U.S. Bows to Pressure, Rescinds Policy Targeting Foreign Students

EducationForeign PolicyWorld NewsU.S. Bows to Pressure, Rescinds Policy Targeting Foreign Students

PilotnewsJuly 16, 2020

The United States has rescinded its recent immigration policy requiring foreign students to leave the country if all their classes were to be taught online. U.S. District Judge in Massachusetts, Allison Burroughs, announced this on Tuesday at a court hearing on a suit filed by two higher institutions against the policy. Burroughs said the government had reached a settlement with the plaintiffs, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), to revert back to...

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Nigerians Yet to See Evidence of Corruption Clampdown, But Presidency Say Buhari Won’t Fail Nigerians on Anti-graft War

CorruptionNewsNigeriaNigerians Yet to See Evidence of Corruption Clampdown, But Presidency Say Buhari Won’t Fail Nigerians on Anti-graft War

PilotnewsJuly 16, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari came into power seemingly on the mantra of anti-corruption, but five years into his term in office Nigerians are increasingly disappointed as daily news of top-level corruption in government continues to astound even as official response amount to lip service from the ruling APC government. Nigerians generally see the fight against corruption as slow and cloaked in secrecy.  The lack of transparency in the manner cases of corruption by top government officials...

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Enugu Airport Reopens Aug. 30 – Sirika

InfrastructureNewsTravelEnugu Airport Reopens Aug. 30 – Sirika

PilotnewsJuly 15, 2020

The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, says the Akanu Ibiam International airport, Enugu will reopen for normal business on Aug. 30. Sirika gave the assurance at the airport in Enugu after inspecting the progress of ongoing rehabilitation of the runway and upgrade of other infrastructure, aiming toward international standards, on Tuesday. According to him, the project has reached between 90 and 95 per cent completion. The minister said the Federal Government planned to make...

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Surmounting Issues That Trail Ibrahim Magu’s EFCC Stewardship

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionSurmounting Issues That Trail Ibrahim Magu’s EFCC Stewardship

PilotnewsJuly 15, 2020

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is charged with the responsibility of enforcing the provisions of other laws and regulations relating to economic and financial crimes,. These include, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Establishment Act (2004), The Money Laundering Act 1995, The Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2004, The Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 1995, The Failed Banks (Recovery of Debts) and Financial Malpractices in Banks Act 1994, The Banks and other...

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President Buhari’s Citizen-Favorability Assessment

NewsNigeriaPresident Buhari’s Citizen-Favorability Assessment

PilotnewsJuly 14, 2020

Nigerians have been bitterly divided over the performance thus far of their President, Muhammadu Buhari, who has been in office since 2015. Some applaud his performance with strong defense whereas others denounce it as a total failure. The major aim of the WAP Citizen’s Opinion Poll is to give the masses a voice and the opportunity to assess President Buhari’s performance standards from his inauguration. Please read the question and take a VOTE.

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Nelson Mandela’s daughter Zindzi has died in Johannesburg

AfricaNewsPeopleNelson Mandela’s daughter Zindzi has died in Johannesburg

PilotnewsJuly 14, 2020

Zindziswa “Zindzi” Mandela, the daughter of Nelson Mandela, the late former president of South Africa, has died in Johannesburg. Her granddaughter Ndileka Mandela confirmed the information to dpa on Monday. According to state broadcaster SABC, the 59-year-old, who was the younger daughter of Nelson Mandela and his second wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, died on Sunday in a Johannesburg hospital. The details surrounding her death are not yet known and a statement is expected to be released...

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Nigeria’s Unclaimed Dividends Hit N158.44bn in 2019

InvestingNewsNigeriaNigeria’s Unclaimed Dividends Hit N158.44bn in 2019

PilotnewsJuly 14, 2020

The total unclaimed dividend figure in the Nigerian capital market stood at N158.44 billion as of December 2019, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Data obtained exclusively by NAN from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) show that the figure is still on the increase in spite of e-dividend registration introduced by SEC in 2015. NAN reports that dividend is the distribution of a portion of the company’s earnings, decided and managed by the...

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World Risks Another Virus Like COVID-19 if Wildlife Crimes Not Stopped – UNODC

HealthWorld NewsWorld Risks Another Virus Like COVID-19 if Wildlife Crimes Not Stopped – UNODC

PilotnewsJuly 14, 2020

The United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) says that the World risks another virus of the magnitude of COVID-19 if the trafficking, sales and consumption of wildlife are not stopped. UNODC said this in a statement in Abuja, adding that the UNODC World Wildlife Crime Report 2020 pointed to the fact that zoonotic diseases represented 75 per cent of all emerging infections in the world. It added that diseases like SARS-CoV-2 that caused...

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Thousands of Nigerian Trafficking Survivors Left Without Food or Money During Italy Lockdown

NewsNigeriaWorld NewsThousands of Nigerian Trafficking Survivors Left Without Food or Money During Italy Lockdown

PilotnewsJuly 13, 2020

■ Volunteers stepped in to provide assistance ■ Women on streets after landlords kicked them out ■ Women forced into sex work to pay off large debts _____ Sex trafficking gangs in Italy left thousands of Nigerian sex trafficking survivors destitute of basic needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The exploited women, and their children, were abandoned and left in isolation without food or money during the country’s three-month lockdown, which started in March, according to a recent...

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Army Rescues Kidnapped Victims, Recovers Weapons in 3 States

Crime & SecurityNewsArmy Rescues Kidnapped Victims, Recovers Weapons in 3 States

PilotnewsJuly 13, 2020

Troops of the Nigerian Army under Operation Sahel Sanity have rescued eight kidnapped victims and recovered weapons in Sokoto, Zamfara and Kastina States. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, Abuja, Brig.-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, disclosed this at a press briefing on Sunday in Faskari, Kastina State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, had on July 6 flagged off the Operation Sahel Sanity at Special...

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