UK Parliament to Debate Petition Against Nigerian Government on Monday

Law & JusticeNewsUK Parliament to Debate Petition Against Nigerian Government on Monday

PilotnewsNovember 23, 2020

The United Kingdom Parliament is set to debate a petition seeking sanctions against the Nigerian Government and the Police Force over alleged human rights violations during the #EndSARS protests on Monday. The UK Parliament disclosed this on its website, adding that the debate would be led by Theresa Villiers at the Westminster Hall, between 6:00pm and 7:30pm. In the debate pack titled, ‘E-petition 554150, relating to Nigeria and the sanctions regime’, the shooting of unarmed...

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Buhari Tasks Security Agencies to Do More in Ending Violence in the Country

National SecurityNewsNigeriaBuhari Tasks Security Agencies to Do More in Ending Violence in the Country

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 23, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Sunday, quoted the President as saying that the country’s security agencies to do more to end violence in the country. Shehu quoted the President in a statement made available to journalists, as speaking while mourning the Nasarawa State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Philip Shekwo, whose lifeless body was found on Sunday after he had earlier been kidnapped. The statement...

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PDP Cautions Nigerians Against APC in 2023 Presidential Election

NewsPoliticsPDP Cautions Nigerians Against APC in 2023 Presidential Election

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 23, 2020

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has cautions Nigerians against falling for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) towards the presidential election in 2023. The opposition party maintained that the APC has failed in governance and in the management of its affairs. The opposition party added that the Friday’s visit by serving APC governors to the Abuja residence of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan was a confirmation and acknowledgement that the country was better managed under the PDP-led...

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NCAT Zaria Acquires 3 New Training Aircraft

MilitaryNewsNigeriaNCAT Zaria Acquires 3 New Training Aircraft

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 23, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has received the first batch of three training aircraft for the Nigeria College of Aviation Technology, NCAT, Zaria. Mr Sirika, who disclosed this on his Twitter handle (@handisirika) on Sunday, added that there was no better aviation safety than having well trained, proficient aviators. According to him, training will now be more efficient, faster and cheaper. “Our roadmap is yielding good result. We appreciate...

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Mali’s Amadou Touré and the Conundrum of African Leadership

ColumnsOpinionPoliticsWest AfricaMali’s Amadou Touré and the Conundrum of African Leadership

PilotnewsNovember 21, 2020

Amadou Touré, coup maker, coup victim, military ruler, and eventually civilian chief of state in Mali, died last week in Istanbul at the age of seventy-two. Touré dominated Mali’s governance for some twenty years and, in death, is being praised as a “soldier of democracy.” Following his successful 1991 coup against Moussa Traoré, military ruler for thirteen years, Touré orchestrated a transition to elections and civilian government. In 2002 he was elected president and, in 2007, reelected....

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Abducted Police Officers Regain Freedom

Law & JusticeNewsAbducted Police Officers Regain Freedom

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 21, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The police have  claimed that they rescued nine Assistant Superintendents of Police, ASPs, abducted by bandits in Katsina. A statement by the force spokesman, Frank Mba, said the officers were rescued through covert operation. “The Nigeria Police have successfully rescued Nine (9) Police Officers who earlier went missing on 8th November, 2020 between Kankara town and Sheme in Katsina State after the night commercial bus they were traveling in came...

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Alleged N2b Bribe: Senate President Threatens Court Action Against Sahara Reporters

CorruptionNewsPoliticsAlleged N2b Bribe: Senate President Threatens Court Action Against Sahara Reporters

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 21, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The Senate President, Sen. Ahmed Lawan, along with Sen. Mohammed Musa, have given an online publication, Sahara Reporters, a seven-day ultimatum to retract an alleged libellous publication. The duo described the publication as false and misleading. Counsel to the Senate President, Mr Ahmed Raji, (SAN), wrote a letter to the media firm on behalf of his client asking it to retract the report within seven days and tender an unreserved apology....

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Financing Boko Haram

ColumnsCrime & SecurityNigeriaOpinionFinancing Boko Haram

PilotnewsNovember 20, 2020

There has long been speculation about how Boko Haram and other terrorist organizations are funded. Some funding clearly comes [PDF] from criminal activity, with kidnapping particularly lucrative, and from bank robberies. Presumably, protection rackets also play a role. At some times and in some places, Boko Haram has been able to impose “taxes” on the local population. Boko Haram has also been involved in trading, especially in the Lake Chad Basin. Weapons—a major expense—appear often to come from government armories, sometimes because...

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Nigerian Security Forces and the Dangers of a Violence-First Approach

ColumnsNewsNigeriaOpinionNigerian Security Forces and the Dangers of a Violence-First Approach

PilotnewsNovember 20, 2020

On October 20, 2020, Nigerians watched in horror on social media as men suspected to be members of the military opened fire on peaceful #EndSARS protesters—a movement responding to a litany of abuses by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a special police unit—in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city. For more than a decade, Nigerian civil society groups have trained members of public security forces regarding the inviolability of human rights. Despite such training, Nigerian security agencies still...

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#EndSARS: 57 Civilians, 37 Policemen, 6 Soldiers Killed

Law & JusticeNewsNigeria#EndSARS: 57 Civilians, 37 Policemen, 6 Soldiers Killed

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 20, 2020

The aftermath of EndSARS protest in Nigeria shows that 57 civilians, 37 policemen, and 6 Soldiers were killed all over the country during the crisis. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at a media briefing, also disclosed that 196 policemen were injured; 164 police vehicles destroyed and 134 police stations were razed. “The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Nigeria Customs Service and Nigeria...

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