Mitt Romney’s stand for the ages

ColumnsOpinionPoliticsMitt Romney’s stand for the ages

PilotnewsFebruary 5, 2020

Every once in a long while a single act of conscience can repair the nation’s soul. In the dark days of Joe McCarthy’s terror, Sen. Margaret Chase Smith of Maine spoke out against her fellow Republican when nobody else would. During Watergate, Sen. Howard Baker of Tennessee uttered the immortal words — of a president from his own party — “What did the president know and when did he know it?” Now Sen. Mitt Romney...

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Donald Trump Has Been Acquitted Of Both Articles Of Impeachment

NewsPoliticsDonald Trump Has Been Acquitted Of Both Articles Of Impeachment

PilotnewsFebruary 5, 2020

Trump will remain in office after the Senate voted to clear him of the charges that have dogged his presidency for months. The US Senate has voted to acquit President Donald Trump of both impeachment charges he faced. He will not be removed from office. The Senate voted Wednesday afternoon, mostly across party lines, to dismiss the impeachment articles of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Sen. Mitt Romney was the only Republican to...

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He snubbed her handshake, she tore up his speech; Trump-Pelosi drama on full display at State of the Union

NewsPoliticsHe snubbed her handshake, she tore up his speech; Trump-Pelosi drama on full display at State of the Union

PilotnewsFebruary 5, 2020

WASHINGTON – From start to finish, President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address was marked by partisan tension that spilled out in the exchange between the leaders of both parties: Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. He refused to shake her hand after she introduced him. She tore his speech up and tossed it aside as soon he was done. Even before the president uttered the first word of his State of the Union address,...

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Nigerians Shocked By Trump’s New Immigration Restrictions

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigerians Shocked By Trump’s New Immigration Restrictions

PilotnewsFebruary 5, 2020

Akinbode Akinmutimi still remembers the first time he saw a U.S. dollar in Nigeria. He was in the fourth grade, and was taken by the words, “In God We Trust.” “I really want to come to this country that trusted in God,” Akinmutimi recalls. He did just that, and moved to the U.S. 17 years ago. Today, Akinmutimi says he’s living his American Dream with his wife and three kids. But he worries about other...

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Nigeria President Buhari appoints Amokachi as football ambassador

NewsNigeriaSportsNigeria President Buhari appoints Amokachi as football ambassador

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2020

The 47-year-old Super Eagles legend will assist the ministry of sport in her quest to improve football in the country President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former international Daniel Amokachi as Nigeria’s football ambassador. The 47-year-old will assist the federal ministry of youth and sports development to scout and mentor players in her quest to revive the development of football in the country. The appointment of the former Everton forward was disclosed on Tuesday by the...

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Former Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi Dies at 95

AfricaNewsWorldFormer Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi Dies at 95

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2020

Daniel arap Moi, a former schoolteacher who became Kenya’s longest-serving president and presided over years of repression and economic turmoil fueled by runaway corruption, has died. He was 95. Moi’s death was announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta in a statement on the state broadcaster on Tuesday. Moi, who ruled Kenya for 24 years, had been in and out of hospital for months. Kenyatta ordered national flags to fly half mast from Tuesday until sunset of...

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FCT Minister receives National Sport Festival unity torch

NewsNigeriaSportsFCT Minister receives National Sport Festival unity torch

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2020

The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello on Monday received the Unity Torch of the National Sports Festival at a brief ceremony held at the FCTA secretariat. Receiving the Torch from a contingent of FCT Athletes led by the FCTA Director of Sports, Mrs Dilichukwu Onyedinma, Bello prayed for the successful visit of the torch to all the 36 States of the Federation. “As we flag-off the journey of this beautiful torch of unity for the...

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Man jailed 10 years for raping master’s daughter in Kogi

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaMan jailed 10 years for raping master’s daughter in Kogi

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2020

A Kogi High Court sitting in Lokoja has sentenced a 23-year old man, Okwudili Ayogu, to 10 years imprisonment for raping the daughter of his master. In his judgment delivered on Monday in Lokoja, Justice Nasir Ajanah, Chief Judge of Kogi, who presided over the matter, found the defendant guilty of the singular charge of rape. Ajanah said that the case: HCL/04C/2019 was determined on the strength of its successful prosecution by Iye Idama, Deputy...

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Police deny luxury buses hijack by bandits in Kogi

National SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice deny luxury buses hijack by bandits in Kogi

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2020

Nigeria Police in Lokoja said no GUO, Ezenwata and Young Shall Grow luxury buses were hijacked by bandits on the Lokoja -Okene road. This was contained in a statement in Lokoja on Monday by the Kogi State Police Command spokesman, DSP William Aya. He said that the report of the hijack was false and a calculated attempt at “manipulating the mindsets of Nigerians and the good people of the State that, Kogi State is not...

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Drama at Yola High Court as kidnapper accuses colleagues of perjury

National SecurityNewsNigeriaDrama at Yola High Court as kidnapper accuses colleagues of perjury

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2020

A mild drama was staged on Monday at a Yola High Court when a kidnap suspect that pleaded guilty insisted that the remaining seven that pleaded not guilty were lying on oath. The suspects were being arraigned in the court presided over by Justice Nathan Musa. Rufai Ahmadu who, along with Mohammed Abdullahi, pleaded guilty to kidnapping charges read to him could not bear the “not guilty” responses from his other colleagues and demanded them...

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