China Imports From Nigeria Reaches $2.386 Billion – Minister Counselor Yingqi

BusinessNewsNigeriaChina Imports From Nigeria Reaches $2.386 Billion – Minister Counselor Yingqi

PilotnewsMarch 19, 2024

The Minister Counselor Wang Yingqi of the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria says China imports from Nigeria reached $2.386 billion in 2023, an increase of 49.3% compared to that of the year 2022. Yingqi disclosed this during the China Media Group (CMG) and the University of Abuja seminar in Abuja as part of CMG’s “Global Media Dialogue” event with the theme: Enhancing China-Africa cooperation in new quality productive forces to realize high-quality growth, said the trade...

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Tinubu, Ganduje, Uzodimma, Nwifuru, Expected at Senator Ubah’s APC Colloquium

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu, Ganduje, Uzodimma, Nwifuru, Expected at Senator Ubah’s APC Colloquium

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)March 19, 2024

The Anambra South Senator, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, has concluded plans to host the APC colloquium and mega empowerment rally on Friday, March 22nd, and Saturday March 23rd, 2024. The event is divided into two phases for the two days will involve debates, and considerations around the subject matter of Igbo marginalisation, for the first day. The keynote speaker for the event is Prof. Charles Esimone, the Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. The theme...

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Terror attacks, abductions of citizens will end soon – CDS Musa

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTerror attacks, abductions of citizens will end soon – CDS Musa

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 19, 2024

Nigeria’s defence chief, General Christopher Musa on Monday said the terror attacks on communities and defenceless Nigerians will “end soon.” Gen. Musa was in Kaduna yesterday to offer his condolences to the State Governor, Uba Sani and the people of Kaduna following the abduction of dozens of schoolchildren on March 7. Apart from the Kuriga incident, Kaduna has witnessed violent attacks in different communities since February 28 with the latest being the kidnapping of 87...

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Defence Headquarters publish photos, names of soldiers killed in Delta 

NewsNigeriaDefence Headquarters publish photos, names of soldiers killed in Delta 

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 19, 2024

The Nigerian Army has published the identities of the 17 soldiers slain in Delta State last Thursday. The photos and names of the military officers were posted on the official page of the Defence Headquarters, DHQ, on X yesterday. The DHQ named the slain commander of the team as A.H. Ali, a lieutenant colonel. The two majors are S.D. Shafa and D.E. Obi while the army captain is U. Zakari. The army also named the...

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NDLEA Destroys 4 Meth Labs In Anambra

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNDLEA Destroys 4 Meth Labs In Anambra

PilotnewsMarch 18, 2024

…As Soludo Ambassadors Campaign Against Drug Abuse Anambra state Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA has destroyed four clandestine laboratories that produce the deadly Methamphetamine drugs in the area . According to the Public Relations Officer of the agency Mr Christopher Adebo who spoke at the Anti Drug Abuse campaign rally organized by the Anambra North Senatorial District chapter of the Soludo Ambassadors; “Since inception we have so far identified and destroyed...

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Weekend Inferno Consumes Two Siblings In Bauchi

NewsNigeriaWeekend Inferno Consumes Two Siblings In Bauchi

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 18, 2024

A fire accident that destroyed a residential area in Bauchi’s Madina Quarters Sunday has killed two siblings, Zainab Bashir Muhammad and Ummu Salma Bashir, who were between the ages of seven and five. An eyewitness, Kabiru Sani explained that the fire started after the mother of the two deceased children locked them in the house and went to a market to purchase some items. He said the fire occurred around 11 am on Sunday at...

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Ekiti Govt Destroys Over 20 Hectares OF Marijuana Plantation

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaEkiti Govt Destroys Over 20 Hectares OF Marijuana Plantation

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 18, 2024

Over 20 hectares of marijuana plantation in the Ise-Ekiti forest reserve has been destroyed by Ekiti State Government The Executive Secretary of the State Forestry Commission, Sunday Adekunle, on Sunday, said the action followed a tip-off that some miscreants were engaging in nefarious activities in the government reserves along the Ise axis. He said the 20-hectare Indian hemp plantation and nursery prepared for transplanting of the illegal weeds were destroyed in the operation by officers...

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Rights Commission To Fish Out Killers Of Magaji, Sheikh Mada

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaRights Commission To Fish Out Killers Of Magaji, Sheikh Mada

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 18, 2024

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC Zamfara State wing has charged security agencies, to as a matter of urgency, fish out the killers of Lawali Magaji and Sheikh Abubakar Hassan Mada. Lawali Magaji, a political associate of Sen. Kabiru Garba Marafa was brutally murdered by a group of people in Tsafe town, Tsafe Local Government Area of the State in February 2024, while Sheikh Abubakar Hassan Mada was gruesomely killed a few kilometers from Mada...

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Lagos Food Market Offers Discounts Of Prices On Essential Commodities

EconomyNewsNigeriaLagos Food Market Offers Discounts Of Prices On Essential Commodities

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 18, 2024

The ‘Ounje Eko’, Lagos food market is offering discounts on prices of essential commodities across the state. The commencement of the sales follows the announcement that the “Ounje Eko” food markets will begin sales of food items at discounted prices in the five divisions of the state on Sunday, March 17, so Lagosians may flood the various locations to buy food items at affordable prices. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu who disclosed this at a...

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Nigeria Customs Service Reopen Kamba Land Border

National SecurityNewsNigeriaNigeria Customs Service Reopen Kamba Land Border

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 18, 2024

The Kebbi State command of the Nigeria Customs Service has reopened the Kamba land border following a directive by President Bola Tinubu for the reopening of borders with the Niger Republic in compliance with the decisions of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government at its last Extraordinary Summit in Abuja. Kamba is a significant and strategic border that contributes significantly to Kebbi’s revenue generation. Mohammed Tajuddeen Salisu, the Public Relations Officer of...

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