Academy Bans Will Smith For 10 Years Over Slap

Arts & CultureEntertainmentNewsAcademy Bans Will Smith For 10 Years Over Slap

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 9, 2022

Hollywood actor, Will Smith has been banned from attending the Oscars for the next 10 years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced in a statement. This was the Academy’s response to the buzz-killing, shock-inducing scene of Smith, 53, striking comedian Chris Rock, 57, and cursing him live on camera before millions watching the Oscars on Sunday, March 27. The decision was made during a Board of Governors meeting held on Friday in...

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CBN Governor, Emefiele, Krystal Solutions’ Ogunsemo, Others Make Forbes Africa’s List

Award & RecognitionNational DevelopmentCBN Governor, Emefiele, Krystal Solutions’ Ogunsemo, Others Make Forbes Africa’s List

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 8, 2022

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emiefele, and Mr. Temitope Ogunsemo, the founder of Krystal Digital Solutions Ltd., have been listed in the Forbes Africa Undiscovered Series for Nigeria. The Forbes Report on Nigeria, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja by Mr. Uri Onojake of GLG Communications, a consultancy firm, disclosed that the undiscovered series was part of an exclusive list of Nigerians who...

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Soyinka Laments State Of Insecurity, Says Buhari’s Government Needs Help

Crime & SecurityNewsSoyinka Laments State Of Insecurity, Says Buhari’s Government Needs Help

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 8, 2022

LAGOS — Prof. Wole Soyinka has lamented the rising level of insecurity in the country leading to killings, kidnappings, and violence in several states. The Nobel laureate who spoke on the sidelines of a media briefing held in Lagos on Thursday with the theme, Forget the past, forfeit the future: A nation seceding from humanity, said many Nigerians go out unsure they would return home safely. According to him, the country needs help to tame insecurity....

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OPINION: Blaise Compaore’s Conviction Is a Momentous Victory for the Rule of Law and Citizen Power in Africa

AfricaColumnsLaw & JusticeOpinionOPINION: Blaise Compaore’s Conviction Is a Momentous Victory for the Rule of Law and Citizen Power in Africa

PilotnewsApril 7, 2022

Compaore’s conviction is good news for the rule of law and democratic consolidation in Africa.    Former Burkinabe President Blaise Compaore’s sentence of life imprisonment by an Ouagadougou military court for complicity in the murder of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara, marks an important victory for the rule of law in the country and the region as a whole. In exile in the Ivory Coast since his ouster from power following a popular uprising in 2014,...

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NewsNigeria ElectionsPDP Ignores Zoning, Throws Its 2023 Presidential Ticket Open to All

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 6, 2022

ABUJA — The 37-man zoning committee of the leading opposition, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has thrown its presidential ticket open to all its aspirants. The decision came after a meeting on Tuesday at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. According to a source who pleaded anonymity, the committee threw open the ticket “due to exigency of time” saying “zoning, as in our party constitution, is affirmed.” The document sighted by our correspondent read:...

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Nigeria Is Bleeding, Tinubu Comments to Abuja-Kaduna Rail Attack

Crime & SecurityNigeria Is Bleeding, Tinubu Comments to Abuja-Kaduna Rail Attack

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 6, 2022

KADUNA — The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has said that Nigeria is bleeding as a result of the high rate of killings across the country. The former Governor of Lagos State then urged Nigerians to join hands in the fight against banditry in the country. This is as Governor Nasir el-Rufai said that Nigeria is at a crossroads and needed to make a difficult decision to pick a leader,...

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The Female Wonders ―What You Do Not Know About the Vagina

ColumnsHealthLifestyleThe Female Wonders ―What You Do Not Know About the Vagina

PilotnewsApril 6, 20221

Let me guess. You are here because you have a vagina or are a friend of the vagina. Either way, you are welcome. Read through these genitalic words: “ikpu”, “toto”, cunt, camel toe, puna, fish lips, coochie, cookie, bearded clam, paradise, golden palace, papaya and most common of all, pussy. Apart from “ikpu (the Igbo word) and “toto” (the Yoruba expression), the reason why the vagina is coded as other slangy words might be because...

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SPECIAL REPORT: ’We Are All Seen As Beggars’: The Tragedy of Sokoto Children With Disability

Special ReportSPECIAL REPORT: ’We Are All Seen As Beggars’: The Tragedy of Sokoto Children With Disability

Beloved John (Staff Writer)April 5, 2022

The sun was scorching and Hauwa, a blind girl, needed shade to rest. After a long walk around her community in Bodinga Local Government, Sokoto State, the 16-year-old, accompanied by a younger girl, decided to settle at the community filling station to catch her breath. Hauwa was standing in one corner of the station when an irritated attendant yelled at her to leave the premises. The defenseless girl who spends her time on the street...

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Anambra Governor, Prof. Soludo Officially Declares End To Monday Sit-At-Home In The State

NewsPoliticsAnambra Governor, Prof. Soludo Officially Declares End To Monday Sit-At-Home In The State

PilotnewsApril 4, 2022

By Emmanuel Chigbata, Staff Reporter AWKA — Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has informed Anambarians that today, Monday, April, 4th, 2022, officially marks the end of Monday Sit-At-Home in the state Governor Soludo disclosed this on his official Facebook page on Monday. According to him, “we have prayed to God, admonished our people, and made a commitment to ensuring that everyone concerned gets expeditious justice. “Following the unanimous agreement of our leaders across the...

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Soludo Blames Security Crises On FG’s Handling of Nnamdi Kanu’s Case

Human Rights & FreedomNewsPoliticsSoludo Blames Security Crises On FG’s Handling of Nnamdi Kanu’s Case

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 4, 2022

The Anambra State Governor, Prof Charles Soludo has blamed the insecurity bedeviling the South East on how the Federal Government is handling the case of Nnamdi Kanu, who is the leader of the proscribed secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Soludo stated that the sit-at-home declared by IPOB was in protest against the alleged maltreatment of Kanu, who is being detained and prosecuted by the government. According to the governor, who spoke on Channels...

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