Nigeria Launches Community Policing Initiative

ColumnsCrime & SecurityOpinionNigeria Launches Community Policing Initiative

PilotnewsSeptember 15, 2020

In the face of apparently soaring levels of crime and violence, the Nigerian government has launched a community policing initiative. Abuja has set aside N13 billion (about $35 million) to fund the launch and is recruiting some 10,000 constables, according to Nigerian media. The Chief of Police for Ekiti state is hinting that the new constables will be deployed in the areas from which they come. Locally based, the constables would develop ties with community leaders and,...

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Making sense of the forecast of the end of times

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionMaking sense of the forecast of the end of times

PilotnewsSeptember 14, 2020

From the rockies to the Hudson, to the Potomac, beyond the great sand spread of the Sahara, to the river Naija, the end is on its way ―Don Okolo Life as we know it could be coming to an end. That is not a figure of speech. I have consulted with the shamans and medicine men, from the world’s renowned rainforests, from the swamplands of the Pantanal, to the critter-burdened monsoon regions of the far...

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Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: August 29-September 4

National SecurityNewsOpinionNigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: August 29-September 4

PilotnewsSeptember 9, 2020

Below is a visualization and description of some of the most significant incidents of political violence in Nigeria from August 29 to September 4, 2020. This update also represents violence related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. These incidents are included in the Nigeria Security Tracker.   August 30: Police killed two Shiites in Kaduna, Kaduna. August 30: Vigilantes killed three kidnappers in Damaturu, Yobe. August 30: Sectarian violence led to two deaths in Anambra West, Anambra. August 31: Gunmen...

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Hopeless State of Hopefulness: Enduring a Mob of Blood-Drunk Humans in Blue Garbs

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionHopeless State of Hopefulness: Enduring a Mob of Blood-Drunk Humans in Blue Garbs

PilotnewsSeptember 5, 2020

If I were God. I would end it. If I were God, I would have the haters careening through the gates of hell proper…alive. ―Don Okolo I have had time, forty-something years and counting, to muse upon the fate of man the world over. And I have come to believe that a section of humanity would never rise from the quagmire of filth and disdain…from the vise-like grip the rest of the sultry smut have...

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South Africa’s Ramaphosa Tackles Corruption and Strengthens His Hand

AfricaCorruptionOpinionSouth Africa’s Ramaphosa Tackles Corruption and Strengthens His Hand

PilotnewsSeptember 3, 2020

South Africans have long feared that corruption would move from “retail,” small-scale and individualistic, to “structural,” as it is in some other African countries, where corruption infuses the political economy. Those fears accelerated during the 2009-2018 presidency of Jacob Zuma, which was characterized by nepotism, cronyism, and patronage networks, altogether labeled “state capture,” and blatant corruption within some state-owned enterprises fully reported by the media. Corruption also fueled Zuma’s efforts to remain in power and to undermine...

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Nigerian Schools: To Resume or Not to Resume?

EducationNigeriaOpinionNigerian Schools: To Resume or Not to Resume?

PilotnewsSeptember 2, 2020

And if schools resume next year or even a few years later with the same problem still in place, is this the kind of normal we should go back to? ―Ebuka Onyekwelu In normal times, by next week, Nigerian primary and secondary schools are supposed to be resuming for a new academic session in line with the age-long school calendar. But the year 2020 is nothing ordinary or normal by any strand of imagination given...

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Niger Attack Demonstrates Islamic State in West Africa’s Growing Reach

National SecurityOpinionWest AfricaNiger Attack Demonstrates Islamic State in West Africa’s Growing Reach

PilotnewsSeptember 1, 2020

The Sahel and Nigeria were previously distinct areas of operations for jihadist groups. However, the lines between these areas of operations are now blurring. It may, therefore, become harder in the future to determine which of Islamic State West Africa (ISWA)’s branches carried out an attack when such an attack occurs between Niamey, Niger and northwestern Nigeria. On August 9, the Islamic State’s ‘province’ in the Sahel, known as Islamic State in Greater Sahara (ISGS),...

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Africans Should Fight for DACA, Too

AfricaForeign PolicyOpinionAfricans Should Fight for DACA, Too

PilotnewsSeptember 1, 2020

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) is making the news again as the Trump administration continues its efforts to diminish the program. DACA protects eligible immigrant youth who came to the United States when they were children from deportation and allows them to apply for jobs. Recipients of the DACA program are often referred to as “Dreamers.” Since 2017, there has been an ongoing legal battle to save the program, which shields approximately...

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Planes, Trains, & Electric Automobiles: How Do We Move Around in a Zero-Carbon World? –By Bill Gates

ClimateEnvironmentOpinionPlanes, Trains, & Electric Automobiles: How Do We Move Around in a Zero-Carbon World? –By Bill Gates

PilotnewsAugust 25, 2020

We want more people to be able to travel without contributing to climate change. Earlier this month, I wrote about how COVID-19 is a cautionary tale for climate change. There’s no doubt that we have experienced terrible suffering and economic hardship over the last several months. But as hard as it is to imagine right now when we’re still in the middle of the pandemic, climate change has the potential to be even more devastating. The...

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Logical thoughts about El-Rufai’s Feud with the Nigerian Bar Association

Law & JusticeNigeriaOpinionLogical thoughts about El-Rufai’s Feud with the Nigerian Bar Association

PilotnewsAugust 22, 2020

It is safe to say that El-Rufai has long before now gained a reputation as an ethnic irredentist and a governor who is doing so little to resolve the security situation in Southern Kaduna ―Ebuka Onyekwelu The Selection of the Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El Rufai as a guest speaker at the Nigerian Bar Association –NBA- Annual General Meeting, has been canceled following outrage and protest by thousands of Nigerians for NBA leadership to...

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