Zamfara Assembly to Enact Llaws for Stiffer Penalties for Rapists

Crime & SecurityNewsZamfara Assembly to Enact Llaws for Stiffer Penalties for Rapists

PilotnewsJuly 8, 2020

The Zamfara State House of Assembly says it will soon enact laws to provide for stiffer panelties for rapists and domestic violence offenders. The Speaker, Alhaji Nasiru Magarya, said this while receiving executives of the Women Peace Ambassadors, an NGO, who were on advocacy visit to the Assembly on Wednesday. Magarya, represented by his deputy, Alhaji Musa Bawa, said the legislative arm was poised to fight all forms of social, gender and domestic violence, adding...

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Africa Records Over 500, 000 COVID-19 Cases – WHO

AfricaNewsAfrica Records Over 500, 000 COVID-19 Cases – WHO

PilotnewsJuly 8, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says COVID-19 infections in Africa have surpassed 500, 000 and there is concern as a growing number of countries are experiencing a sharp rise in cases. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo disclosed this in a statement posted on its website. It said, so far, in less than five months, the virus had claimed 11, 959 lives, overtaking the 11, 308 lives lost in the world’s worst Ebola...

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WHO to Begin Study on Origin of COVID-19

CoronavirusWorld NewsWHO to Begin Study on Origin of COVID-19

PilotnewsJuly 8, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says its experts will travel to China to work together with their Chinese counterparts to prepare scientific plans for identifying the zoonotic source of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). WHO, in a statement posted on its website, said the experts would develop the scope and Term of Reference (TOR) for a WHO-led international mission. “Identifying the origin of emerging viral disease has proven complex in past epidemics in different countries. “A well-planned...

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FEC Approves N108bn for Road Projects in 4 States

NewsPoliticsFEC Approves N108bn for Road Projects in 4 States

PilotnewsJuly 8, 2020

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja, approved N108 billion for the construction and rehabilitation of four road projects. The projects are in Adamawa, Borno, Enugu and Rivers states. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, stated this announced this while briefing State House correspondents on the outcome of the seventh virtual meeting of the council in Abuja. He said that council approved an augmentation of...

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Court Orders Public Servant to Sweep Church Premises for 2 Weeks for Contempt

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaCourt Orders Public Servant to Sweep Church Premises for 2 Weeks for Contempt

PilotnewsJuly 8, 2020

A Karmo Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday ordered a public servant, Uchenna Okolie, to sweep the premises of a Church for two weeks for contempt. Okolie, who resides at No 13, Moses Majekodunmi Crescent, Utako, Abuja and a staff of Pension Commission ( PenCom), is standing trial on two counts of criminal intimidation and constituting public disturbance. The Judge, Inuwa Maiwada, however, gave Okolie an option to pay a fine of N20,000 to be paid...

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Iran Reports 200 Coronavirus Deaths in One Day

CoronavirusWorld NewsIran Reports 200 Coronavirus Deaths in One Day

PilotnewsJuly 8, 2020

Iran has reported 200 coronavirus deaths in a single day for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, a health ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday. Over the same period, the country reported 2,600 new infections, driving the total number of cases to 245,688, with 11,931 deaths. The Health Minister, Saeed Namaki, who likened the virus to a “bomb”, said “If we continue like this, we will be knocked out.” Namaki said many Iranians...

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Federal High Court to Begin 2020 Annual Long Vacation July 27

Law & JusticeNewsFederal High Court to Begin 2020 Annual Long Vacation July 27

PilotnewsJuly 8, 2020

The Federal High Court will on July 27, proceed on its annual long vacation for the year 2020, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. In a circular issued by the Chief Judge of the Court, Justice John Tsoho, notifying the General public, the long vacation is to commence from Monday July 27, and end on Friday Sept. 25 while court activities are to resume on Monday Sept. 28. The vacation is made in pursuant...

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Why EFCC Ag. Chairman is Being Investigated – Presidency Source

Law & JusticeNewsWhy EFCC Ag. Chairman is Being Investigated – Presidency Source

PilotnewsJuly 8, 2020

The Presidency says the ongoing interrogation of the embattled acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, is to clear himself of weight allegations levelled against him. A presidency source, who preferred not to be named, told State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday that the probe of the anti-graft boss was an affirmation that nobody under “the present administration is above scrutiny’’. The source, who could neither confirm nor deny...

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Local Contractors Seek Buhari’s Intervention on Payment

BusinessNewsLocal Contractors Seek Buhari’s Intervention on Payment

PilotnewsJuly 8, 2020

Local contractors in the country have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene and see to the payment of contracts they executed in various Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) of government. The contractors under the auspices of Local Contractors of Nigeria (LCN) made the appeal in Abuja on Tuesday during a press briefing. Publicity Secretary of the group Mr Dandy Rowland who addressed the press on behalf of the chairman said that over 5,000 contractors...

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How to Think About Africa’s “Rising Middle Class” Amid COVID-19

AfricaEconomyLifestyleHow to Think About Africa’s “Rising Middle Class” Amid COVID-19

PilotnewsJuly 7, 2020

Conventional wisdom is that Africa’s rising middle class is the engine for economic and social development, that its trajectory has been positive, and that the COVID-19 pandemic has seriously compromised the success of the middle class. However, on a continent of 1.3 billion people resident in more than fifty countries, this trope, much of it based on feel-good anecdotes, may obscure more than it illuminates. What is Africa’s middle class, how large was it before COVID-19, and was...

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