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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Transcripts Reveal George Floyd Said ‘I Can’t Breathe’ More Than 20 Times

Law & JusticeUnited StatesTranscripts Reveal George Floyd Said ‘I Can’t Breathe’ More Than 20 Times

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

New transcripts of police body camera footage released on Wednesday provided a detailed account of George Floyd’s interaction with Minneapolis police officers and his last moments. In one interaction Floyd tells officer Derek Chauvin that “you’re going to kill me, man,” to which Chauvin replies: “Then stop talking, stop yelling, it takes heck of a lot of oxygen to talk.” Chauvin has been charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter after he kneeled on Floyd’s...

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Osinbajo Will Not Be Distracted By Campaigns of Lies, Calumny—Aide

CorruptionNewsPoliticsOsinbajo Will Not Be Distracted By Campaigns of Lies, Calumny—Aide

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will not be distracted by campaigns of lies and calumny. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President has said. Akande, in a statement in Abuja, dismissed as false and baseless fabrications claiming to reflect goings-on at the probe panel investigating Mr Ibrahim Magu. Magu, the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is being probed by a Presidential...

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Black Lives Matter Protests in Africa Shine a Light on Local Police Brutality

AfricaColumnsNewsBlack Lives Matter Protests in Africa Shine a Light on Local Police Brutality

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

The African media has closely followed the Black Lives Matter protests in the United States, almost always in solidarity with the protesters. Especially among African human rights groups, the American focus on police brutality resonates strongly. While generalization is risky about a continent with more than fifty states and one billion people, it can be said that for most Africans, the policeman is not your friend. The popular perception is that police brutality is the...

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NSCDC Arrest Suspected Human Trafficker in Enugu

Crime & SecurityNewsNSCDC Arrest Suspected Human Trafficker in Enugu

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Command in Enugu has arrested a suspected human trafficker, Mrs Okafor Chioma, who specialise in recruiting under-aged girls to run prostitution cartel. CSP Danny Iwuchukwu, spokesman for the command, said this in a statement on Thursday in Enugu. Iwuchukwu alleged that the suspect was recruiting underage girls aged between 12 and 16, and sending them to brothels in different states for prostitution. He said that she was...

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