905m COVID-19 Shots Administered Worldwide – Report

CoronavirusVaccinationWorld News905m COVID-19 Shots Administered Worldwide – Report

PilotnewsApril 20, 2021

ABUJA — No fewer than 905 million COVID-19 shots have been administered worldwide, according to Our World in Data (OWID). The OWID, is a scientific online publication that focuses on large global problems such as poverty, disease, hunger, climate change and war. OWID, disclosed this on its official website handle on Tuesday. It added there was already a stark gap between vaccination programmes in different countries, with some yet to report a single dose. “Some countries...

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Kano State Hisbah Board 11 People For Not Observing Fasting

NewsNigeriaPeopleReligionKano State Hisbah Board 11 People For Not Observing Fasting

PilotnewsApril 20, 2021

KANO — Officials of the Kano State Hisbah Board have arrested eight women and three men for eating during Ramadan. The Acting Commandant General of the board, Musa Kibiya, said they were arrested after getting some information from the residents of the two areas at different times in a raid by Hisbah personnel at Tudun Murtala of Nassarawa Local Government and Sharada area of Kano Municipal where they were found eating. “The residents of the...

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OPINION: Yoruba Debate “Restructuring” of Nigeria or “Autonomy”

National DevelopmentOpinionPoliticsOPINION: Yoruba Debate “Restructuring” of Nigeria or “Autonomy”

PilotnewsApril 16, 2021

By John Campbell, Guest Columnist & Blogger ______ Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland Gani Adams, in a speech at a book launch in Lagos on April 14 said that the Yoruba people have “graduated from restructuring to self-determination.” He continued by saying that Nigeria is dominated by a “main powerful bloc” that, he implied, makes restructuring impossible. Specifically, he is advocating autonomy for Nigeria’s regions, in which “70 to 80 percent” of political power would be exercised by the regions...

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Effium Conflict: Ebonyi Govt. to Resettle Displaced Persons in Tents

Crime & SecurityPeopleEffium Conflict: Ebonyi Govt. to Resettle Displaced Persons in Tents

PilotnewsApril 16, 2021

ABAKALIKI — The Ebonyi Government says it will resettle natives displaced during the Effium-Ezza Effium intra-communal conflict in tents until their houses are rebuilt. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Kenneth Ugbala, said this on Friday in Abakaliki, while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the state Executive Council (EXCO) meeting. Ugbala said with the gradual return of peace in the community, the government would commence the relocation of the displaced persons to...

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COVID-19 Vaccine: 8,439 Mild Adverse Events Recorded in Nigeria –NPHCDC

CoronavirusNewsVaccinationCOVID-19 Vaccine: 8,439 Mild Adverse Events Recorded in Nigeria –NPHCDC

PilotnewsApril 16, 2021

ABUJA —  The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said a total of 8,439 mild adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) had been reported since vaccination began in March. Dr. Faisal Shuaib, the executive director and CEO, NPHCDA, said this at a press conference by NPHCDA and World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday in Abuja, on the status of the COVID-19 vaccination in the country. “Out of over a million persons given the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19...

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OPINION: Ambiguous Reporting Emerges From the Nigeria-Cameroon Border

NigeriaOpinionOPINION: Ambiguous Reporting Emerges From the Nigeria-Cameroon Border

PilotnewsApril 15, 2021

By John Campbell, Guest Columnist & Blogger _____ The Voice of America now has a presence in Maiduguri, providing welcome firsthand reporting on the Boko Haram insurgency. A recent report describes the gradual resumption of cross-border economic activity with Cameroon in the far northeastern sliver of Nigeria that borders on Cameroon and Chad. Specifically, the cattle market in Kolofata has reopened, with ranchers coming from across Africa. In another border town, Amchide, purveyors of small consumer goods crossing...

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Anambra’s Election: How Nigeria’s Pricey Democracy Erodes Development Process

Anambra ElectionsColumnsOpinionAnambra’s Election: How Nigeria’s Pricey Democracy Erodes Development Process

PilotnewsApril 15, 2021

“An anti-corrupt leader cannot possibly emerge through a corrupt electoral process” ―Ebuka Onyekwelu The coming governorship election in Anambra state has once again exposed the relentless odds facing Nigeria’s chances of development. Irrespective of how flattering some economic ideas projected to move the country forward may be, without an advanced political culture, almost nothing can come out of such an economic proposition. The reason for this is not farfetched: politics control economics. Beyond economics, politics...

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Ramadan, Easiest Way to Deepen Relationship With Allah — Cleric

NewsRamadan, Easiest Way to Deepen Relationship With Allah — Cleric

PilotnewsApril 15, 2021

ILORIN — Alhaji Jamiu Abdulrasheed, the Chief Imam of Ore Olohun Mosque, Olunlade in Ilorin, has described Ramadan fast as the easiest way Muslims can deepen their relationship with Allah. He made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria ((NAN) in Ilorin on Thursday while shedding light on the importance of fasting in the Holy month of Ramadan as fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam. Ramadan is the...

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Archbishop Chukwuma Urges Diligence Among Religious, Political Leaders

PeaceReligionArchbishop Chukwuma Urges Diligence Among Religious, Political Leaders

PilotnewsApril 15, 2021

ENUGU — The Archbishop of the Enugu Ecclesiastical Anglican Province, Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, has advised religious and political leaders in the country to be diligent in service. The Anglican archbishop gave the advice in Enugu on Thursday while addressing some journalist in his office. The cleric asked politicians to see their positions as an opportunity to serve the masses, who entrusted their collective will to them. He said it had become imperative for leaders of the...

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Ghanaian Lawmaker Seeks ECOWAS Legislation to End Female Genital Mutilation, Child Marriage

NewsGhanaian Lawmaker Seeks ECOWAS Legislation to End Female Genital Mutilation, Child Marriage

PilotnewsApril 15, 2021

MONROVIA (Liberia) — Hon. Laadi Ayamba, a member of the ECOWAS Parliament from Ghana has urged countries of the sub-regional bloc to adopt and implement a law that will end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and child marriage. Ayamba made the call while speaking with newsmen on the sideline of the ongoing ECOWAS Parliament delocalised meeting in Monrovia, the Liberian capital on Thursday. According to her, female genital mutilation and child marriage are some of the...

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