World Youth Skills Day: Foundation Showcases Artistic Talents of Slum Kids

Arts & CultureNewsWorld Youth Skills Day: Foundation Showcases Artistic Talents of Slum Kids

PilotnewsJuly 19, 2020

In commemoration of UN  World Youth Skills Day, Slum Art Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) showcases unique works of arts done by children living within the slum of Ijora/Badia in Lagos. A statement by Adetuwanse Adenle, Co-founder of the foundation says that the online art exhibition to showcase the children’s creativity was in collaboration with two other NGOs, WEFOR GOOD organisation and One Delta Africa. “The online exhibition is focussed to empower children living within slums through mentorship, restructuring of...

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Egypt Reopens More Hotels for Tourists Amid Anti-coronavirus Measures

NewsTourismEgypt Reopens More Hotels for Tourists Amid Anti-coronavirus Measures

PilotnewsJuly 19, 2020

Egypt reopened 31 more hotels for tourists last week amid anti-COVID-19 measures. This raised the number of hotels reopened nationwide to 572, an Egyptian Tourism Ministry official said in a statement on Saturday. The hotels have been reopened with a limited capacity after receiving an official hygiene safety certificate issued by a joint inspection commission from the ministries of Tourism and Health, said Abdel-Fattah al-Aasy, Assistant Minister of Tourism and Antiquities for monitoring hotel facilities....

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INEC Publishes Final List of Candidates for Edo Governorship Election

NewsNigeriaPoliticsINEC Publishes Final List of Candidates for Edo Governorship Election

PilotnewsJuly 19, 2020

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of candidates for the Sept. 19 Governorship Election in Edo State. The commission disclosed this in a statement issued by Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, in Abuja on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the list of the 14 political parties published by the commission shows that 12 out of the 14 governorship candidates were male...

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FG to inaugurate Warri-Itakpe Rail Line, Names Station After Former President

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaFG to inaugurate Warri-Itakpe Rail Line, Names Station After Former President

PilotnewsJuly 19, 2020

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said that the Warri-Itakpe standard gauge rail line was set and ready for inauguration. Amaechi, while inspecting the Warri-Itakpe rail line on Saturday, also expressed satisfaction at the quality of work at the various stations. According to him, the 10 stations are completed and President Muhammadu Buhari has approved that the main station which is the Agbor station be named after former President Goodluck Jonathan. “It is the...

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Buhari Mourns U.S. Civil Rights Activists, John Lewis, Rev. Cordy Vivian

World NewsBuhari Mourns U.S. Civil Rights Activists, John Lewis, Rev. Cordy Vivian

PilotnewsJuly 19, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the United States Government and citizens, and other world leaders in mourning the passing of two iconic civil rights activists, John Lewis, 80 and Rev. Cordy Tindell “C.T.’’ Vivian, 95. The president’s condolence messages were conveyed vis a statement by Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Saturday. He affirmed that their courage and sacrifice in standing for the truth...

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Ex -Senate Chief Whip Roland Owie Defects to PDP

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEx -Senate Chief Whip Roland Owie Defects to PDP

PilotnewsJuly 19, 2020

Former Chief Whip of the Senate and National Leader of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Mr Roland Owie, on Saturday, defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Owie who announced his defection at a ceremony in his home town, Ilobi-Isi, near Ehor, Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of Edo, urged his supporters to work for the second term bid of Gov. Godwin Obaseki. The former Senate Chief Whip noted that he was a founding member of...

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Edo 2020: LG Vice Chairman Alleges Threat to Life Over Refusal to Join PDP

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEdo 2020: LG Vice Chairman Alleges Threat to Life Over Refusal to Join PDP

PilotnewsJuly 19, 2020

Mr Fred Aimienwanwu, Vice Chairman, Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo, has raised the alarm on threat to his life and family over his refusal to defect from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Aimienwanwu in a petition to the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5, Benin, alleged that the council Chairman, Mr Destiny Enabulele and one General Peres were after his life. In a petition signed...

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DAILY UPDATES: NCDC Announces 653 New Cases of COVID-19, Total Hits 36,107

CoronavirusNewsDAILY UPDATES: NCDC Announces 653 New Cases of COVID-19, Total Hits 36,107

PilotnewsJuly 19, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 653 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus rise to 35, 107. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle late on Saturday. The health agency said that as of July 18,  653 new confirmed cases and six deaths were recorded in the country. It said that the 653 new cases were reported from 27 states and the FCT....

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Towering Civil Rights Icon, John Lewis Dies At 80 — Former President Barack Obama Leads in Tribute

NewsUnited StatesTowering Civil Rights Icon, John Lewis Dies At 80 — Former President Barack Obama Leads in Tribute

PilotnewsJuly 18, 2020

Former President Barack Obama who became very close and developed a fond admiration for Rep. John Lewis, the towering civil rights icon who died on Friday of cancer, said on Twitter: “Not many of us get to live to see our own legacy play out in such a meaningful, remarkable way. John Lewis did. When I was elected President of the United States, I hugged him on the inauguration stand before I was sworn in and...

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2nd Niger Bridge, Other Road Projects: Reps C’ttee Frowns at Slow Pace of Work

InfrastructureNews2nd Niger Bridge, Other Road Projects: Reps C’ttee Frowns at Slow Pace of Work

PilotnewsJuly 18, 2020

The House of Representatives Committee on Works has frowned at the slow pace of work by Julius Berger Construction Company in handling of the Second Niger Bridge, the Lagos-Ibadan and the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano road projects. The Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Abubakar Kabir (APC-Kano) said it might be impossible to complete the projects for commissioning by President Muhammadu Buhari – administration. Kabir made the observation after receiving submissions from Julius Berger on all three projects at...

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