Court Orders INEC to Resume Voters’ Registration

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCourt Orders INEC to Resume Voters’ Registration

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 22, 2022

Five months after the suspension of the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR), a Federal High Court in Abuja has directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resume the registration. Delivering the judgment on Tuesday, Justice Inyang Ekwo said the voters’ registration ought to last until 90 days before the 2023 general election. The judge also directed INEC to ensure that eligible Nigerians were not deprived the opportunity to have their voter’s card for the forthcoming...

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Wizkid Wins Afrobeats Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards

EntertainmentLifestyleNewsWizkid Wins Afrobeats Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 22, 2022

At the 2022 edition of the American Music Awards held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California on Sunday night, Wizkid won the Favourite Afrobeats Artist. The Sony Music/RCA artiste was nominated in the category alongside Burna Boy, CKay, Tems, and Fireboy DML. The award for the Favourite R&B Song also went to his Tems-assisted Essence. Essence competed with Beyoncé’s Break my soul, Muni Long’s Hrs and Hrs, Silk Sonic’s Smokin’ out the window,...

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Gunmen Kidnap Rev Fr. Ishiwu In Igbo-Eze South LGA, Enugu

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen Kidnap Rev Fr. Ishiwu In Igbo-Eze South LGA, Enugu

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)November 22, 2022

Rev Fr. Victor Ishiwu of St Jude’s Catholic Church, Eburummiri Ibagwa-Aka, Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area in Enugu state has been kidnapped. The catholic priest was kidnapped by men allegedly speaking Pidgin English and Fulani language. Eye witness account revealed the gunmen invaded the church premises, shooting sporadically into the air thus causing all including the Rev. Fr. To scamper for safety. However, they forced the parish house open and whisked Fr. Ishiwu out to...

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WAP’S Prof. Chris Ulasi Leads Election Reporting Project in Nigeria

EducationNewsWAP’S Prof. Chris Ulasi Leads Election Reporting Project in Nigeria

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 21, 2022

The co-founder of The West African Pilot News, Professor Chris Ulasi, led a United States-sponsored Election Reporting Project (ERP) in Nigeria. ERP was a two-day workshop to equip, train and support Nigerian journalists, videographers and photojournalists to adequately cover the 2023 elections in an accurate, objective, balanced and safe way. The workshop was organised by the West Africa Broadcast and Media Academy (WABMA) and the Enugu Literary Society (ELS) in partnership with the US consulate-general...

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PDP integrity group doing the right thing — Kwankwaso

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPDP integrity group doing the right thing — Kwankwaso

Beloved John (Staff Writer)November 21, 2022

Rabiu Kwankwaso, the former governor of Kano, says the Integrity Group made up of governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is working to end the ongoing intra-party crisis. He said this at a meeting in Lagos on Sunday. The group of five PDP governors is labeled the integrity group and it’s member includes: Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Samuel Ortom of Benue, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu. These...

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I’ll consult Soludo for solutions to Nigeria’s challenges —  Obi

NewsNigeriaPoliticsI’ll consult Soludo for solutions to Nigeria’s challenges —  Obi

Beloved John (Staff Writer)November 21, 2022

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, says he will consult Chukwuma Soludo, the governor of Anambra, for solutions to Nigeria’s challenges. The aspirant said this on Monday during a meeting with the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), held at Protea Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos state. According to him, the government is a continuum, and as such, Soludo can do better for the state since he is now in office. “Soludo knows and he...

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2023: Nigerian students vow to deliver Peter Obi with 10 million votes

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023: Nigerian students vow to deliver Peter Obi with 10 million votes

PilotnewsNovember 21, 2022

In order to ensure that Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate becomes the next President of Nigeria in 2023 general election, Students under the umbrella body of Students Obi-Datti Network (SON), has vowed to deliver Obi and his running mate Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, with 10 million votes. They made the vowed over the weekend, during the inauguration of South East Zonal and States executive members of SON in Awka, Anambra State Capital. It...

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Donald Trump Says There’s No Reason to Return to Twitter After Elon Musk Reinstated Him

NewsUnited StatesDonald Trump Says There’s No Reason to Return to Twitter After Elon Musk Reinstated Him

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 21, 2022

Donald Trump, former United States president, says he has no reason to return to Twitter after the new Twitter boss, Elon Musk, lifted the ban on his account. Trump’s account on the social media platform was permanently suspended on 8 January 2021 following the attack by his supporters on the US Capitol that left several people dead. The suspension cut Trump off from his nearly 90 million followers on Twitter. Trump’s account, however, reappeared on...

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation To Assist Nigeria, Other African Countries With $7bn

AfricaNewsNigeriaPhilanthropyBill & Melinda Gates Foundation To Assist Nigeria, Other African Countries With $7bn

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 21, 2022

Donation will help tackle hunger, disease, poverty and gender inequality In the next four years, Nigeria and other African countries would receive aid of $7 billion from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The foundation said in a statement is committing the money towards tackling hunger, disease, poverty and gender inequality. According to Reuters report, the organisation said Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, will take the lion share. “The European budgets are deeply affected by...

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Anyone Who Tells You the Winner of 2023 Presidential Election is Deceiving You — Moghalu

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAnyone Who Tells You the Winner of 2023 Presidential Election is Deceiving You — Moghalu

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 19, 2022

A former presidential aspirant, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, says the outcome of the 2023 presidential election is uncertain. Stating this on Twitter, Prof. Moghalu predicted victory for Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party; Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress; and Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in Kano, Lagos and Rivers states respectively. According to him, this makes the result of the 2023 polls unpredictable, which is...

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