the virus is prevalent. The Chairman of PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, made this known on Friday, while receiving a donation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth N10 million from Rotary District 9125. Mustapha was represented by the Permanent Secretary (General Services Office), Mr...

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FG Rejects UK Religious Freedom Report on Nigeria

NewsNigeriaRegionsFG Rejects UK Religious Freedom Report on Nigeria

PilotnewsJune 20, 2020

The Federal Government has rejected the new levels of misrepresentation in the United Kingdom All-Party Parliamentary Group on International Religious Freedom Report on Nigeria. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, made this position known in a statement in Abuja on Friday. The report released by the UK based Group on International Religious Freedom Report on Nigeria on June 15, had alleged that the Nigerian government was allowing...

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Atiku Welcomes Obaseki to PDP

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAtiku Welcomes Obaseki to PDP

PilotnewsJune 19, 2020

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has congratulated Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo State for joining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying Edo State will be better for his choice. Abubakar, in a statement issued by his Media Aide, Mr Paul Ibe, in Abuja on Friday, welcomed Obaseki to the PDP, which he described as “a truly people’s party.” The PDP presidential candidate in the 2019 elections noted that Obaseki was joining the PDP when...

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How I got My Break in Life, Charly Boy Reminisces at 70

EntertainmentMusicNigeriaHow I got My Break in Life, Charly Boy Reminisces at 70

PilotnewsJune 19, 2020

Maverick Nigerian singer, songwriter and showbiz maestro, Charles Oputa (Charly Boy) has given an insight on how he got his break in Life as he clocks 70. Oputa who is the son of late renowned Jurist, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) as he marked his 70 birthday on Friday in Abuja. “My break came somewhere around 1982 when as the then Chief Justice of Imo,...

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