Buhari Pledges Speedy Completion of $2.5bn AKK Gas Pipeline Project

EconomyNigeriaOil & GasBuhari Pledges Speedy Completion of $2.5bn AKK Gas Pipeline Project

PilotnewsJune 30, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja affirmed the Nigerian government’s commitment to ensure timely delivery of the landmark Ajakuota-Kaduna-Kano Gas (AKK) gas pipeline project within budgetary allocation and specifications. Speaking at the virtual flag-off ceremony of the project at the Ajaokuta, Kogi and Rigachikun, Kaduna State campsites simultaneously, Buhari said the project was very dear to the people of Nigeria and must succeed. He, therefore, directed the NNPC and partners to remain focused, noting...

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Anambra Govt. Identifies 6 Herbal Products for Management of COVID-19

HealthNewsNigeriaAnambra Govt. Identifies 6 Herbal Products for Management of COVID-19

PilotnewsJune 30, 2020

Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim, the Special Adviser to Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra on Indigenous Medicine and Herbal Practice, said that the government had identified six herbal drugs that could be used to manage Coronavirus in the state. Ibezim told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Tuesday that the agency had forwarded the products to the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). He said that a team of medical experts...

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Britain Tightens Up Virus Restrictions in City of Leicester

CoronavirusEuropeBritain Tightens Up Virus Restrictions in City of Leicester

PilotnewsJune 30, 2020

The British city of Leicester will see contact restrictions tightened up once again in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus, Health Secretary Matt Hancock told parliament on Monday. New infections in the city of some 350,000 people made up ten per cent of all cases in England in the last week, according to Hancock. Businesses will close in the city in England’s East Midlands starting Tuesday, with schools following suit in the...

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Court Sentences Iranian Dissident Blogger to Death

World NewsCourt Sentences Iranian Dissident Blogger to Death

PilotnewsJune 30, 2020

The prominent Iranian dissident and blogger Ruhollah Zam was sentenced to death on Tuesday by a revolutionary court in Tehran. Court spokesperson Gholam-Hussein Ismaili said Zam can still appeal to the country’s highest court . Revolutionary courts in Iran preside over espionage cases and threats to national security. Zam stands accused of using his website, Amad News, to spread propaganda against Iran’s leadership and to provoke protests against the regime, some of which turned violent....

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No Fee is Charged for NIS Recruitment -CG

LabourNewsNo Fee is Charged for NIS Recruitment -CG

PilotnewsJune 30, 2020

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)  has warned applicants against patronising fake recruitment sites as no fee was charged for NIS recruitment. The Comptroller General, NIS, Mr Muhammad Babandede, gave the warning in a statement by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPEO), Mr Sunday James, on Tuesday in Abuja. Babandede issued the warning while reacting to the reported existence of fake NIS websites on social media. “These are by fraudsters with the intention of defrauding innocent and...

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Oyo Discharges 180 COVID-19 Patients, Records New Death

CoronavirusNewsOyo Discharges 180 COVID-19 Patients, Records New Death

PilotnewsJune 30, 2020

The Oyo State Government has discharged 180 COVID-19 patients after returning negative for the virus. Gov. Seyi Makinde announced this via his official Twitter account on Monday. Makinde said that the number of COVID-19 cases successfully managed and discharged in Oyo State has risen to 688. He, however, said the state recorded one additional death from coronavirus infection, increasing the total death toll in state to 12. The governor said that the state also recorded...

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Police Parade Man for Allegedly Killing Mother of 3 Over Sex

Crime & SecurityNewsPolice Parade Man for Allegedly Killing Mother of 3 Over Sex

PilotnewsJune 30, 2020

The Police in  Oyo State on Tuesday paraded a 26-year-old man for allegedly killing a 30-year-old mother of three who denied him sex. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspect was one of the 33 paraded by the command at its headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan. NAN reports that other suspects were paraded for offences ranging from murder and kidnapping to armed robbery and conspiracy. Parading the suspected murderer, the Oyo State Commissioner...

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DAILY UPDATES: NCDC Announces 566 New Cases of COVID-19, Number of Infections Jumps to 25,133

CoronavirusNigeriaDAILY UPDATES: NCDC Announces 566 New Cases of COVID-19, Number of Infections Jumps to 25,133

PilotnewsJune 30, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday, announced 566 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 25,133. The centre announced this via its official Twitter handle. It said that the 566 new confirmed cases were from 20 states, with eight deaths as of June 29. The health agency added that no new state reported a case in the past 24 hours. The NCDC said that...

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Buhari’s Hellish Anti-Igbo Bloodsucking Economic Policies ―Vlad Dracula Would Be Jealous

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionBuhari’s Hellish Anti-Igbo Bloodsucking Economic Policies ―Vlad Dracula Would Be Jealous

PilotnewsJune 29, 2020

In that same shallowness, The sewer dweller in Aso Rock believes he has the knife and the roasted yam tuber to feed her people. This impoverished, morally bankrupt monarch of the savannah is ready to slice away: Therefore, one can only eat when one receives a slice of yam from him. ― Don Okolo IF YOU HAVE TEARS, PREPARE TO SHED THEM NOW. (Shakespeare) This is a lamentation…a requiem of sorts regarding the most painful,...

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Images of Brutality Against Black People Spur Racial Trauma

Law & JusticeNewsImages of Brutality Against Black People Spur Racial Trauma

PilotnewsJune 29, 2020

Since Wanda Johnson’s son was shot and killed by a police officer in Oakland, California, 11 years ago, she has watched video after video of similar encounters between Black people and police. Each time, she finds herself reliving the trauma of losing her son, Oscar Grant, who was shot to death by a transit police officer. Most recently, Johnson couldn’t escape the video of George Floyd, pinned to the ground under a Minneapolis officer’s knee...

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