Nigeria: Time to Summon the Courage and Face Down its Demons

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionNigeria: Time to Summon the Courage and Face Down its Demons

PilotnewsMay 25, 2020

What the federal government owes these badly governed states is tough love. It should make it very clear that henceforth, it will no longer bailout any state that receives the FAAC allocation. This because some governors have become addicts, hooked on Abuja manna. It is, therefore, appropriate for the federal government to enforce constraints on them… Many analysts argue ad nauseam, that before the 1966 coup in Nigeria, the true practice of federalism was responsible for the great...

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Republicans Sue Gov. Newsom Over Vote-by-Mail Order for November Election

NewsPoliticsUnited StatesRepublicans Sue Gov. Newsom Over Vote-by-Mail Order for November Election

PilotnewsMay 25, 2020

Three Republican groups have sued Gov. Gavin Newsom over his executive order to send mail-in ballots to California’s 20.6 million voters in November. The suit was brought by the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, and the California Republican Party. Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel announced the lawsuit via Twitter late on Sunday. “His radical plan is a recipe for disaster that would create more opportunities for fraud & destroy the confidence Californians deserve to have in their elections,” McDaniel said. Newsom issued...

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Rivers Gov’t Joins Issue with EFCC, Accuses Commission of Media Trial

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaRivers Gov’t Joins Issue with EFCC, Accuses Commission of Media Trial

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 25, 2020

The Rivers State Government has joined issues with the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). It accuses the commission of engaging in media trial. The state government was reacting to a media report that the government attention of the Rivers State Government has refused to release its top officials for interrogation in connection to the withdrawal of ₦118 billion in cash between 2015 and 2018. The Commissioner for Information and Communication of Rivers State, Paulinus...

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Dabiri-Erewa, Minister Trade Words on Social Media Over Office Invasion

NewsNigeriaPoliticsDabiri-Erewa, Minister Trade Words on Social Media Over Office Invasion

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 25, 2020

The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa and the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami traded words on Sunday on Twitter. The disagreement was over a forced eviction of the NIDCOM staff from their office at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. In a series of tweets by Dabiri-Erewa, she accused Pantami of being disrespectful of women. In response, Pantami called the NICOM boss a liar. The due started...

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Lagos to Close Marine Beach Bridge for 5 Months

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaLagos to Close Marine Beach Bridge for 5 Months

PilotnewsMay 24, 2020

Lagos to close Marine Beach Bridge for 5 months The Lagos State Government on Sunday announced a plan to effect partial closure of the Marine Beach Bridge, Apapa, to vehicular movement,  from May 27 to Oct. 21. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde,  made the disclosure in a statement in Lagos. He said that the closure would be to enable repair of the bridge which, he said, was long overdue. “The repair by...

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Education In the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic: Focus On Enugu State

ColumnsEducationOpinionEducation In the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic: Focus On Enugu State

PilotnewsMay 24, 2020

The current spate of the pandemic ravaging the global community has kept world leaders and organizations on edge to find a possible cure. Meanwhile, as a precautionary measure, schools, religious places of worship, markets and other places of gathering were shut down so as to curb the transmission and spread of the virus. According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, records, 191 countries implemented countrywide closure of educational institutions and over...

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Buhari, Family Members Observe Eid Prayer Inside Aso Villa

NewsNigeriaRegionsBuhari, Family Members Observe Eid Prayer Inside Aso Villa

PilotnewsMay 24, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari and members of his family on Sunday observed the Eid-El-Fitr prayer at the presidential quarters in line with the protocol against mass gathering issued by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protocol of social distancing was also exhibited during the two-raka’at prayer. President Buhari had on May 22 pledged to conduct his Eid prayers with his family at home as directed by the...

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Buhari Tasks Farmers on Massive Food Production, Says“No Money for Food Importation”

EconomyFoodNewsNigeriaBuhari Tasks Farmers on Massive Food Production, Says“No Money for Food Importation”

PilotnewsMay 24, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged Nigerian farmers on the need to embark on massive productive agricultural activities this farming season as Nigeria has no money for food importation. The president gave the challenge shortly after observing this year’s Eid prayer alongside members of his family and few presidential aides at the presidential villa, Abuja, on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Eid-El-Fitr prayer was observed in line with the protocol against mass...

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Revert to Initial Agreement Reached on Community Policing at Enugu, Southeast Leaders to IGP

Crime & SecurityNigeriaPoliticsRevert to Initial Agreement Reached on Community Policing at Enugu, Southeast Leaders to IGP

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)May 24, 2020

Southeast Governors on Sunday refused implementation of Inspector General of Police’s recent communication on the composition of Community Policing. Gov. Umahi, chairman of the southeast governor’s forum, explained that the composition as directed by the IGP did not reflect the resolutions arrived at the Southeast geo-political zone security summit held in Enugu. “We the Southeast Governors and leaders in the zone therefore request Mohammed Adamu, IGP to revert to our initial agreement reached on Community...

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On the Rise of the Phoenix, “Dear lockdown folks…”

Chris Chinwe UlasiColumnsFiction & PoetryOn the Rise of the Phoenix, “Dear lockdown folks…”

PilotnewsMay 24, 20201

Dear lockdown folks, this is the Phoenix. Yes, that enigmatic bird of legends, the one that goes by what it can do not what muted dreams conjure up. Phoenix is my name! ”Lockdown folks, why are you so depressed?” Have you been watching the press briefings –yes, the ones created by DT. The ones that buck at reason; the ones that proclaim darkness even if the sky is bright and sunny? The daily news updates...

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