Abuja protest was not for Atiku, Obi to congratulate Tinubu – Co-ordinator

Supporters of Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the last presidential election, staged a peaceful protest in Abuja, the nation’s capital on Monday to defend the mandate of the president-elect. The declaration of Tinubu as the winner of the election held on February 25 has continued to spark controversies with the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Labour Party, LP, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, respectively, discrediting the...

“IPOB is a pro-Biafra secessionist movement, not a terrorist group”, IEP clarifies

The Institute for Economics and Peace, IEP, says the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, is a pro-Biafra secessionist movement, not a terrorist group. The clarification is coming about a week after the institute ranked IPOB as the tenth deadliest terrorist group in the world in its Global Terrorism Index, GTI, report. IEP, in a statement published yesterday, described IPOB as a secessionist movement that aims to establish an independent state of Biafra and absolved the...

Will the court, not the electorate, determine the winner of the presidential poll?

“None of Nigeria’s presidential election results has ever been overturned by the courts” No election in Nigeria’s recent history has faced many protests and rejections by those who lost. So controversial was the 2023 general election that aggrieved candidates have headed to court to challenge the outcome of last month’s presidential election. Nigerians demonstrated their dedication to democracy on February 25, but there are many angry and frustrated Nigerians who believe that the president-elect, Bola...

IWD: Sr. Rose Uchem speaks on the ordination of women as priests in the Catholic Church

In commemoration of the 2023 International Women’s Day, Sr. Rose Uchem, a Missionary Sister of the Holy Rosary (MSHR) says the ordination of women as priests in the Catholic Church is a possibility. Speaking during a recent interview with Ugochukwu Anadi, a literature enthusiast, which was exclusively shared with The West African Pilot News, Uchem stressed the need for women’s inclusiveness in church affairs. She said that the Bible, though used to support the marginalisation...

Tinubu travels to Paris to ‘rest’ after a hectic election period

The President-elect Bola Tinubu on Tuesday night jetted out of the country to rest after a heated electioneering period, The West African Pilot News had learnt. Since Tinubu declared his intention to run for the 2023 presidential election and emerged as the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nigerians raised concerns about his health status with critics urging him to quit the presidential race due to his apparent health challenges. However, the former...

APC suspends SGF Boss Mustapha over failure to win polling unit for the party

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha has been suspended indefinitely by the All Progressives Congress for failing to win his polling unit for the ruling party in the just concluded 2023 general election. The executives of the party in Gwadabawa Ward of the Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa state announced the suspension in a letter addressed to the party chairman of the state on Wednesday. According to them, the...

Davido’s fourth album, Timeless to be released on March 31

David Adeleke, the Nigerian afrobeat artist better known as Davido, has announced that his highly anticipated album will be released on March 31, 2023. Davido made the announcement via his social media pages yesterday. The album is titled ‘Timeless’ and it tells the story of the events of the last five months, the singer has had to deal with. All the love and messages while I was away, the gifts sent, the concerts you all...

Nigerians hail mechanic for returning N10.8m a client mistakenly transferred to his account

Praises have continued to pour in for a mechanic simply identified as Timothy for returning the sum of N10.8 million which was mistakenly sent to him by his client, identified as Itoba. Itoba, a contractor, made this known in a now-viral video. He said he credited Timothy’s account with the money, which was meant for a project, in error but the mechanic returned it. Sharing the video on Twitter, Nollywood actress Kate Henshaw said a...

VIDEO: Nigerians in diaspora renounce citizenship over the outcome of the 2023 general election

About 48 hours after the 2023 general election ended, two Nigerians in the diaspora renounced their citizenship. In the videos shared on Twitter, the men cited the gruesome electoral malpractice, voter intimidation, ethnic discrimination and all forms of electoral violence witnessed during the elections as the reason for their decision. Amid hopes of a free and fair election, Nigerians trooped out to their various polling units on February 25 to elect a new president and...

Folarin Falana, the Nigeria rapper better known by his stage name Falz, has faulted the electoral process that produced Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the governor-elect of Lagos state. Governor Sanwo-Olu was declared the winner of the March 18 governorship election in Lagos state on Monday by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. A few hours after the announcement, the governor, who ran for the office under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, made an...

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