Trump Ban Was Right But Sets Dangerous Precedent – Twitter Chief

PoliticsUnited StatesTrump Ban Was Right But Sets Dangerous Precedent – Twitter Chief

PilotnewsJanuary 14, 2021

Twitter’s chief executive Jack Dorsey on Wednesday defended the platform’s decision to suspend U.S. President Donald Trump’s account indefinitely but also said it sets a dangerous precedent. Twitter banned the outgoing president in the wake of the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob last week. “I do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban @realDonaldTrump from Twitter, or how we got here. After a clear warning, we’d take this...

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COVID-19: Anambra Records 89 New Coronavirus Cases

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Anambra Records 89 New Coronavirus Cases

PilotnewsJanuary 14, 2021

Mr. C-Don Adinuba, Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Anambra, has urged the citizens of the state to shield themselves from the COVID-19 pandemic following its second wave in Nigeria. Adinuba made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Awka. He said the state had recorded 89 new confirmed cases of the virus in its second wave, which had brought a total of 169 confirmed cases across...

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“It’s a White Man’s World” —A reflective parody of James Brown’s legendary lyrics

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinion“It’s a White Man’s World” —A reflective parody of James Brown’s legendary lyrics

PilotnewsJanuary 13, 2021

Whether this country lives or dies is in the hands of the white race. Not in the hands of Antifa. Not with the clamoring, baying demands of BLM ―Don Okolo Indeed, it is a man’s world. Maybe, it isn’t. I couldn’t have said so, considering that I had a mother with the same abilities to challenge any man in mind and in the muscle of purpose and tenacity. Inside the constructs of strict, straight-on-the-arrow morals...

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TRIBUTE: The Man Died – Prof Ebere Onwudiwe 1952-2021

EducationNewsPeopleTRIBUTE: The Man Died – Prof Ebere Onwudiwe 1952-2021

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 13, 2021

The sky turned dark without a dot of star. No one ever thought that death could undo the man of conscience without much grey hair. We are in a period where each man fixed his eye on his feet and kindness is extended through the window without a little handshake. In the midst of the new normal, we heard the final stroke of the respected public intellectual, Professor Ebere Onwudiwe. Professor Ebere Onwudiwe is a...

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Reign of Totalitarian Madness―America under Dictatorship

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsOpinionUnited StatesReign of Totalitarian Madness―America under Dictatorship

PilotnewsJanuary 12, 2021

The only difference between Donald Trump and Idi Amin Dada —a cannibal who ruled Ugandan from 1971-79, is that Trump never cooked and ate his victims. ― Dr. Anthony Obi Ogbo How Trump Dragged America into a ‘Union of Coup Nations’ By the time I left Nigeria in the late 80s, Coup d’état did not mean anything to me. I had witnessed a lot of coups and crises and could smell them before they occurred....

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South African Billionaire Strikes Gold

NewsSouth African Billionaire Strikes Gold

PilotnewsJanuary 12, 2021

South Africans are paying tribute to tech entrepreneur, Elon Musk, who has overtaken Amazon’s Jeff Bezos as the world’s richest person. Musk, who was born and raised in Pretoria, is now worth more than US$188 billion, US$1.5 billion more than Bezos after shares in his Tesla Motors firm soared over the past week. Tesla’s value was boosted by the Democratic Party securing control of the US Senate, and it is expected to introduce tax credits...

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U.S. House Democrats Introduce Article of Impeachment Against Trump

PoliticsUnited StatesU.S. House Democrats Introduce Article of Impeachment Against Trump

PilotnewsJanuary 12, 2021

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced an article of impeachment against outgoing President Donald Trump on Monday, as Republicans blocked a measure calling on Vice President Pence to remove his boss from office. The single impeachment article charges Trump with incitement of insurrection. It accuses him of stoking violence against the U.S. government after a mob of his supporters, riled up by his claims of election fraud, stormed the U.S. Capitol last week....

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COVID-19: NCDC Reports 1,244 New Infections as Total Now 101, 331

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Reports 1,244 New Infections as Total Now 101, 331

PilotnewsJanuary 12, 2021

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported  1,244 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 101,331. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website late Monday. The agency also confirmed additional three coronavirus-related deaths in the country in the past 24 hours. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that last week the country recorded more than 9,800 cases within seven days, thus surpassing...

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“We Don’t Trust Police Investigating Killing Of Igwe Emma Mba,” Oruku People Cry Out

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeria“We Don’t Trust Police Investigating Killing Of Igwe Emma Mba,” Oruku People Cry Out

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)January 12, 2021

Hundreds of Oruku indigenes, both young and old on Monday stormed the Enugu State Government House and the House of Assembly premises in protest of the killing of their traditional ruler, Igwe Emmanuel Mbah. The peaceful protesters besieged the main entrance to the Government House with a demand that the police be not included in the judicial commission of inquiry set up by the state government. The protesters alleged police complicity in the murder of...

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NEWS ANALYSIS: China or US Free Speech Template for Nigeria?

NewsPress * MediaUnited StatesNEWS ANALYSIS: China or US Free Speech Template for Nigeria?

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 11, 2021

Free speech is one of the fundamental human rights, universally recognized and protected. Like the rest of the countries of the world, the Nigerian constitution provided for the protection of this law as a result of its importance and relevance to uphold personal liberty and democracy. However, the right to free speech is not absolute anywhere. There are recognized restrictions and exceptions to the right. Some of which are the law of defamation, incitement. As...

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