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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Nigeria: Atrocity in the Northeast

ColumnsNational SecurityNigeriaOpinionNigeria: Atrocity in the Northeast

PilotnewsDecember 3, 2020

In response to the latest atrocity—the November 28 killing of civilians working in rice fields in villages in the Jere local government area, which is close to the Borno State capital of Maiduguri—Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum appears to be looking for Borno State and local entities to restore security. In a public statement, he did call on the federal government to recruit more troops, but his emphasis appears to have been on growing the...

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How Hath the Mighty Fallen ―Dissecting the Mystery of the Trump’s Era

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionHow Hath the Mighty Fallen ―Dissecting the Mystery of the Trump’s Era

PilotnewsNovember 29, 2020

It is safe to say that even the great United States could fall prey to a snake oil salesman.  ―Don Okolo Well, the caption above isn’t exactly true. The United States is standing on the precarious edge of tipping over into a chasm of jagged rock tips. It is swaying dangerously, but hadn’t yet fallen over…at least, not yet. The next small wind could nudge it over. Believe me, it could come. And if it...

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‘Igbos for Trump’ ― A Callous Betrayal of ‘Biafra-Haiti Ancestral Covenant’

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNigeriaOpinion‘Igbos for Trump’ ― A Callous Betrayal of ‘Biafra-Haiti Ancestral Covenant’

PilotnewsNovember 27, 20202

Igbos forgot that it was Haiti, not Israel that stood by them, took them in, fed them throughout the three years of a failed war to sustain the Biafran nationhood.  ― Dr. Anthony Obi Ogbo I recall in 2010 when the then Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, led a Nigerian delegation, comprising the Red Cross, the private sector, the entertainment industry representatives to evaluate the level of damage by the 7.2 earthquakes that devastated Haiti....

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Unmasking the Judicial Panels of Inquiry on Police Brutality: Will There be Justice for Victims?

ColumnsLaw & JusticeNigeriaOpinionUnmasking the Judicial Panels of Inquiry on Police Brutality: Will There be Justice for Victims?

PilotnewsNovember 24, 2020

At this stage, it is my considered opinion that no officer of the police force is likely going to be punished for abusing or brutalizing citizens.  ―Ebuka Onyekwelu The ongoing hearing on police brutality at the various states of the federation is nothing profound or in the least, significant, for the simple reason that it is increasing difficult to exonerate Nigeria from various forms of violations suffered by its citizens. Much so to the extent...

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