Group Urges Feuding Parties in Effium Community to Embrace Dialogue

Local GovernmentNational SecurityNewsGroup Urges Feuding Parties in Effium Community to Embrace Dialogue

PilotnewsJanuary 27, 2021

ABAKALIKI —  Agency Report  – A group under the aegis of the Elders Council of Ebonyi (ECE) has condemned in the strongest terms the killings and destruction of property in Effium community, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state. The condemnation is contained in a statement signed by Chief Ben Okah, its Acting chairman, and made available to newsmen in Abakaliki on Wednesday. The Elders expressed their anger at the carnage and waste of sacred...

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Insurgency: Expert Urges New Service Chiefs to Utilise High-tech Armament

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsInsurgency: Expert Urges New Service Chiefs to Utilise High-tech Armament

PilotnewsJanuary 27, 2021

LAGOS — A security expert, Mr. Dennis Amachree on Wednesday, urged the new service chiefs to utilise high technology armament in combating and bringing an end to insurgency in the country. Amachree told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that such weaponry would aid the military in the fight. President Muhammadu Buhari appointed the new service chiefs on Tuesday. They are Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor; Chief of Defence Staff, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru; Chief of...

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PROFILE: Meet the New Chief of Defence Staff

MilitaryNewsNigeriaPROFILE: Meet the New Chief of Defence Staff

PilotnewsJanuary 27, 2021

ABUJA — The Defence Headquarters has unveiled the profile of the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, popularly known as Leo Irabor. LEO is his initial, with full name as Lucky Eluonye Onyenuchea Irabor, who was born on Oct.5 1965 in Aliokpu Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta. The senior officer gained admission into the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna as a member of the 34 Regular Course in 1983...

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Yola Court Orders Seven ‘Witches’ To Restore Health of a 3 year Old Girl

Law & JusticeLifestyleYola Court Orders Seven ‘Witches’ To Restore Health of a 3 year Old Girl

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 27, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ There was a drama and surprise as a Criminal Area Court I, in Yola Adamawa state capital slammed a 24-hour ultimatum to seven suspected witches arraigned before it to restore the health of a 3-year-old girl they bewitched, or else incur the wrath of the law. The alleged witches including a 60-year-old woman, Halima Jonta of Dumne town in Song Local Government Area and five kids who are between...

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Gov. Wike Commends Buhari Over Appointment of New Service Chiefs

National SecurityNewsNigeriaGov. Wike Commends Buhari Over Appointment of New Service Chiefs

PilotnewsJanuary 26, 2021

PORT HARCOURT — Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Tuesday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing new service chiefs for the country. The governor made this known on Tuesday in Port Harcourt in a statement by Mr. Paulinus Nsirim, the state Commissioner for Information and Communications. He noted that although the appointments came late, the president should be commended for listening to the voice of the people. The governor urged the new appointees to see...

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President Buhari Sacks Service Chiefs, Appoints New Ones

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsPresident Buhari Sacks Service Chiefs, Appoints New Ones

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 26, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed new service chiefs, long after clamour by various stakeholders calling for the sack of the former service chiefs. The new appointees are Major-General Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General I. Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff; and Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao, Chief of Air Staff. A presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, in a statement issued on Tuesday on his Twitter, said the appointment...

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Court Discharge Four #EndSARS Protesters

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaCourt Discharge Four #EndSARS Protesters

Beloved John (Staff Writer)January 26, 2021

Four out of six protesters who were arrested in November for protesting outside the National Assembly were discharged on Monday by a court in Abuja. Last year, Nigeria was swept by weeks of widespread protests sparked by anger over brutality from the police’s loathed Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The six defendants were arrested on November 8, 2020, and charged with unlawful assembly. The defence lawyer, Henry Akwaji requested the case be dismissed because the prosecution...

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Media Chiefs, Spotlight Initiative Brainstorm On Accountability In Fighting GBV

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaMedia Chiefs, Spotlight Initiative Brainstorm On Accountability In Fighting GBV

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 26, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ______ Nigeria’s Media Executives will today Tuesday discuss issues at a Round-table organized by the joint EU-UN Spotlight Initiative through UNICEF Nigeria to brainstorm on issues aimed at increasing accountability for funding and implementation of the “Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG) program”. The Spotlight Initiative is a global, multi-year partnership between the European Union and the United Nations to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls...

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My Wife is Secretly Planning to Marry Another Man – Man Alleges in Court

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaMy Wife is Secretly Planning to Marry Another Man – Man Alleges in Court

PilotnewsJanuary 25, 2021

ABUJA —  A civil servant, Moses Ojo, on Monday prayed a Customary Court in Jikwoyi, Abuja,  to grant him divorce, on grounds that his wife, Martha, was secretly planning to marry another man. Ojo, in his petition, alleged:” she keeps travelling without my consent. Her lover sent her a text message on preparations for their wedding. ”Martha is also threatening to kill me and inherit my property,” he alleged. The petitioner also told the court...

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EU Foreign Ministers Consider Reaction in Wake of Navalny Arrest

Law & JusticePoliticsWorld NewsEU Foreign Ministers Consider Reaction in Wake of Navalny Arrest

PilotnewsJanuary 25, 2021

Brussels, Jan. 25, 2021 (NAN) EU foreign ministers are to consider how to react following the jailing of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny and mass detentions at demonstrations across the country. Three Baltic States are calling for sharper EU sanctions on Moscow, but most member states seem minded to wait a little longer before resorting to more restrictive measures ahead of Monday’s talks. Anti-corruption campaigner Navalny returned to Russia on Jan. 18, after months in...

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