WHO Announces Independent Evaluation of Global COVID-19 Response

CoronavirusWorld NewsWHO Announces Independent Evaluation of Global COVID-19 Response

PilotnewsJuly 10, 2020

Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus,  the Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday announced the initiation of an Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR) to evaluate the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ghebreyesus announced this at a news conference at the WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the decision to initiate IPPR was reached at the historic 73rd World Health Assembly in May. Member states adopted a...

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Buhari Signs Revised 2020 Budget Friday – Presidential Aide

EconomyNewsNigeriaBuhari Signs Revised 2020 Budget Friday – Presidential Aide

PilotnewsJuly 10, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday sign into law the revised 2020 budget passed by the National Assembly in June. The Personal Assistant on New Media to the President, Bashr Ahmad, confirmed this on his twitter handle in Abuja on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two chambers of the National Assembly, Senate and House of Representatives, had on June 10 and June 11 respectively passed the revised 2020 budget of N10,805,544,664,642....

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Nigerians in Indonesia Ask Chidoka to Intervene, Accuse Embassy of Abandonment

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigerians in Indonesia Ask Chidoka to Intervene, Accuse Embassy of Abandonment

PilotnewsJuly 10, 2020

By Ikechukwu Okafor Following alleged extortion and discrimination targeted at citizens, Nigerians in Indonesia have appealed to the former Minister of Aviation, Chief Osita Chidoka to intervene in issues affecting them in the country. The immigrants had accused the country’s immigration and police officers of targeted raids and harassment, which they said led to the deaths of some of their compatriots, the last being the case of a 41-year-old Nigerian man who fell from a...

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Robbers Attack TVC, NTA Correspondents in Nasarawa

Crime & SecurityNewsRobbers Attack TVC, NTA Correspondents in Nasarawa

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

Armed robbers on Thursday attacked Mr Godwin Agwam, Nasarawa State Correspondent of Television Continental (TVC) and Mrs. Victoria Ojito of Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) in their residence at Sabon-Gari, Lafia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the robbers also attacked the Nasarawa State Director of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mrs Priscilla Gondo-Alour, during the operation in the area. Agwam told NAN that the robbers stormed their compound at about 2:00 a.m., forced...

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COVID-19: Nigeria, Africa to Expand Testing Capacity With Homemade Diagnostic Kit

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Nigeria, Africa to Expand Testing Capacity With Homemade Diagnostic Kit

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

Nigeria’s efforts at developing solution to the challenge of non-availability and high cost of coronavirus diagnostic kits have finally paid off with the development of RNASwift Extraction kit. This was disclosed by Prof. Alex Akpa, Director-General of National Biotechnology Development Agency(NABDA), on Thursday during a news briefing held at the conference room of Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Abuja. He said the RNASwift test kit would not only revolutionalise Africa’s PCR-Based COVID-19 testing, but...

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Magu: Group Commends Buhari, Says Removal Timely

CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsMagu: Group Commends Buhari, Says Removal Timely

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

An NGO, United Global Resolve for Peace (UGRFFP), has described as timely the indefinite suspension of Mr. Ibrahim Magu as Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), by President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr Shalom Olaseni, Executive Director, UGRFFP, who commended the President for suspending Magu, said in a statement in Abuja on Thursday that his removal would give room for thorough investigation into series of allegations leveled against him. Olaseni stated that Buhari’s...

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The Birth of Biafra : Fifty Years Too Early

ColumnsDon OkoloNigeriaOpinionThe Birth of Biafra : Fifty Years Too Early

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

The Enyi Mba Enyi war song should have been put off. But no; we rushed it; we rolled that lyrics out in old world tapestry to clothe us. We wanted to run down coal-tarred roadways, in a stampede of angry men, chanting to bolster our eagerness to go to a war we were not ready to fight. —Don Okolo Gestation, as in conception and growth, is everything. Period. When birth occurs, and it is premature,...

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Africa Records 30% Increase in COVID-19 Cases– WHO

AfricaCoronavirusNewsAfrica Records 30% Increase in COVID-19 Cases– WHO

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there has been 30 per cent increase in the number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the African Region in the past week. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, disclosed this in COVID-19 Situation Report posted on its official Twitter account @WHOAFRO on Thursday. In external situation report number 19 issued on July 8, it stated that COVID-19 outbreak continued to grow in the WHO African...

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Dollar Falls as Yuan Leads Charge in Risk-on Trades

InvestingMoneyWorld NewsDollar Falls as Yuan Leads Charge in Risk-on Trades

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

The dollar fell against most currencies on Thursday as a rally in riskier assets such as global equities and commodities put a dent in safe-haven demand for the U.S. currency. China’s yuan rose to a four-month high against the greenback, extending recent gains as investors of all stripes increase positions in Chinese stocks due to growing signs of a recovery in the world’s second-largest economy. Lingering worries about the spread of the coronavirus could keep...

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COVID-19: UN to Re-release Bob Marley’s One Love to Support Affected Children

MusicPovertyWorld NewsCOVID-19: UN to Re-release Bob Marley’s One Love to Support Affected Children

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

The United Nations has said a new version of Bob Marley’s iconic song, One Love, is to be released to support children badly affected by COVID-19. According to the organisationa in a report published on Thursday, the initiative is aimed at raising funds for that purpose, adding that the late musician’s family had given its blessings. The fundraising is coming amid warning by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) that an additional 6,000 children could die...

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