India Inaugurates First-ever Driverless Metro Train

AsiaScience & TechnologyTravelIndia Inaugurates First-ever Driverless Metro Train

PilotnewsDecember 28, 2020

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated India’s first-ever driverless train on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line, stressing that Delhi was the capital of a major global, financial and strategic power. Modi also inaugurated India’s National Common Mobility Card on Monday on the Airport Express Line, both events held via video conferencing. “The inauguration of the first driverless metro train shows how fast India is moving towards smart systems. Today Delhi Metro is being connected...

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“Demon Slayer” Becomes Japan’s Top-grossing Movie

BusinessEntertainmentFilmWorld News“Demon Slayer” Becomes Japan’s Top-grossing Movie

PilotnewsDecember 28, 2020

“Demon Slayer”, the animated tale of a boy fighting human-eating demons that murdered his family, has shattered a nearly two-decade record to become Japan’s top-grossing movie, its distributor said on Monday. The film, based on a popular manga and television anime series, powered past “Spirited Away”, the mega-hit Academy Award-winning movie by Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki that opened in 2001, in just a little over two months. “Demon Slayer”, with a full official title of...

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Japan Halts Foreigners’ Entry Amid New Virus Strain Scare

CoronavirusForeign PolicyTravelWorld NewsJapan Halts Foreigners’ Entry Amid New Virus Strain Scare

PilotnewsDecember 28, 2020

Japan on Monday imposed new COVID-19 response measures that include a ban on entrance for non-resident foreigners from most countries until the end of January to “protect” citizens, authorities announced. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Monday that the measures were taken to protect citizens amid the spread of the new and more transmissible coronavirus variant. “These are proactive measures to protect the lives of the country’s citizens,” Suga told reporters. Japanese citizens and...

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Assessing Cancer Care, Management in Nigeria

HealthNewsNigeriaWellnessAssessing Cancer Care, Management in Nigeria

PilotnewsDecember 28, 2020

A News Analysis by Cecilia Ologunagba, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) _____ Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, including Nigeria, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The global health agency estimates that over eight million people die of cancer annually and it is acclaimed the second leading cause of death globally. The disease is responsible for 72,000 deaths in Nigeria every year, with an annual estimated 102,000 new cases, according to the...

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The Trump Amoral Dynasty: White Evangelicals Locked In A Deadly Mambo With The Devil

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionThe Trump Amoral Dynasty: White Evangelicals Locked In A Deadly Mambo With The Devil

PilotnewsDecember 28, 2020

“Pastor Kenneth Copeland is the craziest of them all. With eyes popped like a pair of demitasse spoons, a large swath of his craziness is written on both cheeks of his face.” ―Don Okolo Like the budding tendrils of a rosebud, reacting to the warmth of an early morning sun, the American Evangelical Herd stand in frailty, bent out of shape for being overly reverential, cringing almost, before these miasmas of pure darkness, as they...

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Current Strain of Coronavirus Circulating in Senegal is More Virulent – Minister

CoronavirusNewsWest AfricaCurrent Strain of Coronavirus Circulating in Senegal is More Virulent – Minister

PilotnewsDecember 27, 2020

The strain of virus of the second wave of coronavirus currently circulating in Senegal is “more virulent” than that of the first wave. Senegalese Minister of Health and Social Action, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, disclosed this on Saturday. In an interview with a local newspaper, Le Quotidien, Sarr said that, in terms of the aggressiveness of this second wave, “the virus is considered to be more virulent’’. “Clearly, from the point of view of the statistics...

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AfricaNewsPoliticsUganda Electoral Body Suspends Campaigns in COVID-19 Hotspot Districts

PilotnewsDecember 27, 2020

The Uganda Electoral Commission, on Saturday, said it suspended political campaigns in 11 districts that the Ministry of Health considers COVID-19 hotspots. Paul Bukenya, the Electoral Commission’s spokesperson, said in a tweet that the suspension takes immediate effect in the districts of Mbarara, Luwero, Kasese, Masaka, Wakiso, Kabarole, Jinja, Kalungu, Kazo, Kampala and Tororo. The suspension comes just three weeks before the Jan. 14 presidential and parliamentary elections. The commission has previously urged politicians not...

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Shehu Shagari College of Education Graduates 11,348 in 6 Years

EducationNewsNigeriaShehu Shagari College of Education Graduates 11,348 in 6 Years

PilotnewsDecember 27, 2020

Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE), Sokoto, turned out 11,348 graduates from the college between 2014 and 2019. Dr. Muhammad Hakimi, the college Provost, stated this at a press conference on Saturday, ahead of the 22nd convocation ceremony and 50 years anniversary of the college on Monday, 28 December. Hakimi said that the convocation ceremony is arranged for students from the year 2014 to 2019 who graduated from the college. “This includes 1,620 graduating students...

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Libya, Turkey Discuss Security Cooperation

Foreign PolicyNational SecurityWorld NewsLibya, Turkey Discuss Security Cooperation

PilotnewsDecember 27, 2020

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met with Minister of Defense of the UN-backed Libyan government, Salahaddin Namroush on Saturday in Tripoli and discussed security cooperation between the two countries. “We discussed continuation of the signed agreement by intensifying training programmes for our forces and developing the military system to international levels,” Namroush told reporters following the meeting. Namroush also said that he planned to “reorganise the Libyan army and introduce new blood based on the...

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WHO Chief Warns Coronavirus Pandemic Won’t Be Last

CoronavirusWorld NewsWHO Chief Warns Coronavirus Pandemic Won’t Be Last

PilotnewsDecember 27, 2020

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday warned that the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) would not be the last such crisis. Tedros gave the warning in a video released to mark the first-ever International Day of Epidemic Preparedness on Sunday. “History tells us that this won’t be the last pandemic and epidemics are a fact of life,” he said. The WHO head said that better investment in public health supported by governments and...

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