Selection of New Hamma Bachama Gets Hot As Kingmakers In ‘crucial meeting’

For now, the contest for the exalted throne of a new paramount ruler for the Bachama chiefdom in Adamawa state is getting hot with six prominent personalities within the ruling clans slugging in. Earlier last week  Bachama communities concluded “Folshe” –the breaking of effects pots and decorated calabashes as a mark of honour for the passage of Hama Bachama Honest Irmiya Stephen, Kwirei-Mana, Kpafrato II Gbulumbomo. The late monarch passed away last month at the...

ECOWAS Appoints Ex-President Jonathan to Mediate in Mali’s Crisis

Economic Community of West African States has appointed former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan as a special envoy to resolve the political crisis in its member state, Mali. Jonathan is expected to bring together key parties together in the country, this include President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, opposition leaders, civil society and religious organizations for a dialogue on the crisis. In the recent week, protest has been rocking Mali, with protesters demanding for President Keita to step...

Nigerian Airforce Loses First Female Combat Helicopter Pilot 3 Years After Commissioning

Flying officer Tolulope Arotile has died following a road accident at the Airforce Base in Kaduna, the Nigerian Airforce headquarters disclosed. In a statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, Flying Officer Arotile sustained head injuries which resulted to her death on July 14, 2020. “Until her death, Flying Officer Arotile, who was commissioned into the NAF in September 2017 as a member of Nigerian Defence Academy Regular Course...

Surmounting Issues That Trail Ibrahim Magu’s EFCC Stewardship

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is charged with the responsibility of enforcing the provisions of other laws and regulations relating to economic and financial crimes,. These include, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Establishment Act (2004), The Money Laundering Act 1995, The Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2004, The Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 1995, The Failed Banks (Recovery of Debts) and Financial Malpractices in Banks Act 1994, The Banks and other...

President Buhari’s Citizen-Favorability Assessment

Nigerians have been bitterly divided over the performance thus far of their President, Muhammadu Buhari, who has been in office since 2015. Some applaud his performance with strong defense whereas others denounce it as a total failure. The major aim of the WAP Citizen’s Opinion Poll is to give the masses a voice and the opportunity to assess President Buhari’s performance standards from his inauguration. Please read the question and take a VOTE.

Nelson Mandela’s daughter Zindzi has died in Johannesburg

Zindziswa “Zindzi” Mandela, the daughter of Nelson Mandela, the late former president of South Africa, has died in Johannesburg. Her granddaughter Ndileka Mandela confirmed the information to dpa on Monday. According to state broadcaster SABC, the 59-year-old, who was the younger daughter of Nelson Mandela and his second wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, died on Sunday in a Johannesburg hospital. The details surrounding her death are not yet known and a statement is expected to be released...

Nigeria’s Unclaimed Dividends Hit N158.44bn in 2019

The total unclaimed dividend figure in the Nigerian capital market stood at N158.44 billion as of December 2019, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Data obtained exclusively by NAN from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) show that the figure is still on the increase in spite of e-dividend registration introduced by SEC in 2015. NAN reports that dividend is the distribution of a portion of the company’s earnings, decided and managed by the...

Why the Supreme Court Upheld Virtual Court Sitting and Threw Out Lagos, Ekiti Suits

A seven-man panel of the Supreme Court has ruled that virtual court sittings are within the practice direction issued by heads of courts, not unconstitutional and could continue for now. The West African Pilot News recalls that the Attorneys General of Lagos and Ekiti States Moyosore Onigbanjo and Olawale Fapohunda respectively had approached the Supreme Court seeking to test and establish the constitutionality of virtual court hearings. However, the Apex Court panel led by Justice...

World Risks Another Virus Like COVID-19 if Wildlife Crimes Not Stopped – UNODC

The United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) says that the World risks another virus of the magnitude of COVID-19 if the trafficking, sales and consumption of wildlife are not stopped. UNODC said this in a statement in Abuja, adding that the UNODC World Wildlife Crime Report 2020 pointed to the fact that zoonotic diseases represented 75 per cent of all emerging infections in the world. It added that diseases like SARS-CoV-2 that caused...

Health Workers Lodged in Hotels, Fed Three Times Daily

…We didn’t sack health workers, only rotating them. The Lagos State government on Monday evening disclosed how it has addressed the grievances of COVID-19 health workers in the State and expressed disappointment that doctors under the aegis of Medical Guild, proceeded with a three-day warning strike despite resolving most of the issues and deliberating on unresolved ones. The West African Pilot News recalls that medical doctors employed by the State government had said on Sunday...

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