New Anambra Cargo Airport Boosts Property Value and Demand in Umueri Vicinity

Housing & DevelopmentNewsNigeriaNew Anambra Cargo Airport Boosts Property Value and Demand in Umueri Vicinity

PilotnewsMay 20, 2021

The newly commissioned Anambra International Cargo and Passenger Airport in Umueri community is now bringing many international business opportunities for the people of Anambra state, and one of those opportunities lies in real estate as properties close to the airport are currently booming. According to Jaqueline Obiechina-Okafor, a land and estate-development  expert with Pwan Max property and Business Solutions, “we have been dealing with a high demand of pre-built homes and apartments in the past...

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Sodom City: Nigeria Could Have Existed in The District of Gomorrah

ColumnsDon OkoloNigeriaOpinionSodom City: Nigeria Could Have Existed in The District of Gomorrah

PilotnewsMay 20, 2021

“They hate my religion as much as I despise theirs.” ―Don Okolo If you are expecting me to pull any punches with this piece, you’d be disappointed. This is not the time for measured speech. Definitely, not the time for smoke-up-a bunghole-platitudes designed to massage any inflated egos. Swords are drawn. Rifles are out of niches, dusted, locked, and loaded, and aimed at marks. The dust and fog of war are thicker, rolling faster than...

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Professor Soludo’s candidacy ―weighing conceivable chances and challenges

Anambra ElectionsColumnsNigeriaOpinionProfessor Soludo’s candidacy ―weighing conceivable chances and challenges

PilotnewsMay 19, 2021

“It is common for an office-seeker to become a lamb just before an election and then transform into a wolf after his victory. ” ―Ebuka Onyekwelu Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo is a brand name. No matter what reservations anyone may have, the reality is that Soludo is a big name and a brand that has endured for decades. A true example of how the pursuit of knowledge can transform the fortunes of an individual for...

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Vice President Osinbajo Yet to Declare Interest For 2023 Presidential Race- Akande

NigeriaPoliticsVice President Osinbajo Yet to Declare Interest For 2023 Presidential Race- Akande

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 18, 2021

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said he remains focused on operating in his present office and has not declared any interest in the 2023 Presidential race. Osinbajo was reacting to a website calling on Nigerians to join a volunteer group mobilising support for him ahead of the 2023 presidential election. In a statement issued by his media aide, Laolu Akande, the vice president said details of the website and the solicitation of the group are...

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STRIKE: Governor El-Rufa’i Directs Civil Servants From Grade 14 to Resume Work

LabourNewsNigeriaSTRIKE: Governor El-Rufa’i Directs Civil Servants From Grade 14 to Resume Work

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 18, 2021

Kaduna State Governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai has described the five-day warning strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress as a campaign of economic and social sabotage. The state government said that the conditions that compelled its decision to right-size its workforce had not been altered by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC’s) five days warning strike. The Special Adviser on Media and Communication to the Governor, Muyiwa Adekeye, described the action of the labour as infringement on the...

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Gunmen Kidnapped UNIJOS Lecturer, Her Husband

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen Kidnapped UNIJOS Lecturer, Her Husband

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 17, 2021

JOS — Plateau State Police Command has confirmed that gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, on Monday morning kidnapped a Professor with the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Jos, Grace Ayanbimpe alongside her husband. The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, ASP Ubah Gabriel Ogaba who confirmed the abduction said the Command has deployed operatives to ensure the victims are rescued. “The Command received a report of kidnapping of a man and his wife, behind...

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United Kingdom To Partner Nigeria In Military-To-Military Training

National SecurityNewsNigeriaUnited Kingdom To Partner Nigeria In Military-To-Military Training

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 16, 2021

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has said that the United Kingdom (UK) is partnering with Nigeria in military-to-military training and other areas, amidst growing insecurity in the country occasioned by banditry, terrorism, kidnapping, armed robbery, and farmers/herders crisis. Speaking with Sunday Sun in Abuja on the United Kingdom-Nigeria bilateral ties, Laing said: “I would say it’s very strong and getting stronger and we have a long shared history, shared culture and many...

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Communiqué by Southern Governors rattles the regime with significant options

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionCommuniqué by Southern Governors rattles the regime with significant options

PilotnewsMay 15, 2021

“If the federal government is interested in fairness and unity, it must do the needful or this would set the ball rolling for an eventual breakup. ” ―Ebuka Onyekwelu Arising from its meeting in Asaba the capital of Delta state, the seventeen governors of southern Nigeria present, except the Imo State governor (represented as deputy) made bold statements that the unity of Nigeria is conditional. “Southern Nigeria remains committed to the unity of Nigeria based...

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Three Years After, Experts Evaluate Nigeria-China Currency Swap

ChinaMoneyNigeriaThree Years After, Experts Evaluate Nigeria-China Currency Swap

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 15, 2021

LAGOS — Some Financial Economists have expressed great concerns about the minor influence that the Nigeria-China currency swap had on the country’s economy, three years after. The experts told newsmen in Lagos on Friday that the volume of currency import so far traded, had not been significant, though a few swaps took place. The pact which marked three years of implementation in April was signed on April 27, 2018, to ease demand pressure on the...

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Buhari Vows to Control Nigeria’s Insecurity Amidst Uncertainty

EconomyNational SecurityNigeriaBuhari Vows to Control Nigeria’s Insecurity Amidst Uncertainty

Beloved John (Staff Writer)May 14, 2021

ABUJA — In a major step toward addressing the heightened insecurity across the nation, President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to put every available resource to use in the fight against insecurity in Nigeria. In a statement by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, the president linked the activities of the bandits to food security. He affirmed that the violent attacks will be addressed to ensure the nation’s food security is not threatened. “Mr. Buhari has been criticized...

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