Tiwa Savage Leaked Sex Video: Dealing with Blackmailers

ColumnsHuman SexualityOpinionTiwa Savage Leaked Sex Video: Dealing with Blackmailers

PilotnewsOctober 11, 2021

To blame a victim of sextortion instead of dealing with the sextortionist is a clear sign of misplacement of priority. Sextortion is the practice of extorting money or sexual favours from someone by threatening to reveal evidence of their sexual activity. It can also be called blackmail. Perpetrators of this act are called sextortionist. We have witnessed blackmailers leak the videos of victims upon their refusal to comply with their (the blackmailer’s) exploitative demands. To...

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Nobel Peace Prize for Journalists Serves As Reminder that Freedom of the Press is Under Threat From Strongmen and Social Media

Award & RecognitionColumnsPeaceNobel Peace Prize for Journalists Serves As Reminder that Freedom of the Press is Under Threat From Strongmen and Social Media

PilotnewsOctober 9, 2021

By Dr. Kathy Kiely Thirty-two years ago next month, I was in Germany reporting on the fall of the Berlin Wall, an event then heralded as a triumph of Western democratic liberalism and even “the end of history.” But democracy isn’t doing so well across the globe now. Nothing underscores how far we have come from that moment of irrational exuberance than the powerful warning the Nobel Prize Committee felt compelled to issue on Oct....

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Nigerian Scholars Discuss the State of Education as the World Celebrates Teachers

EducationNigeriaSpecial ReportNigerian Scholars Discuss the State of Education as the World Celebrates Teachers

Favour Ebubechukwu (Staff Writer)October 9, 2021

Oct. 5 is recognized internationally as World Teachers’ Day to observe the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 UNESCO Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers, around the world. This event was first celebrated in 1994. To further mark this event in the editorial context, our correspondent, Favour Ebube talked to two Nigerian-based scholars, Professor Simeon Dosunmu, a Professor of Sociology of Education, Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, Lagos State University, and Dr....

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OPINION: What is Actually Wrong with Nigeria and Nigerians: Organised Madness?

ColumnsNational DevelopmentNigeriaOpinionOPINION: What is Actually Wrong with Nigeria and Nigerians: Organised Madness?

PilotnewsOctober 8, 2021

By Dr. Okey (Oduma) Chidolue, Columnist We endlessly complain about our government (Local, State & Federal) but we cannot individually or collectively carry out a very simple task like driving through an intersection. “What exactly is wrong with us?” This is the question I have continued to ask. We endlessly complain about our government (Local, State & Federal) but we cannot individually or collectively carry out a very simple task like driving through an intersection....

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Novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

Arts & CultureWorld NewsNovelist Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

PilotnewsOctober 7, 2021

Zanzibar-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah won this year’s Nobel Prize in literature. “For his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents,” announced the Swedish Academy this morning. The award comes with more than $1 million in prize money. Gurnah was born in 1948. He’s was previously a professor of English and postcolonial literature at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England...

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Nigerian Government To Spend N16.39 Trillion In 2022

EconomyNational DevelopmentNigerian Government To Spend N16.39 Trillion In 2022

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 7, 2021

ABUJA — The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the 2022 Appropriation Bill for an aggregate expenditure of N16.39 trillion for presentation to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari today Thursday. Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, made this known when she briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday in Abuja. On the approved 2022 Appropriation Bill for an...

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Lagos, Oyo States Are Epicentres Of Drug Abuse-NDLEA Boss

LifestyleWellnessLagos, Oyo States Are Epicentres Of Drug Abuse-NDLEA Boss

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 7, 2021

LAGOS — Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, (retd), Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared Lagos and Oyo states as epicentres of drug abuse in the country. At a public lecture organised by United Action for Change (UAC), in Lagos, Marwa said not less than 14.3 million Nigerians abuse drugs, with the South West zone recording the highest prevalence. The NDLEA boss said most of the abusers first started at the age of...

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No Peace In The South-East After Our Departure – Miyetti Allah

BusinessHerdsmenNewsNo Peace In The South-East After Our Departure – Miyetti Allah

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 7, 2021

Herdsmen in Nigeria under the umbrella of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore have mocked the insecurity happening in the South East, saying despite their exit and the implementation of the anti-open grazing law, insecurity in the region has been on the increase. The group spokesperson, Saleh Alhassan, said this in an interview with journalists on Tuesday, stressing that it is obvious that the Fulani herders were never the problem. He said that there was no...

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Prof. Ifeoma Okoye Advocates Early Detection Of Cancer And Lifestyle Modification

HealthWellnessProf. Ifeoma Okoye Advocates Early Detection Of Cancer And Lifestyle Modification

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2021

ENUGU — Professor Ifeoma Okoye on Tuesday enjoined all women to be boobs vigilant as early detection of cancer saves lives; cancer is not a death sentence. Prof. Okoye, founder of Breast Without Spot, BWS, a non-governmental organization said this in an Educational and awareness creation meeting organized by BWS initiative and Bringing Back Beauty project, BBB, in collaboration with Oncology Center University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH, in Enugu State. The 3days program dedicated...

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OPINION: Politics of Defection and Cost on Governance in Anambra State

Anambra ElectionsColumnsOpinionOPINION: Politics of Defection and Cost on Governance in Anambra State

PilotnewsOctober 6, 2021

The governor cannot spend N500 million or less to fix some roads in the state which is a priority for the public. But he can quickly spend the money on “settling” House of Assembly members because of the fear that they may leave APGA, and enter APC. Following the defection of some members of Anambra State House of Assembly from APGA to APC; a situation that significantly altered the political landscape of Anambra politics towards...

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