Kano Muslim Lawyers Praises Kano Singer’s Death Sentence

Law & JusticeNewsReligionKano Muslim Lawyers Praises Kano Singer’s Death Sentence

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 16, 2020

The Kano State Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria (MULAN), has praised Shari’s court for sentencing a 22-year-old singer, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu to death by hanging for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad. The singer, who is a resident pf Sharifai Quarters in Kano municipal, was charged for insulting “religious creed, contrary to Section 382 (6) of Kano State Shari’a Penal Code Law 2000.” The singer was said to have committed blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad in a song he...

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Turkey Says History Will Not Forgive UAE for Israel Deal

Foreign PolicyWorld NewsTurkey Says History Will Not Forgive UAE for Israel Deal

PilotnewsAugust 15, 2020

Turkey on Friday said history will not forget and never forgive the “hypocritical behaviour” of the United Arab Emirates in agreeing to a deal with Israel to normalise relations. The Foreign Ministry said the Palestinian people and administration were right to react strongly against the agreement, which recasts the order of Middle East politics from the Palestinian issue to the fight against Iran. “History and the conscience of the region’s peoples will not forget and...

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U.S. Ambassadors and African Diplomacy

AfricaForeign PolicyOpinionU.S. Ambassadors and African Diplomacy

PilotnewsAugust 14, 2020

In most African countries, the U.S ambassador plays a crucial role in managing the U.S. bilateral relationship with the host country. Hence, the importance of the arrival in Tanzania of Dr. Donald J. Wright, MD. He presented his ambassadorial credentials to President John P. Magufuli on August 2. Magufuli is increasingly problematic: he is becoming authoritarian in style and he refuses to share with international health agencies information about COVID-19. Worse, he claims the disease is absent from Tanzania because of the...

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More Training Facility Plans for Police, Others Underway – FG

National SecurityNewsNigeriaMore Training Facility Plans for Police, Others Underway – FG

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 14, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that his administration would boost internal security by putting more training facilities in place for the police and other security agencies in all the geo-political zones in the country. Buhari said this on Thursday during the inauguration of a police college in the Endeh Hills area of Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, said the measure is to tackle the persistent banditry, kidnapping and armed robbery across the...

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Tenant Lands in Trouble for Threating to Kill Landlord

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaTenant Lands in Trouble for Threating to Kill Landlord

PilotnewsAugust 13, 2020

The police on Thursday in Abuja arraigned a 35-year-old tenant, Godspower Obaka, in a Dutse Grade I Area Court over an alleged threat to kill his landlord. Obaka, who resides in Sabon-Gari, Bwari, is charged with Joint act, criminal trespass, criminal force, assault and intimidation. He pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution Counsel, Mr Tunde Arowolo, told the court that the matter was reported by Ezekiel Love of the same address, on Aug....

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Military Deploys Special Operations to Southern Kaduna

National SecurityNewsNigeriaMilitary Deploys Special Operations to Southern Kaduna

PilotnewsAugust 13, 2020

The Defence Headquarters says in its determinant efforts to curb the recent attacks and isolated killings in Southern Kaduna, has deployed Special Operations Forces to the various flashpoints in the area. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, at the updates briefing on military operations across the country on Thursday in Abuja. “In a bid to curb the recent attacks and isolated killings in Southern Kaduna, troops of Operation “SAFE HAVEN” have continued to...

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FG Tells World Powers Not to Deny Nigeria Weapons to Fight Terrorism

Foreign PolicyNational SecurityNewsFG Tells World Powers Not to Deny Nigeria Weapons to Fight Terrorism

PilotnewsAugust 13, 2020

The Federal Government has appealed to the world powers not to be weighed by unsubstantiated arguments to deny the country vital platforms and weapons to fight insecurity. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the appeal on Thursday when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. “I want to use this opportunity to say that the international community can help us better than they are doing right...

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Mass Defection of Boko Haram Fighters in Cameroon

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsMass Defection of Boko Haram Fighters in Cameroon

PilotnewsAugust 12, 2020

Nigerian Major General Ibrahim Manu Yusuf, commander of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTF) fighting the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency in the Lake Chad Basin, announced August 7 that 109 Boko Haram fighters and their prisoners had defected on the Nigerian-Cameroonian border. Yusuf said the defection was encouraged by a campaign through which Boko Haram fighters who defect would be pardoned. This specific group of defectors have been taken to the Cameroonian Center for Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration....

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DSS Drills Mailafia For Six Hours Over Comment on a Northern Governor Being Boko Haram Commander

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaDSS Drills Mailafia For Six Hours Over Comment on a Northern Governor Being Boko Haram Commander

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 12, 2020

The former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2019 election, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, was invited by the Department of State Service over his comment that repentant terrorists said one of the northern governors is a Boko Haram commander in Nigeria. Malafia has granted an interview to a radio station in which he accused a northern governor of being the commander of...

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Repentant Terrorists Say One of the Northern Governors is a Commander of Boko Haram in Nigeria – ADC Presidential Candidate

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsRepentant Terrorists Say One of the Northern Governors is a Commander of Boko Haram in Nigeria – ADC Presidential Candidate

PilotnewsAugust 11, 2020

The former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the election, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, has said repentant terrorists revealed that a serving northern governor is a Boko Haram leader. The former ADC Presidential candidate in the last election said this on ‘Morning Crossfire’ programme on Nigeria Info 95.1FM Abuja on Monday. The former deputy governor of the CBN said he had a chat...

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