Troops Eliminate 28 Terrorists in Yobe

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaTroops Eliminate 28 Terrorists in Yobe

PilotnewsJanuary 11, 2021

Troops of the newly inaugurated Operation Tura Takaibango, a subsidiary Operation of Operation Lafiya Dole,  eliminated 28 Boko Haram terrorists in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe on Saturday. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, in a statement on Sunday, said the troops identified and encircled an ambush site and engaged them with superior firepower. Onyeuko said the troops tactically out-maneuvered the criminals and engaged them with superior firepower resulting in high...

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NPFL: Rivers United Whip Kwara United 3-0

NewsNigeriaSportsNPFL: Rivers United Whip Kwara United 3-0

PilotnewsJanuary 11, 2021

Hosts Rivers United Football Club on Sunday defeated Kwara United FC 3-0 in a 2020/2021  Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt. Stanley Eguma, Technical Adviser of Rivers United, told sportswriters after the Match Day 3 game that the result was the product of discipline on the field of play. “We started working on the players in the area of character and discipline, and as you can see today,...

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Wounded Soldiers Say Ready to Fight Until Boko Haram Defeated

Crime & SecurityMilitaryNewsNigeriaWounded Soldiers Say Ready to Fight Until Boko Haram Defeated

PilotnewsJanuary 11, 2021

Some Nigerian soldiers wounded during various encounters with the Boko Haram insurgents in the North East have vowed to return to the battlefield until the insurgents are defeated. The soldiers made the pledge when Sen. Ali Ndume (APC-Borno), Chairman Senate Committee on Army, paid a fact-finding visit to the 7 Division Medical Services and Hospital in Maiduguri on Sunday. Cpl. Abubakar Bukar, who received bullet wounds during an insurgents ambush on troops at Damboa Road...

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Nigerian Armed Forces, Dependable Institution in Nigeria Survival- Dep. Gov.

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsNigeriaNigerian Armed Forces, Dependable Institution in Nigeria Survival- Dep. Gov.

PilotnewsJanuary 11, 2021

Mr. Benedict Alabi, the Osun Deputy Governor, has described the Nigerian Armed Forces as a dependable institution of sustenance and survival of Nigeria’s sovereignty since independence. Alabi made the remarks at the Armed Forces Remembrance Day thanksgiving service held at the Methodist Church Nigeria, Cathedral of Living Spring, on Sunday in Osogbo. The deputy governor noted that the armed forces, which started as the Nigeria Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Force until 1956,...

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APC Rallies Support for New President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAPC Rallies Support for New President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo

PilotnewsJanuary 11, 2021

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday in Abuja, urged Nigerians of Igbo extraction to support Prof. George Obiozor to fulfil his mandate as the new President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. The party in a statement by Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, Secretary of its Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), congratulated Obiozor for emerging as the President-General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group. Akpanudoedehe said that going by his distinguished service to the nation, Obiozor’s experience...

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Kaigama Condemns Kidnapping of Catholic Priests

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaKaigama Condemns Kidnapping of Catholic Priests

PilotnewsJanuary 10, 2021

Most Rev. Dr. Ignatius Kaigama, Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, has condemned incessant kidnapping of catholic priests and other ministers of God, describing it as molestation of the church. Kaigama, in his homily on Sunday at St. Anthony’s Parish, Yangoji, Abuja, said an act of kidnapping was criminal, ungodly, and degrading to humanity. Kaigama, who spoke at a mass to mark Solemnity of Baptism of the Lord, said it should be clear to the kidnapers...

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NewsNigeriaTravelFRSC Boss Warns Against Night Travel

PilotnewsJanuary 10, 2021

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has advised commercial drivers and private vehicle owners who indulge in night travel to desist from it to reduce fatalities from road traffic crashes. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi Kazeem, said this in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Oyeyemi warned that night trips, which were often characterised by poor...

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Prof. Obiozor Emerges New President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo

NewsNigeriaPeoplePoliticsProf. Obiozor Emerges New President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo

PilotnewsJanuary 10, 2021

Prof. George Obiozor, former Nigerian Ambassador to the US, Israel, and Cyprus, has emerged as the new President-General of  Ohaneze Ndigbo, a pan-Igbo cultural organisation. Obiozor, 78, polled 304 votes to defeat his closest and only rival, Mr. Valentine Oparaocha, who scored 15 votes, in the election, held at the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri, on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that three other contestants, Ezechukwunyere Nwebo, Uju Okoro, and Goddy Uwazuruike, had...

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China Reports 96 New Coronavirus Cases Nationwide

ChinaCoronavirusNewsChina Reports 96 New Coronavirus Cases Nationwide

PilotnewsJanuary 10, 2021

Chinese health authorities reported 96 coronavirus cases nationwide on Sunday as the country continues efforts to rein in a new outbreak. Fifty-nine out of the 96 new cases were confirmed in Hebei, the Northern Province surrounding Beijing, where a flare-up in the provincial capital Shijiazhuang has prompted lockdown measures and the mass testing of its over 10 million residents. In Shijiazhuang, the three-day testing blitz that concluded on Saturday evening produced a total of 354...

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Pope Condemns Storming of the Capitol in Washington

United StatesWorld NewsPope Condemns Storming of the Capitol in Washington

PilotnewsJanuary 10, 2021

Pope Francis has condemned the storming of the Capitol building in Washington earlier this week and called on people to reject such violence, in a television interview to be broadcast later on Sunday. There will always be people who oppose community, democracy and the common good, the pope said in comments to channel Tg5 shown ahead of the broadcast. He said he had been taken aback by the events in Washington but it was easy...

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