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ColumnsCoronavirusHealthHow and When Will We Know that a COVID-19 Vaccine is Safe and Effective?

PilotnewsSeptember 23, 2020

With COVID-19 vaccines currently in the final phase of study, you’ve probably been wondering how the FDA will decide if a vaccine is safe and effective. Based on the status of the Phase 3 trials currently underway, it is unlikely that the results of these trials will be available before November. But it is likely that not just one but several of the competing COVID-19 vaccines will be shown to be safe and effective by the end...

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ColumnsNigeriaOpinionNigeria and the COVID-19 Pandemic Problem

PilotnewsJuly 24, 2020

A proper leader delegates functions and expects specific tasks to be accomplished by his appointees. —Dr. I. D. Onwudiwe, COVID-19 is a disease caused by the coronavirus, which has metamorphosed into a global pandemic and claimed many lives worldwide. Nigeria, our beloved country, is not immune to the danger of this respiratory tract infection. We have lost many prominent citizens—from the former Chief of Staff to the President and to other politicians—university personnel, and, of...

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CoronavirusNewsWellnessThe Familheey Mobile Paltform Launches COVID-19 Support Network

PilotnewsMay 30, 2020

The Familheey mobile platform Launches Innovative ‘Request’ Feature to Help Families and Communities Secure Aid and Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic In a first of its kind initiative, the Familheey mobile app’s innovative ‘Request’ feature has begun to play a key role in helping families, groups and communities to secure aid and support during the current COVID-19 pandemic. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, while many health systems across the world are struggling to...

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EducationNigeriaSpecial ReportPost-COVID-19: Tough Times Await a Troubled Nigeria’s Educational System

PilotnewsMay 28, 2020

How Nigeria’s Years of Mistakes Present a Tough Future for the Education Sector Post-Covid-19 No one envisaged that five years after world leaders agreed to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities by 2030 — as part of the Sustainable Development Goals — governments will be forced to shut schools over fear of COVID-19 spreading. Data are not looking good for global education. As of March, schools in 168 countries have...

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ColumnsCoronavirusOpinionThe WHO and the Challenge of Managing the Novel Pandemic

PilotnewsMay 28, 2020

World Health Organization (WHO) has been facing a lot of backlash from around the world for varying degrees of accusations bothering on its inability to meet the expectations of different people across the globe in its efforts managing COVID-19.  The US President has accused the WHO of negligence and failing in its duty to alert the world of the seriousness of coronavirus in Wuhan China despite being fully aware of the danger it then poses...

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AfricaCoronavirusFilmAfrican Nation that Inspired ‘Wakanda’ is Only Country in the Continent to Claim Zero Coronavirus Cases

PilotnewsMay 13, 2020

The African nation which became the basis for the Hollywood blockbuster Black Panther is in a miraculous position during the COVID-19 pandemic as the rest of the continent battles the virus. The Kingdom of Lesotho is a small country within the borders of South Africa, with a population of more than 2 million people. As the rest of Africa faces the prospect of the coronavirus pandemic getting worse before it gets any better, Lesotho has...

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ColumnsDon OkoloHow Nigeria Can Access Post COVID-19 and the New Normal

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

The fact is, COVID-19 apparently has come to stay, and frankly, there may be no such thing as post-COVID-19 except to the extent that we are prepared to create new reality moving on, notwithstanding. The latest events from South Korea leaves indelible lessons on how post-COVID-19 may likely be created. South Korea is one of the leading lights in the fight against COVID-19 and among the first countries to reopen after swift repression of the...

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CoronavirusLifestyleNewsNigeriaCovid-19: How Ilesha Families Live In Poverty During the Lockdown

Beloved John (Staff Writer)May 8, 2020

On March 29, President Mohammed Buhari ordered the cessation of movement in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun state to contain the spread of Covid-19. With the figures from International financial and monetary organizations that show Nigeria as the world poverty capital, one can conclude that  Nigeria cannot stand the test of the lockdown as the country’s economy faces headwinds from the deepening oil price. In less than a week, other states felt the necessity as Ogun...

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ColumnsNewsOpinionThe Edge of Darkness: A Personal Perspective on the Coronavirus Pandemic

PilotnewsMay 2, 2020

Despite the ominous signs that were coming out of China late in 2019 the entire world now seems taken unawares by the novel virus (Coronavirus) that is currently ravaging the entire planet as we know it. There is no cure as we have been told, there is no remedy and all that the medical science could offer is for everyone to retreat into their respective holes and stay quarantined in place until this pandemic subsides....

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AfricaCoronavirusFashionNewsAfrica Turns Face Masks into a Fashion Statement – Exclusive Photos

PilotnewsMay 2, 2020

It actually started late February in Aba – a major commercial town in the eastern part of Nigeria known for product innovation and creativity. Individual tailors competed on production of unique designer masks and face caps. By the end of March, designer facemask became a trend in major African countries. Currently in this continent, fashion designers are agog with commendably striking styles of masks for use against the coronavirus pandemic. With Love from Algeria Tackling...

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