Musings on Elections in Africa on America’s Election Day

ColumnsOpinionPoliticsUnited StatesMusings on Elections in Africa on America’s Election Day

PilotnewsNovember 3, 2020

Americans assume that free, fair, and credible elections are essential to democracy. They also assume that citizens are free to vote the way they want, and that therefore election results reflect the public will. Voting is also seen as a civic responsibility, something that all eligible Americans should do, though they are not compelled to do so by law. And, for Americans, determination of eligibility to vote should be based on factors such as citizenship,...

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Power indeed does corrupt —The shame of Desmond Elliot’s hate speech

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPower indeed does corrupt —The shame of Desmond Elliot’s hate speech

PilotnewsNovember 1, 2020

Not too long ago at Lagos State University, people like me were giving you transport money to catch a ride back home. You’ve forgotten where you come from… omashey oo. —Georgina Chigozie Onuoha I’ve received a lot of calls and text messages regarding Desmond Elliot’s posts, which  I made and rightfully so. It would have been morally wrong and reprehensible not to call him out because of the “Na we-we” or “he is one of...

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Why Cobalt Mining in the DRC Needs Urgent Attention

BusinessColumnsLabourOpinionWhy Cobalt Mining in the DRC Needs Urgent Attention

PilotnewsOctober 31, 20201

Cobalt is an essential mineral used for batteries in electric cars, computers, and cell phones. Demand for cobalt is increasing as more electric cars are sold, particularly in Europe, where governments are encouraging the sales with generous environmental bonuses. According to recent projections by the World Economic Forum’s Global Battery Alliance, the demand for cobalt for use in batteries will grow fourfold in 2030 as a result of this electric vehicle boom. More than 70...

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Northwest Nigeria Potential Jihadi Linchpin in West Africa

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionRegionsNorthwest Nigeria Potential Jihadi Linchpin in West Africa

PilotnewsOctober 31, 2020

Up to now, radical jihadi activity in West Africa has been centered in Mali—with spillover to adjacent parts of Burkina Faso and Niger—and the Lake Chad Basin. The two locales are now increasingly bridged by jihadi activity in northwest Nigeria, where resurgent struggles over land and water with a cast of ethnically aligned fighters and flourishing criminality provide them with new space. Jihadi movements in all three regions are fractious, subject to bloody internal rivalries, and overlap...

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Blacks for Trump — An Obnoxious Case of Imbecility

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsOpinionUnited StatesBlacks for Trump — An Obnoxious Case of Imbecility

PilotnewsOctober 30, 2020

These selfish morons trivialize the blood of their forebears that have constantly watered the tree of liberty.  ― Dr. Anthony Obi Ogbo An African proverb says that a man who is not mindful of how his father died is most likely to become  victim of the exact thing that killed his father. This expression holds true when we view in awe, the deliberate ignorance, and blind emotional path many of my African American brethren are...

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Tyranny of the Masses: Before Nigeria Slips into Anarchy

ColumnsCrime & SecurityOpinionTyranny of the Masses: Before Nigeria Slips into Anarchy

PilotnewsOctober 28, 2020

Nigerians are governed by people who do not care so much about their basic needs, as much as they care about the luxury they enjoy with public money. ―Ebuka Onyekwelu As of now, it is clear to every discerning mind that what is going on across several states of Nigeria is no longer the #End SARS campaign, but a dangerous development that can so easily slip into chaotic anarchy. The situation as it is, can...

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Living in Port Harcourt: I Will Keep on Wearing Face Mask After COVID

ColumnsCoronavirusNigeriaOpinionLiving in Port Harcourt: I Will Keep on Wearing Face Mask After COVID

PilotnewsOctober 23, 2020

The Coronavirus that was unleashed on the peoples of the world at the beginning of the year has, as at October 22, 2020, infected 41,104,946 people and killed 1,128,325 according to World Health Organization (WHO) data. In the ten months or so since its ferocious rampage, COVID-19 has undoubtedly re-configured the world’s social dynamics, demystified perceived invincibility of superpowers and humbled arrogant world leaders. The arsenals of the world’s mightiest militaries were rendered useless as...

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Why President Buhari’s National Broadcast Might Not Matter

ColumnsNational SecurityNigeriaOpinionWhy President Buhari’s National Broadcast Might Not Matter

PilotnewsOctober 22, 2020

President Buhari is the very last human being once peaceful protesters, turned angry mob, want to listen to. ―Ebuka Onyekwelu The end SARS campaign has been on for about the third week now. Throughout the first and second weeks of the protest, it went on smoothly and extraordinarily peaceful to the utter chagrin of those who expect so little of Nigerian youth. Clearly, President Buhari who once referred to Nigerian youth as “lazy”, may as...

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#Endsars: “Alleged Destruction of Yoruba Economic Assets”, the Ohanaeze Position.

National SecurityOpinionPeople#Endsars: “Alleged Destruction of Yoruba Economic Assets”, the Ohanaeze Position.

PilotnewsOctober 22, 2020

The attention of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex socio- cultural and Political body of Ndigbo Worldwide has been drawn to a press statement issued by a Pan Yoruba Group, the Apapo O’Odua Koya ( AOKOYA) on the on-going youth uprising in Nigeria particularly in Lagos as it relates to Ndigbo youths. We find the statement disheartening not necessarily because of the untruth in its sentiment but that it’s obviously being engineered and targeted at the age...

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OPINION: As Government Sets to Present Anambra 2021 Budget: What Does the Budget Mean for the Government?

ColumnsOpinionPoliticsOPINION: As Government Sets to Present Anambra 2021 Budget: What Does the Budget Mean for the Government?

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)October 20, 2020

The Government of Anambra State has concluded plans to present the 2021 budget to the Anambra State House of Assembly on Thursday 22nd October, 2020. This will be the last budget of the administration of Governor Willie Obinao considering that he will be handing over to a successor in March, 2022. Very clearly, the budget of 2022 is going to be a subject of intense politicizations wherein the incoming governor and the outgoing governor will...

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