Power indeed does corrupt —The shame of Desmond Elliot’s hate speech

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPower indeed does corrupt —The shame of Desmond Elliot’s hate speech

PilotnewsNovember 1, 2020

Not too long ago at Lagos State University, people like me were giving you transport money to catch a ride back home. You’ve forgotten where you come from… omashey oo. —Georgina Chigozie Onuoha I’ve received a lot of calls and text messages regarding Desmond Elliot’s posts, which  I made and rightfully so. It would have been morally wrong and reprehensible not to call him out because of the “Na we-we” or “he is one of...

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Abuja Road Users Beg Traffic Officers to Return to Work

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaAbuja Road Users Beg Traffic Officers to Return to Work

PilotnewsNovember 1, 2020

Following renewed traffic gridlocks on Abuja roads, road users have appealed to all officers handling traffic management in the territory to return to the roads to ensure seamless movement. The President, Road Users Development Network of Nigeria, Dr John Uket, made the plea in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of one-day national dialogue on traffic management held in Abuja. He observed that the renewed bad traffic situations in...

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UPDATES: COVID-19: NCDC Announces 162 Infections, As Total Jump to 62,853

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaUPDATES: COVID-19: NCDC Announces 162 Infections, As Total Jump to 62,853

PilotnewsNovember 1, 2020

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 162 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the 162 reported national figure is, however, lower than the 170 cases recorded on Friday. The public health Agency said the latest figure takes the total confirmed COVID-19  cases in the country to 62,853. The agency said...

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Stakeholders Decry Effect of EndSARS Protest On Education

EducationLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaStakeholders Decry Effect of EndSARS Protest On Education

PilotnewsNovember 1, 2020

Stakeholders in the education sector say they are worried about the effect of the #EndSARS protest on the sector, coming a few weeks after schools started resuming following months of inactivity. Some of them, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, expressed worry that the children were back home shortly after resumption from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) era. They said that the incessant closure of schools was hindering progress in...

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Couple Married For 72 Years Die Same Day In Ogun

NewsNigeriaWellnessCouple Married For 72 Years Die Same Day In Ogun

PilotnewsNovember 1, 2020

In what seemed a myth but a reality occurred at Abeokuta, Ogun, as Pa Israel Akojede and his wife, Mama Esther both died a few hours apart having lived together in marriage for 72 years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that their demise which occurred at Gbonagun Obantoko area of Abeokuta, had Pa Akojede reported dead around 3 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 30, while his beloved wife died a few hours later having...

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Why Cobalt Mining in the DRC Needs Urgent Attention

BusinessColumnsLabourOpinionWhy Cobalt Mining in the DRC Needs Urgent Attention

PilotnewsOctober 31, 20201

Cobalt is an essential mineral used for batteries in electric cars, computers, and cell phones. Demand for cobalt is increasing as more electric cars are sold, particularly in Europe, where governments are encouraging the sales with generous environmental bonuses. According to recent projections by the World Economic Forum’s Global Battery Alliance, the demand for cobalt for use in batteries will grow fourfold in 2030 as a result of this electric vehicle boom. More than 70...

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Northwest Nigeria Potential Jihadi Linchpin in West Africa

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionRegionsNorthwest Nigeria Potential Jihadi Linchpin in West Africa

PilotnewsOctober 31, 2020

Up to now, radical jihadi activity in West Africa has been centered in Mali—with spillover to adjacent parts of Burkina Faso and Niger—and the Lake Chad Basin. The two locales are now increasingly bridged by jihadi activity in northwest Nigeria, where resurgent struggles over land and water with a cast of ethnically aligned fighters and flourishing criminality provide them with new space. Jihadi movements in all three regions are fractious, subject to bloody internal rivalries, and overlap...

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FG Reiterates Commitment to Ensure Okonjo-Iweala Emerges WTO-DG

NewsFG Reiterates Commitment to Ensure Okonjo-Iweala Emerges WTO-DG

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 31, 2020

The Federal Government of Nigeria has reiterated its commitment to ensuring that Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala emerges as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization. This was disclosed by the Nigeria Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement on Thursday. The statement was signed by the spokesperson of the Ministry, Ferdinand Nwonyo, titled, ‘Update on Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s aspiration to lead the World Trade Organization’. Part of the statement read, “Nigeria will continue to engage relevant stakeholders...

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We Have the Footage of the Oct. 20 Lekki Shooting Incident, LCC Tells Lagos Judicial Panel

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPeopleWe Have the Footage of the Oct. 20 Lekki Shooting Incident, LCC Tells Lagos Judicial Panel

PilotnewsOctober 30, 2020

The Management of the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) on Friday told the Lagos State Judicial Judicial Panel of Inquiry for Restitution for Victims of SARS and related abuses and Other Matters that the footage of the Oct. 20 shootings of the #EndSARS protesters by the Nigerian Army is available. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Gbolahan Agboluwaje, the Head of the Legal Department of LCC, made the revelation after Mr Abayomi Omomuwa,...

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COVID-19 is Still Very Much Around and Real, Group Cautions Nigerians

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19 is Still Very Much Around and Real, Group Cautions Nigerians

PilotnewsOctober 30, 2020

An Abuja-based NGO, Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC), has cautioned Nigerians who threw the COVID-19 protocols to the wind to continue to abide by the rules “as COVID-19 is not just real, but very much around without an enduring cure.” The President of the group, Chief Ugochukwu Nnam, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday. Nnam, who said he had observed that many...

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