A Toast To Willie—Dissecting Anambra’s Gubernatorial Politics

Anambra ElectionsColumnsOpinionA Toast To Willie—Dissecting Anambra’s Gubernatorial Politics

PilotnewsJanuary 20, 2022

Governor Willie Obiano’s direction of Anambra’s affairs will end on March 17, 2022. But his imprint on the state for eight straight years will endure. Not only endure but also assume legendary proportions with the passage of time. Historians will wax lyrical on his double tenure and ascribe to him the quotable, poetic words Julius Caesar uttered in celebration of one of his famous war victories: “Veni, vidi, vici.” Willie Obiano came. He saw. He...

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Sit-At-Home: 3days Complete Compliance, APC Youth Leader Shot Dead In Enugu

Human Rights & FreedomNewsSit-At-Home: 3days Complete Compliance, APC Youth Leader Shot Dead In Enugu

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)January 20, 2022

ENUGU — Residents in Enugu have heaved a sigh of relief as the earlier warned 4 days sit-at-home order was shortened to three days given the Federal High Court adjournment of court proceedings on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to Wednesday 16th February 2022. Like cats crawling out of holes, many were still afraid of stepping out of their homes out of fear at the early hours of Thursday. But by mid-day, more vehicles were seen on...

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Flight KL 588 from Lagos: European airlines’ handling of its African passengers may be racially discriminatory

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsOpinionFlight KL 588 from Lagos: European airlines’ handling of its African passengers may be racially discriminatory

PilotnewsJanuary 20, 2022

In addition to a high rate of disparity in airfare, these systemic trends that emit prejudice, negligence, and thoughtlessness manifest as racial discrimination in service delivery standards.   The flight booking was the United States-based Delta Airlines, but the routing and services were provided by its partner airline, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, the official airline carrier of the Netherlands. Thus, a Delta flight on January 13—originally booked as DL 9477—ended up as KL 588, a...

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Lagos Sets to Collect N800 Daily Levies from Danfo, Taxi, Others from February 1

TaxationTransportationLagos Sets to Collect N800 Daily Levies from Danfo, Taxi, Others from February 1

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 19, 2022

LAGOS — The Lagos State Government has said that danfo, taxi, and other commercial vehicles in the state will begin to pay N800 levy daily from February 1, 2022. This is after the state government and transportation stakeholders in the State on Tuesday signed an agreement and officially unveiled the ‘Consolidated Informal Transport Sector Levy’ to harmonise dues collected by the government from commercial motorists at parks and garages across the State. This was made...

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Electoral Act Amendment: NASS Boss, Allows Direct and Indirect Primaries

Nigeria ElectionsElectoral Act Amendment: NASS Boss, Allows Direct and Indirect Primaries

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 19, 2022

ABUJA — The National Assembly has accepted the demand of the executive by re-amending the Electoral Act Amendment Bill on Wednesday and approved direct and indirect primaries. Both chambers made the pre-amendment in separate plenary sessions. In the Senate, the lawmakers also added the consensus clause for the nomination of candidates by political parties for elective positions. In a statement, the upper chamber equally noted that “a political party that adopts the direct primaries procedure...

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AFCON 2021: Super Eagles Hold Final Training Session Ahead of Guinea-Bissau Clash

AfricaSoccerSportsAFCON 2021: Super Eagles Hold Final Training Session Ahead of Guinea-Bissau Clash

PilotnewsJanuary 19, 2022

The Super Eagles on Tuesday had their final training session for the final Group D game against Guinea-Bissau at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the training took place at the annex pitch of the Roumde Adjia Stadium in Garoua. But the session looked uneventful as the three-time champions only have as opponents on Wednesday the Wild Dogs of Guinea Bissau who are with only...

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Sight and Imitation ―psychological power of human simulation

ColumnsFiction & PoetryOpinionSight and Imitation ―psychological power of human simulation

PilotnewsJanuary 18, 2022

Reminiscing about the good old childhood days, 24-year old Priscilla recalls series of scenario she played out. As a young girl, she would make Sunday afternoons her lesson time, she is the teacher with a good number of pupils in her mind. To get a touch of reality, she would assemble her three siblings as a point of contact, conduct her school assembly with them and teach them. She was the proprietress, the disciplinary teacher...

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Obi Cubana Speaks About His Ordeals With Anti-Drug Agency, NDLEA

Law & JusticeNewsObi Cubana Speaks About His Ordeals With Anti-Drug Agency, NDLEA

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 17, 2022

Entrepreneur and socialite, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, was said to have recently spent some time in the office of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for questioning over his alleged ties to some drug traffickers. In an interview with media personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, aka Daddy Freeze, Obi stated that though he trusted the NDLEA to do a good job, he ‘felt low’ being linked with trafficking in hard drugs. Recall that prior to...

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‘Igbo President is an Idea Whose Time has Come’ – Amb. Prof. George Obiozor

NewsNigeria ElectionsPolitics‘Igbo President is an Idea Whose Time has Come’ – Amb. Prof. George Obiozor

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)January 15, 2022

The President-General of Ohaneze Ndi-Igbo has said that in 2023, Nigeria should have a President of Igbo extraction because the argument for the Igbo president is an idea whose time has come. “Definitely, the idea of a Nigerian President from Igbo land is an idea whose time has come. It is politically and morally justifiable”, Prof. Obiozor has said. Speaking on Channels TV political programme, the erudite professor and current President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo insisted...

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OPINION: Why Buhari Lost And It May Never Be Regained By Anymore

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionOPINION: Why Buhari Lost And It May Never Be Regained By Anymore

PilotnewsJanuary 14, 2022

By Rudolf Okonkwo — Guest Columnist This week, I went back to watch an April 12, 2015, interview that I had with the then-President-elect Muhammadu Buhari. After watching the interview, I arrived at a clear conclusion: It was all Olusegun Obasanjo’s fault. Nigeria’s final chance to revive itself, to be a fair, decent, and just nation, came in 1999. Posterity called on Olusegun Obasanjo, who came out of prison with a new lease on life, to...

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