Nigerian Government and Lily-livered Obsession with Foreign Entities

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPoliticsNigerian Government and Lily-livered Obsession with Foreign Entities

PilotnewsJanuary 10, 2021

The government in Nigeria is yet to recognize the full rights and privileges of its citizens as guaranteed by the country’s constitution. ―Ebuka Onyekwelu It is evident that this Government only pays attention to national issues only when they are raised by foreign agencies Nigerians are already used to being ignored by their own government to the extent that in most instances, the government was nearly begged to talk to Nigerians on crucial issues as...

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Stacey’s Playbook —Are Controversial Nigerian Activists Learning Anything?

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsOpinionStacey’s Playbook —Are Controversial Nigerian Activists Learning Anything?

PilotnewsJanuary 9, 2021

Sociopolitical activism is not a chorus for the backstreet youth. Nope, it is not a contest for social media “likes” and “shares”, neither is it a tool for an income-earning opportunity. ― Dr. Anthony Obi Ogbo Anybody can be an activist. It just depends on the political environment. Japanese activist Yuri Kochiyama said, “I didn’t wake up and decide to become an activist. But you couldn’t help notice the inequities, the injustices. It was all...

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Anambra 2021: What it Means to be in an Election Year

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPoliticsAnambra 2021: What it Means to be in an Election Year

PilotnewsJanuary 5, 2021

Those profiting from electioneering and elections in Anambra state might have their best year yet, in this year’s gubernatorial election. ―Ebuka Onyekwelu As the Anambra governorship election gets closer, political considerations shape nearly every action of government and non-government actors. Politics takes preponderance over governance, as it is exalted to the front, centre, and back rows. Within the government circle, not much happens except schemes on how to get an acceptable candidate into Government House....

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Lament for Normalcy —a Free Verse from the Grandmaster’s Journal

Chris Chinwe UlasiColumnsFiction & PoetryLament for Normalcy —a Free Verse from the Grandmaster’s Journal

PilotnewsDecember 30, 2020

My love, may I ask this pandemic to return to its abode with the thorns of unwelcome gift–spiked red-eyed bouquet of dreads to caress our land. This visitor shouldn’t impose his will on the holder of deeds, stroking the hair of the young, leaving the old panting until their last breath. Maybe you’ll remember — when this is all gone and forgotten, who slipped out from the darkness of night to find your face alone....

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5 Reasons to Let Students Keep their Cameras off During Zoom Classes

ColumnsEducationScience & Technology5 Reasons to Let Students Keep their Cameras off During Zoom Classes

PilotnewsDecember 30, 2020

By Tabitha Moses ____ As the 2020-21 school year gets underway – both at the K-12 and college level – many students find themselves attending online classes via Zoom or similar teleconferencing platforms. Although sticking with remote instruction may be the correct decision from the standpoint of public health, it is not without problems. As a researcher who studies behavior and the brain, I have found the evidence suggests that online instruction can pose a range of challenges for students if they...

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Resurgence of COVID-19 in Africa

AfricaColumnsCoronavirusOpinionResurgence of COVID-19 in Africa

PilotnewsDecember 30, 2020

By John Campbell It was long expected that Africa, with its weak public health infrastructure and the impoverishment of its population, would face particular disaster with the outbreak of COVID-19. It arrived later than in other parts of the world, apparently mostly from Europe. The disease’s earliest, high-profile victims were among those able to travel abroad, and South Africa—the country with probably the most extensive links to the rest of the world—early became the epicenter of the...

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Public Letter to Late Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule, Danmasanin Kano

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPublic Letter to Late Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule, Danmasanin Kano

PilotnewsDecember 29, 2020

Please remember that when you left this world, the level of insecurity especially in the northern part of the country was not as bad as it is today. People in many northern states are now at the mercy of armed gangs who roam towns and villages, wreaking havoc and killing at will. ____ I write this postmortem letter to you, Your Excellency, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule Dan Masanin Kano of blessed memory, to intimate you...

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The Trump Amoral Dynasty: White Evangelicals Locked In A Deadly Mambo With The Devil

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionThe Trump Amoral Dynasty: White Evangelicals Locked In A Deadly Mambo With The Devil

PilotnewsDecember 28, 2020

“Pastor Kenneth Copeland is the craziest of them all. With eyes popped like a pair of demitasse spoons, a large swath of his craziness is written on both cheeks of his face.” ―Don Okolo Like the budding tendrils of a rosebud, reacting to the warmth of an early morning sun, the American Evangelical Herd stand in frailty, bent out of shape for being overly reverential, cringing almost, before these miasmas of pure darkness, as they...

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Achieving Urban Decongestion and Rural Development in Anambra State

ColumnsLocal GovernmentNigeriaAchieving Urban Decongestion and Rural Development in Anambra State

PilotnewsDecember 25, 2020

“Rural development and urban development go together, and until we get those dynamics right, making sure we develop our urban areas at the same time as we develop our rural areas, we won’t be able to achieve much” — Godwin Ezeemo Let me start by stepping back for a moment. I would like to remind all of us why urbanization, and in particular, integrated urban-rural development matters. Getting urbanization and rural development right is essentially...

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Release of Nigerian School Boys: Questions and Hypotheses

ColumnsCrime & SecurityNigeriaOpinionRelease of Nigerian School Boys: Questions and Hypotheses

PilotnewsDecember 21, 2020

By John Campbell ____ The freeing of perhaps 344 boys kidnapped from a boarding school at Kankara in Katsina state is unalloyed good news. However, the foiled attempt to kidnap another eighty school children, at Dandume in the same state a few days later on December 19, highlights the iniquitousness of criminal gang activity. As for the now-freed Kankara victims, many questions remain. Just how many were kidnapped, how many escaped, how many were released, and how many (if any)...

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