‘Armed Bandits’ Kill 47 in Northwest Nigeria’s Katsina State: Police

National SecurityNewsNigeria‘Armed Bandits’ Kill 47 in Northwest Nigeria’s Katsina State: Police

PilotnewsApril 19, 2020

BAUCHI, Nigeria  – Gunmen killed 47 people in attacks on villages in the northwestern Nigerian state of Katsina in the early hours of Saturday, local police said. “Armed bandits”, some of whom wielded AK 47 guns, carried out the attacks, Katsina police said in a statement on Sunday. Hundreds of people have been killed in the last year by criminal gangs carrying out robberies and kidnappings in northwest Nigeria. Such attacks have added to security...

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SERAP Gives FG 14 Days Ultimatum to Reverse Budget Cut to Health and Education

EducationHealthNigeriaSERAP Gives FG 14 Days Ultimatum to Reverse Budget Cut to Health and Education

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)April 19, 2020

President Buhari and the leaders of the national assembly have been given 14 days ultimatum by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to cut the National Assembly and the Presidency budget instead of the proposed slash in health and education budget or face legal action. In a statement, SERAP said it wrote both the executive and the legislative arms of government to reverse the proposed cut of N26.51 billion and N50.76 billion in health...

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COVID-19: Izala Suspends Public Ramadan Tafsir, Tahajjud Supererogatory Prayers

CoronavirusNigeriaRegionsCOVID-19: Izala Suspends Public Ramadan Tafsir, Tahajjud Supererogatory Prayers

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 19, 2020

The leadership of Jama’atul Izalatul Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus Sunnah has announced the suspension of its annual Ramadan Tafsir, and other superigatory- Tarawee and Tahajut prayers being observed during Ramadan this is with the view to stemming the spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic. The group noted that the decision was informed by the menacing spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and Fatwa by World Islamic bodies taking cognisance of the  Islamic principles of ‘preservation of...

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Imagining Nigeria After COVID-19: A Time for Bold Leadership

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionImagining Nigeria After COVID-19: A Time for Bold Leadership

PilotnewsApril 19, 2020

How will history judge Nigeria’s leaders?  History will judge them harshly for inaction, for sycophancy, for malfeasance, for causing the death of hope in a nation that’s mourning an ignoble tradition. The dearth of political leadership continues to impact the daily overall social condition for both the rich and poor in Nigeria. The five years of President Mohammadu Buhari’s administration and the past few months of the coronavirus pandemic have exposed just how much a...

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Why Buhari refuses to obey court orders on El-Zakzaky – IMN spokesman, Ibrahim Musa

NewsNigeriaPoliticsWhy Buhari refuses to obey court orders on El-Zakzaky – IMN spokesman, Ibrahim Musa

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 19, 2020

Blunt Interview of Mallam Ibrahim Musa, spokesman of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) reveals behind-the-scene reality of the Sheikh Ibrahim Yakubu El-Zakzaky’s saga. Sheikh Zak-Zaky is a prisoner of conscience, meaning he is being held because of his beliefs. Clampdown on the Islamic Movement was pre-planned and executed in the interest of Saudi Arabia. The opinion of the El-Rufa’i is hypocritical to say the least. We have been around for over forty years, which...

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Abba Kyari: Everyone Will Die One Day ─ So What?

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNigeriaOpinionAbba Kyari: Everyone Will Die One Day ─ So What?

PilotnewsApril 19, 2020

The mentality of victims of the social system during a pandemic invokes a persistent sense of vulnerability to their oppressive leaders, nonparticipation in the civic process, distrust of the system, and often thoughts of negativity. With such a hopeless mindset, it is excusable when they are excited over the death of those who gradually drowned them into the darkest sea of social wretchedness. Anytime a dictator or an oppressor dies, there are often three major...

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COVID-19: Abia Gov’t finds Missing Suspected Coronavirus Case

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Abia Gov’t finds Missing Suspected Coronavirus Case

PilotnewsApril 18, 2020

Abia government on Saturday said that the suspected coronavirus case which it declared wanted on April 17 has been found and placed in an isolation center in the state. Chief John Okiyi-Kalu, the Commissioner for Information made the disclosure in a statement he issued in Umuahia on Saturday. Okiyi-Kalu said that health officials at the isolation facility had collected samples from the suspected coronavirus case and dispatched the samples to the Nigeria Center for Disease...

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The Sun Newspaper Management Decries Arrest of Reporter in Ebonyi

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaThe Sun Newspaper Management Decries Arrest of Reporter in Ebonyi

PilotnewsApril 18, 2020

The management of The Sun Newspaper has condemned the arrest of its correspondent in Abakaliki, Mr. Chijioke Agwu, allegedly on the orders of Gov. Dave Umahi. A statement on Saturday in Enugu by the Head of The Sun, South East Bureau, Mr. Magnus Eze, described the situation as `unfortunate and suppression of press freedom’. Eze alleged that the governor did not want journalists to highlight the failures of his administration in the course of doing...

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JUST IN; COVID-19: Nigeria Records 49 New Cases, as Number of Infection Hits 542

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaJUST IN; COVID-19: Nigeria Records 49 New Cases, as Number of Infection Hits 542

PilotnewsApril 18, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 49 new cases of the Novel  Coronavirus (COVID19), bringing the total to 542. NCDC, through its verified Twitter account on Saturday, said that by 10.40 p.m., 23 new cases were recorded in Lagos, 12 in FCT, 10 in Kano, two in Ogun, while Oyo and Ekiti recorded one each. The agency said that 166 cases had treated and discharged with 19 deaths in the country. It noted that the...

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Kyari’s death: APC Governors Call for United Action to Stop COVID-19

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaKyari’s death: APC Governors Call for United Action to Stop COVID-19

PilotnewsApril 18, 2020

The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), under the platform of APC, has described the death of Malam Abba Kyari, as a call for Nigerians to be united in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, died on Friday from Coronavirus infection. The forum Chairman, Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi, made the call in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, while extending...

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