What’s in a Name? How African names were substituted at baptism hotspots

Don OkoloNewsOpinionWhat’s in a Name? How African names were substituted at baptism hotspots

PilotnewsApril 3, 2020

When it impacts your culture and who you are…it matters A Rose by any other name… Maybe this Shakespearean adage couldn’t alter a Rose and her scheme of hodgepodge attributes of great smelling whiffs to stand as something else: A Rose would remain a Rose, if one called it by any other name. Enter Jerry Rawlings of Ghana talking about nomenclature, the Christening of persons born in East, West, South and Central Africa, and of...

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Nigerians and their Foreign Heroes

CoronavirusOpinionNigerians and their Foreign Heroes

PilotnewsApril 2, 2020

Nigerians have successfully moved from buying foreign gadgets most of which are not produced in Nigeria, goods, foreign household equipment, food, clothes and to just about anything else, many of which are produced in Nigeria and of good quality. For most Nigerians, foreign things are a mark of class and opulence. As of now, Nigerians prefer foreign education from nursery to tertiary level; this is usually blamed on the deplorable quality of education obtainable in...

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The Misplaced Outrage by Nigerians, Over Payment of Tithes and Offerings

NewsNigeriaOpinionThe Misplaced Outrage by Nigerians, Over Payment of Tithes and Offerings

PilotnewsMarch 30, 2020

A lot of people may want to pretend that they are not aware that membership of any socio-cultural, religious, political, economic, or any other group, attracts forms of financial commitment. Even citizenship is not for free, because citizens show financial commitment through the payment of taxes. No meaningful establishment can stand without the monetary contributions of its members. When you willfully belong to any legally recognized group, the nomenclature notwithstanding, and you make financial contributions...

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Why Nigerians are Unsympathetic to Buhari and Kyari

CoronavirusNigeriaOpinionWhy Nigerians are Unsympathetic to Buhari and Kyari

PilotnewsMarch 27, 2020

Many Nigerians are actually very passive, they don’t care at all until whatever the issue maybe gets to their doorstep, so many wishful thinkers and misfortune gloaters, leaving their main responsibility completely unattended to. Since the news of Abba Kyari — President Buhari’s Chief of Staff, who tested positive for coronavirus leaked, most Nigerians have been literally jubilating over that as if it is a straight jackpot and a guarantee to a better Nigeria, but...

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COVID-19: I Am Not Praying For Abba Kyari, I Am Not in the Faith Business

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionCOVID-19: I Am Not Praying For Abba Kyari, I Am Not in the Faith Business

PilotnewsMarch 26, 2020

I do not pray for predators. I pray for the victims and allow God to sort out their oppressors. How He does that is not my business.  While quarantined in our homes, we have been praying against the devastations of the COVID-19. But I have always been specific about who I pray for. I am not praying for Ruthless politicians or elected representatives who have consistently worked hard in ensuring a weak or nonexistent health system, thus...

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Nowhere to Run—When wealth, made or stolen, provides no refuge.

CoronavirusNigeriaOpinionNowhere to Run—When wealth, made or stolen, provides no refuge.

PilotnewsMarch 24, 2020

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine called to inquire about “my plans”. My plans?  He wanted to know how I was preparing for Nigeria’s eventual collapse. He then went for the pitch. Invest $150,000 in a named foreign country and be granted citizenship which will provide access to the U.S., U.K. and Europe. To validate his pitch, he reeled off names of known politicians who he claimed were his clients.  ”Bro, you have...

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How Coronavirus will Alter Democratic Systems

CoronavirusNigeriaOpinionHow Coronavirus will Alter Democratic Systems

PilotnewsMarch 19, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak all over the world has severe economic consequences, and it has become apparent. Many economies and markets are already showing signs of severe downtime, with falling prices of shares and stock market crashes. Both local and international businesses are affected, and there are predictions that it will get even worse, thus prompting governments around the world to map out multi-billions as social intervention funds to keep their citizens afloat. We have also seen...

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The Memorable Police Games in Anambra

NewsNigeriaOpinionThe Memorable Police Games in Anambra

PilotnewsMarch 14, 2020

Immediately the one-week Biennial 12th Police Games began in Awka, Anambra State, on Saturday, February 29, the state chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations endorsed the games as a vital component of the strategy for reputation management in the state. The chapter is led by Stella Chinyere Okunna, Nigeria’s first female mass communication professor who was at different times Commissioner for Information and Commissioner for Economic Planning and later Chief of Staff under...

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The Rot and Institutional Decay Inside the Anambra State House of Assembly

NigeriaOpinionThe Rot and Institutional Decay Inside the Anambra State House of Assembly

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)March 12, 2020

The Anambra State House of Assembly which commenced its legislative business in an uncompleted building at Enugwu- Ukwu civic centre, in Njikoka local government Area of Anambra State, was inaugurated on the 17th January 1992, by the former Governor of Anambra state; Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife; Okwadike. The then uncompleted Enugwu-Ukwu civic centre was freely donated by Enugwu-Ukwu people to the House to be use temporary for their legislative business. The democratic experiment was military supervised...

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Western Nigeria can Proceed with a Civil War Against the North; Igbos Would Supply Arms and Food

Anthony Obi OgboNigeriaOpinionPoliticsWestern Nigeria can Proceed with a Civil War Against the North; Igbos Would Supply Arms and Food

PilotnewsMarch 9, 2020

Anytime there is a call for war, those who have once lived through it speak differently from those whose experience is from computer games.   Just recently, two former Nigerian leaders, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and a former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. T.Y. Danjuma (retd.) have been on a rampage – spewing inflammatory comments about a possible civil war in Nigeria – holding rallies in Nigeria and overseas, conveying animosity over the country’s current political...

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