Coronavirus: Africa’s Efforts to Obtain Vaccine Funding Promising – Africa CDC

AfricaCoronavirusNewsCoronavirus: Africa’s Efforts to Obtain Vaccine Funding Promising – Africa CDC

PilotnewsDecember 12, 2020

The African Union’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said the prospects for receiving funding for the purchase of the coronavirus vaccines is promising after the World Bank pledged US$12 billion to the joint venture. Africa CDC Director, John Nkengasong, said on Thursday the negotiations with several major financiers has been continuing and had become most urgent because of the fears of a second wave infections spree. The African Import and Export Bank...

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DRC Ratifies Protocol Establishing African Union Rights Court

AfricaLaw & JusticeNewsDRC Ratifies Protocol Establishing African Union Rights Court

PilotnewsDecember 12, 2020

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has deposited its instrument of ratification of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the Court announced on Friday at the African Union Headquarters. The instrument was deposited in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 8 December 2020, the Court said in a statement. DRC’s ratification of the protocol, meaning its passing of laws recognising...

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Mexican Experts Find 119 More Skulls Thought to be Part of Aztec Wall

Arts & CultureWorld NewsMexican Experts Find 119 More Skulls Thought to be Part of Aztec Wall

PilotnewsDecember 12, 2020

Mexican Culture Ministry says archaeologists have found 119 more skulls that they believe are part of an Aztec ritual wall. The ministry said they were apparently part of a large wall where the Aztecs inserted heads of sacrificial victims. The structure was known as tzompantli in the indigenous Nahuatl language, a sort of showcase for the skulls of their decapitated enemies. With the latest find, more than 600 skulls have been found in five years...

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Northern Governors Mourn Nda-Isaiah

NewsNigeriaPeoplePress * MediaNorthern Governors Mourn Nda-Isaiah

PilotnewsDecember 12, 2020

The Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) has expressed shock over the death of Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah, founder and Chairman of Leadership Newspapers. This is contained in a condolence message by the chairman of the forum and governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, on Saturday in Jos. Lalong, in the message issued by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham, described the death as “shocking and devastating.” He said the death of Nda-Isaiah is a ...

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Banditry: Police Confirm Attack On School in Katsina State

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaBanditry: Police Confirm Attack On School in Katsina State

PilotnewsDecember 12, 2020

The Police Command in Katsina, on Saturday confirmed an attack by gunmen on Government Science Secondary School (GSSS) Kankara,  on Friday night. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO),  SP Gambo Isah, and made available to newsmen in Katsina. “Yesterday, at about 9:40 p.m., bandits in their numbers, shooting sporadically with AK 47 rifles, attacked GSSS Kankara, Kankara Local Government Area. “The policemen on duty also responded...

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Japan Surpasses 3,000 Daily New Coronavirus Cases for First Time – NHK

AsiaCoronavirusNewsJapan Surpasses 3,000 Daily New Coronavirus Cases for First Time – NHK

PilotnewsDecember 12, 2020

Japan saw more than 3,000 new infections of the novel coronavirus for the first time in one day on Saturday, public broadcaster NHK reported. This is as the number of cases continues to rise in the winter. A total of 3,041 people were newly infected, NHK said. Tokyo, Japan’s capital and largest city, on Saturday confirmed 621 new cases. While Japan has not seen anywhere near the kind of massive outbreaks that have hit the...

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Ndah-Isaiah’s Death, Huge Loss to Media Industry, Nigeria – Orji Kalu

BusinessNewsPeoplePress * MediaNdah-Isaiah’s Death, Huge Loss to Media Industry, Nigeria – Orji Kalu

PilotnewsDecember 12, 2020

Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has described the demise of the publisher of Leadership Newspapers, Mr Sam Ndah-Isaiah, as a huge loss to the media industry and Nigeria at large. Kalu in a statement on Saturday in Abuja extolled the virtues of the deceased. He stressed  that the late chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was a patriotic statesman and detribalised Nigerian with passion for a prosperous and united Nigeria. He lauded...

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Insurgency: Don’t Be Distracted by ICC Investigation, COAS Tells Troops

Law & JusticeMilitaryNational SecurityNewsInsurgency: Don’t Be Distracted by ICC Investigation, COAS Tells Troops

PilotnewsDecember 12, 2020

 The Chief of Army Staff (COAS),  Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has urged troops not to be distracted by the move by International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate war crimes against Nigerian forces in the north eastern part of the country. Buratai made the call in a statement by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sagir Musa, on Saturday in Abuja. He said that the call followed the Friday statement from ICC prosecutor,  alleging that there...

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Informal Trade and Impact of COVID-19 Key Features of 2020 African Trade Report

AfricaCoronavirusEconomyNewsInformal Trade and Impact of COVID-19 Key Features of 2020 African Trade Report

PilotnewsDecember 11, 2020

The African Trade Report, produced annually by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), will be launched on 15th December. This year’s report focuses on Informal Cross Border Trade (ICBT) and provides ground-breaking insights into the scale, composition and approaches to informal cross border trade in Africa.  It is estimated that the formalisation of informal cross border trade could potentially increase official trade numbers by between 30-50%, depending on the region. “ICBT has been a key contributor to...

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Coronavirus: African Union Member States Reporting COVID-19 Cases As of 11 December 2020, 9am

AfricaCoronavirusNewsCoronavirus: African Union Member States Reporting COVID-19 Cases As of 11 December 2020, 9am

PilotnewsDecember 11, 2020

African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (2,323,845) deaths (55,265), and recoveries (1,982,277) by region: Central (67,892 cases; 1,222 deaths; 61,495 recoveries): Burundi (720; 1; 630), Cameroon (24,963; 443; 22,177), CAR (4,936; 63; 4,852), Chad (1,739; 102; 1,587), Congo (6,049; 99; 4,891), DRC (13,993; 350; 12,208), Equatorial Guinea (5,183; 85; 5,048), Gabon (9,300; 62; 9,155), Sao Tome & Principe (1,009; 17; 947) Eastern (291,643; 5,476; 218,308): Comoros (617; 7; 605), Djibouti (5,717; 61; 5,599), Eritrea (656; 0; 525), Ethiopia (115,360; 1,779; 88,975),...

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