Multinational Force Receives 47 Repentant Boko Haram/ISWAP Terrorists

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsMultinational Force Receives 47 Repentant Boko Haram/ISWAP Terrorists

PilotnewsJuly 24, 2020

The MultiNational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has received 47 members of Boko Haram/Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorist groups who surrendered to its troops in Lake Chad and surrounding areas. The Chief of Military Public Information MNJTF N’Djamena – Chad, Col. Timothy Antigha, in a statement on Friday, said the terrorists surrendered with their families recently in Sector 1 of the MNJTF. Antigha said that the recent incessant power tussle in the top echelon...

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Nigeria and the COVID-19 Pandemic Problem

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionNigeria and the COVID-19 Pandemic Problem

PilotnewsJuly 24, 2020

A proper leader delegates functions and expects specific tasks to be accomplished by his appointees. —Dr. I. D. Onwudiwe, COVID-19 is a disease caused by the coronavirus, which has metamorphosed into a global pandemic and claimed many lives worldwide. Nigeria, our beloved country, is not immune to the danger of this respiratory tract infection. We have lost many prominent citizens—from the former Chief of Staff to the President and to other politicians—university personnel, and, of...

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Mali Peace Mission: President Buhari Returns to Abuja

NewsWest AfricaMali Peace Mission: President Buhari Returns to Abuja

PilotnewsJuly 24, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday evening returned from Bamako, Mali, after many hours of consultations and closed-door meetings meant to mitigate the political crisis in that country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was attended by the host President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita; Presidents Machy Sall of Senegal, Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana and  Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire. A resistance group, M5, is insisting that the Constitutional Court must be dissolved, and...

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A Governor from Industrial Hub of Nnewi Will Prove Engine of Growth for Anambra, Says Oil Magnate Arthur Eze

NewsPoliticsA Governor from Industrial Hub of Nnewi Will Prove Engine of Growth for Anambra, Says Oil Magnate Arthur Eze

PilotnewsJuly 24, 2020

The occasion was to highlight matters of security in Anambra state, but politics was not far from the surface.  And so it all played out on July 23, when oil mogul and philanthropist, Prince Arthur Eze, suggested that electing Nnewi person as next governor of Anambra state might just be the tonic to engineer massive industrial development and job creation in the state. Eze’s reasons for visiting the palace of Igwe Keneth Orizu III of...

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July 29, the Day of History, Links Two Martyrs – Aguiyi-Ironsi and Murtala Mohammed

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionJuly 29, the Day of History, Links Two Martyrs – Aguiyi-Ironsi and Murtala Mohammed

PilotnewsJuly 24, 2020

You may ask…these two were martyrs? —Hector-Roosevelt Ukegbu Supreme Commander Major General J.T.U. Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigeria’s first military ruler, knew well in time a coup was being plotted against him. The plot was revealed to him by at least two senior officers: Lt. Col. Philip Effiong, previously at the Ordnance Depot in Yaba before the January 1966 coup, then posted to Headquarters Staff, who had been alerted by a Yoruba officer based in Lokoja. The other...

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Not All Violent Problems Require Violent Solutions: Banditry in Nigeria’s North-West

NewsOpinionNot All Violent Problems Require Violent Solutions: Banditry in Nigeria’s North-West

PilotnewsJuly 23, 2020

For more than two years, northwestern Nigeria has faced devastating attacks from armed bandits, particularly in the states of Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna, Niger, and Sokoto. Such attacks are driven by many overlapping factors, including cattle rustling, the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, illicit artisanal mining, youth unemployment, poverty, and inequality. This is further compounded by the weakened, stretched, and demoralized security services, who are deployed in thirty-five of Nigeria’s thirty-six states and will soon enter...

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Late Air-force Combatant Pilot Tolulope Arotile Laid to Rest Today in Abuja

NewsNigeriaLate Air-force Combatant Pilot Tolulope Arotile Laid to Rest Today in Abuja

PilotnewsJuly 23, 2020

The body of first Nigerian Air-force (NAF) female Combatant Pilot , Tolulope Arotile was today laid to rest at the Military Cemetery Abuja. The event was attended by scores of mourners including family members, friends, and colleagues in the military. “It is a sad moment for everyone and I do not think any body here can conveniently grant a media interview. Just know that it is a sad day for the entire country” a guest...

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Ndubuisi Egbo: this Nigerian coach is making history in Europe

NigeriaSportsNdubuisi Egbo: this Nigerian coach is making history in Europe

PilotnewsJuly 22, 2020

Ndubuisi Egbo, the Nigerian coach who guided Albania’s KF Tirana to top flight triumph in their centenary year, has made history as the first African coach to lead a European team to a league title, and qualification for the UEFA Champions League — or any European competition, for that matter. For a team that has now won the Albanian league title 25 times — more than any other club in the country — Tirana being...

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Amid Major Transformations, Africa Will Play An Important Role In Shaping the Future

AfricaNewsAmid Major Transformations, Africa Will Play An Important Role In Shaping the Future

PilotnewsJuly 22, 2020

From the dismal domestic disarray that continues to sicken and kill Americans across the country to the dysfunction at the UN Security Council and brittle fractures in international cooperation, it is easy to get discouraged about the state of the world and America’s place in it. But the future provides an opportunity to rethink tired approaches, reimagine international relationships, and pivot toward a policy agenda that meets the challenges of climate change, democratic erosion, widening inequality...

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10 to Compete for $10,000 NASFAT’s BUILD Initiative Competition

BusinessNewsNigeria10 to Compete for $10,000 NASFAT’s BUILD Initiative Competition

PilotnewsJuly 22, 2020

The  NasruLahi-l-Fatih Society (NASFAT) says the stage is set for 10 successful quarter-finalists to compete for the 10,000 dollars winner’s prize in the maiden edition of its BUILD (BUsiness Incubation LaunchpaD) Initiative. Mr Fatai Olayemi, the Chairperson of the Initiative, made this known in a statement on Tuesday. According to Olayemi, BUILD is a way of seeking entrepreneurs and startups with innovative solutions, entrepreneurial mindset and can-do spirit. “BUILD is also a big idea or solution that has the potential to positively impact Muslims, Muslim...

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