The Tomahawk Bar and Grill is practically hanging on the precarious edge of a cliff south of the Devil’s Canyon. No one knows what’s holding it up from dropping thirty-thousand feet into the blue pacific. The Devil, stupid! The Devil is the one working overtime, holding up this dingy behemoth of steel and Mexican bricks from reaching its watery grave. This is a notorious hangout for one hundred-dollar hired guns, grafters, prostitutes and highway-bound drifters...
NewsNigeriaJealous man stabs girlfriend to death in Bauchi
PilotnewsJanuary 26, 2020
Tragedy struck in Bauchi on Friday when a jealous man, simply identified as ‘Solomon’ stabbed his girlfriend, Patience Zakkari, to death for picking a phone call from another man. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondent reports that the incident occurred around 1.30 am in the house of the deceased located at Gwallameji area of Bauchi metropolis. Narrating to NAN how it happened, a source who pleaded anonymity recounted how the deceased narrated the incident...
Mrs Chinwe Ugwu, Chairman, Nsukka Local Government Area Transition Committee (TC), said the special attention given to grading of rural roads was to enable farmers easily transport agricultural products to urban areas. Ugwu who spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka, said that since Dec. 16, 2019, she assumed office, she has graded no fewer than 22 roads, with majority of them in the rural areas. “Many people have been...
HealthNewsNigeriaNational Hospital records high patronage on knee, hip replacement surgeries
PilotnewsJanuary 26, 2020
The National Hospital says it has been recording high patronage on knee and hip replacement surgeries since 2015. Dr Umaru Habila, an Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon with the hospital disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Habila, also a Chief Consultant and Associate Professor at the hospital, said that the increase in patronage was as a result of the economic situation in the country. Total kneel replacement...
NewsNigeriaPoliticsPDP wins Kaduna Assembly seat
PilotnewsJanuary 26, 2020
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Mrs Comfort Amwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the rerun election for Sanga constituency seat in the Kaduna State House of Assembly. The Returning Officer, Salihu Kargi of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria who announced the results in Gwantu on Sunday, said Amwe polled 19,815 votes to defeat Haliru Gambo-Dangana of the APC who scored 19,688 votes. The rerun election was conducted in 14...
NewsNigeriaPoliticsBauchi rerun elections: PDP clinches Gamawa Federal Constituency seat
PilotnewsJanuary 26, 2020
Alhaji Madaki Gololo, candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), has emerged winner of Saturday’s rerun elections for Gamawa Federal Constituency in Bauchi state. Announcing the result in Gamawa town on Sunday, the Returning Officer, Dr Abubakar Mayin of Federal University, Dutse, said Gololo polled 21,223 votes to defeat his rival, Isa Wabu of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), who secured 15,004 votes. Other candidates that contested are Dahiru Alhaji of ACP, Mustapha Ahmed...
NewsNigeriaPoliticsAPC wins Reps seat in Cross River
PilotnewsJanuary 26, 2020
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr Alex Egbonna of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the House of Representatives election for Yakurr/Abi Federal Constituency in Cross River. Dr Alalibo Johnson, State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), announced the result on Sunday at the collation center in Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area. Alalibo said that, the APC candidate got 29,716 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Mr John Lebo of the Peoples Democratic...
Arts & CultureEntertainmentNigeriaMusic review: Davido drops unimpressive single in New Year
PilotnewsJanuary 26, 2020
After a successful 2019, Superstar Nigerian Singer and Song Writer, David Adedeji Adeleke, aka Davido, opened the year with a new song titled ‘2020 Letter To You.’ The song kicks off with Davido advising and encouraging his listeners in the lyrics. “Manage your state, magnify your office, comport yourself. Be true to yourself, I live this life at a pace that any man can go. Know your place and dedicate your role, to the fate...
Five people, including basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Maria, were killed when a helicopter crashed along a hillside near Calabasas on Sunday morning, authorities and TMZ and Variety reported. Eyewitnesses also tell us that they heard the helicopter’s engine sputtering before it went down. As you can see, flames and smoke covered much of the scene from the wreck. The official cause of the crash is currently under investigation. The...
Some eminent Nigerian leaders from across the nation on Friday held a closed door meeting in Lagos on the need to preserve continued unity and peaceful coexistence of the country. The meeting, which held at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, was chaired by a former Presidential Adviser founding member of Northern Elders Forum, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai. The meeting themed: “National Discourse on Nigeria, Chaos or Community”, was convened by Nigerian National Summit Group (NNSG) in collaboration...