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Columns National Development Nigeria OpinionOPINION: What is Actually Wrong with Nigeria and Nigerians: Organised Madness?

PilotnewsOctober 8, 2021

By Dr. Okey (Oduma) Chidolue, Columnist We endlessly complain about our government (Local, State & Federal) but we cannot individually or collectively carry out a very simple task like driving through an intersection. “What exactly is wrong with us?” This is the question I have continued to ask. We endlessly complain about our government (Local, State & Federal) but we cannot individually or collectively carry out a very simple task like driving through an intersection....

Arts & Culture World NewsNovelist Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

PilotnewsOctober 7, 2021

Zanzibar-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah won this year’s Nobel Prize in literature. “For his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents,” announced the Swedish Academy this morning. The award comes with more than $1 million in prize money. Gurnah was born in 1948. He’s was previously a professor of English and postcolonial literature at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England...

Anambra Elections Columns OpinionOPINION: Politics of Defection and Cost on Governance in Anambra State

PilotnewsOctober 6, 2021

The governor cannot spend N500 million or less to fix some roads in the state which is a priority for the public. But he can quickly spend the money on “settling” House of Assembly members because of the fear that they may leave APGA, and enter APC. Following the defection of some members of Anambra State House of Assembly from APGA to APC; a situation that significantly altered the political landscape of Anambra politics towards...

Environment Flood & Natural DisasterLagos Assembly Appeals to President Buhari on Protection of Shorelines

PilotnewsOctober 5, 2021

IKEJA — The Lagos State House of Assembly has appealed to President Muhammad Buhari to intervene in the protection of shorelines of Eti-Osa, Lagos Island, Ibeju Lekki, Badagry, and others in the state. The House made the appealed sequel to a motion raised by the prime mover, Hon. Noheem Adams, representing Eti-Osa Constituency 1, during plenary session in Lagos on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ocean surge had displaced lots of lives...

Corruption EducationUNICEF Criticises Alleged Diversion of Learning Materials in Adamawa

PilotnewsOctober 5, 2021

YOLA — The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has criticised the alleged diversion of children learning materials in Adamawa. Mr. Joel Isiah, UNICEF Consultant for education in Adamawa, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Yola, described the development as “sabotage”. “The UN organisation received credible information that UNICEF learning materials supplied and meant for vulnerable children were being sold in markets in the state. ” UNICEF is shocked by...

Accidents and SafetyFRSC FCT Command Deploys Radar Guns, Intensifies Campaign Against Speeding

PilotnewsOctober 5, 2021

ABUJA — The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Sector Command, has deployed radar guns to check over speeding by motorists in the territory. The sector commander, Mr. Samuel Ochi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja that overspeeding was the leading cause of road traffic crashes nationwide. Ochi said that Gwagwalada was a critical point identified by the Corps in the FCT for overspeeding, noting that radar...

Education PhilanthropyFoundation Gives Scholarship to 30 Indigent Students in C’ River

PilotnewsOctober 5, 2021

CALABAR — Comrade Effanga Ita Scholarship Foundation has given scholarships to 30 indigent students in Cross River. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Calabar, the originator of the foundation, Mr. Effanga Ita disclosed that the gesture started as a result of the number of out-of-school children he saw in the state. Ita said it was unfortunate that so much had been spent on education in the nation but those at the...

Columns National Development OpinionOPINION: Memo to Late Presidents of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the State of the Nation @61

PilotnewsOctober 5, 2021

By Abba Dukawa, guest columnist I am not sure how to address our late Nigeria presidents since the formal curtsey of your Excellency is of no use to them since they are in eternity. But this open memo has become necessary to intimate you on the state of the Nation after 61 years of statehood. I am like having an imaginary conversation with late Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Major General Aguiyi Ironsi, General Murtala Mohammed, Chief Benjamin...

Africa Columns OpinionOPINION: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Doubles Down as Suffering Intensifies

PilotnewsOctober 5, 2021

By Michelle Garvin, Guest Columnist and Blogger Worsening conflict has not led the Ethiopian government to tamp down its inflammatory rhetoric, riling up supporters and putting it at odds with actors hoping to bring relief to affected civilians. The suffering in Ethiopia’s Tigray region is getting worse. The latest reports from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) paint a heartbreaking picture; over 400,000 people are living in famine conditions, 79 percent of pregnant...

Money Taxation World NewsPANDORA PAPERS: At Least Ten Nigerian Politicians, Eight Other African Countries Feature In Pandora Papers

PilotnewsOctober 5, 2021

No less than 10 Nigerian politicians have been implicated in the Pandora Papers. At least eight African countries are featured in the document. In all, there are 336 politicians listed in the document, according to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which published the earth-shaking papers on Sunday. The ‘Pandora Papers’ is an investigation based on one of the biggest-ever leaks of financial documents which, on Sunday, exposed a hidden world of shielded wealth belonging...

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Columns National Development Nigeria OpinionOPINION: What is Actually Wrong with Nigeria and Nigerians: Organised Madness?

Arts & Culture World NewsNovelist Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

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Education PhilanthropyFoundation Gives Scholarship to 30 Indigent Students in C’ River

Columns National Development OpinionOPINION: Memo to Late Presidents of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the State of the Nation @61

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