Umeoji’s recognition by INEC is a mockery of the APGA Reconciliation Committee

Anambra ElectionsColumnsOpinionUmeoji’s recognition by INEC is a mockery of the APGA Reconciliation Committee

PilotnewsJuly 20, 2021

There is nothing completely off the table in politics. ―Ebuka Onyekwelu The decision by INEC based on a certain Jigawa federal court judgment, to recognize the candidacy of Hon. Chukwuma Umeoji and not Prof. Chukwuma Soludo is a sort of climax in the long-standing controversy trailing APGA’s general conduct so far in the 2021 governorship election in Anambra state. For the first time in a very long while, party members and keen observers were caught...

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Sound Sultan: Celebrate Me While I am Alive

Arts & CultureColumnsObituarySound Sultan: Celebrate Me While I am Alive

PilotnewsJuly 12, 2021

The news of the death of the veteran singer and rapper, Olanrewaju Abdul-Ganiu Fasasi, a.k.a Sound Sultan, on the 11th of July, 2021, struck many with unexplainable sorrow. For some, it was their first time encountering his name, while it came to the knowledge of some that he suffered a rare type of cancer called Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma. Hearty comments about how wonderful the late singer was, flooded the internet. Pleasant nostalgic memories from friends...

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Nigerian Politics 101: Malami was not comparing – he was wisely threatening and instigating a reprisal

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNigeriaNigerian Politics 101: Malami was not comparing – he was wisely threatening and instigating a reprisal

PilotnewsMay 22, 2021

“Until this country undergoes a total overhaul of its governance system, nothing moves – not in north, south, east, or west,” ― Dr. Anthony Obi Ogbo For three days now or so, Nigeria’s political terrain has been stormy, but there was no natural weather condition. No, there was no rain.  Last Tuesday, state governors from the southern part of the country, met in Asaba and issued a communique in which they demanded the immediate restructuring...

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Anambra State: Weighing Governor Obiano’s Seventh Year Stewardship by his Agenda

ColumnsNewsNigeriaOpinionAnambra State: Weighing Governor Obiano’s Seventh Year Stewardship by his Agenda

PilotnewsMarch 12, 2021

The administration is now seven years old and with only one year to go; it’s therefore, fair that the administration is evaluated on the basis of what it set out to do during the celebration of its one hundred days in office ―Ebuka Onyekwelu Nigerian governors, steeped in a culture of fanfare both for good or bad, for little or big accomplishment, has now established celebrating their one hundred days in office, as a mark...

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Ebele Obiano is proof why nothing works in Nigeria

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionEbele Obiano is proof why nothing works in Nigeria

PilotnewsJanuary 25, 2021

 In no religion—except in the worship of pride and hypocrisy—is denying the helpless, a virtue. ―Sonala Olumhense Meet Ebele Obiano, a 58-year-old Nigerian woman.  If you have ever wondered why nothing works in Nigeria, she is proof. Ebele is the wife of the governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano.  By her own account she was recently in the United States, where her daughter became a medical doctor a few years ago.   As everyone knows, the US has developed...

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Anambra 2021: What it Means to be in an Election Year

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPoliticsAnambra 2021: What it Means to be in an Election Year

PilotnewsJanuary 5, 2021

Those profiting from electioneering and elections in Anambra state might have their best year yet, in this year’s gubernatorial election. ―Ebuka Onyekwelu As the Anambra governorship election gets closer, political considerations shape nearly every action of government and non-government actors. Politics takes preponderance over governance, as it is exalted to the front, centre, and back rows. Within the government circle, not much happens except schemes on how to get an acceptable candidate into Government House....

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The Trump Amoral Dynasty: White Evangelicals Locked In A Deadly Mambo With The Devil

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionThe Trump Amoral Dynasty: White Evangelicals Locked In A Deadly Mambo With The Devil

PilotnewsDecember 28, 2020

“Pastor Kenneth Copeland is the craziest of them all. With eyes popped like a pair of demitasse spoons, a large swath of his craziness is written on both cheeks of his face.” ―Don Okolo Like the budding tendrils of a rosebud, reacting to the warmth of an early morning sun, the American Evangelical Herd stand in frailty, bent out of shape for being overly reverential, cringing almost, before these miasmas of pure darkness, as they...

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Comedy of Nigerian Trumpsters ― a reflection on Donald Trump’s reelection mayhem

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNigeriaOpinionComedy of Nigerian Trumpsters ― a reflection on Donald Trump’s reelection mayhem

PilotnewsNovember 13, 2020

“In a modern democracy, evangelicals are satanic weapons of mass destruction.” ― Dr. Anthony Obi Ogbo In my previous article, I had classified Black people stomping for Donald Trump as “Idiots”. This was not because there is anything wrong with supporting a politician or a party, but, thoughtless political support confutes the very core purpose of what politics should be. Thus, political affiliation without substantial attachments of interests and benefits might end up as a...

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Abuse of Police Officers by Privileged Nigerians ―Dire Security Implications

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionAbuse of Police Officers by Privileged Nigerians ―Dire Security Implications

PilotnewsNovember 7, 2020

This kind of Police is a sad reminder that despite her pretensions to the contrary, Nigeria is not yet a 21st Century organized country. ―UgoGold Nzeakonobiukwu Ofonedu As is the case everywhere in the world, the job of providing security within the boundaries of Nigeria is the exclusive preserve of the Nigerian Police Force. And through the years, the Nigerian Police Force have evolved from a tiny Constabulary Unit which took care of the British...

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If gold rust…what then would iron do? —Catholic Priests and unrestrained canal pleasures

ColumnsOpinionIf gold rust…what then would iron do? —Catholic Priests and unrestrained canal pleasures

PilotnewsOctober 17, 2020

As a practicing Catholic, I do not go to confession. These priests do not deserve to hear my sins that belong in the Ears of God. ―Don Okolo There is a Catholic priest in Louisiana, and he takes the cake. I don’t know what his name is, but I guarantee you the one called Samael, Lucifer, that is, does. If anyone in the realm of Heaven is weeping right about now, it is Jesus, The...

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