COVID-19: Kano Directs Civil Servants to Stay at Home Until Further Notice

CoronavirusLabourNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Kano Directs Civil Servants to Stay at Home Until Further Notice

PilotnewsJanuary 19, 2021

The Kano state government has directed all civil servants to stay at home from Tuesday, until further notice, following the increase in cases of COVID-19 in the country. The directive is contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Muhammad Garba. The state government also imposed a fresh ban on the activities of viewing and event centres across the state. Garba however, explained that workers on essential services such as healthcare service...

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Gunmen Abduct Don, Kill Son in Zaria

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen Abduct Don, Kill Son in Zaria

PilotnewsJanuary 19, 2021

Gunmen had kidnapped Prof. Aliyu Mohammed of the Department of Agriculture, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, and killed his son, Abdulaziz. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the don, who is also the Wazirin Wusasa, was abducted Sunday night at Wusasa, Zaria, Kaduna State. Mr. Usman Aliyu, son of the kidnapped professor, told newsmen in Zaria that the incident took place on Sunday at about 10.30 p.m. He said besides kidnapping his father...

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Biden to Block Trump’s Plan to Lift COVID-19 Travel Restrictions

CoronavirusHealthUnited StatesBiden to Block Trump’s Plan to Lift COVID-19 Travel Restrictions

PilotnewsJanuary 19, 2021

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden plans to quickly extend travel restrictions barring travel by most people who have recently been in much of Europe and Brazil, a spokeswoman for Biden said. President Donald Trump signed an order Monday lifting the restrictions he imposed early last year in response to the pandemic from Jan. 26, after winning support from coronavirus task force members and public health officials. Soon after Trump’s order was made public, Biden spokeswoman Jen...

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Japanese Govt. Says Vaccination Not a Condition for Olympics

CoronavirusSportsWorld NewsJapanese Govt. Says Vaccination Not a Condition for Olympics

PilotnewsJanuary 19, 2021

The Japanese government plans to hold the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021 without making vaccination against COVID-19 a condition for participation. “We are considering comprehensive measures to hold safe and secure games, even without making vaccines a condition,” government spokesman Katsunobu Kato said on Tuesday. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) president, Thomas Bach has already on several occasions ruled out making vaccination compulsory for athletes. The organisers however, are pushing for as many athletes...

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Crisis Brews in Enugu Community Over Claims of Village Seniority

Culture & TraditionLocal GovernmentNewsNigeriaCrisis Brews in Enugu Community Over Claims of Village Seniority

PilotnewsJanuary 19, 2021

Crisis is brewing in Achara Community, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State as one of the villages, Umuagwuene, says it is the oldest and will resist any attempt to change its traditional seniority position. Speaking with newsmen in Nsukka, after a general meeting of the village on Monday, Mr. Micheal Ezugwu, the Oldest man in Achara Community, who is from Umuagwene village, maintained that his village is the oldest in the town. According to...

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Abandoned Rural Electrification Project In Adamawa Receives Government Attention

InfrastructureLocal GovernmentNewsNigeriaAbandoned Rural Electrification Project In Adamawa Receives Government Attention

PilotnewsJanuary 19, 2021

Construction of the Rural Electrification Project in Bille of Demsa Local Government Area, Adamawa state abandoned for years was flag off, thereby connecting the Community to the National grid. Speaking during the event, a Member representing Numan, Demsa, and Lamurde Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives Barr Kwamoti Laaori who facilitates work on the project said the project was one of the requests by the Community. Represented by the Adamawa State Commissioner for Entrepreneurship,...

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FoodNewsNigeriaWellnessFeed And Read Programme Re-Launch In Adamawa

PilotnewsJanuary 19, 2021

The 2021 Feed and Read programme was launched in Adamawa with Deputy Governor of the state Chief Crowther Seth restated state government commitment to giving quality education to children in Adamawa. The Feed and Read programme was launched by the American University of Nigeria Yola, in early 2015, and sponsored by Friends of Nigeria and Atiku Abubakar Institute for Development, supported by the Adamawa State government and some individuals. Represented by the Director-General Sustainable Development...

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Reopening of Schools in COVID: How ready is the Government?

ColumnsCoronavirusHealthOpinionReopening of Schools in COVID: How ready is the Government?

PilotnewsJanuary 18, 2021

“Schools cannot be shut down forever. Markets cannot be locked up forever and you cannot lock down a country forever .” ―Ebuka Onyekwelu The COVID pandemic has been on the prowl for about a year now, wrecking economies, maiming civilization to the shock and confusion of mankind. Resolute, it is defying science and knowledge; the twin biggest treasures of modernity. The pandemic has continued to take captives on its own terms, even changing its nature...

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NDLEA Intercepts 21.9kg of Cocaine in NAIA

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNDLEA Intercepts 21.9kg of Cocaine in NAIA

PilotnewsJanuary 18, 2021

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja has intercepted 21.9kg of Cocaine. This was contained in a statement signed by the NDLEA airport Commander, Mr. Kabir Tsakuwa on Monday in Abuja. The statement signed by the agency’s Spokesman, Deputy Commander of Narcotics (DCN) Jonah Achema, the illicit substance concealed in two suitcases was the largest single seizure by the Command. He noted that the two unaccompanied and unclaimed suitcases...

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U.S. VP-elect Kamala Harris to Resign From Senate

PoliticsUnited StatesU.S. VP-elect Kamala Harris to Resign From Senate

PilotnewsJanuary 18, 2021

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will resign from the Senate on Monday, according to a Harris aide. The Californian Democrat’s resignation comes two days before she becomes the nation’s first female vice president, and the first person of colour to hold that office. Harris has notified Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom that she will resign Monday, her aide said. Newsom announced in December that he would appoint Secretary of State Alex Padilla to her Senate seat, and...

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