Becoming An Author Is A Beast–But You Must Shoot Strategically

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionBecoming An Author Is A Beast–But You Must Shoot Strategically

PilotnewsApril 22, 2020

Writers aren’t born…they are self-made. Creative writers are therefore nurtured and cultured by self. Most writers I know carry a portable/digital recorder back in the days of yore. Today, it is in their hands. They carry it around all day, drive and text on it, and text some more even as the Professor is standing before them, wafting poetic. They sleep with this modern day contraption, and only record those moments with pure disdain for...

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Key Lessons from Abba Kyari’s Death

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionKey Lessons from Abba Kyari’s Death

PilotnewsApril 20, 2020

Millions of Nigerians are celebrating the death of Abba Kyari, in a most dramatic and downright startling manner. I have thought about Kyari as a person and how power can shape people, and this is what I believe: Perhaps, any one of us could become tomorrow’s Kyari, who was lured, exalted, and killed twice, by power. That is, any of these Nigerians jubilating over the death of Kyari could become the very person that every...

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Imagining Nigeria After COVID-19: A Time for Bold Leadership

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionImagining Nigeria After COVID-19: A Time for Bold Leadership

PilotnewsApril 19, 2020

How will history judge Nigeria’s leaders?  History will judge them harshly for inaction, for sycophancy, for malfeasance, for causing the death of hope in a nation that’s mourning an ignoble tradition. The dearth of political leadership continues to impact the daily overall social condition for both the rich and poor in Nigeria. The five years of President Mohammadu Buhari’s administration and the past few months of the coronavirus pandemic have exposed just how much a...

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Abba Kyari: Everyone Will Die One Day ─ So What?

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNigeriaOpinionAbba Kyari: Everyone Will Die One Day ─ So What?

PilotnewsApril 19, 2020

The mentality of victims of the social system during a pandemic invokes a persistent sense of vulnerability to their oppressive leaders, nonparticipation in the civic process, distrust of the system, and often thoughts of negativity. With such a hopeless mindset, it is excusable when they are excited over the death of those who gradually drowned them into the darkest sea of social wretchedness. Anytime a dictator or an oppressor dies, there are often three major...

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COVID-19 Fallout: Nigeria and China Bilateral Relations on Test

ColumnsNewsOpinionCOVID-19 Fallout: Nigeria and China Bilateral Relations on Test

PilotnewsApril 16, 2020

This flourishing relationship has been subjected to test by COVID-19 fallout. First, there were many videos of atrocious dehumanization by Chinese and Chinese authorities against Africans and Nigerians. Profitable relationship on international arena thrives on mutual respect or mutual fear. At every point, there must be balance either in terms of respect or in terms of fear. International politics is a game of interest, and nobody wants to lose or be in an underprivileged position....

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Social Uncertainty as COVID-19 Lockdown Invokes Nigeria’s Deteriorating Security System

ColumnsNewsOpinionSocial Uncertainty as COVID-19 Lockdown Invokes Nigeria’s Deteriorating Security System

PilotnewsApril 13, 2020

In the past week, the rise in reports of armed robberies, gang attacks, burglary, has exponentially increased, with Lagos and Ogun states, topping the list. Similarly, there are reports in Nnewi, Anambra State, Aba in Abia State, and Onitsha, Anambra state. The security situation in Nigeria has become unstable, especially with the fight against insurgency in the northern parts of the country. In southern Nigerian, however, the insecurity is not notably different, as kidnapping for...

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Blues at Sundown: My Take on the Seven Hundred Billion Naira Scam

ColumnsDon OkoloBlues at Sundown: My Take on the Seven Hundred Billion Naira Scam

PilotnewsApril 12, 2020

So, the Finance Minister rallied a crowd of reporters and declared we had been fleeced by fire…that seven hundred billion Naira went up in smoke because a dingy little office complex where an accountant practiced his iniquities and decadent morality was scorched. How could we contain ourselves and sleep till dawn, while our golden flute in damp and dew lay forsaken and forlorn? Classic? Well it is. Vintage? Of course, it is. The words belong...

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Lagos COVID-19 Website:Before They Send You the Invoice, May I Share a Secret?

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsCoronavirusNigeriaOpinionLagos COVID-19 Website:Before They Send You the Invoice, May I Share a Secret?

PilotnewsApril 11, 2020

My over-excitement yesterday was unrelated to a lottery ticket I bought the day before because I didn’t even match one number. Simply, I was just overjoyed that the Lagos State Government announced it had launched a COVID-19 website to keep residents with up-to-date information on the coronavirus pandemic in the state. The State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu through his Special Adviser Mr. Olatunbosun Alake, said that the website: covid19.lagosstate.gov.ng was an avenue to restrain the spread...

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OPINION: The Many Transgressions of Nigeria’s Pretend Middle Class

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionOPINION: The Many Transgressions of Nigeria’s Pretend Middle Class

PilotnewsApril 6, 2020

Almost all Nigerian politicians have the badge of a public verdict against them. That is to the extent that it may be easier to convince a Nigerian that a month-old baby can walk than try convincing him that a politician is innocent; it is that bad. Successful politicians: those who have gone through the rigor of winning an election, are seen with complete distrust. Hence, it is a common saying that a Nigerian politician will...

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Deflation of America’s Greatness and the unfolding Dumbness of Donald Trump

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNewsUnited StatesDeflation of America’s Greatness and the unfolding Dumbness of Donald Trump

PilotnewsApril 1, 2020

JFK initiated the innovative mission to the moon; Obama facilitated the feat for electric cars; and today under the reckless leadership of Donald Trump, America cannot even afford facemasks. No doubt, the coronavirus pandemic has placed extraordinary demands on leaders all over the world. This is the real test of visionary leadership, preparedness, and response to a global crisis. But in the United States of America, citizens perceived the foul and fishy odor of organizational...

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