Adamu’s role during APC presidential primaries responsible for his predicament – Sagay

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAdamu’s role during APC presidential primaries responsible for his predicament – Sagay

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)July 18, 2023

Following recent happenings in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Itse Sagay, chieftain of the party and chairman Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) in President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, has said that Senator Abdulahi’s Adamu’s role during the presidential primaries of the party last year is responsible for his predicament. Sagay who spoke to our reporter on Monday stated that Adamu was careless with his recent utterances concerning the National Assembly elections where he condemned...

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NYSC DG urges corps members to embrace vocational skills

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNYSC DG urges corps members to embrace vocational skills

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 18, 2023

The Director-General of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier General Yusha’u Dogara Ahmed has advised serving corps members to acquire vocational skills through the scheme’s skill acquisition and entrepreneurship development, SAED, programme. The DG made the admonition in his address to corps members at the Katsina State orientation camp as well as the Borno State orientation camp on Sunday. He said the SAED in-camp training for corps members was designed to expose them to entrepreneurship...

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Intersociety demands the removal of Anambra CP Aderemi Adeoy

NewsNigeriaPoliticsIntersociety demands the removal of Anambra CP Aderemi Adeoy

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 18, 2023

Claims  CP lacks “professional emptiness in matters of skillful, detailed criminal investigations.” The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Intersociety, has demanded the immediate redeployment or removal of the new commissioner of police, CP, in Anambra State, Aderemi Adeoye. The West African Pilot earlier reported that the new CP, last Wednesday, charged criminals in the State to leave immediately or turn a leaf as the Anambra State Police Command is left with...

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Victory Gbakara wins Nigerian Idol Season 8        

EntertainmentLifestyleNewsNigeriaVictory Gbakara wins Nigerian Idol Season 8        

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 18, 2023

Victory Gbakara has emerged as the winner of season eight of the Nigerian Idol. Gbakara was crowned winner of this year’s edition of the talent hunt reality television show on Sunday night. He defeated another contestant, Precious Mac to clinch the N100 million grand prize, part of which is N35 million in cash and a brand-new car. The prize also includes a music record deal, a video shoot and a Tecno-sponsored all-expense paid trip to...

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Olubadan suspends Egungun festival indefinitely over insecurity

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaOlubadan suspends Egungun festival indefinitely over insecurity

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 18, 2023

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Sen. Lekan Balogun, CFR, Alli Okunmade II, on Sunday, suspended the ongoing Egungun festival in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital over some reported cases of violence, arson and looting of shops by hoodlums. The monarch expressed sadness over the reported cases of violence accompanying the annual festival. He described the development as an affront to his palace because he vehemently warned against the festival being turned into an avenue to...

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Asaba: Rolls Like A Coyote: Barks Like A Hound Dog

ColumnsDon OkoloFilmLifestyleNigeriaAsaba: Rolls Like A Coyote: Barks Like A Hound Dog

PilotnewsJuly 17, 2023

I came here June the third, toting a baggage filled with movie paraphernalia and a stream-rolling set of props, believing that these gadgets were not available in Nigeria, and couldn’t be available in a distant city four hundred miles removed from Lagos. Prop guns, stilettos and swords were carefully packaged. I was ready, I thought. Blood phials I bought from a store on Highway 99 in Richmond and a couple of make-up boxes were in...

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Shehu Of Borno Mobilise People To Prayers For Rainfall 

NewsNigeriaShehu Of Borno Mobilise People To Prayers For Rainfall 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 17, 2023

The Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Umar Garbai El-Kanemi has started mobilising the public for special prayers for rain, known as “Salatul Istisqa’a”. The special prayers is to seek God divine intervention over imminent drought due to lack of steady rainfall. A statement signed by the Shehu of Borno’s Private Secretary, Malam Zannah-Umar Ali, urged Muslims to troop out irrespective of age, gender and status for the special prayer on Monday at Ramat Square Maiduguri...

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Philanthropist donates corpers’ lodge to NYSC in Akwa Ibom

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPhilanthropist donates corpers’ lodge to NYSC in Akwa Ibom

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 16, 2023

A philanthropist in Akwa Ibom State, Dr Jeremiah Udoh, has donated a storey building of 22 self-contained apartments and two single rooms to serve as lodge for corps members serving at Obot Akara Local Government Area, LGA, in the State. The State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Mrs Chinyere Ekwe, disclosed this during the official swearing-in of 2023 Batch B Stream 1 corps members at the NYSC orientation camp, Ikot Itie Udung...

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Fuel Subsidy Removal: Reps Grants Tinubu’s N500bn Request for Palliatives

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFuel Subsidy Removal: Reps Grants Tinubu’s N500bn Request for Palliatives

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 16, 2023

Due to pains occasioned by subsidy removal on Nigerians, the House of Representatives has granted the request of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for an amendment to the 2022 appropriation act to allow the government take five hundred billion naira for palliatives to cushion the effects of the policy. The House approved the President’s request after deliberation by members who called for proper utilization of the funds for the purpose intended. Leader of the House, Julius...

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Houseboy Clubs UNIZIK Lecturer To Death With Pestle In Anambrs

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaHouseboy Clubs UNIZIK Lecturer To Death With Pestle In Anambrs

PilotnewsJuly 16, 2023

A middle-aged man has murdered a young lecturer working with the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. The incident happened on Friday night at Ifite village in Awka, the State capital. It was gathered that the lecturer who belonged to the Psychology Department, simply identified as Chima, was murdered shortly after a brief argument with his houseboy, which led to a fight between the two. This was corroborated by videos currently trending on the social...

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