Reps’ Committee Challenges Nigeria Navy to Build its Own Warships

National SecurityNigeriaReps’ Committee Challenges Nigeria Navy to Build its Own Warships

PilotnewsMarch 6, 2020

Mr Yusuf Gadgi, the Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Navy, on Wednesday challenged  the Nigeria Navy (NN)  to start building its own warships. He said that the NN had the required competence and expertise to build its own warships without any intervention. Gadgi said this on Wednesday after a Stakeholders’ Meeting and at the end of a three-day oversight visit to the various naval commands in Lagos. He said that during the course of the committee members tour, they noticed...

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Senate Approves N346.4bn NDDC 2019 Budget

NewsSenate Approves N346.4bn NDDC 2019 Budget

PilotnewsMarch 5, 2020

The Senate on Thursday approved the sum of N346.4 billion as 2019 Budget for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This followed the consideration of the report of the 2019 budget of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as presented during plenary by the Chairman Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi. Presenting the report, Nwaoboshi noted that President Muhammadu Buhari through a communication to the Senate, had presented a budget of N409.9 billion for the NDDC for 2019....

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Nigerian Considering Budget Review as Covid-19 Strikes Oil Prices

EconomyNewsNigeriaNigerian Considering Budget Review as Covid-19 Strikes Oil Prices

PilotnewsMarch 5, 2020

The Federal Government of Nigeria is considering a review of the 2020 budget in order to make plans for the drop in oil prices triggered by coronavirus outbreak globally, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance/Budget Planning said on Wednesday. According to the minister, the government was troubled by the fall in oil revenue and that a mid-term review of the budget was on the table. Briefing newsmen after the Federal Executive Council meeting, the...

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Buhari’s $22.7 Billion Loan Request Approved as Some Senators Alleged Exclusion of Some Regions

EconomyNewsNigeriaBuhari’s $22.7 Billion Loan Request Approved as Some Senators Alleged Exclusion of Some Regions

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 5, 2020

After a heated debate and a closed- door session that lasted 45 minutes, lawmakers in the Senate have approved President Buhari’s $22.7 billion loan request to fund key infrastructural projects, four years after it was rejected by the Saraki-led eight Senate. The loan request was given a green-light after the report of the Senate committee on Local and Foreign debts was read and recommended for approval by its chairman, Clifford Ordia (PDP, Edo). But some...

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Plots to Replace Oshiomhole by Governors Revealed as APC Chair seeks Stay of Execution

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPlots to Replace Oshiomhole by Governors Revealed as APC Chair seeks Stay of Execution

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 5, 2020

Some governors of the All Progressive Congress and anti-Oshiomhole forces are planning to call a meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) in a few days to determine the fate of the suspended National Chairman. According to Punch newspaper, some APC governors were looking for Mr. Oshiomhole’s successor to be announced in a soon-to-be convened NEC meeting. A top member of the party who did not want to be named was quoted as saying that...

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Mike Bloomberg is Suspending His Presidential Campaign, Says He’s Endorsing Biden

NewsPoliticsUnited StatesMike Bloomberg is Suspending His Presidential Campaign, Says He’s Endorsing Biden

PilotnewsMarch 4, 2020

Mike Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York who had hoped to self-fund his way to the Democratic presidential nomination but was spurned by voters in Tuesday’s balloting, has dropped out of the race. Bloomberg endorsed Joe Biden, saying the former vice president had the best chance to win in November. “I’ve always believed that defeating Donald Trump starts with uniting behind the candidate with the best shot to do it. After yesterday’s vote,...

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APC Crisis: Oshiomhole Fights Back, Appoints New National Officers

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAPC Crisis: Oshiomhole Fights Back, Appoints New National Officers

Izu Emmanuel (Abuja City Editor)March 4, 2020

Amidst the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the suspended national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has staged a fight back in what many observers say is his last card to save his job.  In a swift move by the embattled chairman, he has approved the appointment of new national officers to fill long existing vacancies at the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party. According to a statement signed by the national publicity...

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Biden Sweeps With a Big Broom – Scores Major Delegate Haul on Super Tuesday

NewsPoliticsUnited StatesBiden Sweeps With a Big Broom – Scores Major Delegate Haul on Super Tuesday

PilotnewsMarch 4, 2020

The former vice president is now in a position to potentially win an outright majority of delegates to clinch the nomination. Joe Biden’s stunning sweep of most Super Tuesday states has rocketed him to the lead in the all-important delegate count over Bernie Sanders, according to NBC News projections based on early results. The total delegate haul is yet to be determined, because many states have yet to fully report their results. That includes California,...

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Adoption of Digital Skills in Schools will Enhance Learning – NITDA Chief

EducationNigeriaAdoption of Digital Skills in Schools will Enhance Learning – NITDA Chief

Stanley Diamond (Busines Correspondent)March 3, 2020

Adoption of digital technological skills has been described as a veritable platform Nigerian educational sector could leverage on in order to be a key player in the Digital economy. The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Mr Kashifu Inuwa Abdullah, disclosed this today in Abuja at the ongoing EdTech Summit and Awards organised Federal Ministry of Education in collaboration with AFRITEX. The event was meant to bring critical stakeholders together in order to share...

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FG to include Argungu Festival to the national program calendar

Culture & TraditionLifestyleNewsNigeriaFG to include Argungu Festival to the national program calendar

Stanley Diamond (Busines Correspondent)March 3, 2020

The Federal government says it has concluded plans to include the Argungu International Fishing and Cultural Festival in the calendar of Nigerian festivals. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made this known at the publicity event for the 2020 Argungu International Fishing and Cultural Festival held in Abuja. The Minister noted that the ministry has made it a priority to attend all cultural festivals in the country as a way of raising their...

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