The “Food Not Bombs” Saga – Feeding the Homeless With Politics and Conspiracies

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsUnited StatesThe “Food Not Bombs” Saga – Feeding the Homeless With Politics and Conspiracies

PilotnewsAugust 12, 2023

It is unlawful to challenge a statute by arrogantly violating it. Moreover, it is insensitive to use the needy as a shield for a pugnacious political vendetta. —Anthony Ogbo So, this motorist wanted to drop a token for the panhandler. He stopped abruptly in the middle of a bustling intersection while the traffic light was green. This resulted in the near collision of multiple vehicles. Furthermore, he blocked a lane while the panhandler reluctantly walked...

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Enugu State Gov. Mbah Swears In 20 Commissioners

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEnugu State Gov. Mbah Swears In 20 Commissioners

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 12, 2023

The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah has charged newly inaugurated Commissioners to work assiduously to attract investment and economic development and growth in the state. Gov. Mbah stated this on Thursday during the swearing-in ceremony of 20 of the 21 newly appointed Commissioners at the Government House Enugu. Congratulating the Commissioners, Dr. Mbah charged them to bring to the fore their expertise in actualizing his administration’s campaign promises to the masses. “We expressed a...

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Ekiti State Government Suspends Traditional Ruler Over Insubordination

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEkiti State Government Suspends Traditional Ruler Over Insubordination

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 11, 2023

The traditional chief in Imesi Ekiti, in Gbonyin LGA of Ekiti state, Chief Gabriel Bodunde has been suspended from office. The state’s deputy governor, Chief (Mrs) Monisade Afuye, who announced the suspension on Thursday while presiding over a petition forwarded to her office by Onimesi-in-Council. She stated that the Chief was suspended over alleged disrespect, high-handedness and insubordination to the town’s monarch, Oba Olatunji Olatunde. The Chief was also accused of fueling communal crises in...

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Five South East Governors Meet On Security, Other Matters

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFive South East Governors Meet On Security, Other Matters

PilotnewsAugust 11, 2023

Governors of the five South East states of Imo, Anambra, Abịa, Ebonyi and Enugu have resolved to wrestle widespread insecurity ravaging the region to the ground. Rising after an over five hour meeting at the Enugu State Government House, Enugu, the Governors expressed unanimous views that the unrest in the region has nothing to do with agitations. In attendance were Governors Peter Mbah of Enugu State, Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra, Alex Otti of Abia State,...

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Conventional Myths Remain World’s Most Notable Controversies

ColumnsDon OkoloNigeriaOpinionConventional Myths Remain World’s Most Notable Controversies

PilotnewsAugust 10, 20232

And we believe in all of them…except the last one on this list. The one I figured out. _________________________ I will be called out, castigated, roped, and dragged through a stony terrain to be thrown off a ten-thousand cliff, that is if you read on and arrived at the very last haymaker of the controversy of all controversies. First, here is the list of all the major arguments humans have swallowed hook, line, and sinker....

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Southern, Middle Belt leaders tell Tinubu to settle Niger crisis peacefully, urgently

National SecurityNewsNigeriaSouthern, Middle Belt leaders tell Tinubu to settle Niger crisis peacefully, urgently

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 10, 2023

The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has told President Bola Tinubu to settle the Niger crisis peacefully and urgently. The Forum in a press statement on Wednesday signed by Chief Dr. E. K. Clark, Leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Leader, Afenifere, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, President-General, Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Dr. Pogu Bitrus, President, Middle Belt Forum and Senator Emmanuel Ibok Essien, National Chairman PANDEF, noted that it  observed that for the past two weeks, the nation and...

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Ondo Amotekun partners Edo to tackle inter-border kidnapping

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaOndo Amotekun partners Edo to tackle inter-border kidnapping

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 10, 2023

To tackle insecurity, Ondo State Security Network, also called Amotekun Corps has sought the cooperation of security agencies in Edo State to comb the various communities for criminals and check inter-border kidnapping. Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, Corps Commander disclosed this to journalists on Wednesday in Akure, the Ondo State capital, while fielding questions during a programme, Platform, organised by the correspondents’ Chapel of  the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the state. Akogun stated that some...

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UNICEF charges Bauchi govt, others  on conducive environment for breastfeeding mothers

HealthNewsNigeriaUNICEF charges Bauchi govt, others  on conducive environment for breastfeeding mothers

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 10, 2023

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), has called on the Bauchi State government and employers to create a conducive environment for working mothers to carry out six months exclusive breastfeeding of their newborn babies. Dr Tushar Rane, the UNICEF Chief of Field Office Bauchi State, made the call during the 2023 World Breastfeeding Week Media Dialogue with theme “Enabling Breastfeeding: Making a difference for working parents” which held at Jamil Hotel in  Azare, headquarters of...

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Jandor confident of victory at Lagos election petition tribunal

NewsNigeriaPoliticsJandor confident of victory at Lagos election petition tribunal

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 10, 2023

Dr. Olajide Adediran, popularly called Jandor, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 governorship election in Lagos State, has expressed confidence that he’ll have victory at the election tribunal sitting in Lagos. The PDP candidate is seeking the disqualification of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and candidate of the Labour Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour. He noted that he would win because everything that he submitted at the...

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VP Kashim Shettima Says Nigerian Government Losses $7bn To Floods

NewsNigeriaPoliticsVP Kashim Shettima Says Nigerian Government Losses $7bn To Floods

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 10, 2023

The Nigerian Government has said over 600 lives were lost as a result of floods in 2022 and the direct economic damage caused by the disaster is amounting to $7bn. Vice President Kashim Shettima who disclosed this on Tuesday at an event of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Abuja, described the situation as the worst effect of climate change in Nigeria. Represented by his Deputy Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Hassan, Vice...

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