The Wild Foe: Why Nigeria’s Military Cannot Hit the Core of Boko Haram

National SecurityNewsSpecial ReportThe Wild Foe: Why Nigeria’s Military Cannot Hit the Core of Boko Haram

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 17, 2020

Boko Haram is said by the Nigerian government officials to be ‘technically defeated’, but recent incidents portray an adversary on a rampage and an unending bloody nightmare for the military since the civil war. Adeola Oladipupo, The West African Pilot News Correspondent, writes. It was founded in the Northeast state of Borno in 2002 by an Islamic cleric, Mallam Muhammed Yusuf, as a Salafi movement, part of Sunni Islam, which wanted a state that would...

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Two Corps Members Died, 11 Get Service Extension in Oyo State

NewsNigeriaTwo Corps Members Died, 11 Get Service Extension in Oyo State

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 16, 2020

The State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps in Oyo State, Mrs Grace Ogbuogebe has said that two corps members died and at least 11 others would be repeating service year in the State. Ogbuogebe disclosed this during the passing-out-parade of the Batch B, Stream 2 members on Thursday in Ibadan, according to the Nation. She said the Corps members would be repeated the service year due to offences ranging from absenteeism, absconding, among...

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Why Mosques in Ekiti Will Remain Shut Despite Fayemi’s Directive to Re-open

CoronavirusWellnessWhy Mosques in Ekiti Will Remain Shut Despite Fayemi’s Directive to Re-open

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 16, 2020

Despite Governor Kayode Fayemi’s go-ahead for religious centres to re-open, the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) in Ekiti State has said mosques will remain shut. The NSCIA President in Ekiti State, Alhaji Yakubu Sanni, in a statement, according to the Nation, said that mosques would not open now because the laid down safety protocols by the government cannot be met within the time stipulated. “Muslims in the Government Committee on the re-opening of...

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Flying Officer Arotile: ‘A Senior Officer Called Her the Day She Died’ – Sister Demands Investigation

NewsFlying Officer Arotile: ‘A Senior Officer Called Her the Day She Died’ – Sister Demands Investigation

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 16, 2020

Following the death of 24-year-old Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, her sister, Damilola  Adegboye has demanded an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death. Adegboye wondered “how an ordinary reversing could kill a person just like that”, the Nation reported. “We in the family are not convinced that Tolu can just die like that in a freak accident. I know that the military is well trained in the art of investigation; we want them to carry...

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Osun Suspends Salaries of Athletes and Contract Coaches of State-owned Clubs as COVID-19 Bites Hard

CoronavirusEconomyNewsOsun Suspends Salaries of Athletes and Contract Coaches of State-owned Clubs as COVID-19 Bites Hard

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 15, 2020

The Osun State government has notified the State’s sports council of its decision to stop the payment of salaries of athletes and coaches of state-owned clubs — Osun United and Osun Babes. The letter which was addressed to the acting General Manager of the State Sports Council, Rotimi Dunmoy, was also sent to the Secretary of Osun United, the Media Officer of Osun United, Tajudeen Amodu, confirmed, according to the Nation. “Payments to staffers on...

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Managers to be Investigated as Nurse Declared Missing in Lagos is Found in Osun Hotel

NewsPeopleManagers to be Investigated as Nurse Declared Missing in Lagos is Found in Osun Hotel

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 15, 2020

Two managers of hotels in Osun State where a nurse who had been declared missing in Lagos was found, have been brought in for investigation, Police say. Ayomide Alao, 28, had left her house on June 14, for her workplace in Lagos but did not return home and calls to her phone went unanswered. The situation prompted her family to begin search for her and informed the Police, according to the Punch. The Police Division...

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How Gokada’s CEO Was Trailed and Murdered by a Masked Person – Police

BusinessLifestyleNewsHow Gokada’s CEO Was Trailed and Murdered by a Masked Person – Police

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 15, 20201

Investigators and witnesses have revealed more details about how a victim identified as Fahim Saleh, co-founder and CEO of Gokada, a Lagos-based motorcycle hailing technology startup company, was discovered brutally murdered in his condominium on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in New York on Tuesday. Mr Saleh’s sister found his body dismembered with a chain saw when she decided to go check on him after she did not hear from him for a whole day, according...

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Nigerian Airforce Loses First Female Combat Helicopter Pilot 3 Years After Commissioning

NewsNigeriaNigerian Airforce Loses First Female Combat Helicopter Pilot 3 Years After Commissioning

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 15, 2020

Flying officer Tolulope Arotile has died following a road accident at the Airforce Base in Kaduna, the Nigerian Airforce headquarters disclosed. In a statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, Flying Officer Arotile sustained head injuries which resulted to her death on July 14, 2020. “Until her death, Flying Officer Arotile, who was commissioned into the NAF in September 2017 as a member of Nigerian Defence Academy Regular Course...

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Ondo PDP Crisis: Ajayi Faced With Delegates List Forgery Allegation After Surviving Screening

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOndo PDP Crisis: Ajayi Faced With Delegates List Forgery Allegation After Surviving Screening

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 14, 2020

The hurdles on the path to contesting in the primary election and winning the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the governorship election in Ondo State by Agboola Ajayi, the embattled Deputy Governor of the State seem to be unending. After surviving the Yakubu Dogara-led screening alongside seven other aspirants, Mr Ajayi has been accused of conniving with the acting Chairman of the PDP in the State, Clement Faboyede, to change the list...

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Why the Supreme Court Upheld Virtual Court Sitting and Threw Out Lagos, Ekiti Suits

Law & JusticeNewsWhy the Supreme Court Upheld Virtual Court Sitting and Threw Out Lagos, Ekiti Suits

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 14, 2020

A seven-man panel of the Supreme Court has ruled that virtual court sittings are within the practice direction issued by heads of courts, not unconstitutional and could continue for now. The West African Pilot News recalls that the Attorneys General of Lagos and Ekiti States Moyosore Onigbanjo and Olawale Fapohunda respectively had approached the Supreme Court seeking to test and establish the constitutionality of virtual court hearings. However, the Apex Court panel led by Justice...

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