Resurgence of COVID-19 in Africa

AfricaColumnsCoronavirusOpinionResurgence of COVID-19 in Africa

PilotnewsDecember 30, 2020

By John Campbell It was long expected that Africa, with its weak public health infrastructure and the impoverishment of its population, would face particular disaster with the outbreak of COVID-19. It arrived later than in other parts of the world, apparently mostly from Europe. The disease’s earliest, high-profile victims were among those able to travel abroad, and South Africa—the country with probably the most extensive links to the rest of the world—early became the epicenter of the...

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Public Letter to Late Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule, Danmasanin Kano

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPublic Letter to Late Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule, Danmasanin Kano

PilotnewsDecember 29, 2020

Please remember that when you left this world, the level of insecurity especially in the northern part of the country was not as bad as it is today. People in many northern states are now at the mercy of armed gangs who roam towns and villages, wreaking havoc and killing at will. ____ I write this postmortem letter to you, Your Excellency, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule Dan Masanin Kano of blessed memory, to intimate you...

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The Trump Amoral Dynasty: White Evangelicals Locked In A Deadly Mambo With The Devil

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionThe Trump Amoral Dynasty: White Evangelicals Locked In A Deadly Mambo With The Devil

PilotnewsDecember 28, 2020

“Pastor Kenneth Copeland is the craziest of them all. With eyes popped like a pair of demitasse spoons, a large swath of his craziness is written on both cheeks of his face.” ―Don Okolo Like the budding tendrils of a rosebud, reacting to the warmth of an early morning sun, the American Evangelical Herd stand in frailty, bent out of shape for being overly reverential, cringing almost, before these miasmas of pure darkness, as they...

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OPINION: Darkness in Northern Nigeria

Crime & SecurityNigeriaOpinionOPINION: Darkness in Northern Nigeria

PilotnewsDecember 23, 2020

By John Campbell _____ There are signs that as the Nigerian army and the police continue to fail to meet the security needs of the Nigerian people, they will turn toward repression. In November, Chief of Army Staff Tukur Buratai called on all troops to put themselves in a “war mode.” An internal army communication obtained by the media exhorted Nigerian soldiers to treat all individuals in the region where Boko Haram is active as suspected jihadis until they...

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Release of Nigerian School Boys: Questions and Hypotheses

ColumnsCrime & SecurityNigeriaOpinionRelease of Nigerian School Boys: Questions and Hypotheses

PilotnewsDecember 21, 2020

By John Campbell ____ The freeing of perhaps 344 boys kidnapped from a boarding school at Kankara in Katsina state is unalloyed good news. However, the foiled attempt to kidnap another eighty school children, at Dandume in the same state a few days later on December 19, highlights the iniquitousness of criminal gang activity. As for the now-freed Kankara victims, many questions remain. Just how many were kidnapped, how many escaped, how many were released, and how many (if any)...

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Eastern Security Network and the Southeast Question

NewsNigeriaOpinionEastern Security Network and the Southeast Question

PilotnewsDecember 21, 2020

The undisputed fact, however, remains that the Southeast needs an urgent regional internal security outfit. ―Ebuka Onyekwelu There has been continued debate on the newly formed and unveiled Eastern Security Network –ESN- outfit for the old Eastern Region’s security, by the Indigenous People of Biafra- IPOB. The propriety of the establishment has been put into question by many Nigerians. While as many justify the formation of the group yet, the setup as a non-state actor...

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Dynasty of Biden and Harris: I Finally Found My Old Blue Jeans

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionDynasty of Biden and Harris: I Finally Found My Old Blue Jeans

PilotnewsDecember 18, 2020

“I am not afraid Trump would return. If he did, he would be shamed twice.” ―Don Okolo Unless you are a Blues lover, you couldn’t tell where I pulled that from. I know most of you know the source. But I mo’ tell ya anyway: As far as Blues and Rock fused bands go, ZZ Top takes the cake for me. Look them up and listen to this forty-six-year-old gem they titled, ‘Blue Jean Blues’...

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Goodluck Jonathan, the Caliphate Ritual-Cow and Ayo Oritsejafor Metaphor

NigeriaOpinionPoliticsGoodluck Jonathan, the Caliphate Ritual-Cow and Ayo Oritsejafor Metaphor

PilotnewsDecember 9, 2020

President Goodluck Jonathan was a very fine gentleman in politics, broad-minded and slow to judgment. But that he was naive and an utter stranger to the realities and responsibilities of his time at the detriment of those whose political future depended mostly on his exalted position cannot be disputed.—Dr. Nwankwo Tony Nwaezeigwe “Mr President you are finished,” said Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor to President Goodluck Jonathan. And President Jonathan responded: “You said what?” And Pastor Ayo...

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OPINION: What Does Restructuring Really Mean?

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPoliticsOPINION: What Does Restructuring Really Mean?

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)December 8, 2020

By Ebuka Onyekwelu Since Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999, various forms of agitations expressing the desires of the people of Nigeria for some structural reforms have become the mainstay of Nigeria’s democratic experience, up till date, after twenty-one long years. Conversations on resource control, propriety of state police, devolution of power, return to regionalism, local government creation, are some of the most vexatious and hotly debated areas requiring reforms. These ultimately entail constitutional...

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OPINION: Kwankwasiyya Myopic Allegation on Sell of Public Properties in Kano

ColumnsOpinionPoliticsOPINION: Kwankwasiyya Myopic Allegation on Sell of Public Properties in Kano

PilotnewsDecember 8, 2020

By Abba Dukawa ____ Funny enough, the Kwankwasiyya movement still  not realized that the movement is a paper tiger and has crumbled like a pack of cards.   Recently, the  movement in its desperate moved to remain relevant in the polity of the day  accused Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of illegally selling public properties to cronies and family members. This is nothing but  laughable threats that they would not fold arms and allow public assets to...

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