President Buhari To Address Nigerians On Friday

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPresident Buhari To Address Nigerians On Friday

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 11, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari will address Nigerians on Friday to mark the June 12 Democracy Day celebration. “To commemorate Nigeria’s Democracy Day, President Muhammadu Buhari will broadcast to the nation on Friday, June 12, 2020, at 7 a.m. “Television and radio stations as well as other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority and Radio Nigeria respectively for the broadcast,” Femi Adesina, Mr Buhari’s spokesperson, said....

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Massacre in Northern Nigeria Involves Cattle Rustling, Jihadis, and Vigilantes

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsSpecial ReportMassacre in Northern Nigeria Involves Cattle Rustling, Jihadis, and Vigilantes

PilotnewsJune 11, 2020

According to Nigerian and international media, at least eighty-one people were killed in communities in Gubio local government area (LGA). One of the villages mentioned is Felo. This number was revised upwards from sixty-nine initially reported following the governor of Borno state’s visit to the area. Seven others, including the village head, were reportedly abducted. The town of Gubio is about fifty miles north of the Borno state capital of Maiduguri. The media also reports that between four hundred and twelve hundred cattle...

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21 Years of Democracy: Nigeria Celebrates Amidst Failed Security

ColumnsCrime & SecurityNigeriaOpinion21 Years of Democracy: Nigeria Celebrates Amidst Failed Security

PilotnewsJune 11, 2020

Changing “Democracy Day” from May 29 to June 12 is of little significance if Nigerians are unsafe, taunted by government agents and by criminals. As Nigeria marks its twenty-one years of unbroken democracy, a closer look at specifics has become altogether unavoidable. In the light of Nigeria’s penchant for wild claims and increasing proclivity for self-congratulation even for doing nothing except maintain status quo, it has become imperative that the country’s democratic experiment over these...

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Edo APC: Why Obaseki Believes He Won’t Get Justice from Screening Panel

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEdo APC: Why Obaseki Believes He Won’t Get Justice from Screening Panel

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)June 11, 2020

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, said he was not sure he would get justice from the panel set up to screen him and other aspirants contesting for the ticket to represent the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the gubernatorial election. “The last time I came here, I asked that National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole should recuse himself from the process in the interest of peace and justice. But as a party man, I have had to...

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COVID-19: 13 Million Jobs Under Threat in Nigeria – UN

CoronavirusFoodNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: 13 Million Jobs Under Threat in Nigeria – UN

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 11, 2020

The World Food Programme of the United Nations on Wednesday declared that the COVID-19 pandemic may lead to the loss of 13 million jobs in Nigeria. The agency says Nigeria needs urgent financial intervention to boost its economy, as millions of Nigerians across the country are currently suffering the effects of the pandemic. According to the Senior Spokesperson of the WFP, Elizabeth Byrs, in a statement, more than $182m is needed to sustain life-saving aid...

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Breaking: 90 Year’s Old Brother of Ex- Adamawa Gov Regains Freedom

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBreaking: 90 Year’s Old Brother of Ex- Adamawa Gov Regains Freedom

PilotnewsJune 11, 2020

Police in Adamawa State has confirmed the release of a 90-year-old elder brother of ex-governor Murtala Nyako, Alh. Dahiru Hammanyero Nyako. Gunmen have in the early hours of Thursday abducted the elderly man when they stormed his house located at Mayo Belwa town in Mayo Belwa local government. Gun-wielding gunmen were reported to have struck again in Mayo-Belwa town and whisked away from a 90-year-old man, Alh. Dahiru Hammanyero Nyako. The abducted old man is an...

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Joshua, Fury Agree Terms On Two-fight Deal, Promoter Hearn Says

EntertainmentSportsJoshua, Fury Agree Terms On Two-fight Deal, Promoter Hearn Says

PilotnewsJune 10, 2020

British world heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have agreed on financial terms for a two-fight deal, promoter Eddie Hearn said on Wednesday. The discussions over an undisputed world heavyweight title showdown between the two fighters began in early May and they have now agreed on initial terms for two encounters. Joshua holds the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO belts, while Fury is the reigning WBC champion. “We’re making great progress,” Joshua’s promoter Hearn...

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Police Arrest Man for Raping 40 Women in Kano

NewsPolice Arrest Man for Raping 40 Women in Kano

PilotnewsJune 10, 2020

The Police Command in Kano has arrested a 32-year-old man, Muhammad Alfa, for allegedly raping 40 women in the past one year in the state. The Spokesman of the Command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday in Kano. Haruna disclosed that the suspect was arrested on June 10, at about 2:00 a.m. when he trespassed into a house at Kwanan Dangora Town in Kano, with intent to commit the heinous...

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Africa’s COVID-19 Cases Over 200,000

AfricaCoronavirusNewsAfrica’s COVID-19 Cases Over 200,000

PilotnewsJune 10, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says confirmed Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa are more than  200,000. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, gave the update on its official twitter handle @WHOAFRO. “There are over 200,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with more than 90,000 recoveries and 5,400 deaths,’’ it said. WHO said that South Africa, Nigeria and Algeria had the highest reported cases on the continent. According to...

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UI Confirms Obaseki’s Certificate, the Governor Reacts

NewsNigeriaPoliticsUI Confirms Obaseki’s Certificate, the Governor Reacts

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 10, 2020

The management of the University of Ibadan in a statement on Wednesday signed by its Registrar, Olubunmi Faluyi, says the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki graduated from the institution where he studied Classics. According Faluyi, “Obaseki gained admission to the University in 1976 and graduated in 1979 with a Second Class Honours, Lower Division. “Records of his Admission and Graduation are intact in the archives of the University,” The National Chairman of the All...

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