NewsNigeriaSportsWorld Schools Games: St Saviours School Ikoyi Lagos now 3-time winners

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2020

For the third time in a row, St Saviours School, Ikoyi, Lagos, has again emerged winners of the World School Games (WSG) which ended in Dubai on Feb. 1. The coordinator of the school, Caroline Rhodes, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos that the victorious pupils would return to Nigeria on Monday. The 2020 event, which held in Dubai between Jan. 30 and Feb.1, featured sports such as football, athletes...

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Buhari, PM Johnson strike deal on future for Commonwealth

Foreign PolicyNewsNigeriaBuhari, PM Johnson strike deal on future for Commonwealth

PilotnewsFebruary 4, 2020

The Presidency says the stage is set for a new trade regime between the UK and its old partners as well as an alignment with new trading partners following the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this in a statement in Abuja on Monday. He said: “President Muhammadu Buhari, understanding the inevitability of the situation, had stated...

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West African Pilot News set for Nigerian streets with weekly print edition

NewsNigeriaWest African Pilot News set for Nigerian streets with weekly print edition

PilotnewsFebruary 3, 2020

Stake holders of the West African Pilot News (WAP) emerged from a long weekend meeting in Houston, Texas with an endorsement of the publication’s street edition in Nigeria. The preview of the print edition which was unveiled at the meeting received a unanimous endorsement of all participants – mainly board members and a handful of prospective investors. WAP’s Chief Executive Officer Professor Chris Chinwe Ulasi confirmed that the publication proposed as a weekly newspaper could...

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Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs Outlast 49ers to Win Super Bowl LIV

NewsSportsPatrick Mahomes, Chiefs Outlast 49ers to Win Super Bowl LIV

PilotnewsFebruary 2, 2020

After a 21-year wait, Andy Reid is finally a Super Bowl-winning head coach. Reid, 61, led his Kansas City Chiefs to a 31-20 win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. “This is what it’s all about,” Reid said to FOX Sports following the game. “What a great team, great coaches. Love every bit of it.” Introducing Eagles Extra: Sign up for a...

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NAF to induct new helicopters on Thursday

National SecurityNewsNigeriaNAF to induct new helicopters on Thursday

PilotnewsFebruary 2, 2020

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is to induct the newly acquired Agusta 109E (M) Power helicopters and an Mi-17IE combat helicopter on Thursday, Feb.6, at the Eagle Square, Abuja. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, made announcement  in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Daramola said rehearsals for activities that formed part of the induction ceremony would involve the movement of military aircraft flying at low level as from Monday,...

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Ekiti to recruit 800 Special Constables for Community policing

National SecurityNewsNigeriaEkiti to recruit 800 Special Constables for Community policing

PilotnewsFebruary 2, 2020

The Police in Ekiti State says it has set in motion the process of recruiting 800 Special Constables that will work with the conventional police to tackle the rising level of insecurity in the country. In a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday Abutu on Sunday, the Commissioner of Police in Ekiti, Mr Asuquo Amba, said that forms for the special recruitment had been distributed to all police stations across the state....

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Insecurity: Nasarawa CAN begins 3 days prayers

NewsNigeriaReligionInsecurity: Nasarawa CAN begins 3 days prayers

PilotnewsFebruary 2, 2020

The Nasarawa State Chapter of Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Sunday, commenced   three days intense prayer over the spate of  insecurity across the country. Bishop Joseph Masin, the state’s CAN chairman while speaking at begining of the prayers held at the  Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ (ERCC) Lafia-Central, said that divine intervention was needed to address the increasing insecurity in the country. Masin said that as religious leaders, they were not happy with the...

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No coronavirus case in Lagos – Commissioner

HealthNewsNigeriaNo coronavirus case in Lagos – Commissioner

PilotnewsFebruary 2, 2020

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, has debunked the rumours making the round over a case of novel coronavirus in the state, saying that there is no suspected or confirmed case of the virus. Abayomi gave the clarification in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos. He urged citizens to disregard the misinformation on social media as well as any other information about the virus that did not emanate from his ministry,...

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Muted Hopes of the Morning–Did you think I was talking about the weather?

ColumnsFiction & PoetryMuted Hopes of the Morning–Did you think I was talking about the weather?

PilotnewsFebruary 2, 2020

Did you think I was talking about the weather? Since this is Texas, patience is a good virtue to covet. A state as independent as its size, you might expect lone stars everywhere. Even in the white and darkened clouds of the skies. You must be alert, he said, the variegated clouds can become a Lone Ranger. The highway into her interiors undoes myths developed in a darkroom, To show clearly the stuff of legends;...

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CAN protests in Ado Ekiti, demands end to Christian killings

NewsNigeriaRegionsCAN protests in Ado Ekiti, demands end to Christian killings

PilotnewsFebruary 2, 2020

Some members of the Christian Association of Nigeria,(CAN ) Ekiti state chapter, on Sunday matched to the streets of Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital to protest incessant alleged killings of clergymen and other Christians in some parts of the country, by herdsmen and Boko Haram insurgents. At the peaceful protest, tagged, “Stop Killing of Christians in Nigeria”, the demonstrators, in their hundreds, marched through major streets of the ancient city, singing songs and expressing...

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