Committee Offers Solutions for Decongesting Correctional Centres In Anambra

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCommittee Offers Solutions for Decongesting Correctional Centres In Anambra

PilotnewsApril 18, 2024

Having specialized courts or specific days for criminal and civil matters will ensure speedy trial and determination of criminal cases, thereby helping to decongest Correctional Centres in the state, as well as upholding rights of inmates. Anambra State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Professor Sylvia Ifemeje, announced this as the view and unanimous decision of members of the Anambra State Steering Committee on Implementation of International Idea/ROLAC 11 Programme during its meeting in Awka;...

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BREAKING: Gunmen kill Traffic official in Anambra, Zoom Off

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBREAKING: Gunmen kill Traffic official in Anambra, Zoom Off

PilotnewsApril 18, 2024

Just a few hours after one person was gunned down at Aroma junction on Wednesday evening, another person, has again been felled on Thursday morning. A source said the incident happened close to a motor park, where commuters ferry passengers from Awka to Nnewi. The source said the victim is an official of the Anambra Road Traffic Management Agency (ARTMA). “I think the man who was killed is an ARTMA official. He stopped some people...

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“Nikki” – My Next Endeavor is a book set to be released this May

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinion“Nikki” – My Next Endeavor is a book set to be released this May

PilotnewsApril 18, 2024

“We created the same portrait of the protagonist in the film Columbiana.” _________________________ Let us make man in our Image. And hence, Nikki came to be. The words of God made. Not begotten. Nikki Ariyo, at twenty, was a virgin…a rare form of holiness in modern-day Nigeria, or for that matter, anywhere else in the world. That alone was a miracle and not a happenstance. She chose chastity, even as she was not obligated to...

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Oko Poly Students Protest N5000 Examination Fees Imposed By Management

EducationNewsNigeriaOko Poly Students Protest N5000 Examination Fees Imposed By Management

PilotnewsApril 17, 2024

Students of Federal Polytechnic, Oko have staged a protest against incessant imposition of fees on them  by the school management. The protest was provoked by a recent imposition of  a compulsory N5000 examination fees on the and the insistence of the school management to deny those who have not paid the alleged fees from writing their exams. The students carried different placards with inscriptions such as “reduce the cost of texts books”; “allow us to...

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Man Defiles 11-Year-Old Girl in Awka-North Local Govt, Anambra State. 

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaMan Defiles 11-Year-Old Girl in Awka-North Local Govt, Anambra State. 

PilotnewsApril 16, 2024

An 11-year-old girl who identified herself as Chimuanya (surname withheld) has narrated her ordeal in the hands of her predator, one Odinaka, aged 30, from Awba-Ofemili in Awka-North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The girl said she was mercilessly defiled by her captor until her vagina bled profusely as the rapist beat her and warned her not to shout but to enjoy it as he exploited her sexually. The 30-year-old Odinaka had spotted the...

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10 years after Abduction – Chibok Girls Came Home With 34 Children

News10 years after Abduction – Chibok Girls Came Home With 34 Children

PilotnewsApril 15, 2024

The Murtala Muhammed Foundation (MMF) said 21 of the released 276 abducted girls from Government Girls Secondary School Chibok, Borno State came back with 34 children ten years after the abduction. The foundation released a report to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the abduction, that the devastating of sexual violence and coerced marriages the girls were subjected to in captivity. Similarly, the report said that 48 parents of the abducted victims died since the girls...

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Anambra State Command Recovers Three More Bodies of Boat Accident Victims

NewsNigeriaAnambra State Command Recovers Three More Bodies of Boat Accident Victims

PilotnewsApril 13, 2024

Marine Police of Anambra State Command has recovered bodies of the three remaining victims of the unfortunate boat accident involving a movie cast. Two of the bodies were recovered yesterday 11th April, 2024 while the last was washed in by the tide this morning. All the bodies have been deposited in hospital mortuary in Asaba while the President of the Guild of Actors and Actresses has been notified of the recovery. The Commissioner of Police,...

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EID-EL-FITR: Anambra Speaker felicitates Muslims, calls for religious tolerance

NewsNigeriaReligionEID-EL-FITR: Anambra Speaker felicitates Muslims, calls for religious tolerance

PilotnewsApril 9, 2024

The Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly, Right Honourable Somtochukwu Udeze has enjoined Muslims to always promote values of universal justice, peace, mutual understanding and love in their religious obligations. Udeze, made the call in his 2024 Goodwill Message to Muslim Faithful in Nigeria on behalf of the State Legislature. His call was contained in a press statement made avaliable to journalists in Awka on Tuesday through the press Secretary, Mr Emma Madu. Udeze...

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Three Persons Dead As Rival Cults Clash In Anambra 

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaThree Persons Dead As Rival Cults Clash In Anambra 

PilotnewsApril 9, 2024

No fewer than three people were on Sunday allegedly killed following the resurgence of cult war in Awka, Anambra State. While one of the attacks was witnessed by passersby and traders at the Eke Awka area of the city, the locations of the other two is yet to be known at the time of filing this report. Recall that on Easter Sunday which marked the return of cult war, no fewer than six persons were...

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Police Arrests Man Carrying AK-47 Rifle In Bag

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice Arrests Man Carrying AK-47 Rifle In Bag

PilotnewsApril 1, 2024

Police in Anambra State have arrested a man carrying a bag containing an AK 47 rifle in Awada, Idemili North Local Government Area. The man who was arrested during the Easter holiday, on sighting the police, took to his heels and was chased apprehended and searched. A press release by the state police command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga said: “When the bag was searched it was found to contain an AK-47 Rifle with breech No....

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