PDP Reschedules Primaries In Lagos, Imo, Benue, Katsina

NewsPoliticsPDP Reschedules Primaries In Lagos, Imo, Benue, Katsina

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 4, 2022

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rescheduled its primaries in some federal and state constituencies. The party stated this in a press release, signed by the party’s national publicity secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Saturday. Ologunagba said the National Working Committee (NWC) approved the repeat primaries of some constituencies in Imo, Benue, and Katsina states, as well as the House of Representatives primaries in Lagos state. The repeat primaries have been scheduled as follows: Sunday, June...

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Pique, Shakira Ends 11 Years Marriage

LifestyleMarriageNewsSportsPique, Shakira Ends 11 Years Marriage

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 4, 2022

Barcelona defender, Gerard Pique and Colombian singer, Shakira have announced the end of their 11-year marriage. Shakira, 45, and Pique, 35, announced the split in a joint statement released on Saturday. The couple, who have two children from the marriage, stated that the well-being of their children necessitated the separation. “We regret to confirm that we are separating,” the statement reads. “For the well-being of our children, who are our highest priority, we ask that...

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Nigeria Police Arrests Over 1,000 Suspected Criminals, Rescued In Five Months

National SecurityNewsNigeriaNigeria Police Arrests Over 1,000 Suspected Criminals, Rescued In Five Months

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 4, 2022

The Nigeria Police has arrested 1,239 suspected criminals between January 2022 to date for various crimes. The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has disclosed this at a meeting with strategic police managers in Abuja, Thursday, revealing that the Force has secured the approval of the National Communications Commission (NCC) for the allocation of a national Police Short Code  ‘933’ for free emergency calls and information sharing between the Police and citizens. It...

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African Development Bank Secures Additional €3.5 million For The Abidjan- Lagos Highway Project

AfricaBusinessNewsNigeriaAfrican Development Bank Secures Additional €3.5 million For The Abidjan- Lagos Highway Project

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 4, 2022

Chief Transport Economist, African Development Bank (AfDB), Lydie Ehouman has said that the bank has been able to secure an agreement for additional €3.5 million for the Abidjan- Lagos highway project. The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS project is aimed at creating a corridor of road linking five countries in the region. The countries are Nigeria, Benin Repulic, Cote d’Ivore, Togo and Ghana. The road when completed is expected to benefit 40 million...

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Lagos State Government Crushes Over Commercial 2000 Motorcycles

NewsNigeriaPoliticsLagos State Government Crushes Over Commercial 2000 Motorcycles

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 4, 2022

A total of 2,228 Motorcycles, popularly called Okada, impounded in various areas where their operations have been proscribed by the Lagos State Government were crushed. The State Government had this week commenced enforcement of the total ban on the activities of Okada in six Local government areas and Council Development areas. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, while addressing newsmen at the Task Force ground in Alausa, Ikeja, said over 5,000 okada seized in...

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Let This Navel Pique Your Loins ―A Lover’s Invite

ColumnsFiction & PoetryLet This Navel Pique Your Loins ―A Lover’s Invite

PilotnewsJune 4, 2022

My love, Let these dotted nipples Point you In the way of truth. Let these fluffy boobs Enhance the fibre of your thought -to be wild and industrious. Let this navel Pique your loins To the point of no return Till you fulfill purpose. Let this road Lead you d o w n the paired arm Of Mesopotamia Wherein run the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. Let the slimy waters Slide you seamlessly Into the well...

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Senator Umeh Picks Labour Party Senate Ticket, Pledges to Work with Peter Obi

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSenator Umeh Picks Labour Party Senate Ticket, Pledges to Work with Peter Obi

PilotnewsJune 3, 2022

Few days Former Senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial zone, Senator Victor Umeh, had lost the ALl Progressive Grand Alliance APGA, primary ticket, he has won the ticket of the Labour Party (LP) to contest the 2023 election. Umeh had earlier on Friday notified of his joining Labour Party from All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), and also stood for the primary election of the party, which held at Beautiful Gate Hotel, Awka. Returning officer in the...

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‘I Made Buhari President In 2015, It’s My Turn’, Tinubu Insists

NewsNigeriaPolitics‘I Made Buhari President In 2015, It’s My Turn’, Tinubu Insists

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 3, 2022

Ardent presidential aspirant and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has recounted his role in the emergence of Muhammadu Buhari as President in 2015, maintaining that it is his turn to be president in 2023. Tinubu disclosed this at the Presidential Lodge in Abeokuta, Ogun State, while addressing the APC delegates ahead of the party’s primary on Thursday. Speaking on Buhari’s victory in 2015, he said: “If not for me that stood...

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Trouble Ahead in Zimbabwe

AfricaBlogColumnsTrouble Ahead in Zimbabwe

PilotnewsJune 3, 2022

Zimbabwe’s worsening social, political, and economic landscape means trouble for the Southern Africa subregion. Conditions for the people of Zimbabwe continue to go from bad to worse. Triple-digit inflation shows no signs of slowing.  Over half of the country lives in poverty.  Its corrupt government lurches from disinterest in the population’s pain to rosy projections for growth based on pure fantasy to clumsy interventions like the recent short-lived edict banning banks from lending. Politically, the merger...

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Britain Celebrates Queen Elizabeth II’s 70th Year On The Throne

Culture & TraditionNewsUnited KingdomBritain Celebrates Queen Elizabeth II’s 70th Year On The Throne

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 3, 2022

Britain is celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s unprecedented Platinum Jubilee, her 70th year on the throne, with all the grandeur one would expect from this 1,000-year-old institution. Queen Elizabeth marked seven decades on the throne in February, and two public holidays were set aside to create a four-day weekend for nationwide events commemorating her reign from June 2-5. The four-day celebration kicked off on Thursday with the traditional ‘Trooping the Colour’ military parade in central London,...

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