Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsSpecial ReportMassacre in Northern Nigeria Involves Cattle Rustling, Jihadis, and Vigilantes
PilotnewsJune 11, 2020
According to Nigerian and international media, at least eighty-one people were killed in communities in Gubio local government area (LGA). One of the villages mentioned is Felo. This number was revised upwards from sixty-nine initially reported following the governor of Borno state’s visit to the area. Seven others, including the village head, were reportedly abducted. The town of Gubio is about fifty miles north of the Borno state capital of Maiduguri. The media also reports that between four hundred and twelve hundred cattle...
ColumnsCrime & SecurityNigeriaOpinion21 Years of Democracy: Nigeria Celebrates Amidst Failed Security
PilotnewsJune 11, 2020
Changing “Democracy Day” from May 29 to June 12 is of little significance if Nigerians are unsafe, taunted by government agents and by criminals. As Nigeria marks its twenty-one years of unbroken democracy, a closer look at specifics has become altogether unavoidable. In the light of Nigeria’s penchant for wild claims and increasing proclivity for self-congratulation even for doing nothing except maintain status quo, it has become imperative that the country’s democratic experiment over these...
Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBreaking: 90 Year’s Old Brother of Ex- Adamawa Gov Regains Freedom
PilotnewsJune 11, 2020
Police in Adamawa State has confirmed the release of a 90-year-old elder brother of ex-governor Murtala Nyako, Alh. Dahiru Hammanyero Nyako. Gunmen have in the early hours of Thursday abducted the elderly man when they stormed his house located at Mayo Belwa town in Mayo Belwa local government. Gun-wielding gunmen were reported to have struck again in Mayo-Belwa town and whisked away from a 90-year-old man, Alh. Dahiru Hammanyero Nyako. The abducted old man is an...
Serbia’s oldest football rivalry, involving champions Red Star and Belgrade crosstown rivals Partizan, continued on Wednesday in the national cup semi-finals in front of thousands of fans defying the Covid-19 pandemic. The winners will face Vojvodina Novi Sad in the final match. Rival fans scuffled near the stadium before the match and during the warm-up. Partizan Belgrade goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic was seemingly hit by an object thrown from the stands filled with Red Star Belgrade supporters. Some...
EntertainmentSportsJoshua, Fury Agree Terms On Two-fight Deal, Promoter Hearn Says
PilotnewsJune 10, 2020
British world heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have agreed on financial terms for a two-fight deal, promoter Eddie Hearn said on Wednesday. The discussions over an undisputed world heavyweight title showdown between the two fighters began in early May and they have now agreed on initial terms for two encounters. Joshua holds the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO belts, while Fury is the reigning WBC champion. “We’re making great progress,” Joshua’s promoter Hearn...
Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAdamawa Govt Imposed Curfew on 11 Villages Over Communal Conflict
PilotnewsJune 10, 2020
The Adamawa Government on Wednesday imposed a 24-hour curfew on 11 villages affected by communal conflict in the state. Mr. Humwashi Wonosikou, the Press Secretary to Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri, announced the curfew in a statement in Yola. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that conflict erupted on Tuesday between two warring communities of Waja and Lunguda over farmland demarcation in Lamurde and Guyuk Local Government Areas. NAN also reports that the Police in the state...
Oba Yakubu Buari, the Olomu of Omupo, in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara, on Wednesday described it as a taboo to sell pounded yam, one of Nigeria’s delicacies, in the town. The royal father made the clarification at a media briefing, as part of activities to mark his 10th year on the throne of his forefathers. According to the traditional ruler, different communities in Yoruba Kingdoms have their taboos and Omupo is no exception....
The Police Command in Kano has arrested a 32-year-old man, Muhammad Alfa, for allegedly raping 40 women in the past one year in the state. The Spokesman of the Command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday in Kano. Haruna disclosed that the suspect was arrested on June 10, at about 2:00 a.m. when he trespassed into a house at Kwanan Dangora Town in Kano, with intent to commit the heinous...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says confirmed Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa are more than 200,000. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, gave the update on its official twitter handle @WHOAFRO. “There are over 200,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with more than 90,000 recoveries and 5,400 deaths,’’ it said. WHO said that South Africa, Nigeria and Algeria had the highest reported cases on the continent. According to...