Trump Says National Guard will Start Withdrawal from Washington

Law & JusticeUnited StatesTrump Says National Guard will Start Withdrawal from Washington

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

National Guard troops will start withdrawing from Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday, nearly a week after he deployed federal forces to the capital city. The move comes after several days of sustained peaceful protests in the city against police brutality, a demonstration movement that started in late May with the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minnesota. Protests have spread nationwide and Saturday saw mass demonstrations in major cities...

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Lagos Assembly’s Speaker’s Accusers Shun Probe Panel

Law & JusticeNewsPoliticsLagos Assembly’s Speaker’s Accusers Shun Probe Panel

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)June 6, 2020

The ad-hoc committee set up by the Lagos State House of Assembly to probe allegations of financial misconduct against the speaker Rt. Honourable Mudashiru Obasa, called-off its meeting, as persons and parties invited to substantiate their claims, did not show up. Persons invited include Mr. Babajide Otitoju of Television Continental; Mr. Bayo Oluwasanmi, Budgit, Concerned Nigerians; Adeola Fayehun of Keeping It Real, according to The Nation. Others are The Independent Diaspora Nigerians Against Corruption and...

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Protests Worldwide Embrace Black Lives Matter Movement

Law & JusticeWorld NewsProtests Worldwide Embrace Black Lives Matter Movement

PilotnewsJune 6, 2020

LONDON — Thousands of people took to the streets in European and Asian cities on Saturday, demonstrating in support of U.S. protests against police brutality. Police in the German city of Hamburg used pepper spray on protesters and were ready to deploy water cannons. Several hundred “hooded and aggressive people” had put officers under pressure in the city centre, police said in a tweet, adding “We have already had to use pepper spray. With all due...

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Certificate Forgery: Court Asked to Disqualify Gov. Obaseki from Contesting

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPoliticsCertificate Forgery: Court Asked to Disqualify Gov. Obaseki from Contesting

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 6, 2020

The Federal High Court in Abuja has been asked to disqualify the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki from contesting in the state governorship election scheduled to hold on September 19, 2020, for allegedly forging his certificate. The report has it that the suit was filed by Edabor Williams, Ugesia Godwin and Amedu Anakhu on May 29, 2020. Also, respondents to the suit were the All Progressive Congress which is the party of the Governor, the...

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UNO: Nigeria Won’t Lose 24 Local Councils To UN, Says Ex- NBC DG, Dahiru Bobbo

National SecurityNewsUNO: Nigeria Won’t Lose 24 Local Councils To UN, Says Ex- NBC DG, Dahiru Bobbo

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)June 6, 2020

Amid reactions, Alhaji Dahiru Bobbo,  a former Director-General of the National Boundary Commission has described as untrue reports that Nigeria may lose 24 local councils, by way of ceding, to a new country to be known as United Nations Organisation (UNO) State of Cameroon at its borders with la Republique du Cameroun by July 10 this year. Guardian, Thisday and some online media on Friday referenced the agreement, which gave July 10, 2020, as the...

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Protests Against Police Violence Sweep Across Small-Town America

Law & JusticeNewsUnited StatesProtests Against Police Violence Sweep Across Small-Town America

PilotnewsJune 5, 2020

ANNA, Illinois/NEW YORK  – Before sundown on Thursday around 150 protesters marched down the main street in Anna, Illinois, past Bob’s Tavern, Oasis of Grace Church, Douglas Skating Rink and Casey’s General Store holding homemade signs and chanting “black lives matter.” Nearly a century ago this southern Illinois town of 4,200 residents expelled most of its African-American residents, according to historians. The rally was held in solidarity with others protesting the death of George Floyd...

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Dortmund’s Sancho, Akanji, fined for Getting Haircuts Without Face Masks

Law & JusticeNewsSportsWorld NewsDortmund’s Sancho, Akanji, fined for Getting Haircuts Without Face Masks

PilotnewsJune 5, 2020

Borussia Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho and Manuel Akanji were fined an unspecified amount by the German Football League (DFL) on Friday for failing to wear face mask during a visit from a hairdresser this week. The DFL said both players had broken the health guidelines that had governed Bundesliga clubs and players since the league restarted amid the COVID-19 pandemic on May 16. In total, six Dortmund players, including rising star Sancho and Akanji, got their hair cut by the visiting hairdresser, who then asked some...

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Court Acquits Ceaner of Defilement, as Alleged Victim Failed to Testify

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaCourt Acquits Ceaner of Defilement, as Alleged Victim Failed to Testify

PilotnewsJune 4, 2020

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday acquitted a 26-year-old cleaner, Charles Etuk of defilement as the alleged 13-year-old victim failed to testify. Delivering judgment, Justice Abiola Soladoye, held that there was no direct evidence linking the defendant  to the alleged crime to warrant a conviction. “There is no circumstantial or direct evidence linking the defendant to the crime. The victim did not testify in this case and the evidence of Sgt....

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Adamawa: Farmers/Herders Sheath Swords To End Crisis In Guyuk Communities

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNigeriaAdamawa: Farmers/Herders Sheath Swords To End Crisis In Guyuk Communities

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)June 4, 2020

In a renewed commitment to end the lingering farmers /herders conflicts in Guyuk farming communities of southern Adamawa state, Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) and Pan-Fulani Cultural Association Tabbital Pulaaku International, on Thursday reached a  peace accord between the two groups. The British Council/European Union (MCN), initiated the peace accord with stakeholders involved in the peace agreement. The farmers /Herders peace agreement documents were signed by Ardo Usman Buba and Ayuba Bangwale on behalf of...

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Black Lives Matter Comes to Paris as thousands Join Banned Protest

Law & JusticeNewsWorld NewsBlack Lives Matter Comes to Paris as thousands Join Banned Protest

PilotnewsJune 3, 2020

Thousands of people in Paris on Tuesday evening defied a ban to protest about the 2016 death of a young black man in police custody and alleged racism by security forces. Many of the overwhelmingly young, racially mixed crowd bore slogans linked to the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S., which has seen large protests in recent days after George Floyd, a black man, was killed by police last week. The protest near the main...

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