ExxonMobil Foundation Renews Commitment to End Malaria in Nigeria

HealthPhilanthropyExxonMobil Foundation Renews Commitment to End Malaria in Nigeria

PilotnewsApril 25, 2022

ExxonMobil Foundation, in collaboration with ExxonMobil affiliate companies and other orgnisations have renewed their commitments to end malaria in the country. Mr. Richard Laing, the Managing Director, ExxonMobil Affiliate in Nigeria, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja as part of efforts to end malaria scourge in the country. Laing said that the move was to support ongoing programmes that would reduce the burden of malaria in the country. He added that for...

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Putin Accuses West of Plotting to Kill Russian Journalist

World NewsPutin Accuses West of Plotting to Kill Russian Journalist

PilotnewsApril 25, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday claimed that his main spy agency had foiled a Western plot to kill a prominent Russian journalist. “This morning, the Federal Security Service stopped the activities of a terrorist group that planned to attack and kill one famous Russian TV journalist. “They have moved to terror, preparing the murder of our journalists. Putin told reporters. He did not immediately provide evidence to support his claims. Reuters was unable to...

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Police Rescue Nine Abducted Herders in Anambra, Recover Stolen Cows

Crime & SecurityPolice Rescue Nine Abducted Herders in Anambra, Recover Stolen Cows

PilotnewsApril 25, 2022

By Anastasia Mbabie, Emmanuel Chigbata (Staff Reporters) AWKA — Anambra State Police Command on Monday said it has rescued nine of the 10 abducted members of the Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) who were abducted in Obene Community, Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state last Saturday. Recall that the South-East Chairman of MACBAN, Gidado Siddiki, raised alarm that 10 of their members were abducted by gunmen in the aforementioned community last Saturday. It...

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Police Declares 12 Wanted For Conspiracy, Murder, Armed Robbery, Unlawful Possession Of Firearms In Anambra

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticePolice Declares 12 Wanted For Conspiracy, Murder, Armed Robbery, Unlawful Possession Of Firearms In Anambra

PilotnewsApril 23, 2022

By Emmanuel Chigbata, Anastasia Mbabie (Staff Reporters) AWKA — The Nigeria Police Force has declared wanted twelve suspects in connection with a case of conspiracy, murder, armed robbery, an act of terrorism, kidnapping, cultism and unlawful possession of firearms, housebreaking, burglary, malicious damage, and conduct likely to cause a breach of public peace in Isu-Aniocha, Awka North LGA of Anambra State, Nigeria. The suspects are: Edward Okoye (aka Stone); Donatus Okeke; Onyemazi Ngini; Onyebuchi Nwekeizu...

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OPINION: An Open Latter to President on State Pardon Granted to Political Convicts

ColumnsCrime & PunishmentOpinionOPINION: An Open Latter to President on State Pardon Granted to Political Convicts

PilotnewsApril 22, 2022

By Abba Dukawa (Guest Columnist) The purpose of government is to enable the people of a Nation to live safely and happiness, government exist for the interest of the governed and not for the governors” (Thomas Jefferson 1743 – 1826). Dear Mr. President, with the utmost respect to you and your office, I hope you are well in spite of the recent backlash against your administration’s wrong decisions. I am sure you never forget those...

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Crisis in Igboland —Confronting the Realities Head-On

Chris Chinwe UlasiColumnsOpinionSoutheastCrisis in Igboland —Confronting the Realities Head-On

PilotnewsApril 21, 2022

“It might be fair to ask how the Igbos arrived at this discreditable juncture”  It is no longer a speculation that in Nigeria, Ndi Igbo are faced with an extraordinary surge of different but overlapping security crises, from violent kidnapping, and crime, to extremist insurgencies destroying every corner of this region. Besides various unpopular pro-Biafran activists and groups, the activities of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB); the Indigenous...

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Peter Obi’s “Holier Than Thou” Campaign Tactic is Self-Dramatizing Folly, Not A Strategy

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsOpinionPoliticsPeter Obi’s “Holier Than Thou” Campaign Tactic is Self-Dramatizing Folly, Not A Strategy

PilotnewsApril 20, 2022

Currently, he is merely romancing party cliques and showcasing his self-canonized sainthood. All over his campaign literature and everywhere on social media, a Nigerian upcoming presidential aspirant, Peter Obi, has been touting his moderate lifestyle and honest decision-making aptitude as qualifications for his candidacy. Most Nigerians, especially his supporters, are very excited and are beginning to these values as a devotional creed. The first promotional story to showcase Obi’s moderate lifestyle came in 2017, shortly...

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OPINION: Understanding China’s Position On Ukraine Conflict

ColumnsOpinionWar & CrisisOPINION: Understanding China’s Position On Ukraine Conflict

PilotnewsApril 20, 2022

By Olalekan A. Babatunde (Guest Columnist) Recent history indicates that China abhors war or violence of any kind. Since its brief war against Vietnam in 1979 and border dispute with India for the first time in more than four decades, China has not been a full-scale war with anyone. Instead, China builds and not bombs. It is building bridges across the multipolar and multicultural world. It is not that China was not tempted or provoked...

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Mrs. Buhari Calls On Muslims To Pray For Nigeria

PeaceReligionMrs. Buhari Calls On Muslims To Pray For Nigeria

PilotnewsApril 20, 2022

ABUJA — The wife of the president, Aisha Buhari, has called on the Muslim faithful to use the Ramadan period and intensify prayers for Nigeria to have lasting peace and security. She made the call on Tuesday night when she hosted wives of service chiefs and other top government functionaries to a Ramadan breakfast at the State House, Abuja. The first lady also urged Nigerians to extend good virtues of sharing, love, support, forgiveness, and...

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OPINION: State Pardon for Former Governors Puts Nigeria’s Anticorruption Drive in Jeopardy

ColumnsCrime & PunishmentOpinionOPINION: State Pardon for Former Governors Puts Nigeria’s Anticorruption Drive in Jeopardy

PilotnewsApril 18, 2022

Nigeria’s pardon for former corrupt governors damages the country’s anti-corruption campaign and undermines democratic institutions. The unexpected pardon last week of two leading politicians convicted earlier on charges of corruption has brought renewed focus on Nigeria’s flailing anticorruption drive. Following a meeting of the country’s Council of State, Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame, governors respectively of the central and northeastern states of Plateau and Taraba from 1997 to 2007 were pardoned along with 157 other convicts. An...

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