Weirdness of Donald Trump, His Nigerian Supporters, and Preachers from Hell

ColumnsDon OkoloNigeriaOpinionWeirdness of Donald Trump, His Nigerian Supporters, and Preachers from Hell

PilotnewsNovember 11, 2020

Strange political bedfellas from the cold, temperate Potomac to the mean, hot, tropical river Naija If you are going to lose in a chess game, you give up the king. If you were in a poker game, your choices would ride on your freaking abilities to bluff, and with that wild paste of ugliness that defines a gorilla’s mug…as in countenance…as in, you guessed it, a poker face. The oddities abundant in these wildly different...

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I am Leaving PDP for APC, Umahi Tells PDP

NewsNigeriaPoliticsI am Leaving PDP for APC, Umahi Tells PDP

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 11, 2020

The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has told the leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja on Tuesday that he was leaving the party. He told the party that the would be joining the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) which he claimed would protect the South-East interest in the coming 2023 elections. It was gathered that Umahi told the members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP that his decision to...

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JUST IN: Ex-Kaduna Governor, Balarabe Musa, is Dead

NewsPeoplePoliticsJUST IN: Ex-Kaduna Governor, Balarabe Musa, is Dead

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 11, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz,  Regional Correspondent A former governor of Kaduna State in the Second Republic, Balarabe Musa, has died at the age of 84. His political associate, Shehu Sani, confirmed the death, saying he died on Wednesday around 9:30am at his Aliyu Turaki Road residence at Anguwan Sarki, Kaduna. In a statement Mr Sani described the deceased as the best governor of Kaduna State. He added that he was one of the few politicians acquitted...

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Bauchi Gov Signs N42. 8b Supplementary Budget Into Law

EconomyNewsNigeriaPoliticsBauchi Gov Signs N42. 8b Supplementary Budget Into Law

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 10, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Bauchi State governor Bala Mohammed has signed the N42.8b supplementary appropriation bill recently passed by the State House of Assembly into law. Governor Bala Mohammed while signing the budget said the bill was submitted to him last Friday by the State Assembly. “We’re today again making history in collaboration with the House of Assembly and the Government of Bauchi. The state is moving forward, we are presenting this as the...

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100 Years Ago, the First Commercial Radio Broadcast Announced the Results of the 1920 Election – Politics Would Never Be the Same

ColumnsTelevision & RadioUnited States100 Years Ago, the First Commercial Radio Broadcast Announced the Results of the 1920 Election – Politics Would Never Be the Same

PilotnewsNovember 9, 2020

Only 100 people were listening, but the first broadcast from a licensed radio station occurred at 8 p.m. on Nov. 2, 1920. It was Pittsburgh’s KDKA, and the station was broadcasting the results of that year’s presidential election. When the man responsible, Frank Conrad, flipped the switch for the first time, he couldn’t have envisioned just how profoundly broadcast media would transform political life. For centuries, people had read politicians’ words. But radio made it possible...

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Simmering Tensions Come to a Boil in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

AfricaNewsSimmering Tensions Come to a Boil in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

PilotnewsNovember 9, 2020

Over the past week, as many have been distracted by the U.S. elections, an extraordinarily dangerous unraveling has picked up speed in Ethiopia.  Months of simmering tensions between the leadership of the Tigray region and the central government in Addis Ababa boiled over into open military conflict, threatening to tip the country into outright civil war. Ethiopia’s crisis jeopardizes not just the security of 110 million people, but the stability of the region and the promise of...

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Local Governments in Adamawa Enjoys Full Financial Autonomy-ALGON Chairman

Local GovernmentNewsNigeriaLocal Governments in Adamawa Enjoys Full Financial Autonomy-ALGON Chairman

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 9, 2020

The financial autonomy enjoyed by local government councils in Adamawa has translated into grassroots development and peaceful coexistence among the citizenry. The Chairman Mubi South Local Government Council Alhaji Jingi Rufa’i disclosed this in Yola while addressing Journalists at the ALGON State Secretariat, explained that Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri is not interfering with allocation accruing to the local governments. “ALGON has its own source of allocation directly from the federation account and that is why...

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Former FCT Minister Urges FG to Focus on Good Governance Rather Than Social Media Regulation

NewsNigeriaFormer FCT Minister Urges FG to Focus on Good Governance Rather Than Social Media Regulation

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 9, 2020

A former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT, Jeremiah Useni, has cautioned the Federal Government against its decision to regulate the Social Media in Nigerian, adding that those seeking for social media regulation must exercise restraints to avoid selfish reasons to cloud their judgement. The former Senator who represented the Plateau South in the National Assembly noted that those in authority should be more concerned with transforming governance to have positive impact on the...

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Hisbah Destroys Over ₦200 Million Worth Beer in Kano State

BusinessNewsNigeriaHisbah Destroys Over ₦200 Million Worth Beer in Kano State

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 9, 2020

The Kano State Hisbah Board has destroyed 1,975,000 bottles of bear, which worth over ₦200 million. Beer had earlier been confiscated within the Kano state metropolis. Speaking during the destruction exercise at Kalebawa in Dawakin Tofa Local Government in the state, Governor Abdullah Ganduje said the consumption of alcohol and other intoxicants liable for the distortion of mental capability of a person is forbidden in Islam. In a statement issued and signed by the Chief...

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Africa-China Cooperation: Maximizing the Gains of the Last 20 Years

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionAfrica-China Cooperation: Maximizing the Gains of the Last 20 Years

PilotnewsNovember 8, 2020

Africa must not be carried away by western paternalism and the seemingly condemnation of everything China but concentrate on where the interests of its people will be better served. —Dr. Olalekan Augustine Babatunde 20 years ago when the African leaders put pen to paper and formalized trade and investment agreements with China, little did they realize how much groundwork they were laying for future generations considering how much the world has changed in multilateralism. The...

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