Top PDP chieftain in Enugu State, Senator Utazi resigns

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTop PDP chieftain in Enugu State, Senator Utazi resigns

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)November 6, 2023

…Says ideals that attracted him in 1998 have receded Senator Chukwuka Utazi has dumped the main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The PDP chieftain in Enugu State, and a two terms Senator on the platform of the party resigned his membership of the PDP effective from Monday. In a resignation letter addressed to Chief Rob Ezeagu, the chairman of PDP in his Nkpologu ward, Uzo Uwani Local Government Area (LGA), the senator, who was in...

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Kogi: Nigerian Army conducts “show of force” ahead of guber election

NewsNigeriaPoliticsKogi: Nigerian Army conducts “show of force” ahead of guber election

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)November 6, 2023

In readiness and commitment to ensuring a safe and secure environment for the upcoming off-cycle gubernatorial election, the Combined Force for Operation Safe Conduct has been launched in Kogi with a show of force. The operation was officially flagged off at the Headquarters 12 Brigade Nigerian Army Parade Ground Chari Maigumeri Barrack Lokoja on Monday, by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 2 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Bamidele Alabi. The GOC, stated that the flag...

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Obi says Justice Ariwoola led Supreme Court breached Nigerians trust in judiciary

NewsNigeriaPoliticsObi says Justice Ariwoola led Supreme Court breached Nigerians trust in judiciary

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)November 6, 2023

Says democracy is main victim of S’Court ruling Faults INEC was incompetent in conduct of 2023 poll Peter Obi, candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election has berated the apex court’s judgment as “a total breach of the confidence the Nigerian people have in the judiciary, barely  two weeks after the Supreme Court ended the controversy surrounding the outcome of the February 25, 2023, , While addressing the press in Abuja on Monday,...

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3 dead as explosion rocks Canadian Embassy in Abuja

NewsNigeria3 dead as explosion rocks Canadian Embassy in Abuja

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 6, 2023

The Canadian Embassy in Abuja was gutted by fire resulting in the dead of three persons on Monday. Pilot News gathered that the explosion occured during a routine maintenance of the Embassy’s power generator. Three members of the technical crew were killed in the unexpected conflagration. Other technical crew members escaped burning to death by the skin of their teeth. The fire incident broke out at 11:30 a.m. Staff were evacuated from the building to...

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Court grants Naira Marley and Sam Larry bail

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCourt grants Naira Marley and Sam Larry bail

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 6, 2023

A Magistrate Court in Yaba, Lagos State has ordered the release of singer Naira Marley and music promoter Sam Larry on bail. The duo were taken into police custody over their alleged involvement in the death of Mohbad, Naira Marley’s ex-signee who passed away under mysterious circumstances on September 12. The bail conditions, according to Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun, are for the suspects to provide three sureties and forfeit their international passports to the court. The...

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TRANSCRIPT: Despite S’Court’s ruling, Datti and I remain committed to birthing a new Nigeria – Peter Obi

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTRANSCRIPT: Despite S’Court’s ruling, Datti and I remain committed to birthing a new Nigeria – Peter Obi

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 6, 2023

Nearly two weeks after the Supreme Court validated the presidential election petition tribunal’s affirmation of President Bola Tinubu’s election, Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, has aired his reservations. At a press conference on Monday, Obi said though he lost in court, “This end is only another beginning in our quest for the vindication of the hope of the common man for a better country.” Read the transcript of Obi’s speech below. Protocols, Fellow...

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US warns citizens to avoid major hotels in Nigeria’s big cities

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaUS warns citizens to avoid major hotels in Nigeria’s big cities

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 6, 2023

Without giving details on any specific threat, the United States last Friday warned its citizens in Nigeria of “elevated threats” to “major hotels” in the “larger cities” of the country. “The US Government is aware of credible information that there is an elevated threat to major hotels in Nigeria’s larger cities,” the US Department of State said. The alert, the State Department of State says, is to ensure that US nationals exercise vigilance when arranging...

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France to return $150 million stolen by Abacha to Nigeria

NewsNigeriaWorld NewsFrance to return $150 million stolen by Abacha to Nigeria

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 6, 2023

The French government has made its intention to return looted public money running into $150 million [N117,232,500,000] to the Nigerian government. The money was stolen by former military president General Sani Abacha and stashed away in France. Catherine Colonna, the French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, said France is returning the money to strengthen the France–Nigeria partnership. “We will start discussions with the Nigerian administration to allocate these $150 million to development projects that...

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Britain warns citizens against travelling to Borno, Yobe, and others

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBritain warns citizens against travelling to Borno, Yobe, and others

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 6, 2023

The British government has advised British nationals against travelling to Borno, Yobe Adamawa, Gombe, Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, riverine areas of Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River States of Nigeria over potential terrorist attacks. An advisory on the UK government’s website updated on Saturday [Oct. 4] says “There is a high threat of criminal and terrorist kidnap throughout Nigeria”, also warning that “incidents of banditry and inter-communal violence frequently occur throughout Nigeria. Attacks can...

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Assessing Ubah’s Move to APC (2): Politics Remains a “Game of Interest”

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPoliticsAssessing Ubah’s Move to APC (2): Politics Remains a “Game of Interest”

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)November 5, 2023

“Right now, APGA, our party, has only one advantage left, and that is the advantage of ethnic privilege.” —Ebuka Onyekwelu For nearly one month since Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah joined APC, I am often amazed at how some members of our party, APGA, have continued to insist that Anambra cannot vote APC. This is, at best, laughable. Only as recent as in 2017, Sen. Tony Nwoye, then of APC, garnered over 90 thousand votes in the...

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