Over 380 People Killed, 71 Others Abducted In Niger State

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaOver 380 People Killed, 71 Others Abducted In Niger State

PilotnewsFebruary 2, 2023

The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) has released that no fewer than about 380 people were killed and 71 others abducted in Niger State between 2015 and 2021. The North-Central coordinator of the centre, Maj. Gen. Hassan Ibrahim Bature (retd) disclosed this at a sensitisation Programme for the newly posted National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members to the State at the NYSC’s permanent Orientation camp in Paiko, the headquarters...

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Protest Hits Enugu As Residents Cry Against Cost Of Livelihood

EconomyLocal GovernmentNewsNigeriaProtest Hits Enugu As Residents Cry Against Cost Of Livelihood

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)February 2, 2023

Despite the billions of new naira notes purportedly printed by the Central Bank of Nigeria and the diverse channels the apex bank listed for the dispense of the naira, the transition to its usage is causing untold hardship to the masses. Long queues at banks and filling stations have become the new normal hence the outrageous hike in food items and other commodities. The pressure is too much and if not strategically arrested can lead...

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Gunmen attack the INEC office, police station, and residential building in Anambra

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen attack the INEC office, police station, and residential building in Anambra

PilotnewsFebruary 2, 2023

Gunmen yesterday, attacked the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Ojoto, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. A source said the hoodlums burnt the commission’s headquarters using Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs. The gunmen also attacked a police station in Nnobi, in the same local government area, and a residential building inside the station, where they killed a boy, and injured a girl. The level of damage in the police station...

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IGET Appoints Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu, Osita Ogbu Into Its  Advisory Board

NewsNigeriaPoliticsIGET Appoints Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu, Osita Ogbu Into Its  Advisory Board

PilotnewsFebruary 2, 2023

The Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation (IGET), a leading Africa-focused public policy think tank has announced the appointments of Dr. Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu and Professor Osita Ogbu to the Institute’s Global Advisory Board. A press release made available to journalists on Thursday reads, “We are privileged to welcome these two distinguished Nigerians as members of our eminent Global Advisory Board”, said Professor Kingsley Moghalu, the Founder and President of IGET and a former Deputy Governor...

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APC National Youth Leader Inaugurates Jagaban Movement In Rivers

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAPC National Youth Leader Inaugurates Jagaban Movement In Rivers

PilotnewsFebruary 1, 2023

…As Tonye Cole, State Exco Affirm Support For Tinubu The National Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Dayo Israel, has inaugurated the Rivers State chapter of the Jagaban Movement, a national grassroots youth mobilisation unit structured into regions, states, Local Government  Areas (LGAs) wards, and Polling Units, with the objective of mobilising young voters for Bola Tinubu, PREACH presidential candidate and other candidates of the party in the forthcoming general elections. The...

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729 Ballot Boxes, 243 Cubicles, Others Lost As Gunmen Attack, Anambra INEC Office

NewsNigeriaPolitics729 Ballot Boxes, 243 Cubicles, Others Lost As Gunmen Attack, Anambra INEC Office

PilotnewsFebruary 1, 2023

Ahead of the 2023 general elections!, about 729 ballot boxes, 243 voting cubicles, and 256 election bags are part of election materials destroyed in Idemili South LGA offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)  as gunmen carried out a coordinated attack on the area on Wednesday. According to Dr. Queen Elizabeth Agwu, the Resident Commissioner (REC) for Anambra State, the shocking development to INEC headquarters, was contained in a statement released by Barrister Festus...

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INEC To Conduct Mock Accreditation Exercise In Lagos

NewsNigeriaPoliticsINEC To Conduct Mock Accreditation Exercise In Lagos

PilotnewsFebruary 1, 2023

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that there would be a mock accreditation exercise in Lagos State to test the functionality of the Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System (BIVAS) ahead of the 2023 general elections. The electoral body in a press statement on Wednesday from the office of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, INEC Lagos State, Olusegun Agbaje reads, “This is to announce to the general public particularly the residents of Lagos State that the...

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‘Ekwunife, PDP can’t challenge my nomination in LP’ – Umeh

NewsNigeriaPolitics‘Ekwunife, PDP can’t challenge my nomination in LP’ – Umeh

PilotnewsFebruary 1, 2023

…says he will appeal Awka Court  judgment ‘delivered without jurisdiction’ The Labour Party (LP) standard-bearer for the Anambra Central Senatorial race, Senator Victor Umeh, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Uche Ekwunife, have no locus standi to question his nomination by LP. Umeh, a front-runner in the senatorial contest stated this in a statement he titled: “My purported disqualification from the Anambra Central District Senatorial Race”, issued in reaction to...

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Bola Tinubu’s Outing in Anambra Speaks to his Governance Prowess

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPoliticsBola Tinubu’s Outing in Anambra Speaks to his Governance Prowess

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)February 1, 2023

“By far, Anambra voters are willing to consider other candidates despite the fact that Peter Obi, their son, brother, and former two-term governor of the state, is on the ballot.” —Ebuka Onyekwelu The candidate of the All Progressives Congress- APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has intensified consultations across the country ahead of the February 25th Presidential Election. On January 31st, he was in Awka the Anambra State capital, for his party’s Presidential rally. On the same...

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2023:  Disband Jagaban Army, Have Peaceful Elections, PDP Advises FG, Securuty Agencies, INEC

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023:  Disband Jagaban Army, Have Peaceful Elections, PDP Advises FG, Securuty Agencies, INEC

PilotnewsFebruary 1, 2023

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Federal Government, security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disband the Jagaban Army, to be able to achieve a peaceful election in 2023. PDP made this known on Arise TV on Wednesday when Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP presidential campaign spokesperson and immediate past National Spokesperson of the party, was a guest at a programme, Morning Show. According to Ologbondiyan, the party had raised the...

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