Three White Men Sentence to Life In Prison After Killing Black Jogger

Crime & SecurityUnited StatesThree White Men Sentence to Life In Prison After Killing Black Jogger

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 8, 2022

Three white men of the United States have been convicted form murdering African American jogger Ahmaud Arbery after chasing him in their pickup trucks, they were sentenced to life in prison on Friday in a case that highlighted US tensions over racial injustice. Travis McMichael, 35, and his father Gregory McMichael, 66, were sentenced to life without parole, while their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, 52, had a less direct role in the murder and cooperated...

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UN Nations Pay Tribute at 9/11 Museum in New York

Award & RecognitionUnited NationsUnited StatesUN Nations Pay Tribute at 9/11 Museum in New York

PilotnewsSeptember 21, 2021

NEW YORK — UN nations on Monday paid tribute at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks launched against the U.S. that changed the course of history. UN Counter-Terrorism chief, Vladimir Voronkov, in his message to commemorate the anniversary, said the UN would continue to stand in solidarity with all victims of terrorism. Speaking at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in downtown Manhattan where the...

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Governor Greg Abbott’s COVID-19 woes: Karma is not a bitch, it’s a fair judge

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsPoliticsUnited StatesGovernor Greg Abbott’s COVID-19 woes: Karma is not a bitch, it’s a fair judge

PilotnewsAugust 18, 2021

Texas Governor―an inglorious conservative extremist who banned mask and vaccine mandates tests positive for COVID, and we should not be worried So, the latest victim of karma is Texas Governor Gregg Abbott, who recently led a school of anti-science numbskulls to ban mask and vaccine mandates in the state of Texas. The news is the power-intoxicated Governor tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, just a day after attending a super-spreader indoor campaign event at the...

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U.S. Adds 943,000 Jobs in July, Unemployment Rate Dips to 5.4% – Labour

BusinessUnited StatesU.S. Adds 943,000 Jobs in July, Unemployment Rate Dips to 5.4% – Labour

PilotnewsAugust 6, 2021

WASHINGTON — The United States (U.S.) employers added 943,000 jobs in July, the Labour Department announced on Friday. The figure was higher than previous forecasts, while the unemployment rate stood at 5.4 per cent in a job market still underperforming 17 months into the coronavirus pandemic. “Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 943,000 in July, and the unemployment rate declined by 0.5 percentage point to 5.4 per cent,” the Bureau of Labour Statistics, a unit...

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Twitter Ban, Military Crackdown on EndSARS Protesters, Other Reasons US Lawmakers Stop Sales of Arms to Nigeria

MilitaryNigeriaUnited StatesTwitter Ban, Military Crackdown on EndSARS Protesters, Other Reasons US Lawmakers Stop Sales of Arms to Nigeria

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 29, 2021

The United States lawmakers have held back a proposed sale of attack helicopters to Nigeria amid mounting concerns about the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s human rights record as it is confronted by multiple security crises. The US lawmakers on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have been said to have delayed the clearing of a proposed sale of 12 AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters and accompanying defence systems to the Nigerian military. According to US officials...

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Survival in Obscurity —Tribulations of African Americans in the Pandemic

Anthony Obi OgboNewsRegionsSpecial ReportUnited StatesSurvival in Obscurity —Tribulations of African Americans in the Pandemic

PilotnewsJuly 27, 2021

Finally, it took the pandemic to float ashore the system-induced tribulations of a population subjugated by a bigoted justice system By Anthony Obi Ogbo, Ph.D. A professor in a historically black college in Houston looked at the screen during one of his remote classes and noticed something quite unusual. Besides low classroom participation, a student could be seen in a Walmart breakroom, and another was in a car with a baby sleeping comfortably behind them...

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Nigerian Anglicans Dedicate New Cathedral in Houston

ReligionUnited StatesNigerian Anglicans Dedicate New Cathedral in Houston

PilotnewsJune 29, 2021

By David W. Virtue, DD More than 500 mostly Nigerian Anglicans packed Holy Trinity Cathedral Church in Houston on Saturday for an African style dedication of a new cathedral. Abuja-based Nigerian Primate, Henry Ndukuba, archbishop of the largest province in the Anglican communion, officially dedicated the new $5 million structure. The Rt. Rev. Bill Atwood, Dean of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) for International Affairs, said there were about 15 bishops present, plus...

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