Post-election Violence Leaves 14 People Dead in Central African Town – Group

AfricaNewsPoliticsPost-election Violence Leaves 14 People Dead in Central African Town – Group

PilotnewsFebruary 25, 2021

Fourteen people were brutally murdered on Feb. 16 in an apparent attack on a religious site in a Central African Republic town, a human rights group said on Thursday. “Testimonies, satellite imagery and photographic analysis confirm the killing of 14 people last week in a religious site in Bambari,” Amnesty International said in a  statement. Violence escalated ahead of the Dec. 27 elections after a coalition of six militant groups, which control two-thirds of the...

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Okorocha: Apologise to Imo State or face Recall – Group

CorruptionNewsPoliticsOkorocha: Apologise to Imo State or face Recall – Group

PilotnewsFebruary 25, 2021

OWERRI —  The Orlu Political Consultative Assembly (OPOCA), a political body in Orlu Senatorial District of Imo,  has advised Sen. Rochas Okorocha to apologise to Imo Government over his action on the government’s sealed property. The group made the demand at a news conference in Owerri and threatened to recall Okorocha from the National Assembly if he failed to apologize to the state. Mr. Rex Anunobi, OPOCA National President, said that Okorocha behaved in a...

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Anambra Gubernatorial Race: Reality of Governor Obiano’s influence Power Options

ColumnsOpinionPoliticsAnambra Gubernatorial Race: Reality of Governor Obiano’s influence Power Options

PilotnewsFebruary 24, 2021

To think that Obiano will have no hand in determining who takes over from him is in effect setting one’s self up for disappointment. ―Ebuka Onyekwelu In about eight months today, the Anambra state governorship election will hold. As it is with every political journey, years have shrunk to months, and finally to days since 2017 when governor Obiano fought what perhaps, was the biggest battle of his life and without doubt, the most terrifying...

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Drama in Senate As Kogi Senator Calls Abia Governor “Drunk”

NewsPoliticsDrama in Senate As Kogi Senator Calls Abia Governor “Drunk”

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 23, 2021

A mild drama erupted in the Senate on Tuesday following a comment by Senator Smart Adeyemi, referring to the Governor of Abia State as a “drunk.” The senator was contributing to a motion on “Safe School Initiative in Nigeria,” when he referred to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu as a “champaign drinking man”. Obviously, Adeyemi was reacting to a social media post that had cast an aspersion on Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello. The post was linked to...

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Extension: Edo APC Chairman Renews Call For Membership Registration/Revalidation

NewsNigeriaPoliticsExtension: Edo APC Chairman Renews Call For Membership Registration/Revalidation

PilotnewsFebruary 22, 2021

BENIN —  Chairman, Caretaker Committee of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, Col. David Imusa (retd.), has called on all intending members to seize the opportunity of the new deadline for membership registration to join the party. The chairman made the call on Monday in Benin in a statement issued by the Assistant State Publicity Secretary of the party, Ofure Osehobo. Imusa noted that the extension was in response to the demands across the state...

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Anambra’s Election Heats Up as Ngige declares Victor Umeh an “abandoned property” 

LocalNewsNigeriaPoliticsAnambra’s Election Heats Up as Ngige declares Victor Umeh an “abandoned property” 

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 22, 2021

Candidates engage in war of words as Anambra election draws closer Party battle to win Anambra State in the forthcoming election may have taken a new turn with the latest exchange between the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige and a former National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Umeh.   Dr.  Ngige, had referred to  Chief Umeh as “an abandoned property as he answers questions regarding alleged consistent attacks...

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Police Arrest Former Imo Governor, Rochas Okorocha

CorruptionNewsNigeriaPoliticsPolice Arrest Former Imo Governor, Rochas Okorocha

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 22, 2021

A former governor of the Imo state, Rocha Okorocha has been arrested by some operatives of the State police command on Sunday. He was arrested alongside Ijeoma Igboanusi and Okafor-Anyanwu. Igboanusi was the deputy chief of staff (Domestic) while Okafor-Anyanwu was the Commissioner for Transportation during Okorocha’s administration. The Senator representing Imo West was arrested after unsealing Spring Palm Estate linked to his wife, Nkechi. The ex-governor had gone to the estate with his supporters,...

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Citing 0.10 Percent GDP Growth, APC Claims Buhari Keeping His Promises

EconomyPoliticsCiting 0.10 Percent GDP Growth, APC Claims Buhari Keeping His Promises

Beloved John (Staff Writer)February 19, 2021

The All Progressives Congress (APC) claims the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is keeping his promises to Nigerians. John Akpanudoedehe, national secretary of the APC caretaker and extra-ordinary convention planning committee (CECPC), said this in reaction to the report that Nigeria exited recession after its gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.11 percent. In a statement on Thursday, Akpanudoedehe said the report gave credence to the fact that the Buhari administration is doing as he...

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Kidnapping: Niger State Government Shuts Down Boarding Schools in Four LGAs

LocalNewsNigeriaKidnapping: Niger State Government Shuts Down Boarding Schools in Four LGAs

PilotnewsFebruary 18, 2021

The Niger state government has shut down all boarding schools in four local government areas (LGAs). The affected LGAs are Rafi, Munya, Mariga and Shiroro. The closure of the schools follows the abduction of school children at the Government Science College (GSC), Kagara in the early hours of Wednesday. Governor Sani Bello of the state gave the order at a press conference, called for clam from parents and relatives of the abducted schoolchildren. He called...

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: A Well-Qualified New Leader for the WTO

EssayWorldWorld NewsNgozi Okonjo-Iweala: A Well-Qualified New Leader for the WTO

PilotnewsFebruary 17, 2021

by John Campbell Culled from The Council on Foreign Relations When Robert Azevedo stepped down last year from the post of director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the trade body’s top leadership position, former Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala quickly became the universal favorite to land the job—except for among members of the Trump administration. Because the WTO operates on the basis of consensus, the Trump administration’s opposition effectively vetoed her in favor of the current South Korean Trade...

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