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Columns Economy Nigeria OpinionOPINION: Will Economic Collapse Precede Political Transition in Nigeria?

PilotnewsJuly 26, 2022

Nigeria is staring down the barrel of financial bankruptcy. A bizarre situation is playing out in Nigeria. If you fix your attention on the political space, things have never been more stable. The major political parties have picked their candidates for next February’s all-important presidential election, who in turn have selected their running mates. From this angle, as the commentariat picks over the bones of the “Muslim-Muslim ticket,” the most urgent consideration is the...

Columns Nigeria Elections OpinionPhysical Structures or Human Structures; Which Determine the Outcome of An Election?

PilotnewsJuly 25, 2022

“A politician who detaches himself from the masses and relies on physical structures is only embarking on a fruitless political journey,” ―G. Ugo Ulasi From best practices, refined worldviews, events, and trending developments around the globe, the masses have generally adjudged the owners of the sovereignty and power of their nations. This is sufficiently attested by how easily partisan political structures bow to the people’s resistance whenever a political leader is rejected, and have to...

Columns Favour Ebubechukwu Fiction & Poetry OpinionThe Mask and The Maker

PilotnewsJuly 24, 2022

If I captured your smile and pry your heart, Would it shine through the hollows of your being Or would it fizzle out into darkness? If I captured your smile and pry your heart, Would it shine through the hollows of your being Or would it fizzle out into darkness? If I unearthed the soil of your laughter and dig further, Would I find fruit of joy and happiness Or would there lie the gory...

Columns Corruption Opinion PoliticsCompulsive and Obsessive Corruption: The Bane of Nigeria Politicians

PilotnewsJuly 24, 2022

It is important to begin this contribution by recognizing the fact that man is naturally under the attack of many challenges consistently trying to deplete his reserves. (I use “man” here generically not specifically) It could be a legal tender reserve or moral reserve. No human being is impervious to these attacks. However, integrity demands that a man should fall back to his moral reserves in the event of the depletion of his bank savings....

Columns Health OpinionMedical Tourism By Nigerian Political and Business Elites Symbolizes System Failure

PilotnewsJuly 23, 2022

There are certain conclusions that do not require established punditry to make. In that case, a critical perusal by a keen watcher can suffice. Unequivocally linking the medical globetrotting by our leaders with the steady descent of our nation into the precipice of failure is one of such conclusions. One can actually make it without the fear of any contradiction because the nation is greeted with a new page of ominous handwriting every passing day...

Columns Nigeria Opinion PoliticsOPINION: Are Nigerians Prepared for the Cost of Good Governance?

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)July 20, 2022

Although most Nigerians would rather prefer to believe that they are left with little or no option in their government, yet, the fact remains that without the people assuming their rightful position of responsibility in a democracy, the demand for good governance remains only far away. For every problem in Nigeria, there is a large section of the country’s population who believe that the problem can be addressed at once with a near-magical touch. People...

Columns Favour Ebubechukwu Fiction & Poetry LifestyleThe audacity of the Human Race ―The Ever-Reaching Nature

PilotnewsJuly 20, 2022

Everyone weighs with potential. Everyone is unraveled and unraveling. The unraveled, we know. The unraveling, we guess. No one is as blind as a forecaster. To pride in the confidence that pattern A-B and B-C apply to X-Y is bold blindness. Not humans. Accidents happen. In-between the lines are hiccups. Some, dissolved by a spittle-swallow Some, multiple oceans cannot subside. Bitcoin is not as volatile as humans. What do you seek to know? Knowledge at...

Columns National Security Nigeria OpinionFreedom From Fear is a Cornerstone of Nigerian Democracy

PilotnewsJuly 12, 2022

Recently, I read the declaration attributed to the excellent governor of Zamfara State, Bello Muhammad. The governor lamented the mayhems suffered by the people of Zamfara State. Arguably, the governor insisted that it was time for his people to arm themselves for self-protection and defense of Nigerian democracy. His clarion call echoes in other regions of Nigeria. The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, faces the same predicaments, but he has always summoned the federal...

Anthony Obi Ogbo Columns Nigeria OpinionWhy APC and PDP are hopeless and politically dangerous

PilotnewsJuly 8, 2022

“PDP was set up to defraud Nigeria; APC was set up to remove Jonathan. Both parties have since accomplished their objectives and might not offer anything new,” ―Anthony Obi Ogbo ______ In November 2016, almost 18 months into the regime of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Hassan Saliu, a former Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ilorin, stated during a media interview that the APC’s sole change agenda was removing the incumbent, Dr....

Columns Favour Ebubechukwu Fiction & Poetry OpinionHold Me Close, Hold Me Firm, and Lose Me Mild: A Sensual Directive

PilotnewsJune 30, 2022

Hold me close Till your warmth Fill this void Of chill. Hold me firm Till our hearts lock By the grid Of our hands. Lose me mild Let my skin Breathe the breeze Of your breath. Kiss me slow Till the heat Of passion Burst up this storm Looming in our loins. ♦ Favour Chiagozie Ebubechukwu is an Editorial Staff Writer and columnist with the WAP

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