OPINION: Sit-at-Home Order: How Much Longer Can IPOB Directives Go Uncontested?

ColumnsNational SecurityOpinionPoliticsOPINION: Sit-at-Home Order: How Much Longer Can IPOB Directives Go Uncontested?

PilotnewsSeptember 17, 2021

There is now a generation of Igbo youths who have never experienced sound political leadership and the same group of youths is faced with disappearing opportunities amidst suffocating economic realities. The Indigenous People of Biafra – IPOB, led by Nnamdi Kanu who was arrested in Kenya and extradited to Nigeria to face alleged sundry charges bordering on terrorism, has apparently taken their agitation to the next level, as latest developments would suggest. Vocal on the...

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Nigerian Southern Governors’ Forum Support Zoning Of Presidency To South, States Collection Of VAT

National DevelopmentNewsPoliticsNigerian Southern Governors’ Forum Support Zoning Of Presidency To South, States Collection Of VAT

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)September 17, 2021

ENUGU — Governors of States in the Southern region of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has reaffirmed their earlier commitment to fiscal federalism as resolved at the inaugural meeting of the Southern Governors’ Forum held on Tuesday, 11th May 2021 at Asaba, Delta State; they resolved that power to collect Value Added Tax, VAT, be vested on the states. In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting on Thursday in Enugu State Government...

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OPINION: The Quest for Freedom; Transgender in Nigeria

ColumnsLifestyleOpinionOPINION: The Quest for Freedom; Transgender in Nigeria

PilotnewsSeptember 16, 2021

Transgender people are people who have a gender identity different from their sex.   The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor E. Adeboye has publicly declared his stand on transgenderism. He did this in his Facebook post where he based his opinion on biblical scriptures citing different passages. He asserted that God is not an author of confusion but the God of distinction and that he created humans male and female....

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Federal Government Extends Twitter Ban To 100 Days

NewsNigeriaFederal Government Extends Twitter Ban To 100 Days

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 15, 2021

ABUJA — The Federal Government has extended Twitter ban in Nigeria to 100 days, and in that time frame the nation has lost N247.61bn. Recall that the Federal Government had on June 4 suspended Twitter after the social media platform deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari. Consequently, telcos on June 5 blocked access to Twitter after receiving a directive by the Nigerian Communications Commission. Nigeria is a member of an exclusive list of countries...

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UAE Publishes Six Nigerians, 47 Others Named As Global Terrorists Sponsors (See Full List)

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityUAE Publishes Six Nigerians, 47 Others Named As Global Terrorists Sponsors (See Full List)

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 15, 2021

UAE Publishes Six Nigerians, 47 Others Named As Global Terrorists Sponsors…See Full List Six Nigerians have been designated as terrorism sponsors by the United Arab Emirates. The state-owned news agency, WAM, made this known in a report. The country said the listed individuals and entities, including their affiliates, are being monitored. The Nigerians named are Abdurrahaman Ado Musa, Salihu Yusuf Adamu, Bashir Ali Yusuf, Muhammed Ibrahim Isa, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan and Surajo Abubakar Muhammad. “The...

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FG Approves N38bn for Completion of Abandoned Road Projects in Five States

InfrastructureNational DevelopmentNewsFG Approves N38bn for Completion of Abandoned Road Projects in Five States

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 15, 2021

ABUJA — The federal government has approved a sum of N38.4 billion for the completion of abandoned road projects in Benue, Bayelsa, Anambra, Imo, and Nasarawa state. Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing confirmed the development to state house correspondents on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting. According to the minister, the projects are old and were inherited from past administrations. He noted that the cost of the projects was revised to reflect...

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Turn On the Stove, My Lover —Ruminating an Exploration from “My Ear Lobes Through the Mainland”

Fiction & PoetryLifestyleTurn On the Stove, My Lover —Ruminating an Exploration from “My Ear Lobes Through the Mainland”

PilotnewsSeptember 14, 2021

Hey babe, Where are you? I’m sitting on the moon Please cut me some slice of the sky, I’m so tired, I can’t come up this hour. The sky is cold; you need a hot meal. Oh, please make me one. You need to turn on the stove for me to cook. But I’m so tired. You don’t seem hungry. Do you? Burr… Okay. How do I do that? Start from the lobes of my...

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OPINION: Reflecting on Africa’s Last Decade

AfricaColumnsOpinionPoliticsOPINION: Reflecting on Africa’s Last Decade

PilotnewsSeptember 13, 2021

By John Campbell, Guest Columnist and Blogger   As of today, I am retiring from the Council on Foreign Relations, where I have held the Ralph Bunche Chair for Africa Policy Studies since 2009. I am delighted that my successor is Michelle Gavin, former senior director for Africa at the National Security Council, former ambassador to Botswana, and now a senior fellow at the Council, based in New York. She has been a close professional colleague,...

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POEM: The Digital Shrine

Fiction & PoetryPOEM: The Digital Shrine

PilotnewsSeptember 13, 2021

The Digital Shrine: A Poem The digital shrine has an altar where the worshipping and slaughtering of humans take turns. It is sacred today and bloody tomorrow as humans are reverenced today and blotted out the next. Like a cow’s plight, when you reach the maturity of mistakes, the ardent worshippers will ardently draw up their swords to slaughter at a lick. When you pick salt over sugar against their law, you are either hanged...

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Allow VAT Legal Battle Thrive, Ekweremadu Tells National Assembly

BusinessNewsPoliticsTaxationAllow VAT Legal Battle Thrive, Ekweremadu Tells National Assembly

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 13, 2021

The former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, has warned the national assembly against embarking on any legislation over the collection of the value-added tax (VAT) and stamp duties. According to him, permitting the litigations to run the full course could strengthen the nation’s federalism. He asserted that any constitutional amendment to transfer VAT collection to the exclusive legislative list, as requested by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) would be unjust. “In April 2012, I...

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