A Nigerian, Amanda Azubuike Becomes General in US Army

NewsA Nigerian, Amanda Azubuike Becomes General in US Army

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 3, 2022

The United States Army last Friday promoted Amanda Azubuike, a British Nigerian, from Lieutenant Colonel to Brigadier General. The ceremony, which was streamed live on the Army ROTC YouTube channel, was held at Fort Knox, Kentucky, US. In her acceptance speech, Azubuike expressed gratitude for the honour to serve in the US Army in her new rank and pledged to give it her best. “I recognise the gravity of this moment. I recognise the responsibility,...

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OPINION: A State of Uncertainty

ColumnsNational SecurityNigeriaOpinionOPINION: A State of Uncertainty

PilotnewsNovember 1, 2022

Nigerians hold their breath as Western nations’ terror alerts deepen apprehension about the country’s immediate prospects. Since the beginning of October, Nigerians’ attention has been held by record flooding—the worst in a decade according to experts—which has left an estimated 1.3 million people displaced, more than six hundred dead, and over seventy thousand hectares of farmlands destroyed across twenty-five of the country’s thirty-six states. While a cross section of the commentariat used the occasion to highlight...

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AIX Founder, Linda Anukwuem Addresses Texas Southern Students on Career Prospects

EducationLocalNewsTelevision & RadioAIX Founder, Linda Anukwuem Addresses Texas Southern Students on Career Prospects

PilotnewsOctober 31, 2022

“Graduating students must be prepared to reconcile or strike a balance between their values and the culture of the organizations they aspire to. Some corporate cultures require a certain look or presentation to suit specific expectations.” These are one of the few takeaways when the founder and the Chief Executive Officer of the Houston-based  AIX Firm, LLC., Linda Anukwuem visited the  School of Communication (SOC) of Texas Southern University (TSU) on October 31, 2022. Ms. ...

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Twitter to Charge $20 Per Month for Verified Accounts

BusinessNewsTwitter to Charge $20 Per Month for Verified Accounts

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 31, 2022

Twitter has announced plans to charge $240 (N192,000) yearly for verification (blue tick). This is coming a few days after Elon Musk sealed the $44 billion Twitter acquisition deal and took over the ownership of the company. According to Daily Mail, Musk wants to launch a pay-for-play verification system in which verified users are charged $20 per month. It was gathered that Musk had communicated the project to employees of the micro-blogging platform on 30 October....

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Insecurity: S’East Govs Call for FG’s Intervention, Lament Collapse of Economic Activities, Killings

Crime & SecurityInsecurity: S’East Govs Call for FG’s Intervention, Lament Collapse of Economic Activities, Killings

PilotnewsOctober 31, 2022

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter)   The Governors of the South East states of the country, on Sunday, rose from a meeting in Enugu calling on the federal government to provide adequate security in the zone ahead of next year’s general elections. They lamented the increasing wave of insecurity within states in the zone and agreed to set up a 24-hour Joint Patrol in all major highways within the South East, especially during the Christmas...

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Elon Musk Fires Twitter CEO, CFO As He Takes Over Company

BusinessWorld NewsElon Musk Fires Twitter CEO, CFO As He Takes Over Company

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 28, 2022

Elon Musk has closed his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter and fired four top executives, including the chief executive and chief financial officer. The acquisition deal between the management of the micro-blogging platform and the billionaire was first announced in late April. But the following months witnessed disagreements that threatened the deal. Musk announced his intention to halt the acquisition and the management of Twitter filed a lawsuit to compel the Tesla CEO to follow through with the acquisition agreement. Musk eventually completed...

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ANALYSIS: Governor Nyesom Wike’s Political Evangelism for the 2023 General Election: An Analysis

Nigeria ElectionsPoliticsANALYSIS: Governor Nyesom Wike’s Political Evangelism for the 2023 General Election: An Analysis

PilotnewsOctober 20, 2022

By Prof. Felix Akpan   The BVAS machine has become their albatross. Its introduction has put an end to ballot box snatching, multiple thump printing, and voting without accreditation, which was the proble’matique of our previous elections in the country. The recent political appointments made by Governor Wike of Rivers State have attracted a lot of interest and interrogation from different people across the political divide, within and outside of his State. But the Governor...

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OPINION: A Tertiary Debacle

ColumnsEducationNigeriaOpinionOPINION: A Tertiary Debacle

PilotnewsOctober 17, 2022

Nigerian universities urgently need a reboot; whether ASUU should be part of that process is an open question. When the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) suspended its industrial action last week, it found itself precisely where it was back in February when the National Executive Council (NEC) announced “a comprehensive and total strike”—exasperated, forlorn, and no closer to an agreement with the Federal Government. February’s strike was the union’s first since 2020 when a nine-month industrial action...

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Consolidating the South-East—Atiku’s ‘Dan Ulasi’ Move is a Smart Choice

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNigeriaOpinionConsolidating the South-East—Atiku’s ‘Dan Ulasi’ Move is a Smart Choice

PilotnewsOctober 16, 2022

“Dan Ulasi understands Nigeria’s electoral maps and could read them with his eyes closed” ―Anthony Obi Ogbo ________________________ Campaigns for the 2023 general election officially commenced on September 28, in line with the timetable and schedule of activities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This date signaled the beginning of a process of shaping the electioneering landscape ahead of the general election. In the succeeding weeks, all the major political parties unleashed their supporters...

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