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EntertainmentNewsSportUnited StatesLakers Return to Glory, Claim Record-tying 17th NBA Title

PilotnewsOctober 12, 2020

The Los Angeles Lakers captured a record-tying 17th NBA Championship on Sunday with a 106-93 victory over the Miami Heat that sealed the best-of-seven title series 4-2, restoring the storied franchise to the top of the basketball world. The Lakers’ victory tied them with the Boston Celtics for most NBA championships and capped an unprecedented season that resumed in July at a spectator-free campus at Disney World in Florida after a four-month COVID-19 shutdown. Finals...

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ColumnsPoliticsUnited StatesHarris and Pence Dodge Tough Questions in VP Debate – Experts React

PilotnewsOctober 9, 2020

Vice presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Mike Pence sat far apart and separated by plexiglass for the only 2020 vice presidential debate, held in Utah on Oct. 7. Their exchanges were more civil than the presidential debate a week earlier, but Pence – and Harris to a lesser degree – avoided tough questions from USA Today’s Susan Page about the Supreme Court, COVID-19 response, succession and the peaceful transfer of power. Our experts were each...

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NewsNigeriaUnited StatesU.S Calls for Credibility in Ondo Guber Poll

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Reporter)October 6, 2020

The US Embassy in Nigeria has called on the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), political parties, security operatives and other stakeholders to ensure credibility in the upcoming Ondo guber poll. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the US embassy urged major stakeholders to ensure that that poll reflect the true desire of the people for the state. The embassy also pledged to work with Nigeria to achieve the shared goals of peace and prosperity for both...

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NewsUnited StatesOil, Shares Declines As Trump Test Positive For Coronavirus

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 2, 2020

Shortly after the U.S President, Donald Trump announced that he has tested positive for Covid-19, oil price losses extended by almost 3 percent. This development is coming one month before the  country’s presidential election In the early hours of Friday, the President confirmed that he and the first lady, Melania Trump, had been diagnosed with coronavirus. The diagnosis puts him on the list of World leaders and high profile politicians to have contracted the virus....

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AfricaColumnsNewsUnited StatesAfrica and the First U.S. Presidential Debate

PilotnewsOctober 2, 2020

Mainstream U.S. media is characterizing the September 29 debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden as a disaster. The moderator was never able to establish control. President Trump, especially, constantly interrupted former Vice President Biden. Rather than a discussion about policy and ideas, the debate was a rant or a temper tantrum. In Africa, the debate will hardly burnish the image of democracy or the United States. However, the October 2 news that President Trump and the...

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HealthNewsUnited StatesCOVID-19: Trump to be Treated in Military Hospital

PilotnewsOctober 2, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump is moving to a military hospital for treatment after being diagnosed with COVID-19, the White House said on Friday, as his administration and election campaign scrambled to adjust to an extraordinary twist in his turbulent presidency. Trump, 74, will be moved to a special suite at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre in Bethesda, Maryland, for the next few days as a precautionary measure, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said....

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ColumnsPoliticsSportUnited StatesThe Numbers Behind America’s 180 on Athlete Activism

PilotnewsSeptember 26, 2020

For 50 dormant years – roughly, the period between Muhammad Ali’s heyday and the Miami Heat donning hoodies after Trayvon Martin’s murder – athletes, as a general rule, steered clear of politics. Teams and leagues liked it that way, as did sponsors. Why take a stand if it might cost you a customer? Fans seemed to like it that way, too. In a national survey conducted in 2016, after Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the national anthem to...

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Law & JusticeNewsUnited StatesRuth Bader Ginsburg is Remembered as ‘jurist of historic stature’

PilotnewsSeptember 21, 2020

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18 at age 87, has been described in countless tributes as a cultural icon and a giant despite her small size. “Our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature. We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn, but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her — a tireless and resolute champion of justice,” said...

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Foreign PolicyNewsNigeriaUnited StatesKogi Writes US, Says Visa Ban is Unjust, and Unacceptable

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Reporter)September 18, 2020

The Kogi State Government has written the United States against the recent visa ban imposed on some politicians alleged to have rigged the November 2019 election in the State. The US Government on Monday announced a visa restriction on some persons for allegedly rigging the November 2019 governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa state. It also announced for the run-up to the September and October 2020 Edo and Ondo governorship polls. However, in a letter...

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Foreign PolicyNewsNigeriaUnited StatesExtend Visa Ban to Electoral, Judicial Officials – Saraki Tells US

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Reporter)September 16, 2020

The former President of Nigeria Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, has urged the United States (U.S) to extend the visa ban it slammed on some Nigerian politicians to include electoral officers, security officials, and judicial officers, who are guilty of undermining the country’s democratic process by their actions during and after elections. The former Senate President also called for strong enforcement of the law, which provide strong punishment of politicians, law enforcement agents, ordinary citizens and...

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