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Columns Health LifestyleAddressing Mental Health becomes Relevant as Suicide Rate Soars

PilotnewsOctober 24, 2021

Last week, a 23-year-old physiology student, Chidiume Kenneth Ekene, committed suicide right in the corner of his hostel at Uli, Anambra State. Usually, common suicidal methods prevalent amongst victims are poisoning, suffocation, jumping into the lagoon (drowning), and sometimes, firearms, but Chidiume’s case was through self-immolation (deliberately setting oneself on fire). It was hard to imagine the torture and gradual melting of his body in the presence of breath. The news was shocking at first,...

Columns Human Rights & Freedom OpinionEnd SARS Protest One Anniversary: Nigeria and the Consciousness

PilotnewsOctober 24, 2021

“In a way, Nigeria is fascist in disposition considering that the government posturing often suggests that whatever the government does on behalf of the state is best for the people” —Ebuka Onyekwelu One year after the end SARS campaign which started in Ikeja Lagos as a protest against police brutality in Nigeria, the level of citizens’ awareness remarkably appears to be on a steady increase. There are now efforts by some people to look...

Environment JobsFederal Government Creates Over 74,000 Employment Opportunities For Nigerians

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 23, 2021

ABUJA — Chief Sharon Ikeazor, Minister of State for Environment says the Federal Government has created 74,413 employment opportunities for Nigerians through the implementation of various environmental projects in the country. She disclosed this on Friday at the closing of the 15th National Council on Environment (NCE) in Abuja, explaining that, the employment opportunities are through effective collaboration of the ministry with other private sector organisations across the country. “The ministry has been able to...

Human Rights & Freedom Law & JusticeAmidst Tight Security, DSS Brought Nnamdi Kanu to Court to Face Treason Charges

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 21, 2021

ABUJA — On Thursday, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) appeared at the Federal High Court in Abuja amidst tight security. The IPOB leader was brought to the Court on a black Sport Utility Vehicle at about 8 a.m. Journalists, lawyers, and staff of the Federal High Court were barred from entering the Court premises. From Transcorp Hilton through the Ministry of Justice and Abia House, security was beefed up with...

Human Rights & Freedom NigeriaEndSARS Memorial: Police Arrest Two Protesters, Disperse Others with Teargas at Lekki Toll Gate

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 20, 2021

LAGOS — Police on Wednesday fired teargas at the Lekki tollgate to disperse protesters. This led to some of the protesters running helter-skelter. The youths had converged on the Lekki tollgate to mark the first anniversary of #EndSARS in the country. Earlier, operatives of the Lagos State Police Command arrested two protesters. One of those arrested claimed to be a journalist while the other was seen carrying a placard. About 30 police trucks and armed...

Columns Politics West AfricaCameroon Presidential Succession Looms Large in Solving Country’s Political Crises

PilotnewsOctober 19, 2021

The eventual succession to Paul Biya, Cameroon’s president since 1982, will likely prove a critical moment for Cameroon and its overlapping political and security crises. By Michelle Gavin, Guest columnist and blogger In Cameroon, an incident last week in which a gendarme shot and killed a young child in Buea—a regional capital that has been the site of clashes between anglophone separatists and federal government forces—is the most recent outrage to make international headlines. Yet every day,...

Crime & SecurityBandits Stormed Goronyo Weekly Market Killed Over 40 People

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 19, 2021

SOKOTO — Bandits who were believed to be working as a team massacred dozens of people at Goronyo market in Sokoto State on Sunday night. The bandits were said to have stormed the weekly Goronyo market in different directions and were shooting sporadically. According to locals, the market was filled to the brim when the terrorists, riding on over 100 motorcycles, surrounded the place and opened fire on buyers and sellers that led to the...

Crime & Security Foreign PolicyUK Government Warns Its Citizens Against Travelling To Twelve States In Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 18, 2021

The United Kingdom (UK) has warned its citizens against travelling to twelve states in Nigeria due to the high threat of kidnapping for ideological, financial, or political gain. The states are Borno, Yobe, Bayelsa, Bauchi, Gombe, Kaduna, Katsina, Delta, Rivers, Cross River, Zamfara, and Adamawa states. The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) published in its travel advisory, warning its citizens to stay away from these twelve states. The FCDO also advised its citizens...

Crime & SecurityNigeria Air Force Denies Paying N20m to Bandits to Avoid Shooting Down Buhari’s Plane

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 18, 2021

ABUJA — The Nigerian Air Force has denied a report by the Wall Street Journal that it paid N20m as ransom to bandits in exchange for an anti-aircraft gun seized from the Nigerian Army. The Wall Street Journal said in a report on Sunday that the NAF brokered the deal as the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was planning a trip to Katsina, his home state. The US media outlet said N20 million was...

Military National SecurityNigerian Air Force Deploys 171 Special Forces Across Nigeria To Combat Insecurity

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 18, 2021

BAUCHI —The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has trained 171 special forces operatives to be deployed in troubled areas across the country to help to combat insecurity, including insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, and other crimes. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao, revealed this at the graduation ceremony of 171 Special Forces Course 9/2021 held at the NAF Special Operations Command, Bauchi. He stated that his vision is to enhance and sustain critical airpower capabilities...

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