Obi Goes for Broke

BlogColumnsNigeria ElectionsObi Goes for Broke

PilotnewsJanuary 29, 2023

Whether he wins the presidency or not, Peter Obi has already changed the course of Nigerian politics for good. This time last year, Peter Obi was just one of several politicians gunning for the presidential ticket of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Personally, he was only hoping to go one step further than he had four years ago when he secured the same party’s nomination as running mate to Atiku Abubakar. All that changed...

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Staying Neutral on Ukraine Easier Said Than Done for African States

AfricaColumnsPoliticsStaying Neutral on Ukraine Easier Said Than Done for African States

PilotnewsJanuary 29, 2023

As the Kremlin-linked Wagner Group expands its Africa footprint, questions remain about what “neutrality” really looks like for African governments.    By Alexandra Dent, Guest Contributor On New Year’s Day, video emerged of a young Ivorian serving with the Wagner Group on the frontlines of Ukraine. While being interviewed by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally to Vladimir Putin and head of the Wagner Group, the fighter reveals that he lived in Moscow, and was released from prison...

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Soludo Charges Corps Members Over Neutrality In 2023 Elections In Anambra

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSoludo Charges Corps Members Over Neutrality In 2023 Elections In Anambra

PilotnewsJanuary 28, 2023

The Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has cautioned corps members deployed to the state by the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), who may participate in the forthcoming 2023 general elections to remain apolitical and neutral in their involvement. The governor gave the advice on Friday while declaring open the 2023 Batch A, Stream 1 orientation course held at the NYSC Orientation Camp Umuawulu/Mbaukwu, in Awka South Local Government Area of the State. While addressing the...

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2023: Don’t reject Tinubu, APC youth tell Igbo

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023: Don’t reject Tinubu, APC youth tell Igbo

PilotnewsJanuary 27, 2023

The youth leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra state, Mr. Jideofor Ejimofor, Wednesday, warned eligible voters in South-east region that failure to vote for the presidential candidate of the party, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, would be counter-productive. Ejimofor, who disclosed this while Mr Seyi Tinubu, son to APC’s presidential candidate was having a chat with the members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Anambra State Council in Awka, noted that a repeat...

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‘I Am Married To Igbo Lady, Vote For My Father,’ Tinubu’s Son Begs Anambra Electorate

NewsNigeriaPolitics‘I Am Married To Igbo Lady, Vote For My Father,’ Tinubu’s Son Begs Anambra Electorate

PilotnewsJanuary 26, 2023

Chief Seyi Tinubu, Son of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has appealed to the Anambra State electorate to cast their votes for his father in the forthcoming February 25 general elections. The younger Tinubu who was in Anambra, on Tuesday, to canvass for votes for his father is said to be married to an Igbo lady. He was conferred with a Chieftancy title of Nwannedinamba by the...

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2023: Stop campaign of bullying, rascality – Bishop Nwokolo cautions political parties, supporters

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023: Stop campaign of bullying, rascality – Bishop Nwokolo cautions political parties, supporters

PilotnewsJanuary 23, 2023

As the 2023 political campaigns seem to be reaching a fearsome crescendo with their attendant cross-fires of mudslinging and name-callings, the Bishop on the Niger, (Anglican Communion), Right Reverend Owen Nwokolo, has cautioned politicians and their supporters against any form of bullying and political rascality. He advised politicians to play the game of politics according to its rules rather than recriminating one another, saying that Nigerians looked onto them to exhibit some level of maturity...

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Sunday Morning Reflection: Our Politics and Complexity of God’s Creation

ColumnsDon OkoloNigeriaOpinionSunday Morning Reflection: Our Politics and Complexity of God’s Creation

PilotnewsJanuary 22, 2023

I should have gone to Mass and stayed there until Benediction time. However, I did not. I stayed home instead, wallowing in that pit of absolute disdain, why humanity could not come together and live and let live. Then, it dawned on me that idyllic famous last words, Love thy Neighbor as thyself, as The Father Himself had proposed, was a sham God, The Father, knew that this His particular Wish would not fly. He...

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CBN Tasks Anambra Traders To Deposit Old Naira Notes Before 31st January 

BusinessNewsNigeriaCBN Tasks Anambra Traders To Deposit Old Naira Notes Before 31st January 

PilotnewsJanuary 21, 2023

The Central Bank of Nigeria has enjoined residents and traders in Anambra state to ensure they deposit all old notes of the redesigned currency in banks before the 31st of January. The Director Other Institutions Department, CBN, Awka, Mrs Nkiru Asiegbu, made the call when the Awka Branch of the apex bank went on sensitization tour to tools and Allied Material Market, Bridge Head Onitsha. Mrs Asiegbu announced that the CBN will not extend the...

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Day after slashing taxes, Anambra Govt arrests 17 suspected illegal revenue collectors

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaDay after slashing taxes, Anambra Govt arrests 17 suspected illegal revenue collectors

PilotnewsJanuary 21, 2023

One day after slashing taxes and rates for transporters in Anambra State, the State Government has arrested and paraded over 17 suspected illegal revenue collectors in different parts of the state. Aged between 20 and 45, the suspects were arrested and paraded on Thursday by the operatives of the Operation Clean And Healthy Anambra, popularly known as OCHA Brigade. Parading the suspects at the OCHA Brigade headquarters in Awka, the Public Relation Officer of the...

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Over 17 Injured, Many Raped As Robbers Raid Students Hostels In Awka 

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaOver 17 Injured, Many Raped As Robbers Raid Students Hostels In Awka 

PilotnewsJanuary 21, 2023

At least seventeen students sustained various degrees of injury and about nine female students were rapped at the early hours of Friday when a gang of suspected armed robbers raided many off campus hostels of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. Many of the students got injured while trying to escape, and many whose hostels were not attacked out of fear got injured while running for their lives. The robbers who were estimated to be about twenty...

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