AIX Founder, Linda Anukwuem Addresses Texas Southern Students on Career Prospects

EducationLocalNewsTelevision & RadioAIX Founder, Linda Anukwuem Addresses Texas Southern Students on Career Prospects

PilotnewsOctober 31, 2022

“Graduating students must be prepared to reconcile or strike a balance between their values and the culture of the organizations they aspire to. Some corporate cultures require a certain look or presentation to suit specific expectations.” These are one of the few takeaways when the founder and the Chief Executive Officer of the Houston-based  AIX Firm, LLC., Linda Anukwuem visited the  School of Communication (SOC) of Texas Southern University (TSU) on October 31, 2022. Ms. ...

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Twitter to Charge $20 Per Month for Verified Accounts

BusinessNewsTwitter to Charge $20 Per Month for Verified Accounts

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 31, 2022

Twitter has announced plans to charge $240 (N192,000) yearly for verification (blue tick). This is coming a few days after Elon Musk sealed the $44 billion Twitter acquisition deal and took over the ownership of the company. According to Daily Mail, Musk wants to launch a pay-for-play verification system in which verified users are charged $20 per month. It was gathered that Musk had communicated the project to employees of the micro-blogging platform on 30 October....

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Insecurity: S’East Govs Call for FG’s Intervention, Lament Collapse of Economic Activities, Killings

Crime & SecurityInsecurity: S’East Govs Call for FG’s Intervention, Lament Collapse of Economic Activities, Killings

PilotnewsOctober 31, 2022

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter)   The Governors of the South East states of the country, on Sunday, rose from a meeting in Enugu calling on the federal government to provide adequate security in the zone ahead of next year’s general elections. They lamented the increasing wave of insecurity within states in the zone and agreed to set up a 24-hour Joint Patrol in all major highways within the South East, especially during the Christmas...

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Elon Musk Fires Twitter CEO, CFO As He Takes Over Company

BusinessWorld NewsElon Musk Fires Twitter CEO, CFO As He Takes Over Company

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 28, 2022

Elon Musk has closed his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter and fired four top executives, including the chief executive and chief financial officer. The acquisition deal between the management of the micro-blogging platform and the billionaire was first announced in late April. But the following months witnessed disagreements that threatened the deal. Musk announced his intention to halt the acquisition and the management of Twitter filed a lawsuit to compel the Tesla CEO to follow through with the acquisition agreement. Musk eventually completed...

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ANALYSIS: Governor Nyesom Wike’s Political Evangelism for the 2023 General Election: An Analysis

Nigeria ElectionsPoliticsANALYSIS: Governor Nyesom Wike’s Political Evangelism for the 2023 General Election: An Analysis

PilotnewsOctober 20, 2022

By Prof. Felix Akpan   The BVAS machine has become their albatross. Its introduction has put an end to ballot box snatching, multiple thump printing, and voting without accreditation, which was the proble’matique of our previous elections in the country. The recent political appointments made by Governor Wike of Rivers State have attracted a lot of interest and interrogation from different people across the political divide, within and outside of his State. But the Governor...

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OPINION: A Tertiary Debacle

ColumnsEducationNigeriaOpinionOPINION: A Tertiary Debacle

PilotnewsOctober 17, 2022

Nigerian universities urgently need a reboot; whether ASUU should be part of that process is an open question. When the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) suspended its industrial action last week, it found itself precisely where it was back in February when the National Executive Council (NEC) announced “a comprehensive and total strike”—exasperated, forlorn, and no closer to an agreement with the Federal Government. February’s strike was the union’s first since 2020 when a nine-month industrial action...

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Consolidating the South-East—Atiku’s ‘Dan Ulasi’ Move is a Smart Choice

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNigeriaOpinionConsolidating the South-East—Atiku’s ‘Dan Ulasi’ Move is a Smart Choice

PilotnewsOctober 16, 2022

“Dan Ulasi understands Nigeria’s electoral maps and could read them with his eyes closed” ―Anthony Obi Ogbo ________________________ Campaigns for the 2023 general election officially commenced on September 28, in line with the timetable and schedule of activities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This date signaled the beginning of a process of shaping the electioneering landscape ahead of the general election. In the succeeding weeks, all the major political parties unleashed their supporters...

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National Honours: Chimamanda Adichie Rejected the Award — Media Aide

Award & RecognitionNational Honours: Chimamanda Adichie Rejected the Award — Media Aide

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 14, 2022

Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie, has joined the likes of late Prof. Chinua Achebe and late Chief Gani Fawehinmi who declined a national honour. It was gathered that the award-winning author rejected a national honour to be conferred on her by President Muhammadu Buhari. President Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja conferred national honours on deserving Nigerians and foreigners as part of the activities for the celebration of Nigeria’s 62nd independence anniversary. Among the women who made the honours...

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OPINION: Peace Talks for Tigray Delayed

AfricaColumnsOpinionPeaceOPINION: Peace Talks for Tigray Delayed

PilotnewsOctober 13, 2022

An absence of political will may prove a far harder problem than complicated logistics Nearly two years after war broke out in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the fighting is intensifying, and the interstate dimension to the conflict is as undeniable as ever. Reports indicate that some one hundred thousand Eritrean troops are assaulting Tigray, apparently in coordination with the Ethiopian military. The region has been under siege since June of 2021, with only piecemeal exceptions during the lull...

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