Five-Storey Building Collapses In Oba Community Of Anambra, Records No Casualty

Local GovernmentNewsNigeriaFive-Storey Building Collapses In Oba Community Of Anambra, Records No Casualty

PilotnewsApril 2, 2022

By Emmanuel Chigbata A five-storey building yesterday, Thursday night collapse at Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The building was still under construction when it collapsed. Speaking, The Executive Secretary, Anambra State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Paul Odenigbo, refuted local media report that people were trapped in the collapsed structure. The local media reported that “many people were trapped” in the rubbles. Confirming the incident, Mr Odenigbo said nobody was trapped....

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Nigerian music icon, Innocent Idibia calls for the resignation of all political office holders

EntertainmentNewsNigeriaPoliticsNigerian music icon, Innocent Idibia calls for the resignation of all political office holders

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 2, 2022

In a post shared on his Instagram story, the artiste said that since every political office holder blames Buhari for being solely responsible for the problems in Nigeria, they should all resign — from the state governors to the traditional rulers. According to him, the blame game shows they are not contributing any quota to national development. Hence, they are not needed since they have left the responsibility for Buhari. He wrote, “Everybody na great...

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El-Rufai Vows To Hire Foreign Mercenaries To Fight Terrorists, Calls For Bombing Of Forest Hideouts

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPoliticsEl-Rufai Vows To Hire Foreign Mercenaries To Fight Terrorists, Calls For Bombing Of Forest Hideouts

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 2, 2022

The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has vowed to bring in foreign mercenaries to fight terrorists following the Monday night attack on a Kaduna-bound train, if the military fails to tackle the terrorism head-on. El-Rufai, who spoke with journalists shortly after briefing the president on the recent killings in Kaduna State including Monday’s bomb explosion on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line which claimed nine lives with a yet-to-be known number of people abducted, said...

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Muslims Commence the Observance of Holy Month of Ramadan

NewsNigeriaMuslims Commence the Observance of Holy Month of Ramadan

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 2, 2022

Muslims in Nigeria have joined their counterpart across the globe in observing the Holy month of Ramadan. This followed the confirmation of sighting of the moon in some parts of the country by the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar who is also the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA). Sultan Abubakar, in a live broadcast on Friday, announced that the Ramadan fast will begin today Saturday, and charged Muslim faithful...

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Two local governments Are Still Under Boko Haram – Hon. Lawal

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaPoliticsTwo local governments Are Still Under Boko Haram – Hon. Lawal

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 2, 2022

The Speaker of Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan, has lamented that Guzamala and Kukawa local government areas are still held by the terrorist group. Lawan was speaking at the official flag off ceremony for distribution of Phase IV Scholarship worth N5 million to 446 indigent students of Guzamala, displaced by insurgents in the last six years, studying at various tertiary institutions. The occasion which took place at the Kashim Ibrahim College...

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Tinubu Too Old, Too Weak To Run For President – Pete Edochie

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu Too Old, Too Weak To Run For President – Pete Edochie

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 2, 2022

Nollywood veteran actor Pete Edochie has said one of the All Progressives Congress aspirants, Bola Tinubu, is too old and too weak to run for president in 2023. Tinubu, a former Lagos governor and national leader of the APC, has repeatedly presented himself as the bona fide candidate for the presidency. Dismissing his age and health issues, he noted that being the president is not a job that requires physical fitness like bricklaying and grave...

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Davido Makes History, Becomes First Nigerian Artiste To Be Featured In 2022 FIFA World Cup Official Soundtrack

EntertainmentLifestyleNigeriaDavido Makes History, Becomes First Nigerian Artiste To Be Featured In 2022 FIFA World Cup Official Soundtrack

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 2, 2022

Nigerian afro-pop artiste, David Adeleke, better known as Davido has been featured in an official soundtrack for the 2022 World Cup holding in Qatar. Davido made the announcement via his Twitter page on Friday as he expressed how honoured he is to have worked on the international project, titled “Hayya Hayya” (Better Together) with American singers, Trinidad Cardona and Aisha. “I’m honored to be featured on the Official FIFA World Cup 2022 Soundtrack! See y’all...

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OPINION: Nigerian Democracy in Peril as Country Descends Into Lawlessness

ColumnsCrime & SecurityOpinionOPINION: Nigerian Democracy in Peril as Country Descends Into Lawlessness

PilotnewsMarch 31, 2022

The recent attack on a Nigerian railway is the latest chapter in the country’s worsening security crisis and tottering democracy. On Monday March 28, 2022, some gunmen launched a deadly attack on a Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) Abuja-Kaduna evening train carrying an estimated 398 passengers. After detonating explosives on the track (and possibly inside the train according to conflicting reports in the local media), the gunmen surrounded the immobilized train and started discharging their firearms into the...

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Insecurity: Reps Majority Leader Recommends Self-Defence For Nigerians

Crime & SecurityNewsInsecurity: Reps Majority Leader Recommends Self-Defence For Nigerians

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 31, 2022

ABUJA — Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ado Doguwa, has said Nigerians should be allowed to bear arms in self-defense considering the deteriorating security situation in the country. The All Progressive Congress (APC) member who is representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency of Kano State made this suggestion during the plenary on Thursday, March 31 when the House was debating the aftermath of the terrorist attack on a train filled with passengers in Birnin...

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National Assembly Transmits 44 Constitution Alteration Bills To The 36 State Houses Of Assembly

National AssemblyNewsPoliticsNational Assembly Transmits 44 Constitution Alteration Bills To The 36 State Houses Of Assembly

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 30, 20221

ABUJA — The Clerk to the National Assembly, Mr. Amos Ojo said 44 recently-passed Constitution alteration bills have been distributed to the 36 state Houses of Assembly for concurrence. The National Assembly had on March 1, 2022, voted on the 68 amendments recommended by the Joint Senate and House of Representatives’ Special Ad Hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution.  The Clerk explained that the process was in compliance with Section 9(2) of...

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