Anthony Obi OgboEducationNational DevelopmentLeadership in Africa: Age versus Longevity

PilotnewsDecember 26, 2021

What has age got to do with the success or failure of leaders? There is this perception that having younger leaders might bring about the needed change. Here are a few reflections about the misconception between age and leadership. ____________ Leadership in Africa as a continent has dwindled so badly. In fact, some confused thinkers and career motivational speakers are now importing all sorts of unverified theories to justify decades of leadership woes that are...

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Play Politics With Decorum -Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza appeals to Politicians

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPlay Politics With Decorum -Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza appeals to Politicians

PilotnewsDecember 26, 2021

The Adamawa State Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN) Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza has enjoined politicians to play the game of politics with decorum ahead of 2023 general elections in the country. Mamza in his Christmas message/mass celebration held at Saint Theresa cathedral Jimeta, noted that the country is passing through a trying moment with insecurity in some parts of the country. “God is aware of the challenges bedeviling the country as life is...

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Police Recover 1,889 Machine Guns, 52,577 Round of Ammunitions, RPG, Others in 2021 – Report

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaPolice Recover 1,889 Machine Guns, 52,577 Round of Ammunitions, RPG, Others in 2021 – Report

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 26, 2021

Barely one week after the Nigeria Customs Service intercepted a container loaded with firearms and ammunition at the Tin Can port in Lagos, the police have said they recovered no less than 1,889 weapons and 52,577 rounds of live ammunition between January and December, 2021. The spokesperson for the Nigeria Police Force, CP Frank Mba, told our correspondent in an interview on Thursday that the recovered weapons include General Purpose Machine Guns, Rocket-Propelled Grenade, variants...

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Corps Member Met Romantic Soldier Three Years Before NYSC Camp – Family

NewsNigeriaCorps Member Met Romantic Soldier Three Years Before NYSC Camp – Family

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 26, 2021

The family of the corps member simply identified as Remi, who proposed to a female soldier, Private Sofiyat Akinlabi, at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp in Yikpata, Kwara State, has disclosed that the duo’s relationship started three years ago in Abeokuta, Ogun State. According to the family member, Remi and Akinlabi’s friendship started in Abeokuta over three years ago before the latter joined the military. The Nigerian Army had detained Akinlabi on...

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Governor Fintiri Presents First Class Staff Of Office To Murum Mbula

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGovernor Fintiri Presents First Class Staff Of Office To Murum Mbula

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 25, 2021

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has presented a first class staff of office to the new monarch of Mbula Chiefdom, Murum Bwaltam Bentley Biyapo, Mboiman II. The presentation was made on Thursday in Borrong, Demsa local government area. The oath of office was administered on the new Murum Mbula by the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice Barrister Afraimu Jingi. The new king who succeeds Murum Joram Joel Fwa who died on May, 17th,...

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Federal Government Provides Free Train Ride

NewsNigeriaTransportationFederal Government Provides Free Train Ride

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 25, 2021

Mr. Fidet Okhiria, Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) said the Federal Government of Nigeria has declared free train rides for citizens from December 24 to January 4, 2022. Okhiria in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, said it was in collaboration with the Ministry of Transportation. He also reiterated the federal government’s commitment to ensure the safety of passengers and trains during the period. “The decision which...

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Why senate won’t override Buhari on the electoral – Senator

NewsNigeriaPoliticsWhy senate won’t override Buhari on the electoral – Senator

Beloved John (Staff Writer)December 25, 2021

A senator representing Kwara north, Sadiq Umar, says the senate chose to opt for the consultation of constituents on the next line of action for the Electoral Amendment Bill. According to him, the national assembly chose not to override President Muhammadu Buhari on the electoral amendment bill but to make consultation. The senator made the comment while speaking to journalists in Ilorin on Friday. Last Tuesday, the electoral bill was transmitted to Buhari for assent....

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Barbed Oddities of the Conformist

ColumnsFiction & PoetryLifestyleBarbed Oddities of the Conformist

PilotnewsDecember 24, 2021

To dance another’s dance steps is to deprive your soul its freedom of expression. To think another’s thought is to suffocate the elasticity of your mind. To embrace war without defence is to dig a self-made grave. To fume anger without understanding is to get burnt with strange fire. To expect a harvest different from its seed is to nurture the weed of disappointment. To compare oneself to another is to fix round pegs into...

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Troops Eliminate 84 Terrorists and Bandits in Two Weeks – Official

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPoliticsTroops Eliminate 84 Terrorists and Bandits in Two Weeks – Official

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 24, 2021

The Defense Headquarters says the troops of Operation Hadin Kai and Hadarin Daji have eliminated no fewer than 84 terrorists and bandits in North East and North West in the last two weeks. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko said this while giving an update on military operations across the country between Dec. 9 and Dec. 23 on Thursday in Abuja. Under Operation Hadin Kai, Onyeuko said the troops carried out several...

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20 Victims of SARS Brutality Get Compensated By Human Rights Commission

Law & JusticeNewsNigeria20 Victims of SARS Brutality Get Compensated By Human Rights Commission

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 24, 2021

Twenty victims who suffered various violations of human rights in the hands of the officers and men of the now disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have been compensated by the Human Rights Commission. The Independent Investigative Panel on human rights violations had its inaugural sitting in November 2020 and received 297 petitions from across 29 states including the FCT. The cases received include illegal arrests, extrajudicial killings, torture, and unlawful prolonged detention, among others. According...

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