ANALYSIS: Insecurity is Still Nigeria’s Principal Challenge Despite ₦3.8 Trillion Allocated in Ten Years

MilitaryNational SecurityNigeriaSpecial ReportANALYSIS: Insecurity is Still Nigeria’s Principal Challenge Despite ₦3.8 Trillion Allocated in Ten Years

Beloved John (Staff Writer)April 3, 2021

Abduction for ransom by criminal elements witnessed an unprecedented surge within the past few months. Principally the abduction of students in public schools, a few of these incidents clinched the headlines, raising concerns about the odds of a violent free Nigeria. The school series, from Dapchi girls, Kankara, Kangara boys to Jangebe girls are a repetition of the historic Chibok girls’ abduction which many believed to have cost Goodluck Jonathan, the former president, the exalted...

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South East Leaders To Meet Over Recent Attacks By Fulani Herdsmen

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaSouth East Leaders To Meet Over Recent Attacks By Fulani Herdsmen

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 2, 2021

In an obvious move to arrest and forestall a subsequent attack, the highest socio-cultural organization in southeast Nigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, disclosed that it would convene a meeting of Igbo leaders. The meeting is coming up on the heel of the attacks on Egedegede, Obiagu, and Nkaleha communities of Ebonyi State and some parts of Enugu State between Sunday and Monday nights by Fulani herdsmen. Over 22 innocents Nigerians were killed in the attack as the...

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See Words Nigerians Search Most on Google in March 2021

LifestyleNewsSee Words Nigerians Search Most on Google in March 2021

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 2, 2021

Google on Wednesday disclosed that ‘mother’, ‘women’s rights, ‘music’, ‘movies’, and celebrities were the most searched words on its platform in March 2021. Mr. Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Communication Officer, Google, West Africa, said that reasons for mothers and women’s rights leading the top search in March could be attributed to International Women’s Day and Mother’s Day. Kola-Ogunlade said that March 8 was International Women’s Day (IWD) and Nigerians joined the world to commemorate the cultural, political,...

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“Georgia On My Mind” ―Dazed Republican States Strive to Adopt Autocracy

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinion“Georgia On My Mind” ―Dazed Republican States Strive to Adopt Autocracy

PilotnewsApril 1, 2021

“…if you were lucky and you cast that vote they dreaded, and it turned out they hated the outcome, they would simply declare the republican loser, the victor.” ―Don Okolo In truth, if you were searching for America’s most evil City or State, you’d have three, maybe four southern States to run through the mill of ignominy, to see which one stands with her head held high…proud she had beaten out the other three. The...

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OPINION: Concern Grows About Jihadi Activity in Ivory Coast

National SecurityOpinionWest AfricaOPINION: Concern Grows About Jihadi Activity in Ivory Coast

PilotnewsApril 1, 2021

By John Campbell, Guest Columnist & Blogger _____ In the early hours of March 29, an estimated sixty gunmen attacked two small military installations in Kafolo and Kolobougou, both located in Ivory Coast on the border with Burkina Faso. The assailants killed at least three soldiers and wounded others. While no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, the media is speculating credibly that the perpetrators were jihadis based in nearby Burkina Faso, where Islamist groups have been...

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Unilorin Reunion: FCCPC’s Babatunde Irukera urges constructive input toward good governance

LifestyleNigeriaUnilorin Reunion: FCCPC’s Babatunde Irukera urges constructive input toward good governance

PilotnewsMarch 31, 2021

The Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, Mr. Babatunde Irukera says, the nation can achieve more if Alumni Associations contribute constructively towards good governance. He stated this in Abuja at a maiden reunion of former Students of the University of Ilorin tagged “Bon Soireé,” organized by some members of a group “Uniting Unilorin and friends” led by sports lover and mogul, Mr Edmond Abdulqudux Ajoge. The group comprises alumni...

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British High Commissioner Worried About Nigeria’s Insecurity

Foreign PolicyNewsNigeriaBritish High Commissioner Worried About Nigeria’s Insecurity

Beloved John (Staff Writer)March 31, 2021

Catriona Laing, British High Commissioner described Nigeria’s expressed security situation as concerning especially as each of Nigeria’s geopolitical zones grapple with one form of conflict or the other She stated that the country is facing a lot of problems everywhere – “in the northeast, terrorism; in the northwest, banditry, kidnapping; in the middle belt, the farmers-herders conflict; in the south, the Niger Delta conflict everywhere.” As per NAN’s report, the high commissioner said this while...

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Gov Umahi Says Herdsmen Killed 15 Persons In Ebonyi Community

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGov Umahi Says Herdsmen Killed 15 Persons In Ebonyi Community

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 30, 2021

The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has confirmed on Tuesday that over 15 persons were killed by some suspected Fulani herdsmen on Monday night. The governor said the alleged herdsmen perpetrated the mayhem using AK-47, calling on the security agents to fish out the concerned persons. Umahi, who spoke on Tuesday at Obegu, in the Ishielu Local Government Area of the state, said, “I got a piece of very shocking news this afternoon about the...

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Buhari Medical Trip Started Before I Became President – Garba Shehu

HealthNewsNigeriaWellnessBuhari Medical Trip Started Before I Became President – Garba Shehu

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 30, 2021

The Spokesperson to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, has said that his employer began his yearly medical trip to London even before he came to office as Nigeria’s president in 2015. The spokesperson revealed this on Tuesday while addressing newsmen at the departure wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, just after his principal departed the country for London medical check-up. He said, “The President is looking at the window...

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Anambra International Airport: Obiano’s Ultimate Seal Of Excellence In Leadership

Aviation-AirportsInfrastructureNewsNigeriaAnambra International Airport: Obiano’s Ultimate Seal Of Excellence In Leadership

PilotnewsMarch 30, 2021

By James Eze Standing on the tenth floor of the Control Tower of the Anambra International Airport, Umueri two days ago, I felt a tremor ripple through me. Six months earlier, the spot where the tower stands was a wrinkled patch of earth. Now upon it stands a towering monument to the resilience of a proud and enterprising people. It suddenly dawned on me that sometimes; the thin line between dream and reality is fear…fear...

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