Louise Glück: Literature Nobel for American Lyric Poet a Healing Choice After Years of Controversy

Arts & CultureColumnsWorld NewsLouise Glück: Literature Nobel for American Lyric Poet a Healing Choice After Years of Controversy

PilotnewsOctober 10, 2020

Louise Glück is the first poet to win the Nobel Prize in Literature since Tomas Tranströmer in 2011 and the first American to win since Toni Morrison in 1993. In their preference for the muddiness of everyday life over explicit engagement with their political and social issues, you can see a broad link between Glück and Tranströmer. On the surface, though, Morrison and Glück couldn’t appear to be more different. Morrison’s work lays bare both the lasting scars and...

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5 dead, 30 Injured as Trailer Skipped-off in Adamawa

News5 dead, 30 Injured as Trailer Skipped-off in Adamawa

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)October 10, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent At least five (5) persons have been confirmed dead in an auto crash that occurred on Saturday on the Mayo-Belwa –Ganye road in Adamawa State, local officials ave said. The accident reportedly happened after a trailer conveying cattle traders and their helpers -‘ yan –tike –boys’  skipped-off. Eyewitnesses account said the accident  occurred at a sharp bend along Mayo-Belwa-Jada Road on Saturday morning, attributed it to ‘’ reckless and over...

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A Ghanaian Lawmaker Shot Dead After Campaign at His Constituency

NewsA Ghanaian Lawmaker Shot Dead After Campaign at His Constituency

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 10, 2020

The Ghanaian Police on Friday had said they were investigating the shooting death of a Ghanaian lawmaker. The lawmaker was reported to have been shot after attending a political event in his constituency, in an apparent robbery case. Ekow Quansan Hayford, who was a member of the President Nana Akufo-Addo’s ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), was campaigning ahead of the December elections in his constituency, some 108 kilometers (67 miles) from the country’s capital, Accra....

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FG Set to Relax Conditions Attached to Mining Loan

BusinessNewsNigeriaFG Set to Relax Conditions Attached to Mining Loan

PilotnewsOctober 10, 2020

Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, says the ministry is relaxing conditions attached on mining intervention loan meant for miners. Adegbite told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja that the conditions would be relaxed for artisanal miners to enable them access the loan which was domiciled with the Bank of Industry (BOI) NAN recalls that the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD) had signed a Memorandum of...

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Misconduct: Commission Dismisses 10 Senior Police Officers, Demotes 9 Others

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaMisconduct: Commission Dismisses 10 Senior Police Officers, Demotes 9 Others

PilotnewsOctober 10, 2020

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal of 10 senior police officers and demotion of nine others over misconduct. Mr IKechukwu Ani, the Head of Press and Public Relations of the commission disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He said the commission also approved the punishment of severe reprimand for eight officers, reprimand for 10 and letter of warning to three other officers. Ani, however, said another three officers were...

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Women Engineers Take Over Education of Girl-Mechanic in Ilorin

EducationNewsNigeriaWomen Engineers Take Over Education of Girl-Mechanic in Ilorin

PilotnewsOctober 10, 2020

The Association of Professional Women Engineers, Kwara Chapter, has taken over the educational sponsorship of Miss Atoyebi Abiodun, an SS1 girl-mechanic in Ilorin. Speaking during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin, Mrs Oluwatoyin Ayotunde, the Chairperson of the association, explained that the girl-mechanic is an orphan, who decided to take up the profession of her late father who was a mechanic. Ayotunde explained that the girl-mechanic, who practices her mechanic...

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One Egg a Day, Good for Human Health — Nutritionist

HealthNewsWellnessOne Egg a Day, Good for Human Health — Nutritionist

PilotnewsOctober 9, 2020

Dr Adekoya Owosibo, a Nutritionist and Provost, Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan, says the consumption of one egg in a day will promote good health. Owosibo made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Ibadan on the sideline of activities to mark this year’s World Egg Day. The nutritionist said that this year’s theme of the Day — “Eat Your Egg Today and...

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Customs Generates N13.11bn From Onne Sea Port in September – Controller

EconomyNewsNigeriaCustoms Generates N13.11bn From Onne Sea Port in September – Controller

PilotnewsOctober 9, 2020

The Nigeria Customs Service, Area II Command, Onne Port, Rivers, says it generated over N13.11 billion in September. This is contained in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mrs Ifeoma Ojekwu on Friday. The Controller of the command, Comptroller Auwal Mohammed, is quoted to have described the figure as the highest in 37 years of custom’s operations in the port. Mohammed stated that the command generated the revenue by...

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Traditional Ruler Identify Causes of Rape In The Society

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTraditional Ruler Identify Causes of Rape In The Society

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 9, 2020

The upsurge of Rape and Gender-Based Violence cases recorded in some parts of Adamawa State have been attributed to seeking worldly materials, fading out moral decadence, lack of employment, and laxity by youths. Alhaji Muhammad Ahmad Mustapha (Cika Soro Adamawa) and the District Head Yola made the observation in an interview with the West African Pilot News at his palace in Yola, explained that “the elderly who were in the act are those seeking worldly materials...

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Harris and Pence Dodge Tough Questions in VP Debate – Experts React

ColumnsPoliticsUnited StatesHarris and Pence Dodge Tough Questions in VP Debate – Experts React

PilotnewsOctober 9, 2020

Vice presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Mike Pence sat far apart and separated by plexiglass for the only 2020 vice presidential debate, held in Utah on Oct. 7. Their exchanges were more civil than the presidential debate a week earlier, but Pence – and Harris to a lesser degree – avoided tough questions from USA Today’s Susan Page about the Supreme Court, COVID-19 response, succession and the peaceful transfer of power. Our experts were each...

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