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Culture & TraditionLifestyleNewsTexas Southern Partners With IgboFest to Promote Education, Culture, and Diversity

PilotnewsJune 27, 2022

The colorful carnival which also is the largest African cultural festival in the City will hold at the Discovery Green – 1500 McKinney on Saturday, July 16, 2022. IgboFest Houston, a cultural entity and festival that showcases the African heritage and Igbo culture to the great city of Houston has partnered with the Texas Southern University (TSU) to promote, embrace, and encourage culture, and diversity education in the community. TSU will be visibly present at...

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NewsNigeriaRegionsEnugu state govt. trains Agric. extention workers for smallholder farmers project

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)June 7, 2022

Ahead of the AUDA NEPAD training of two thousand farmers in Enugu state, the Enugu State Government in collaboration with the African Union Development Agency-New Partnership For African Development (AUDA-NEPAD) has organized and trained about 80 Agricultural extension workers who will serve as trainers for the trainees of about 2000 farmers. During the 5 days of intensive training, the AUDA/NEPAD Enugu State Coordinator, Mrs. Mabel Agbo enjoined the participants to be attentive and dedicated to...

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Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaArmy Recovers Over 706 Assorted Rifles From Bandits In North-West

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 7, 2022

The Commanding Officer, 8 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major-General Uwem Bassey said some 706 assorted rifles recovered from bandits has been handed over to the National Centre for The Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons General Bassey while briefing newsmen in Giginya Barrack, Sokoto on Monday said the recoveries were part of the ongoing clearance operation code-named “Operation Hadarin Daji”. The operation which, according to him, covered Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina and Kebbi states,...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsMalami Explains Why Buhari Won’t Sign The Electoral Amendment Bill Into Law

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 27, 2021

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has given reasons why the President, Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), would not sign the new electoral law insisting that the law has not captured the interest of all Nigerians. He stated this in a phone-in program on Radio Kano while responding to questions on Sunday. He said the new electoral law has an excessive cost implication, is discriminatory, as well as supportive...

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AfricaNewsNigeriaBuhari Confirms Nigeria and Turkey to Strengthen Security and Defense Ties

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 18, 2021

On Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari confirmed that Nigeria will partner with the Republic of Turkey in confronting the current security challenges the country is facing. According to the presidency, this is in furtherance of sustained efforts at keeping Nigerians safer. Speaking at a bilateral meeting with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his Turkish counterpart shortly before the official commencement of the 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit in Istanbul, President Buhari acknowledged that Turkey had garnered a lot of...

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NewsNDLEA Personnel To Gets Barracks After 32 Years In Existence

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 4, 2021

The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (retd) says President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the construction of barracks for workers of the agency across the country. Marws while speaking to State House correspondents after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on the activities of the agency at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday said the building of barracks for staff of the agency had become imperative to protect them and their families from...

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NewsNigeriaNnewi standstill for IPOB despite the suspension of sit-at- home

Ononuju Egwuonye (Staff Reporter)August 16, 2021

History repeated itself today, Monday, the 16th of August, 2021 in the ancient town of Nnewi, Nnewi North, Anambra State, Nigeria as residents of Nnewi maintained the second phase of the Monday weekly sit-at-home in solidarity with the quest for a quickest and fairest trial for the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),Mazi Nnamdi Kanu despite the earlier suspension of the directive. Nnewi recorded huge compliance as all the major markets in...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsGovernor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri presents 30 Hilux vans to hunters

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 15, 2021

…Sends 600 Hunters for Training at Police College Maiduguri Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state Monday presented a second set of thirty Hilux vans IVM to the 21 local government council chairmen in the state for onward distribution to hunters in their respective areas. Similarly, ten motorcycles were also presented to “Operation Farauta” by the Governor to assist in reaching hard-to-find areas in the maintenance of peace across the state. At the ceremony that...

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CoronavirusHealthNewsWAP initiates “We Stand By You” campaign to appreciate and encourage COVID-19 hospital workers and suffering masses

PilotnewsApril 17, 2020

West African Pilot News (WAP), this morning after a virtual editorial conference inaugurated a campaign to recognize and appreciate COVID-19 healthcare workers putting their lives on harm’s way to save others. “We Stand by You” campaign to also recognizes and encourages and defenseless citizens, unflavored by the political system, who go through hard times to overcome the COVID-19 challenges. Thousands of messages embedded in various web application contents were released through various network to support...

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NewsNigeriaNigerian Army sack General For Asking Weapons To Fight Boko Haram

PilotnewsMarch 31, 2020

The Nigerian Army led by  Lt. General Tukur Buratai, Chief of Army Staff, is reported to have  removed General Olusegun Adeniyi, who recently appeared in a viral video beggingmilitary authorities to supply them with weapons and accurate intelligence to combat Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East region. Adeniyi, who is Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, in the viral video lamented how his men were outgunned and ambushed while on an operation in Borno. West...

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