In Anambra, Gunmen Collect N15m Ransom, Kill Ex-Lawmaker 2 Weeks after abduction

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter) Gunmen have beheaded a former member of Anambra State House of Assembly, Mr. Nelson Achukwu of Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area, two weeks after he was abducted. The deceased, a lawyer and crippled, was reportedly kidnapped on June 9, 2022, barely one month after the lawmaker representing Aguata constitutuency 2, Governor Charles Soludo’s constituency, at the state Assembly, Okechukwu Okoye, and his friend were beheaded in a similar circumstance....

Anambra Govt Seals Hotel Where Teenage Girls Are Used As Sex Slaves, Baby Sellers

By Anastasia Mbabie (Staff Reporter) AWKA — Anambra State Commissioner for Culture, Tourism, and Entertainment, Don Onyenji on Thursday said that the state government has eventually clamped down and completely sealed off the hotel where underaged girls were used as sex slaves, prostitutes, and baby sellers at the Nkpor Idemili-North local government area of the state. The Commissioner who stated this during an exclusive interview with West African Pilot News in his office in Awka...

How I Pleaded With God to Kill President Muhammadu Buhari

“Three deadly plagues I have always despised: Donald Trump, COVID-19, and Muhammadu Buhari.” —Anthony Obi Ogbo I am not a sadist, but all through my life, there have been three deadly plagues I have always despised: Donald Trump, COVID-19, and Muhammadu Buhari. So in 2017, I spent seven days fasting and praying, asking God directly to take away the life of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. I knew that was the right thing to do, and...

NPC To Deploy 1249 Personnels To Conduct Trial Census For The 2023 Population and Housing Census In Anambra

By Handel Patrick, (Staff Reporter) AWKA — The National Population Commission, NPC, says One Thousand Two Hundred and Forty-Nine personnel have been selected to conduct a trial census for the 2023 population and housing census. The trial census will hold in the months of June and July 2022. The National Commissioner of the Commission representing Anambra State, Mr. Chidi Ezeoke disclosed this in an advocacy visit/ town hall meeting with stakeholders of Awka-Etiti and Nnobi...

Ekiti: CSO Commends INEC, Says BVAS Functioned Optimally in Polling Units

ABUJA — Centre for Credible Leadership and Citizens Awareness, said the BVAS functioned optimally in 94 per cent of the polling units it observed during the Ekiti governorship election. The Director-General of the CSO, Dr. Nwambu Gabriel in a post-election statement on the election on Tuesday in Abuja, said the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) was properly deployed. Gabriel commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the conduct of the election. According to him,...

48 Million Nigerians Still Defecate Openly- Report

ABUJA — No fewer than 48 million Nigerians still practice open defecation, according to the newly released 2021 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene National Outcome Routine Mapping (WASH-NORM) III Report. This is the thrust at the inauguration of the 2021 WASH-NORM III Report in Abuja on Tuesday. The Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu, said slow progress being made in improving water and sanitation services was due to population expansion, low commitments from states and...

Anambra Lawmakers Summons Education Commissioner, Chuma-Udeh

Handel Patrick, (Staff Reporter) AWKA — The Anambra State House of Assembly has summoned the State’s Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh to appear before the plenary for clarifications over certain issues relating to her office. According to the Media Aide to the Speaker of the House, Mr. Caleb Okechukwu, the summon was issued during the Tuesday plenary of the House, where some issues were raised about the Commissioner and recent activities of the ministry,...

Attack on Catholic Church, An Eye Opener, Says Bishop Ezeokafor

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter) The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Reverend Paulinus Ezeokafor, says the attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, that left many people dead on Sunday, June 5, 2022, is an eye-opener to the Mother Church and all churches in Nigeria. Bishop Ezeokafor who stated this at St. Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral, Awka, while fielding questions from newsmen, said that it was a wake-up call for all Christians in...

Lorry Drivers Block Onitsha Headbridge in Protest Over Alleged Shooting of Tanker Tyre by Navy

By Anastasia Mbabie (Staff Reporter) Drivers of various articulated vehicles, including lorries, tankers, and tippers have blocked the Niger Bridgehead in Onitsha in protest. The West African News Pilot Newspaper reporter, learned the protest was triggered by extortion by naval officers operating on the bridge, who insist on collecting N1,000 from them as a bribe. The driver’s however decided to block the road on Saturday morning, after a naval officer shot and punctured the tyres of...

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