NCDC Announces 163 New COVID-19 Infections, Caseload Now 60,266

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNCDC Announces 163 New COVID-19 Infections, Caseload Now 60,266

PilotnewsOctober 12, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 163 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Sunday. The public health agency said that the 163 new infection brought the nation’s confirmed COVID-19 infections to 60,266. It also stated that the new infection were reported from 12 states. The NCDC also announced the discharge of 24 patients from isolation centers across...

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Presidency Should Be Open to All – Kaigama Speaks Ahead of 2023

NewsPresidency Should Be Open to All – Kaigama Speaks Ahead of 2023

PilotnewsOctober 11, 2020

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Ignatius Kaigama, has spoken about the election in 2023, saying Presidency should be open to all Nigerians irrespective of their tribe, culture or religion. According to him, there is no particular religion or ethnic group has a monopoly of the leadership of Nigeria, therefor, everyone should be included in the Presidency race. He said this while responding to the principle of rotation and agitation for the zoning of the Presidency...

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Louise Glück: Literature Nobel for American Lyric Poet a Healing Choice After Years of Controversy

Arts & CultureColumnsWorld NewsLouise Glück: Literature Nobel for American Lyric Poet a Healing Choice After Years of Controversy

PilotnewsOctober 10, 2020

Louise Glück is the first poet to win the Nobel Prize in Literature since Tomas Tranströmer in 2011 and the first American to win since Toni Morrison in 1993. In their preference for the muddiness of everyday life over explicit engagement with their political and social issues, you can see a broad link between Glück and Tranströmer. On the surface, though, Morrison and Glück couldn’t appear to be more different. Morrison’s work lays bare both the lasting scars and...

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FG Set to Relax Conditions Attached to Mining Loan

BusinessNewsNigeriaFG Set to Relax Conditions Attached to Mining Loan

PilotnewsOctober 10, 2020

Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, says the ministry is relaxing conditions attached on mining intervention loan meant for miners. Adegbite told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja that the conditions would be relaxed for artisanal miners to enable them access the loan which was domiciled with the Bank of Industry (BOI) NAN recalls that the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD) had signed a Memorandum of...

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Misconduct: Commission Dismisses 10 Senior Police Officers, Demotes 9 Others

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaMisconduct: Commission Dismisses 10 Senior Police Officers, Demotes 9 Others

PilotnewsOctober 10, 2020

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal of 10 senior police officers and demotion of nine others over misconduct. Mr IKechukwu Ani, the Head of Press and Public Relations of the commission disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He said the commission also approved the punishment of severe reprimand for eight officers, reprimand for 10 and letter of warning to three other officers. Ani, however, said another three officers were...

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Sanwo-Olu Pardons Funke Akindele, Husband, Frees 56 Inmates

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaSanwo-Olu Pardons Funke Akindele, Husband, Frees 56 Inmates

PilotnewsOctober 10, 2020

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has granted state pardon to Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele-Bello, and her husband, Abdulrasheed, and approved the release of 56 inmates from various correctional centres in the state. Akindele-Bello and her husband were both non-custodial convicts for offences related to the disobedience of the COVID-19 lockdown regulations. This was made known in a statement signed by the State Attorney-General (A-G) and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), and...

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Women Engineers Take Over Education of Girl-Mechanic in Ilorin

EducationNewsNigeriaWomen Engineers Take Over Education of Girl-Mechanic in Ilorin

PilotnewsOctober 10, 2020

The Association of Professional Women Engineers, Kwara Chapter, has taken over the educational sponsorship of Miss Atoyebi Abiodun, an SS1 girl-mechanic in Ilorin. Speaking during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin, Mrs Oluwatoyin Ayotunde, the Chairperson of the association, explained that the girl-mechanic is an orphan, who decided to take up the profession of her late father who was a mechanic. Ayotunde explained that the girl-mechanic, who practices her mechanic...

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500,000 Students Benefit From Free MTN Data

NewsNigeria500,000 Students Benefit From Free MTN Data

PilotnewsOctober 9, 2020

Network provider, MTN Nigeria, said it was delighted that as at September 2020, more than 500,000 students were utilising its daily free access of 500mb data offer. Rahul De, Chief Marketing Officer, MTN Nigeria, made this known in Lagos on Friday. He that the network provider was committed to continue supporting e-learning and offering assistance to the education sector in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in June, MTN Nigeria, began...

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One Egg a Day, Good for Human Health — Nutritionist

HealthNewsWellnessOne Egg a Day, Good for Human Health — Nutritionist

PilotnewsOctober 9, 2020

Dr Adekoya Owosibo, a Nutritionist and Provost, Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan, says the consumption of one egg in a day will promote good health. Owosibo made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Ibadan on the sideline of activities to mark this year’s World Egg Day. The nutritionist said that this year’s theme of the Day — “Eat Your Egg Today and...

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102 Local Contractors Bid for 2019 FG’s Intervention Projects

NewsNigeria102 Local Contractors Bid for 2019 FG’s Intervention Projects

PilotnewsOctober 9, 2020

No fewer than 102 local contractors on Friday participated in the opening bid for the 2019 FGN-UBEC/OYOSUBEB Intervention projects held at the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board’s premises. According to Dr Nureni Adeniran, the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, the exercise is in compliance with the provision of Public Procurement Act 2010. “We allowed due process in this bid opening, which states that people should be allowed to tender for any...

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