OPINION: The EAC’s Challenges in Eastern Congo

AfricaColumnsOpinionWar & CrisisOPINION: The EAC’s Challenges in Eastern Congo

PilotnewsApril 27, 2022

As the DRC becomes the newest member of the East African Community,  the regional organization confronts multiple challenges in its effort to tackle insecurity in eastern Congo. The East African Community (EAC) wasted no time in wading into the complex and murky security issues bedeviling its newest member, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The DRC, which is also a member of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Common Market for Eastern...

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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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OPINION: General Election 2023: How Nigeria’s Democracy Revolves Around Money

ColumnsMoneyOpinionPoliticsOPINION: General Election 2023: How Nigeria’s Democracy Revolves Around Money

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)April 21, 2022

To understand how Nigerian politics works, one has to fairly appreciate the cost of the exercise called ‘consultation’ before the primary election, which public office seekers engage in. Politics all over the world is an expensive venture. In Nigeria, it is no different except that every aspect of our politics is excessively monetized to the point that anyone who does not have enough money to oil these processes is traditionally regarded as unserious. Now that...

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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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OPINION: Domestic Abuse; How We Feed The Beast

ColumnsLaw & JusticeMarriageOpinionOPINION: Domestic Abuse; How We Feed The Beast

Favour Ebubechukwu (Staff Writer)April 19, 2022

While it is important to ensure abusers are brought to book, we might not achieve the goal of ending domestic violence without taking into consideration the root of abuse in the mind of victims The UN defines domestic abuse as a pattern of behaviour in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner. It could be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of actions that...

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Malapropism: “No, You Should Have Brought Nazareth Since You Did Not See Nineveh”

ColumnsLifestyleMalapropism: “No, You Should Have Brought Nazareth Since You Did Not See Nineveh”

Favour Ebubechukwu (Staff Writer)April 19, 2022

Okoro was so proud of how diverse his wife, Jane, was, in that she could converse with people from different cultural backgrounds and fields of career. The night had fallen and they were in bed about to have some pre-sleep romantic moment. Okoro looked Jane in the eye and said with a well of desire; “Honey, I love your electric personality.” Jane blinked and replied; “I appreciate your mention of my personality as eclectic.” In...

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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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Opinion: APC And The Burden Of Sustaining Buhari’s Legacy

ColumnsNigeria ElectionsOpinionOpinion: APC And The Burden Of Sustaining Buhari’s Legacy

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 18, 2022

By. Ezenwanne Onwuka   With about 13 months left till the end of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, the ruling party, APC, is saddled with the herculean task of finding a successor who will sustain the incumbent president’s legacy. It is a big burden, indeed, for the party. And to ensure that this objective is achieved, the party is not ready to relinquish power. Who, except an APC faithful, can build on the foundation...

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