Four Hawkers Dead As Truck Develops Break Failure in Onitsha

Accidents and SafetyFour Hawkers Dead As Truck Develops Break Failure in Onitsha

PilotnewsOctober 28, 2022

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter)   At least four persons said to be hawkers around the Onitsha axis of the Niger bridge were yesterday killed in an accident. A source said the accident occurred when a truck moving from Onitsha to Asaba suddenly developed brake failure, causing it to run into the traffic, smashing vehicles. Though a number of vehicles were involved in the accident, a source said hawkers in the area were the worst...

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INEC Fixes Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi, Gov’ship Polls For Nov 11, 2023

NewsNigeria ElectionsINEC Fixes Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi, Gov’ship Polls For Nov 11, 2023

PilotnewsOctober 27, 2022

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter)   Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Saturday, November 11, 2023, for the conduct of Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi States’ governorship elections. In a statement issued yesterday in Abuja by INEC national commissioner and chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, he said the tenure of the incumbent governor of Imo State ends on 14th January, 2024 while those of Kogi and Bayelsa States end on 26th January,...

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2023: PDP Will Win Anambra, Says Okowa

NewsNigeria Elections2023: PDP Will Win Anambra, Says Okowa

PilotnewsOctober 24, 2022

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter) ONITSHA — Delta State Governor and the Vice Presidential Candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ifeanyi Okowa,  said his party, PDP will win the 2023 Presidential, the Senate, House Representatives, and State House of Assembly elections in Anambra State. Okowa who was represented by a PDP member of the presidential council and chairman of United Nigeria Airlines, High Chief Prof. Obiora Okonkwo at the 20th Coronation anniversary and...

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Why Bandits Have Overrun Nigeria — TY Danjuma

Crime & SecurityWhy Bandits Have Overrun Nigeria — TY Danjuma

PilotnewsOctober 22, 2022

Theophilus Danjuma, the former minister of defence, has said the insecurity in the country is a result of the government’s failure. He said this on Saturday in Wukari, Taraba state, at the installation of a monarch. The retired general said the mission of the bandits is to re-colonise Nigeria. Danjuma said the happenings in the country have vindicated him. “When some few years ago I warned that the armed forces are either not capable or...

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Governor Soludo Bans Bet9ja, Nairabet, Other Gambling Services, Casinos In Anambra.

NewsGovernor Soludo Bans Bet9ja, Nairabet, Other Gambling Services, Casinos In Anambra.

PilotnewsOctober 22, 2022

By Anastasia Mbabie (Staff Reporter)   Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has banned the operations of casinos and gaming centres in the state, including BetNaija over alleged “dark deals”. Popular gambling services in Nigeria include Bet9ja, 1960bet, Nairabet, 9jaPredict, and BetNigeria. The notice of the ban is contained in a statement jointly signed by the Commissioner for Culture, Entertainment and Tourism, Mr Donatus Onyenji; Chairman, Anambra State Internal Revenue Service, Richard Madiebo and the...

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ANALYSIS: Governor Nyesom Wike’s Political Evangelism for the 2023 General Election: An Analysis

Nigeria ElectionsPoliticsANALYSIS: Governor Nyesom Wike’s Political Evangelism for the 2023 General Election: An Analysis

PilotnewsOctober 20, 2022

By Prof. Felix Akpan   The BVAS machine has become their albatross. Its introduction has put an end to ballot box snatching, multiple thump printing, and voting without accreditation, which was the proble’matique of our previous elections in the country. The recent political appointments made by Governor Wike of Rivers State have attracted a lot of interest and interrogation from different people across the political divide, within and outside of his State. But the Governor...

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Flood: Soludo Seeks ‘Forceful’ Response from Nigerian Govt

Flood & Natural DisasterFlood: Soludo Seeks ‘Forceful’ Response from Nigerian Govt

PilotnewsOctober 19, 2022

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter) Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has asked the Nigerian government to be more “forceful” in their response to the raging flood across the country. Many states in Nigeria have been battling flood disasters in recent times. Some communities in several states have been submerged. Mr. Soludo said the country must hold a national conversation about flooding to prevent a recurrence. “We can no longer deal with perennial flooding as...

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2,000 Anambra Flood Victims Take Refuge in Bushes, Blame Govt

Flood & Natural Disaster2,000 Anambra Flood Victims Take Refuge in Bushes, Blame Govt

PilotnewsOctober 19, 2022

By Handel Patrick and Anastasia Mbaebie (Staff Reporters)   No fewer than 2000 displaced flood victims in Nsugbe, Anambra East Local Government Area have taken refuge in bushes, blaming the government for not recognising the area as a flood-prone community. The West African Pilot reporters who visited the area on Tuesday said the victims had lived in self-made shelters in the bushes for weeks unnoticed by government and other disaster-mitigating agencies. An indigene of the...

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Southeast Must Not Be Denied Presidency In 2023 – Umeh

NewsSoutheast Must Not Be Denied Presidency In 2023 – Umeh

PilotnewsOctober 19, 2022

By Handel Patrick and Anastasia Mbabie (Staff Reporters)   Chief Maja Umeh, a former Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism in Anambra State has joined several other well-meaning Nigerians to echo the urgent need for the Southeast geopolitical zone to produce the next president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria come 2023. Umeh noted that at least there is a country called Nigeria and people still live in it. He said the economy has been...

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