Anambra Police Rescue Abducted Female, Arrest Suspect 

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAnambra Police Rescue Abducted Female, Arrest Suspect 

PilotnewsMay 4, 2023

On Wednesday 3rd, May 2023, Police operatives in Anambra attached to Ogbunike division responding to a distress call along St Monica College Ogbunike road, has arrested one Mr Jamui Emiron ‘m’ aged 22 years. The Police also recovered one already damaged yellow Mitsubishi L300 bus with Anambra reg nos: UKP 729 A. According to the Police Public Relations Officer in Anambra, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the suspect is among a gang of armed robbers that attacked...

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Soludo Swears Udechukwu As Commissioner For Industry, Ubah As SA on Trade, Market 

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSoludo Swears Udechukwu As Commissioner For Industry, Ubah As SA on Trade, Market 

PilotnewsMay 4, 2023

The Governor of Anambra State Professor Chukwuma Soludo has sworn in Christian Udechukwu as the new Commissioner for Industry. Mr. Evarist Ubah was also sworn-in as Special Adviser to the Governor on Trade and Markets. The swearing-in ceremony which took place at the Executive Chambers, Government House, Awka was witnessed by members of Anambra State Executive Council. By the ceremony, the duo were officially inducted as members of the Council. Reeling out his charge to...

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2023 Presidency: Peter Obi Talks Tough, Insists on Reclaiming Mandate

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023 Presidency: Peter Obi Talks Tough, Insists on Reclaiming Mandate

PilotnewsMay 1, 2023

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25, 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has insisted that he won the presidential election and that he would reclaim the mandate through the court. West African Pilot News the Correspondent in Anambra reports Obi as making the claim on Sunday, April 30, in Awka, during a special interactive forum of the LP presidential candidate and Anambra state LP stakeholders centred on the way forward for...

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Police Arrests Suspected IPOB Members Going for Robbery Operation

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice Arrests Suspected IPOB Members Going for Robbery Operation

PilotnewsApril 29, 2023

Three armed robbery suspects, who have confessed to the Anambra State Police operatives as being members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have been arrested in Anambra State. Spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga disclosed this in a press release made available to journalists in Awka, Anambra State. Ikenga said the men who were on a robbery operation engaged policemen at a checkpoint in a shooting match, after they were...

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Anambra Government Nabs, Parades 26 Suspected Illegal Revenue Collectors

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAnambra Government Nabs, Parades 26 Suspected Illegal Revenue Collectors

PilotnewsApril 28, 2023

Anambra State Government has arrested and paraded over twenty -six persons suspected for touting and illegal revenue collection in Onitsha, Obosi and Nkpor. The arrest which is spearheaded by the Managing Director,  Operation Clean And Healthy Anambra OCHA Brigade, Comrade Celestine Anere in conjunction with joint security agencies is in continuation of the state government’s efforts in ridding the state of all kinds of criminal elements and building a state that investor friendly. Addressing the...

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Sudan in Crisis

AfricaBlogColumnsOpinionSudan in Crisis

PilotnewsApril 26, 2023

Amid protracted conflict in Sudan, the United States should work to lower the temperature amongst external actors, and support Sudanese citizens, who remain steadfast in their aspirations for a civilian-led government.   Sudan’s suffering deepens by the hour, as self-serving army and militia forces battle for supremacy in a struggle totally divorced from the aims of the 2018-2019 revolution, in which the people of Sudan bravely stood up to one of the world’s most brutal...

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Conclude election cases before May 29, Group urges Tribunal

NewsNigeriaPoliticsConclude election cases before May 29, Group urges Tribunal

PilotnewsApril 23, 2023

A human rights activist and leader of Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ndigbo International Royal Heritage Organisation (NIROH), Dr Paul Okoye, has called for final resolutions of all cases related to the conduct and outcome of February 25, 2023 Presidential election before swearing in the incoming President of Nigeria. In a statement made available to newsmen in Awka, on Friday, Okoye situated the grounds for intervention to ensure non-swearing in of President-elect, Ahmed Bola Tinubu as President...

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Soludo demolishes multi-million naira building constructed on govt land

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSoludo demolishes multi-million naira building constructed on govt land

PilotnewsApril 23, 2023

Anambra State government, led by Professor Chukwuma Soludo has demolished a multi-million naira building constructed on a land said to belong to the state government. The building was pulled down on Saturday by the Awka Capital Territory Development Agency, ACTDA. Mr Ossy Onuko, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ACTDA who led the demolition team to the site at Isuaniocha, Awka North Local Government Area, said the administration of Prof Soludo would not...

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Mixed reactions as flood washes away drainage built by Soludo govt

NewsNigeriaPoliticsMixed reactions as flood washes away drainage built by Soludo govt

PilotnewsApril 22, 2023

There is currently mixed reactions about the collapse of a drainage channel being built by Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo. The drainage channel, which is located at Niger Street in Onitsha, reportedly collapsed on Thursday evening, when it was subjected to heavy rainfall. A video of the collapsed drainage, which has been circulating on social media, showed the channel, with a citizen of the state, who ran commentary on the video, describing the work...

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Two women killed in Anambra road crash

NewsNigeriaRegionsTwo women killed in Anambra road crash

PilotnewsApril 20, 2023

A road accident occurred at Tempo, 300 metres away from Odumodu junction, along the Nteje-Onitsha Expressway, Anambra State, late on Tuesday. It was a lone crash, involving a commercial Toyota Sienna with registration number: LND502YE belonging to Young Shall Grow Motors. According to eyewitnesses, the driver, who was on speed, lost control of the vehicle which somersaulted after hitting a pedestrian crossing the expressway, and crashed. It was gathered that seven persons were involved in...

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