Federal Government Extends Twitter Ban To 100 Days

NewsNigeriaFederal Government Extends Twitter Ban To 100 Days

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 15, 2021

ABUJA — The Federal Government has extended Twitter ban in Nigeria to 100 days, and in that time frame the nation has lost N247.61bn. Recall that the Federal Government had on June 4 suspended Twitter after the social media platform deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari. Consequently, telcos on June 5 blocked access to Twitter after receiving a directive by the Nigerian Communications Commission. Nigeria is a member of an exclusive list of countries...

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UAE Publishes Six Nigerians, 47 Others Named As Global Terrorists Sponsors (See Full List)

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityUAE Publishes Six Nigerians, 47 Others Named As Global Terrorists Sponsors (See Full List)

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 15, 2021

UAE Publishes Six Nigerians, 47 Others Named As Global Terrorists Sponsors…See Full List Six Nigerians have been designated as terrorism sponsors by the United Arab Emirates. The state-owned news agency, WAM, made this known in a report. The country said the listed individuals and entities, including their affiliates, are being monitored. The Nigerians named are Abdurrahaman Ado Musa, Salihu Yusuf Adamu, Bashir Ali Yusuf, Muhammed Ibrahim Isa, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan and Surajo Abubakar Muhammad. “The...

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FG Approves N38bn for Completion of Abandoned Road Projects in Five States

InfrastructureNational DevelopmentNewsFG Approves N38bn for Completion of Abandoned Road Projects in Five States

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 15, 2021

ABUJA — The federal government has approved a sum of N38.4 billion for the completion of abandoned road projects in Benue, Bayelsa, Anambra, Imo, and Nasarawa state. Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing confirmed the development to state house correspondents on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting. According to the minister, the projects are old and were inherited from past administrations. He noted that the cost of the projects was revised to reflect...

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Turn On the Stove, My Lover —Ruminating an Exploration from “My Ear Lobes Through the Mainland”

Fiction & PoetryLifestyleTurn On the Stove, My Lover —Ruminating an Exploration from “My Ear Lobes Through the Mainland”

PilotnewsSeptember 14, 2021

Hey babe, Where are you? I’m sitting on the moon Please cut me some slice of the sky, I’m so tired, I can’t come up this hour. The sky is cold; you need a hot meal. Oh, please make me one. You need to turn on the stove for me to cook. But I’m so tired. You don’t seem hungry. Do you? Burr… Okay. How do I do that? Start from the lobes of my...

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OPINION: Reflecting on Africa’s Last Decade

AfricaColumnsOpinionPoliticsOPINION: Reflecting on Africa’s Last Decade

PilotnewsSeptember 13, 2021

By John Campbell, Guest Columnist and Blogger   As of today, I am retiring from the Council on Foreign Relations, where I have held the Ralph Bunche Chair for Africa Policy Studies since 2009. I am delighted that my successor is Michelle Gavin, former senior director for Africa at the National Security Council, former ambassador to Botswana, and now a senior fellow at the Council, based in New York. She has been a close professional colleague,...

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POEM: The Digital Shrine

Fiction & PoetryPOEM: The Digital Shrine

PilotnewsSeptember 13, 2021

The Digital Shrine: A Poem The digital shrine has an altar where the worshipping and slaughtering of humans take turns. It is sacred today and bloody tomorrow as humans are reverenced today and blotted out the next. Like a cow’s plight, when you reach the maturity of mistakes, the ardent worshippers will ardently draw up their swords to slaughter at a lick. When you pick salt over sugar against their law, you are either hanged...

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Allow VAT Legal Battle Thrive, Ekweremadu Tells National Assembly

BusinessNewsPoliticsTaxationAllow VAT Legal Battle Thrive, Ekweremadu Tells National Assembly

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 13, 2021

The former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, has warned the national assembly against embarking on any legislation over the collection of the value-added tax (VAT) and stamp duties. According to him, permitting the litigations to run the full course could strengthen the nation’s federalism. He asserted that any constitutional amendment to transfer VAT collection to the exclusive legislative list, as requested by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) would be unjust. “In April 2012, I...

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OPINION POLL: Pulse Of The People On Sit-At-Home Order In South-East Nigeria

NewsPoliticsOPINION POLL: Pulse Of The People On Sit-At-Home Order In South-East Nigeria

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)September 12, 2021

ENUGU — Little did Nigerians know that the arrest and extradition of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, will trigger a weekly show of dissatisfaction and defiance of the government. Kanu’s ordeal sparked off a Monday-Monday sit-at-home order in a show of solidarity with their estranged leader. Since 9th August 2021, the level of compliance to the order has been total as schools, markets, business premises, motor parks are...

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ANALYSIS: How Religion, Tribalism Fold Buhari’s Hands in the War against Insecurity

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNigeriaANALYSIS: How Religion, Tribalism Fold Buhari’s Hands in the War against Insecurity

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 12, 2021

Over time, many people have criticized the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari over his manner of handling the security situation in Nigeria, particularly in the fight against insurgency and the growing banditry in the North-East and North-West respectively. Although Buhari’s administration has recorded some success against the insurgency, particularly the recent surrendering of terrorist members to the Nigerian Army, is the country approaching a peaceful era with the recent attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy...

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Boko Haram Capture of Military Equipment Fuels Lake Chad Insurgency

BlogBoko HaramOpinionBoko Haram Capture of Military Equipment Fuels Lake Chad Insurgency

PilotnewsSeptember 10, 2021

By Eric G. Berman, Guest Blogger A year ago on this platform I raised a concern that the two main Boko Haram factions secured considerable lethal materiel from attacks on regional security forces. That the dynamic existed and was worth further investigation was clear; the scale and scope of the problem less so. A new report shows that the quantities of lethal materiel seized from these state stockpiles are astonishingly high, and the range of weapon systems lost is...

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