Falana Says Obasanjo is Hypocritical for Speaking Against Kashamu

NewsPoliticsFalana Says Obasanjo is Hypocritical for Speaking Against Kashamu

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 12, 2020

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said there was nothing wrong with former President Obasanjo speaking ill of the late Senator Buruji Kashamu. Falana wrote in an article titled: ‘Matters arising from Chief Obasanjo’s Condolence Letter’, that the hypocrisy of the former President’s message that should be criticised. “Some people have said that it is against the African culture to speak ill of the dead. That is far from the truth. In the past, Africans...

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Navy: Court Convicts Three Pirates Involved in Hijack of Vessel

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNavy: Court Convicts Three Pirates Involved in Hijack of Vessel

Beloved John (Staff Writer)August 12, 2020

A Federal High Court (FHC) sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted three of the nine accused persons who on March 21 hijacked an Equatorial Guinea flagged vessel, MV ELOBEY VI, off Equatorial Guinea coast. Suleman Dahun, the Navy Director of Information disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Noting that the Justice Ishaq Sani gave the judgment on Monday, he stated that the judge summarily convicted Binaebi Johnson, Daniel Lemmar and Ghane Gordon...

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Biafran War Hero Col. Ihenacho Passes Away

NewsBiafran War Hero Col. Ihenacho Passes Away

PilotnewsAugust 11, 20202

By Hector-Roosevelt Udunna Ukegbu Col. Lambert Ogbonna Ihenacho, one of Biafra’s most successful military commanders, passed away Wednesday July 8, 2020 from natural causes. He was born on December 24, 1944 in Upe, in Ngor Okpala LGA of Imo State. He has since been buried in Owerri. He retired from the Nigerian Army as a colonel on September 3, 1990, At the time, he had recently served as the Principal Staff Officer (Colonel General Staff)...

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Anambra State: ASATU and Local Leaders Locking Horns Tenure Elongation

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAnambra State: ASATU and Local Leaders Locking Horns Tenure Elongation

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)August 11, 2020

Several communities in Anambra state are on the verge of crisis because of continued leadership of town union after expiration of the term of office of many President-Generals in Anambra State. In many of these communities, the caretaker system alien to the communities have imposed as a way to maintain the status quo in flagrant violation of the towns’ constitution, and this we gathered is brewing bad blood that may degenerate any moment into crisis,...

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Nigeria’s Terrorism Deradicalisation Scheme Leaves Traumatised Victims With No Lifeline

NewsNigeriaSpecial ReportNigeria’s Terrorism Deradicalisation Scheme Leaves Traumatised Victims With No Lifeline

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 11, 2020

Nigeria’s decade-long war with terrorists in the Northeast is fraught with lots of controversies, but the most contentious of them is what to do with those the government has described has repentant Boko Haram members, writes the West African Pilot News correspondent Adeola Oladipupo. There are three known deradicalisation programmes in Nigeria. The programme in Kuje Prison was set up for fighters convicted of violent extremist offences, or inmates awaiting trial; the Neem Foundation owns...

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Again, Fayose Attacks Obasanjo, Vows to Jail Him

NewsNigeriaAgain, Fayose Attacks Obasanjo, Vows to Jail Him

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 11, 2020

The former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has vowed to jail former President Olusegun Obasanjo if he becomes President. The brickbat between the former leaders began when Obasanjo in a condolence letter to the Ogun State government over the death of Senator Buruji Kashamu, said that the late Senator evaded justice on alleged criminal offence by manoeuvering law and politics. In a swift reply, Fayose said that Nigerians will watch out for the end...

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COVID-19: Bua Group Donates 3 Ambulances to Delta Govt.

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Bua Group Donates 3 Ambulances to Delta Govt.

PilotnewsAugust 11, 2020

Bua Group on Monday donated three ambulances to Delta Government to support the fight against the dreaded Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa, who received the donation in Asaba thanked the group and called for collective effort to check the spread of the virus. He said that defeating COVID-19 would not be an impossible task if all Nigerians obeyed set health protocols with commitment. He added that “it is important that we work together to...

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Gunmen Kidnap 3 Girls In Fresh Community Attack In Katsina

Crime & SecurityNewsGunmen Kidnap 3 Girls In Fresh Community Attack In Katsina

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 10, 2020

As residents sleep with two eyes opened, gunmen were reported to have on Sunday night, kidnapped three girls during an attack on the Saulawa community of Kurfi Local government area of Katsina state. Reports say that the terror groups mounted various checking points at the heart of the local government began shooting sporadically and forced themselves into some households and shops. Local and security sources confirmed that the groups kidnapped the girls and later left...

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Peter Obi Explains Why He Cleared Inherited N35bn Unpaid Pension

NewsNigeriaPeoplePeter Obi Explains Why He Cleared Inherited N35bn Unpaid Pension

PilotnewsAugust 10, 2020

Mr. Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 elections, has revealed that he was moved to pay off the accumulated pension and gratuity debt totaling N35 billion, which his administration inherited from previous governments, because of the plight of the mostly elderly citizens who have been denied their earned benefits. The former governor who’s a business mogul and pundit made the revelation...

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NiMET Predicts Cloudy, Thundery Weather Activities Monday to Wednesday

ClimateNewsNigeriaNiMET Predicts Cloudy, Thundery Weather Activities Monday to Wednesday

PilotnewsAugust 10, 2020

Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and cloudiness from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja predicted cloudy skies over northern region on Monday morning with chances of isolated thunderstorms over parts of Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Kano, Katsina, Sokoto and Kebbi. According to the Agency, there are prospects of few thunderstorms over parts of Borno and Yobe during the afternoon and evening period. “The central region should...

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