How to Build Better Militaries in Africa: Lessons from Niger

ColumnsMilitaryNewsWest AfricaHow to Build Better Militaries in Africa: Lessons from Niger

PilotnewsOctober 1, 2020

In August, jihadists in Niger killed six French aid workers and two Nigeriens just outside of the capital, Niamey. Terrorist attacks have increased by 250 percent over the last two years in Africa’s Sahel region, according to the State Department. To help counter the threat of terrorism and build the capacity of African militaries, the U.S. government spends over $1.5 billion a year on security assistance to the African continent. Does this support work? Reliable security cooperation and assistance data are...

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NewsNigeriaOil & GasBuhari Sends Petroleum Bill To National Assembly

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 1, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally submitted the petroleum industry bill (PIB), which seek to scrap two major petroleum regulatory agency to the national assembly for consideration and passage. The proposed bill seeks to scrap the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPR) and establish the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited after all the assets and liabilities of the NNPC have been identified by the ministers of petroleum resources and finance. “The...

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Northern and Southern Representatives only Seek Personal Gain – Sanusi

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNorthern and Southern Representatives only Seek Personal Gain – Sanusi

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 1, 2020

The former emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi has said representatives of the country’s geopolitical zones are only interested in enriching their pockets. He pointed out that politicians who refer to themselves as advocates of the southern and northerner citizens only seek personal gain. The former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), who spoke at The Platform, an annual conference organised by Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos, on Thursday stated that Nigerian elites are the...

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Nigeria at 60: to be or Not to be?

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPoliticsNigeria at 60: to be or Not to be?

PilotnewsOctober 1, 2020

Aside from the ruling class in the north, south, west, and east of the country, nobody else is benefitting from the country. ―Ebuka Onyekwelu Sixty years is too long, but apparently, too short a time within which Nigeria can decide the identity it wants to take on. For six decades after Nigeria’s independence, basic questions of nationhood remain unanswered; Nigeria is yet to resolve issues surrounding its identity. Most recently, the recurrent question remains if...

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Nigeria at 60: President Buhari’s Independence Day Address

NewsNigeriaNigeria at 60: President Buhari’s Independence Day Address

PilotnewsOctober 1, 2020

INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S SIXTIETH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY, THURSDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2020 Fellow Nigerians:        I speak to you today as your President and fellow citizen on this epoch occasion of our country’s 60th independence Anniversary. As President, I wish to renew my appreciation to Nigerians for entrusting me with your hopes and aspirations for a better and greater Nigeria. 2. Today, it is...

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Sharia Punishments Embarrass Nigeria

ColumnsLaw & JusticeNigeriaOpinionSharia Punishments Embarrass Nigeria

PilotnewsOctober 1, 2020

Inhumane sharia punishments, including flogging, amputations, and stoning, have long embarrassed the federal government of Nigeria. That is happening now, with the 120-month prison sentence handed down by a Kano sharia court to a thirteen-year-old boy, Omar Farouq, and the death sentence handed down by the same court, again for blasphemy, on a twenty-two-year-old musician, Yahaya Sharif, for a song he shared on social media. A third, Mubarak Bala, a self-proclaimed atheist, has disappeared in police custody....

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Nigerian @60: It Makes No Sense for Oil to Be Cheaper in Nigeria than in Saudi Arabia” – Buhari

NewsNigeriaOil & GasNigerian @60: It Makes No Sense for Oil to Be Cheaper in Nigeria than in Saudi Arabia” – Buhari

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 1, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that it makes no sense for Nigerians to buy petroleum products at prices lower than those sold in neighboring countries. The president said this at Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, while delivering independence speech to Nigerians on Thursday morning, October 1, 2020, the 60th Independence Anniversary of Nigeria. Buhari said, “Petroleum prices in Nigeria are to be adjusted. We sell now at N161 per litre. A comparison with our neighbors will...

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Police in Adamawa Strategize Ways To End Farmers/Herdsmen Clashes

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice in Adamawa Strategize Ways To End Farmers/Herdsmen Clashes

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 1, 2020

In an effort to address annual farmers/herdsmen clashes usually recorded during the harvesting period in Adamawa State, the Police Command in the state has organized Police-community engagement with various stakeholders to find ways of ending the conflict. Addressing the gathering, Commissioner of Police in the State Mr Olugbenga Adeyanju called on law-abiding citizens to work collectively in ensuring peace and security sustained in the state. “The purpose of the meeting is to brainstorm and ensure that...

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FEC Approves Proposed N13.9 Trillion Budget

EconomyNewsNigeriaFEC Approves Proposed N13.9 Trillion Budget

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 1, 2020

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the proposed N13.09 trillion budget for the 2021 fiscal year. While addressing journalists after the FEC meeting on Wednesday, the minister of finance, budget, and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, disclosed that the budget is based on an exchange rate benchmark of N379/$ and crude oil production of 1.86 million barrels per day (including 400,000 barrels of condensate) at $40 per barrel. She noted that the capital expenditure is...

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Buhari Swears in 4 Permanent Secretaries, Presides Over Virtual FEC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBuhari Swears in 4 Permanent Secretaries, Presides Over Virtual FEC

PilotnewsSeptember 30, 2020

President Muhmmadu Buhari on Wednesday swore in four newly appointed federal Permanent Secretaries at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the swearing-in was held shortly before the commencement of the weekly virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC). The affected permanent secretaries include Mr James Sule from Kaduna State; Mr Ismaila Abubakar from Kebbi State; Mrs Ibiene Patricia Roberts from Rivers and Mr Shehu Aliyu Shinkafi from...

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