UK Condemns Abduction Of School Girls In Nigeria

Culture & TraditionForeign PolicyNewsNigeriaUK Condemns Abduction Of School Girls In Nigeria

PilotnewsFebruary 28, 2021

The United Kingdom has described the continuous abduction of girls from secondary schools in the north as disturbing and abhorrent. According to the country’s minister for Africa, James Duddrigde, the safety of every child should always be guaranteed as it is a fundamental right. “The abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria is abhorrent,” he said. On Friday, no fewer than 300 school girls were abducted at the government girls secondary school, Jangebe, Zamfara state....

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NPFL: Kwara Utd. Cage Wolves in Ilorin After 2-0 Win

NigeriaSoccerSportsNPFL: Kwara Utd. Cage Wolves in Ilorin After 2-0 Win

PilotnewsFebruary 28, 2021

ILORIN — Kwara United FC of Ilorin on Sunday beat Warri Wolves 2-0 to return to winning streak and climbed to the top of the log. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Match Day 13, 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), was played at the Kwara Stadium Complex, Ilorin. Stephen Jude scored from 35 metre distance in the 8th minute to shoot Kwara United into the lead. From then, Kwara United dominated...

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Bandits Abducts Over 340Students in Niger, Zamfara States, UNICEF Reacts, Journalists Escape Narrowly

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaBandits Abducts Over 340Students in Niger, Zamfara States, UNICEF Reacts, Journalists Escape Narrowly

PilotnewsFebruary 26, 2021

As the Nigerian government is battling to secure the release of 27, students, 3 teachers and 12 members of their families kidnapped last week in the Government Science College in Kagara, Niger state another set of 317 female students were in the early hours of Friday abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Talata local government area of Zamfara state. Zamfara State Police Commissioner, Abutu Yaro who confirmed the development said armed men had invaded...

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Post-election Violence Leaves 14 People Dead in Central African Town – Group

AfricaNewsPoliticsPost-election Violence Leaves 14 People Dead in Central African Town – Group

PilotnewsFebruary 25, 2021

Fourteen people were brutally murdered on Feb. 16 in an apparent attack on a religious site in a Central African Republic town, a human rights group said on Thursday. “Testimonies, satellite imagery and photographic analysis confirm the killing of 14 people last week in a religious site in Bambari,” Amnesty International said in a  statement. Violence escalated ahead of the Dec. 27 elections after a coalition of six militant groups, which control two-thirds of the...

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Okorocha: Apologise to Imo State or face Recall – Group

CorruptionNewsPoliticsOkorocha: Apologise to Imo State or face Recall – Group

PilotnewsFebruary 25, 2021

OWERRI —  The Orlu Political Consultative Assembly (OPOCA), a political body in Orlu Senatorial District of Imo,  has advised Sen. Rochas Okorocha to apologise to Imo Government over his action on the government’s sealed property. The group made the demand at a news conference in Owerri and threatened to recall Okorocha from the National Assembly if he failed to apologize to the state. Mr. Rex Anunobi, OPOCA National President, said that Okorocha behaved in a...

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NewsUnknown Gunmen Kill 2 Policemen on Patrol in Anambra

PilotnewsFebruary 25, 2021

AWKA —  Two Policemen were on Thursday shot dead in separate incidents by yet to be identified gunmen in Anambra The shootings occurred just a day after the new Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Monday Kuryas, warned criminal elements to repent or relocate from the state. CSP Haruna Mohammed, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Command in Anambra, who confirmed the incidents, said the police patrol teams were attacked in Mkpologwu and...

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Another Enugu Community Leader Shot Dead in Oruku – Police Confirm

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAnother Enugu Community Leader Shot Dead in Oruku – Police Confirm

PilotnewsFebruary 24, 2021

ENUGU — Mr. Samuel Ani, another Community leader in the crisis-ridden Oruku Community in Nkanu Local Government of Enugu State, was on Wednesday, shot dead in the area by unidentified gunmen. The Police Command in the state confirmed the incident in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mr. Daniel Ndukwe in Enugu on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that until his death, Ani was the Vice-Chairman, Oruku Caretaker Committee. The incident occurred...

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Anambra Gubernatorial Race: Reality of Governor Obiano’s influence Power Options

ColumnsOpinionPoliticsAnambra Gubernatorial Race: Reality of Governor Obiano’s influence Power Options

PilotnewsFebruary 24, 2021

To think that Obiano will have no hand in determining who takes over from him is in effect setting one’s self up for disappointment. ―Ebuka Onyekwelu In about eight months today, the Anambra state governorship election will hold. As it is with every political journey, years have shrunk to months, and finally to days since 2017 when governor Obiano fought what perhaps, was the biggest battle of his life and without doubt, the most terrifying...

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Edo Dry Port: Obaseki Pledges Govt.’s Support, Speedy Take-off

EconomyInfrastructureNewsNigeriaEdo Dry Port: Obaseki Pledges Govt.’s Support, Speedy Take-off

PilotnewsFebruary 24, 2021

BENIN —  The Edo government on Wednesday pledged the government’s support and speedy take-off of the AMES-Edo Inland Container Dry Port. Gov. Godwin Obaseki made the pledge when he paid an on-the-spot assessment visit to the project site at Agbonmoba community near Benin. Obaseki said that the project, which was conceived more than seven years ago, had experienced tenacity and doggedness from the Atlantique Marine Engineering Services (AMES), promoters of the project. He said that...

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Court Remands Man, 40, Over Alleged Rape of 12-year-old

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaCourt Remands Man, 40, Over Alleged Rape of 12-year-old

PilotnewsFebruary 24, 2021

ADO-EKITI — An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 40-year-old man, Ajibola Odebo, at the correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti over the alleged rape of a minor. The defendant, whose address was not provided, is being tried for alleged rape. The prosecutor, Insp. Oriyomi Akinwale told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Jan. 31, in Ado-Ekiti. Akinwale alleged that the defendant defiled a 12-year-old girl. He said the...

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