OPINION: Elite Compact Thrown Into Doubt as Atiku Abubakar’s Emergence Blows Nigerian Presidential Race Wide Open

ColumnsNigeria ElectionsOpinionOPINION: Elite Compact Thrown Into Doubt as Atiku Abubakar’s Emergence Blows Nigerian Presidential Race Wide Open

PilotnewsMay 31, 2022

The outcome of party presidential primaries appears to signal the end of post-military elite political consensus.   Insofar as the axle of political contestation in Nigeria is the struggle for power between the northern and southern elite blocs, systemic stability hinges on the moral understanding that power will rotate between the two regions. The order of succession since the inauguration of the Fourth Republic in 1999 has largely followed the logic of this entente, starting...

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Bus Conductor Dies As Driver Sleeps Off on Steering In Anambra

Accidents and SafetyBus Conductor Dies As Driver Sleeps Off on Steering In Anambra

PilotnewsMay 31, 2022

By Anastasia Mbabie (Staff Reporter) A yet-to-be-identified Bus Conductor, Tuesday, died in a fatal crash that occurred along the Ihiala—Owerri Road, Anambra State. The Ag. Sector Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Anambra State Command, RC Margaret B. Onabe, in a statement issued to newsmen, explained that the incident occurred close to the Ihiala Local Government Secretariat, at about 05:00hours. According to her, 22 people (comprising 17 male adults and 5 female adults)...

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Ekwulobia Catholic Bishop Okpaleke Becomes Cardinal

NewsReligionEkwulobia Catholic Bishop Okpaleke Becomes Cardinal

PilotnewsMay 30, 2022

By Emmanuel Chigbata (Staff Reporter) Most Rev. Dr. Peter Okpalaeke, the “rejected”  Catholic Bishop of Mbaise Diocese and current Bishop of Ekwulobia Diocese, Anambra state has just been appointed a Cardinal by His Holiness, Pope Francis. With this appointment, Cardinal Okpalaeke automatically becomes the second-highest-ranking leader of the Catholic Christian faith in Igboland, just after Francis Cardinal Arinze, and among the first five in entire Nigeria: Cardinal Arinze, Cardinal Okojie, and Cardinal Onaiyekan. Nigeria has...

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Sen. Binani Emerges APC Governorship Candidate In Adamawa

NewsSen. Binani Emerges APC Governorship Candidate In Adamawa

PilotnewsMay 27, 2022

The senator representing Adamawa Central in the National Assembly, Aisha Ahmed Dahiru Binani has emerged victorious in the All Progressives Congress APC Governorship primary election held on Thursday after defeating five other contestants to become the flagbearer of the party in Adamawa in the 2023 general elections. Senator Binani who is the only female contestant defeated five men and polled 430 votes, followed by former Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC Chairman, Nuhu Ribadu who...

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OPINION: Reaction to “Blasphemy” Killing Illustrates Complicated Role of Religion in Nigeria’s Democratic Transition

ColumnsCrime & SecurityOpinionOPINION: Reaction to “Blasphemy” Killing Illustrates Complicated Role of Religion in Nigeria’s Democratic Transition

PilotnewsMay 27, 2022

Horrendous killing of college sophomore highlights the country’s ethnoreligious fault line, but interdenominational rivalry in the south is of no less moment.   All in all, reactions to the murder of Ms. Deborah Yakubu, a 200-level home economics student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, have exposed Nigeria’s deepest political fractures and lingering questions over citizenship, national identity, and secularity. On May 12, following disagreement over a WhatsApp voice note deemed to have been...

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Peter Obi: Between the Politics of a Delegate and the Downing Street Photoshoot

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNigeriaOpinionPeter Obi: Between the Politics of a Delegate and the Downing Street Photoshoot

PilotnewsMay 27, 20221

“Obi’s latest political move contradicts his own gospel of being indispensable, and it hurts his credibility moving forward.” Just a few days before his People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was due for its national convention, Nigerian presidential hopeful Peter Obi shocked his camp with an announcement. Mr. Obi announced his resignation from the party and also his withdrawal from the presidential race on his party’s slate. There were, however, rumors that he would join the Labour...

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I’m Now Left With Nobody. They Have Wiped Out My Entire Family – Says Husband Of Woman Killed With Four Children in Anambra

Crime & SecurityI’m Now Left With Nobody. They Have Wiped Out My Entire Family – Says Husband Of Woman Killed With Four Children in Anambra

PilotnewsMay 26, 2022

By Handel Patrick and Anastasia Mbabie (Staff Reporters) The husband of the pregnant woman killed alongside her four children by unknown gunmen in Anambra state over the weekend, Jubril Ahmed has said that he is devastated by the unfortunate incident. Jubril who works as a security guard in Anambra State told West African Pilot Correspondent that his wife was nine months pregnant and the family was expecting a new baby within the week when they...

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Prof. Soludo Addresses Anambra State, Declares Curfew in Eight LGAs

Crime & SecurityProf. Soludo Addresses Anambra State, Declares Curfew in Eight LGAs

PilotnewsMay 26, 2022

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter) Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, yesterday, Wednesday, May 25, 2022 addressed the people of Anambra State, and declared a curfew in eight local government areas of the State Below is the full text of his address: *Peace and Security in Anambra As Our Collective Responsibility* Charles Chukwuma Soludo, CFR Governor, Anambra State Press Statement by Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, CFR (Governor of Anambra State) at a News conference: Awka, Wednesday,...

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Abi You’re Not Thinking What I’m Thinking?

ColumnsFiction & PoetryLifestyleNigeriaAbi You’re Not Thinking What I’m Thinking?

PilotnewsMay 25, 2022

Is ‘brand’ a lie or a camouflage? Or should I ask: “Is camouflage a lie?”   Am I confused?   Certainly not Or Maybe.   Let’s talk about the CEO that pushes junk snack and drinks to the common man but forbids himself or his children to take them. He takes and feeds them soya milk and smoothies, instead.   But he is the CEO, isn’t it? Don’t tell me it’s for money. Or maybe...

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Indignity of a Sorry Mandate ―A Rage at The Wicked

ColumnsFiction & PoetryLifestyleIndignity of a Sorry Mandate ―A Rage at The Wicked

PilotnewsMay 25, 2022

It’s actually your dumb head for me. How you think to be hailed ‘The I Am That I Am’ How you envisage being praised ‘Baba hum baba hum’. Look at your fatty neck Suffocating your wind pipe, Full of stolen funds- The one you alleged to a monkey. Oh poor monkey.   Even this DRUM you call belly could pass for a parachute Come to think of it how does your tiny anus bear the...

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