OPINION: How Anambra Governorship Electoral Victory is Determined by Elites

Anambra ElectionsColumnsOpinionOPINION: How Anambra Governorship Electoral Victory is Determined by Elites

PilotnewsOctober 12, 2021

In all, these elites have enormous sums of money which they are willing to deploy on Election Day to ensure that their preferred candidate wins in their locality. Anambra elections have always been elections in which stakeholders’ influence practically decide who wins. Anambra elites explicitly and subtly influence the choice of voters and their loyalty is not tied to any political party. Admittedly, their influence is not all required to win an election because in...

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Is It A Waste of Time to Explain Oneself?: Helen Paul’s Black Eye Attributed to Domestic Violence

ColumnsLove & HappinessOpinionIs It A Waste of Time to Explain Oneself?: Helen Paul’s Black Eye Attributed to Domestic Violence

PilotnewsOctober 12, 2021

In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (either in the ascending or descending order), the third tier of the pyramid model is Belongingness and Love Needs/Desires. Recently, a popular entertainer, Helen Paul, made an Instagram post narrating her ordeal which led to her usage of sunglasses even while taking pictures. She mentioned that some people who were oblivious of the true situation assumed she was being proud. @itshelenpaul: “Sometime ago, I was involved in a car accident in Abuja. I suffered a concussion...

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Tiwa Savage Leaked Sex Video: Dealing with Blackmailers

ColumnsHuman SexualityOpinionTiwa Savage Leaked Sex Video: Dealing with Blackmailers

PilotnewsOctober 11, 2021

To blame a victim of sextortion instead of dealing with the sextortionist is a clear sign of misplacement of priority. Sextortion is the practice of extorting money or sexual favours from someone by threatening to reveal evidence of their sexual activity. It can also be called blackmail. Perpetrators of this act are called sextortionist. We have witnessed blackmailers leak the videos of victims upon their refusal to comply with their (the blackmailer’s) exploitative demands. To...

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Nobel Peace Prize for Journalists Serves As Reminder that Freedom of the Press is Under Threat From Strongmen and Social Media

Award & RecognitionColumnsPeaceNobel Peace Prize for Journalists Serves As Reminder that Freedom of the Press is Under Threat From Strongmen and Social Media

PilotnewsOctober 9, 2021

By Dr. Kathy Kiely Thirty-two years ago next month, I was in Germany reporting on the fall of the Berlin Wall, an event then heralded as a triumph of Western democratic liberalism and even “the end of history.” But democracy isn’t doing so well across the globe now. Nothing underscores how far we have come from that moment of irrational exuberance than the powerful warning the Nobel Prize Committee felt compelled to issue on Oct....

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OPINION: What is Actually Wrong with Nigeria and Nigerians: Organised Madness?

ColumnsNational DevelopmentNigeriaOpinionOPINION: What is Actually Wrong with Nigeria and Nigerians: Organised Madness?

PilotnewsOctober 8, 2021

By Dr. Okey (Oduma) Chidolue, Columnist We endlessly complain about our government (Local, State & Federal) but we cannot individually or collectively carry out a very simple task like driving through an intersection. “What exactly is wrong with us?” This is the question I have continued to ask. We endlessly complain about our government (Local, State & Federal) but we cannot individually or collectively carry out a very simple task like driving through an intersection....

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OPINION: Politics of Defection and Cost on Governance in Anambra State

Anambra ElectionsColumnsOpinionOPINION: Politics of Defection and Cost on Governance in Anambra State

PilotnewsOctober 6, 2021

The governor cannot spend N500 million or less to fix some roads in the state which is a priority for the public. But he can quickly spend the money on “settling” House of Assembly members because of the fear that they may leave APGA, and enter APC. Following the defection of some members of Anambra State House of Assembly from APGA to APC; a situation that significantly altered the political landscape of Anambra politics towards...

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OPINION: Memo to Late Presidents of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the State of the Nation @61

ColumnsNational DevelopmentOpinionOPINION: Memo to Late Presidents of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the State of the Nation @61

PilotnewsOctober 5, 2021

By Abba Dukawa, guest columnist   I am not sure how to address our late Nigeria presidents since the formal curtsey of your Excellency is of no use to them since they are in eternity.  But this open memo has become necessary to intimate you on the state of the Nation after 61 years of statehood. I am like having an imaginary conversation with late Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Major General  Aguiyi Ironsi, General Murtala  Mohammed, Chief Benjamin...

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OPINION: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Doubles Down as Suffering Intensifies

AfricaColumnsOpinionOPINION: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Doubles Down as Suffering Intensifies

PilotnewsOctober 5, 2021

By Michelle Garvin, Guest Columnist and Blogger Worsening conflict has not led the Ethiopian government to tamp down its inflammatory rhetoric, riling up supporters and putting it at odds with actors hoping to bring relief to affected civilians. The suffering in Ethiopia’s Tigray region is getting worse. The latest reports from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) paint a heartbreaking picture; over 400,000 people are living in famine conditions, 79 percent of pregnant...

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Nigeria’s National Theatre @45

Arts & CultureColumnsOpinionNigeria’s National Theatre @45

PilotnewsOctober 1, 2021

…for many years; it has since sat gloomily like a bound captive awaiting saviours who would re-enact Nigeria’s story on stage for the presentation, preservation, and promotion of her culture and stir global attraction. On Thursday, 30th of September, 2021, Nigeria celebrated her military-caped edifice marking its 45 years of existence. The National Theatre of Nigeria, popularly called the NATIONAL HOME OF ENTERTAINMENT, is located in Iganmu, Surulere, Lagos State. It was set up by...

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Being Gay in An Anti-Gay Society

ColumnsHuman SexualityOpinionBeing Gay in An Anti-Gay Society

PilotnewsOctober 1, 2021

When it comes to the matters of sex in an anti-gay society, homosexuality is one of the unthinkable abominable acts to indulge in. In January 2014, former President Goodluck Jonathan passed the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act (SSMPA). Also, the president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, signed a bill in 2009 which (originally) included a death penalty clause for some homosexual acts. He also expressed his distaste by stating clearly, in an exclusive interview with CNN that...

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