Man, 45, Bags 15-year Jail Term for Raping His Tenant’s Niece

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaMan, 45, Bags 15-year Jail Term for Raping His Tenant’s Niece

PilotnewsJune 2, 2020

An Igbosere High Court in Lagos, on Monday sentenced an ex-staff of an oil company, James Onuoha, to 15 years at the correctional centre for raping his tenant’s 14-year-old niece. Justice Adedayo Akintoye sentenced Onuoha, 42, and an engineer, without an option of fine. On Jan. 14, the court had adjourned the case until March 25, for judgment, after the parties adopted their final written addresses. But judgement could not be pronounced due to the...

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Africa’s COVID-19 Cases Over 144,700 – WHO

AfricaCoronavirusNewsAfrica’s COVID-19 Cases Over 144,700 – WHO

PilotnewsJune 2, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday, reported that COVID-19 cases in Africa as at June 1 had risen to over 144, 700. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, gave the update on its official twitter handle @WHOAFRO. “There are over 144,700 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with more than 61,100 recoveries and 4,100 deaths,” it said. The figures show that South Africa, Nigeria and Algeria have the highest...

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Music Industry Hits Pause to Reflect as U.S. Protests Rage

CoronavirusEntertainmentUnited StatesMusic Industry Hits Pause to Reflect as U.S. Protests Rage

PilotnewsJune 2, 2020

Leading record labels will mark “Black Out Tuesday” this week, suspending business and working with communities to fight racial inequality after protests erupted in the U.S. following the death of a black man, George Floyd, in police custody. Several top artists have also spoken out in response to the death and subsequent demonstrations, some of which have turned violent. “We stand with the black community,” Universal Music, part of Vivendi, said on its Twitter account,...

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Facebook, Red Cross Launch Digital Campaign Against COVID-19

CoronavirusWorld NewsFacebook, Red Cross Launch Digital Campaign Against COVID-19

PilotnewsJune 2, 2020

Facebook says it has launched “AfricaTogether,” a digital campaign to encourage vigilance against COVID-19 in partnership with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Jocelyne Muhutu-Rémy, Facebook’s Strategic Media Partnerships Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa, said on Monday that as part of the launch, there would be a digital campaign across Africa and a two-day festival on June 4 and June 5 featuring artists. “With about 100,000 Covid-19 cases on the continent and containment measures...

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New Oyo State CP Assumes Office

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNew Oyo State CP Assumes Office

PilotnewsJune 1, 2020

Mr Nwachuckwu Enwonwu the new Oyo State Commissioner of Police has assumed office in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Enwonwu took over from Mr Shina Olukolu who was deployed to the Force Command Investigation Department (FCID) Lagos State. Speaking shortly after taking over on Monday, Enwonwu urged officers and men of the command to maintain high level of discipline. “I want you to extend the same cooperation you have shown him...

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Group Asks Court to Compel DSS, IGP to Investigate Omo-Agege

Law & JusticeNigeriaPoliticsGroup Asks Court to Compel DSS, IGP to Investigate Omo-Agege

PilotnewsJune 1, 2020

The Incorporated Trustees of Empowerment for Unemployed Youths Initiative on Monday, asked the Federal High Court, Abuja to compel the Director-General,  Department of  State Services, (DSS) and the Inspector- General of Police to investigate the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege. The group wants the security agencies to investigate Omo-Agege over his alleged conviction in the United States in November 1995. A  motion ex parte filed by the group further prayed the court to order Omo-Agege...

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PPPRA Reduces PMS Pump Price to N121.50 Per Litre

BusinessNigeriaOil & GasPPPRA Reduces PMS Pump Price to N121.50 Per Litre

PilotnewsJune 1, 2020

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has slightly reduced the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol to N121.50 per litre from N123.50. The agency disclosed this in a letter to marketers with reference number A.4/9/017/C.2/V/701 titled “Guiding Price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in the Month of June 2020,” released on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new price is N2 less than...

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After 3-Days of Trailing, Police Arrest Yabatech Student Who Blackmailed Salawa Abeni

Law & JusticeLifestyleNigeriaAfter 3-Days of Trailing, Police Arrest Yabatech Student Who Blackmailed Salawa Abeni

PilotnewsJune 1, 2020

A 19-year-old National Diploma holder of Yaba College of Technology has been arrested by Officers of the Rapid Response Squad in Ogun State for allegedly blackmailing Salawa Abeni, 59, a popular Waka musician. The suspect, Olufowoke Oladunjoye Emannuel, who resides at Peace Estate, Magboro Ogun State, was arrested by policemen led by Olatunji Disu, the Commander of the Rapid Response Squad, after 3-days of monitoring him. Olufowoke, 2017/2018 Electrical Engineering student of Yabatech, confessed that...

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Citizens of Nigeria Deserve Security Guardianship

ColumnsNational SecurityNigeriaOpinionCitizens of Nigeria Deserve Security Guardianship

PilotnewsJune 1, 2020

In a 2000 paper published in the International Journal of African Studies, I presented a case for local police devolutions in Nigeria that will bring the police closer to the people.  The article argued that a colossal policing command headquartered in Abuja, Nigeria could not possibly provide adequate policing functions to the security trepidations of the citizens.  That proposition was deduced before the mayhem of the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeastern part of Nigeria...

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Floyd: New York City Declares Curfew

NewsUnited StatesFloyd: New York City Declares Curfew

PilotnewsJune 1, 2020

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday imposed a curfew for New York City as protesters of the death of George Floyd prepare for another night of demonstration. Speaking in a live radio programme, Cuomo said the curfew would hold between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. on Tuesday and could be extended depending on the situation. The directive came after protests in parts of the city turned violent, resulting in vandalisation and looting of dozens of shops...

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