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The two top teams in the U-23 AFCON Group B, Nigeria and Mali, will slug it out this evening in the tourists’ resort of Mbour in Senegal in what many believe could determine the winners of this group.
http://nigerianpilot.com/iaaf-statement-intended-to-muddy-the-waters-claims-anti-doping-expert/

AS the newly sworn in ministers settle down to business, analysts at FBN Capital have urged the Federal Government to focus on increasing revenue collection. In a note made available to the New Telegraph, entitled, “Need to push harder on revenue collection” the analysts noted that the new administration’s economic team is expected to meet this week with the three revenue collection agencies.
http://nigerianpilot.com/analysts-task-fg-on-revenue-collection/

WHEN Mr. Steve Nwosu, in his Frank Talk column of Wednesday, November 11, 2015 in the Daily Sun, wondered if he belonged to Nigeria or Biafra, I felt that the distortion of the actual location of Igboland on the world map had gone too far that something had to be done to correct the misimpression and misrepresentation. Yes, Steve Nwosu is unapologetically Igbo and his wife, Toyin, is Yoruba, but what they both have in common is their citizenship of Nigeria.
http://nigerianpilot.com/biafra-does-not-exist-anywhere/

Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State has reiterated his commitment towards ensuring the provision of good road network across the state for easy transportation purpose.
http://nigerianpilot.com/ishaku-promises-good-road-network-in-taraba-2/

Although unconfirmed reports said the aspirant who came second to late Prince Audu during the party primaries, Alhaji Mohammed Bello had been adopted as replacement, this has been rejected by the stakeholders, some of whom yesterday took to the streets of major towns and villages in the Kogi East senatorial district, protesting and barricading the ever busy Ajaokuta-Itobe highway, while demanding the intervention of the national headquarters of the party over the imbroglio.
http://nigerianpilot.com/kogi-guber-claimants-at-daggers-drawn/

The All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate Chief Timipre Sylva has pledged to complete the proposed Brass Liquefied Natural Gas project to function if he emerges as governor.
http://nigerianpilot.com/bayelsa-guber-sylva-promises-to-complete-brass-lng-if-elected/

The federal government has confirmed that the payment of N5000 promised 25 million poorest Nigerians during the electioneering campaign will begin early next year.
http://nigerianpilot.com/fg-confirms-payment-of-n5000-to-25m-poor-nigerians-early-next-year/

All is now set for the 2015 edition of the Abuja Fashion Week, AFW, which kicks off today. After months of planning, the fashion show will begin with automobile giant, Mercedes Benz, MTVBase Africa, as well as Pulse.ng as major sponsors.
http://nigerianpilot.com/abuja-fashion-week-gets-underway/

The seeming lacuna created by the unexpected death of Prince Abubakar Audu, the governorship candidate of the apc in the inconclusive kogi election seems to have left many lawyers second guessing on what should be the way forward. Emma alozie takes a look at the legal views and what could be the way out - See more at: http://nigerianpilot.com/kogi-guber-audus-death-and-the-constitutional-lacuna/#sthash.h6BFqUmB.dpuf

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock over the death of Prince Abubakar Audu, the All Progressive Congress candidate in the inconclusive Kogi State governorship election conducted last Saturday.
http://nigerianpilot.com/buhari-saraki-apc-pdp-others-mourn/

Amid boisterous constitutional crisis trailing the sudden death of Kogi State All Progressives Congress, APC governorship candidate, Prince Abubakar Audu, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Monday said the family was yet to officially notify the commission about the death of the late politician.
http://nigerianpilot.com/abubakar-audu-lawyers-at-war-over-kogi-political-logjam/

Novak Djokovic put the finishing touch to a magnificent season by beating Roger Federer 6-3 6-4 to win the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday for the fifth time in his career.
http://nigerianpilot.com/djokovic-wins-federer-clinches-5th-atp-title/

Actress turned politician, Funke Adesiyan has called on all concerned to put a stop to the persecution of the immediate past Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison Madueke.
http://nigerianpilot.com/actress-funke-adesiyan-blasts-diezanis-critics/

Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has announced its readiness to host the third quarter 2015 Capital Market Committee, CMC, meeting scheduled to hold in Lagos, Wednesday.
http://nigerianpilot.com/nigerian-capital-market-10-yr-master-plan-tops-sec-q3-cmc-meeting/

In the last few days, all manner of falsehood have been bandied by the defeated Rivers State APC on the massive infrastructural development in the state. As a hurting opposition, the Rivers APC are naturally expected to cry. However, their crocodile tears should not be at the expense of the development of Rivers State.
http://nigerianpilot.com/focused-on-the-development-of-rivers-state/

A clearly orchestrated tirade against the Supreme Court of Nigeria in respect of its acceptance of an undertaking by the counsel to the Respondent in the Saraki Appeal has come to my attention following two days of consistent bashing of the Court for daring to do the unthinkable by scuttling the politically motivated stampede to remove Bukola Saraki from his position as Senate President through a wholly unconstitutional trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
http://nigerianpilot.com/the-supreme-court-and-the-mob-hysteria/

A seasoned maritime expert, Prince Olu Ologbese has identified the Federal Government policies on importation of goods into the countries as some of the factors that may hinder the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, from meeting its revenue target for this year.
http://nigerianpilot.com/why-customs-may-not-meet-2015-revenue-target/

Ex-speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon Adewale Omirin, has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose and the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, dominated assembly in the state of trying to blackmail him by making his secret letter to the assembly public.
http://nigerianpilot.com/ex-ekiti-speaker-accuses-fayose-assembly-of-blackmail-over-impeachment-reversal/

Curiously, two weeks after the election petition tribunal sacked the governor of Taraba State, the state is still gripped with palpable tension.
http://nigerianpilot.com/taraba-governorship-ruling-the-tension-the-fears/

LABARAN TIJANI, who has been on the campaign train of the All Progressives Congress, APC and its candidate, Prince Abubakar Audu looks at the chances of the party ahead of the November 21 governorship election
http://nigerianpilot.com/kogi-guber-inside-apc-campaign-rallies/

Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has confirmed the actual situation of Calabar channel, noting that there is an ongoing administrative inquiry. The Managing Director, NPA, Malam Habib Abdullahi, who disclosed this, said gridlock around the ports areas would soon disappear, as management is working towards a nationwide linkage of ports with rail lines, so as to permanently de-congest the ports.
http://nigerianpilot.com/npa-institutes-administrative-inquiries-on-calabar-channel-contracts/

Not to long ago, the media was awash with a story about a baby factory uncovered in Lagos where young girls were being used to breed babies for sale.

Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has reiterated the need for the restructuring of Nigeria. Governor Okorocha said restructuring Nigeria was the only way to solve most of the perennial problems bedeviling not just its growth but also the unity and peaceful coexistence of the numerous components that make up the nation.
http://nigerianpilot.com/we-must-restructure-nigeria-now-says-okorocha/

Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, yesterday assured air travelers that fares would not be hiked during the forthcoming Christmas season. President of AON, Capt. Nogie Meggison, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Lagos.

http://nigerianpilot.com/airline-operators-rule-out-fare-increase-at-xmas/

Nollywood actor Bob Manuel-Udokwu is set to be honoured with a chieftaincy title in Anambra State. Bob Manuel will be bestowed with the ‘Onye Anagba Nkili’ title meaning ‘One That People Rush to Behold,’ one of the most coveted chieftaincy titles in Anambra State by his majesty, Eze Chukwuemeka Eri. - See more at: http://nigerianpilot.com/bob-manuel-udokwu-set-for-chieftaincy-title/#sthash.xdBYD4ue.dpuf

Modelling is one act which has been glorified in many African countries and the developed world, but in Nigeria this industry seems to be struggling to survive, OGECHI OKORONDU writes.
http://nigerianpilot.com/revitalising-the-modelling-industry/

Traders in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have advised the new Minister of Trade and his Finance counterpart to carry all stakeholders along so as to tap from their wealth of experience to develop the economy and deliver the promise of change to Nigerians.
http://nigerianpilot.com/traders-urge-new-ministers-to-involve-stakeholders/

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has urged Local Government, LG, chairmen to give priority attention to security and environmental sanitation.
http://nigerianpilot.com/gov-wike-tasks-lg-chairmen-on-security-sanitation/

Fifty-one year-old legal practitioner, Solomon Dalong, was appointed the country’s minister in charge of sports & Youth Development yesterday.
http://nigerianpilot.com/dalong-is-new-sports-minister/

National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders, NAGAFF, has observed a growing wave of “systemic corruption” in the nation’s ports, and subsequently raised the alarm, that an intense atmosphere of fears, under which officers were presently working, may not lead to optimal performance.
http://nigerianpilot.com/group-raises-alarm-over-increase-systemic-corruption-in-customs/

Golden Eaglets’ goalkeeper trainer, Emeka Amadi has affirmed his protégé Akpan Udoh has nothing to be ashamed off despite missing the best custodian award at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015.
http://nigerianpilot.com/chile-2015-fall-out-amadi-hails-udoh-despite-golden-gloves-miss/

No fewer than 1000 youths of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
http://nigerianpilot.com/bayelsa-guber-1000-apc-youths-defect-to-pdp/