Gbajabiamila Says Federal Character Needs to Be Reviewed to Reflect Current Realities

NewsNigeriaPeoplePoliticsGbajabiamila Says Federal Character Needs to Be Reviewed to Reflect Current Realities

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 2, 2020

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said it has become necessary to review the extant definition of federal character in the Nigerian constitution. According to him, federal character, as currently defined in the Nigerian constitution, did not reflect the current realities of the country, as it limits national opportunities to geographical location alone, without consideration to gender, persons living with disabilities and age classification. Gbajabiamila said this on Saturday, while declaring open...

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Islam Cartoon: Hundreds Protest At French Embassy in Jakarta

NewsPoliticsWorld NewsIslam Cartoon: Hundreds Protest At French Embassy in Jakarta

PilotnewsNovember 2, 2020

About 400 people rallied outside the French embassy in the Indonesian capital to denounce France’s handling of cartoons of Islam’s prophet Mohammed deemed offensive by Muslims. The protesters outside waved posters calling French President Emmanuel Macron “an enemy of Muslims. A banner read “we condemn the insult against Prophet Mohammed,’’ referring to caricatures of Mohammed republished by the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo in early September. Following a series of Islamist attacks on France since...

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Police Arrest Opposition Leaders For Illegal Protest Plans in Tanzania

AfricaNewsPoliticsPolice Arrest Opposition Leaders For Illegal Protest Plans in Tanzania

PilotnewsNovember 2, 2020

The police in Tanzanian, on Monday arrested several opposition politicians for allegedly planning illegal demonstrations after accusing the ruling party of rigging the general election. Special police zone commander, Lazaro Mambosasa, told journalists in the commercial capital, that among those arrested are Chadema party national chairman Freeman Mbowe and several other leading Chadema members. “We were tipped [off] that they were organizing illegal demonstrations and persuading youths to go into the streets today. “We did...

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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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Taraba State Dep. Gov Laments Colossal Destruction of Property

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaRegionsTaraba State Dep. Gov Laments Colossal Destruction of Property

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 30, 2020

Taraba State Deputy Governor Haruna Manu has lamented the massive destruction of public and private property in the state, calling on religious leaders in the state to always preach peace among their adherents. Manu made the remark, while receiving the leadership of Taraba State Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and its counterparts Muslim Council of Nigeria (MCN) in his office on behalf of Governor Dickson Ishaku, explained that both Christianity and Islam encourages peaceful coexistence....

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Trump’s Long History of Racism, from the 1970s to 2020

NewsPoliticsUnited StatesWorld NewsTrump’s Long History of Racism, from the 1970s to 2020

PilotnewsOctober 30, 2020

If you ask President Donald Trump, he isn’t racist. On the contrary, he’s repeatedly said that he’s “the least racist person that you’ve ever encountered.” Trump’s actual record, however, tells a very different story. On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly made explicitly racist and otherwise bigoted remarks, from calling Mexican immigrants criminals and rapists, to proposing a ban on all Muslims entering the US, to suggesting a judge should recuse himself from a case solely...

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Trump Administration Civil and Human Rights Catastrophe

NewsPoliticsUnited StatesTrump Administration Civil and Human Rights Catastrophe

PilotnewsOctober 30, 2020

Since Trump took office in January 2017, his administration has worked aggressively to turn back the clock on our nation’s civil and human rights progress. Here’s how. 2017 On January 27, Trump signed an executive order – the first version of his Muslim ban – that discriminated against Muslims and banned refugees. On January 31, under new Chairman Ajit Pai’s leadership, the Federal Communications Commission refused to defend critical components of its prison phone rate...

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Opposition Parties Congratulate INEC Chairman on His Reappointment

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOpposition Parties Congratulate INEC Chairman on His Reappointment

PilotnewsOctober 28, 2020

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has congratulated Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on his reappointment as the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The CUPP in a statement issued by its Spokesperson, Ikenga Ugochinyere, on Tuesday in Abuja, described Yakubu’s reappointment as the only chance for him to set Nigeria electoral processes on the right path. They also urged him to use this second term appointment, which is novel in the political history of Nigeria,...

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Gov Fintiri Visit Yola AIT Office, Declares Commitment to Partner with the Station

NewsPoliticsPress * MediaGov Fintiri Visit Yola AIT Office, Declares Commitment to Partner with the Station

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)October 24, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has declared the state government’s commitment to partner and support African independent Television AIT Yola. Fintiri stated during a courtesy call to the head of Africa independent Television AIT yola office. The  governor represented by the state commissioner of information and strategy, Comrade Umar Garba Pella  said they were  in a television station to register state government sympathy  and concern over the recent...

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BREAKING: Public Unrest: Obiano Suspends 2021 Budget Submission to Anambra Assembly Today

National SecurityNewsNigeriaPoliticsBREAKING: Public Unrest: Obiano Suspends 2021 Budget Submission to Anambra Assembly Today

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)October 22, 2020

AWKA — Anambra state Governor; Chief Willie Obiano has suspended the submission of the 2021 Anambra state budget to the Anambra state House of Assembly, which was originally planned to hold today at the Anambra state House of Assembly complex in Awka, the state capital. This is coming after the peaceful end SARS protest that has been on for about two weeks took a swift turn for the worst, following the events at the Lekki...

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