INEC Declares Anambra Election Inconclusive, SPO Absconds With 41 Result Sheets

Anambra ElectionsINEC Declares Anambra Election Inconclusive, SPO Absconds With 41 Result Sheets

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 7, 2021

AWKA — A Supervisory Presiding Officer in the gubernatorial election in Anambra State has absconded with 41 result sheets. Dr. Gabriel Odor, Collation Officer of Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra, announced this at the head office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Awka, the state capital, during the collation of results on Sunday. Odor, who is a lecturer at the University of Calabar, said because of the development, elections could not...

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NNPC Weekly Review: Nigeria’s LNG Cargo Arrives Global Market After 22 Years

BusinessOil & GasNNPC Weekly Review: Nigeria’s LNG Cargo Arrives Global Market After 22 Years

PilotnewsNovember 7, 2021

ABUJA —  The Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, started its new week on a cheerful note as the country on Monday stepped into the global Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) market for the first time in 22 years. It was a step expected to strengthen Nigeria’s footprint in the global LNG market after the lifting that occurred from Bonny Island, Rivers State. The maiden LNG export from NNPC LNG Ltd, an arm of the NNPC...

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South East Governors To Meet With FG Over Mazi Nnamdi Kanu

Human Rights & FreedomPoliticsSouth East Governors To Meet With FG Over Mazi Nnamdi Kanu

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)November 5, 2021

ENUGU — South-East Governors have set plans in motion to meet with the Federal Government of Nigeria on the case of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The meeting aims to proffer political solution in the case of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, address the spate of violence in the region and the sit-at-home orders issued by different groups of agitators. The forum further expressed gratitude to Ohaneze Ndigbo, religious and traditional...

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Nigerian Politics and the Anambra Gubernatorial Race ―Confronting the Reality

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNigeriaOpinionNigerian Politics and the Anambra Gubernatorial Race ―Confronting the Reality

PilotnewsNovember 4, 2021

The purpose of this analysis is not to predict the possible winner of this race because the current structure of the Nigerian government is not compatible with such a scientific prognosis. Monday, November 1: 3 out of the 18 governorship candidates in the upcoming November 6 governorship election in Anambra State faced off in a debate as a final chance to woo voters. The winner of this election will succeed Governor Willie Obiano. The organizers,...

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Nigeria Requires About $1.5 Trillion For Infrastructural Development-Buhari

InfrastructureNational DevelopmentNigeria Requires About $1.5 Trillion For Infrastructural Development-Buhari

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 3, 2021

GLASGOW — To achieve an appreciable level of the National Infrastructure Stock, Nigeria requires about $1.5 trillion over a 10-year period. President Muhammadu Buhari stated this on Tuesday in Glasgow at a COP 26 high-level side event on improving global infrastructure hosted by President Joe Biden of the United States, EU Commission President, Von Der Leyen, and the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity) in...

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Governorship Candidates Agreed To Dialogue With IPOB, As Prof Soludo Accuses Politicians For Security Crisis In Anambra

Anambra ElectionsNewsGovernorship Candidates Agreed To Dialogue With IPOB, As Prof Soludo Accuses Politicians For Security Crisis In Anambra

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 2, 2021

AWKA — The governorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Andy Uba; the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chukwuma Soludo, and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Valentine Ozigbo, have agreed on dialogue as a way to end the agitations in the South East being championed by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The candidates spoke Monday during the Anambra governorship election debate organised by the Arise Television...

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OPINION: How Participatory Will Saturday’s Anambra State Governorship Election Be?

Anambra ElectionsOpinionSpecial ReportOPINION: How Participatory Will Saturday’s Anambra State Governorship Election Be?

PilotnewsNovember 2, 2021

In Africa and most Third World generally, parochial political culture is usually prevalent and informs the attitude and behaviours of the people towards politics. One of the most distinguishing features of a democracy is public participation in the process of selecting leaders termed general election. However, the extent to which the public participates in this process is largely determined by preexisting political culture. In other words, an established code of conduct of the people towards...

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OPINION: Nudity And Social Consciousness

ColumnsHuman SexualityOpinionOPINION: Nudity And Social Consciousness

PilotnewsNovember 2, 2021

To blankly imitate a dressing from an American or a Nigerian celebrity without putting one’s social reality in context, (expecting to be accorded the same dignity those stars are accorded) is a form of self-deception. Recently, concerns have been raised about the rampant display of nudes from youths in Nigeria (as mistakenly released sex tape or dressing). Many have wondered how youths easily imitate nude dressings of celebrities, home and abroad, to either chase clout...

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Release Kanu For Peace In South East- Traditional, Religious Leaders To FG

Culture & TraditionNational SecurityRelease Kanu For Peace In South East- Traditional, Religious Leaders To FG

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 1, 2021

Traditional and religious leaders in South-East Traditional under the auspices of the South East Council of Traditional Rulers and the Representatives of Igbo Archbishops and Bishops have called for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a separatist group. In a joint statement signed by the chairmen of the traditional rulers’ council in all the southeastern states and Christian leaders, said the release of Kanu would de-escalate the...

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Nigerian Communications Commission, Other Telecoms Regulators To Combat Electronic Frauds

Crime & SecurityTelecommunicationNigerian Communications Commission, Other Telecoms Regulators To Combat Electronic Frauds

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 28, 2021

ABUJA — The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and other telecoms regulators under the auspices of West African Telecoms Regulators Assembly (WATRA) are set to develop technical and regulatory modalities aimed at combating rising wave of electronic frauds, and standardizing regional roaming tariffs in the sub-region. The decision was reached at a two-day meeting organised by WATRA in collaboration with the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), held at Rockview Hotel in Abuja. The meeting...

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