Millions of Women Lose Access to Abortion Services During Pandemic

HealthWorld NewsMillions of Women Lose Access to Abortion Services During Pandemic

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

Reproductive Health Charity Mary Stopes International (MSI) on Wednesday said 1.9 million women across the world had lost access to its contraception and safe abortion services in the first half of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The impact of the crisis was particularly harsh in India where an estimated 1.3 million women lost access to such services due to strict lockdown measures. “With 920,000 fewer safe abortion and post-abortion care services being delivered, 90...

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FEC Approves N3.9bn for Completion of 5 Secretariat Projects

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaFEC Approves N3.9bn for Completion of 5 Secretariat Projects

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a variation of N3.9billion for the completion of federal secretariat projects in Anambra, Bayelsa, Nasarawa, Zamfara and Osun states. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Council also approved N1.5billion for the rehabilitation of the second phase of the Usuma Dam at Bwari, Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Ministers of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola and FCT, Muhammed Bello confirmed these developments at a briefing...

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Banditry in Nigeria Has International Dimension — IGP

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaBanditry in Nigeria Has International Dimension — IGP

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, says the lingering banditry in the North-West and North-Central Nigeria has international dimension. Adamu said this during a town-hall meeting on peace and security held on Wednesday in Zuru, headquarters of Zuru Local Government Area of Kebbi State. “We have realised that most of the banditry has an international dimension. The bandits come from outside the country. We arrested Sudanese, Nigeriens and Malians, among other nationals. “We...

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Democrats Formally Nominate Biden for U.S. Presidential Election

NewsPoliticsUnited StatesDemocrats Formally Nominate Biden for U.S. Presidential Election

PilotnewsAugust 19, 2020

Democrats on Tuesday night officially nominated former Vice President, Mr. Joe Biden, to face incumbent President Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election. Biden’s nomination came on the second night of the party’s virtual National Convention under the theme, “Leadership Matters”. His emergence followed the announcement of votes by party delegates from across the country via video messages. The candidate immediately took to Twitter to accept his nomination, saying it was the “honour...

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German Institute Says Coronavirus Vaccinations Could Start in Early 2021

CoronavirusNewsGerman Institute Says Coronavirus Vaccinations Could Start in Early 2021

PilotnewsAugust 19, 2020

The head of Germany’s vaccines regulator said some groups of people living in Germany could be vaccinated early next year against the coronavirus that has killed hundreds of thousands and wreaked havoc on the global economy. More than half a dozen drugmakers around the world are conducting advanced clinical trials, each with tens of thousands of participants, and several expect to know if their COVID-19 vaccines work and are safe by the end of this...

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Mali Soldiers Promise Civilian Transition After President’s Ouster

NewsWest AfricaMali Soldiers Promise Civilian Transition After President’s Ouster

PilotnewsAugust 19, 2020

Soldiers who staged a military coup in Mali leading to the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and his government said, on Wednesday, they plan to form a civilian transitional government that will organise fresh elections. Keita resigned and dissolved parliament late on Tuesday, hours after mutinying soldiers detained him at gunpoint, plunging a country already facing a jihadist insurgency and mass protests, deeper into crisis. In a statement broadcast on state-owned television early on...

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W/African Nations to Adopt New Satellite Technology to Mitigate Flood

EnvironmentScience & TechnologyWest AfricaW/African Nations to Adopt New Satellite Technology to Mitigate Flood

PilotnewsAugust 19, 2020

Nigeria and other West African nations are set to adopt a new system of utilizing satellite technology in better predicting environmental patterns to help mitigate flood. The adoption follows an initiative by African Union (AU) Leaders and the European Union in the training of key stakeholders in the application of the technology. The training which opened in Abuja and is also to be held simultaneously in other West African Countries, is being conducted by the...

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School Feeding: Kaduna Begins Verification of 7,261 Cooks – Official

EducationFoodNewsNigeriaSchool Feeding: Kaduna Begins Verification of 7,261 Cooks – Official

PilotnewsAugust 19, 2020

The Kaduna government has begun verifying 7,261 cooks engaged under the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) in the state. Mr Umar Abdullahi, Programme Manager of the programme, made this known in Zaria on the sideline of a two-day Media Roundtable to enlist media support on reportage of social protection programmes Abdullahi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the goal was to verify the cooks and ensure that they are doing the right...

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DAILY UPDATE: NCDC Announces 410 New COVID-19 Cases as Infections Hit 49,895

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaDAILY UPDATE: NCDC Announces 410 New COVID-19 Cases as Infections Hit 49,895

PilotnewsAugust 19, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday announced 410 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 49,895. The NCDC, which made this known on its official twitter handle, said four deaths were recorded in the country. The health agency said that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, has continued to coordinate the national response activities across the country. The agency said...

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COVID-19: August 29 Int’l Flight Resumption Not Sacrosanct – PTF Coordinator

CoronavirusNewsTravelCOVID-19: August 29 Int’l Flight Resumption Not Sacrosanct – PTF Coordinator

PilotnewsAugust 18, 2020

The Coordinator of Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, says the Aug. 29, resumption of international flights, as announced at the PTF COVID-19  briefing, is not sacrosanct. Aliyu, who made the clarification, at the PTF on COVID-19 briefing on Monday in Abuja, explained that the date would be for consideration of resumption of flights. According to him, Aug. 29 is not sacrosanct but if aviation authorities meet the criteria for resumption on the...

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