COVID-19: NCDC Announces 452 New Cases, Total Number 21,371

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Announces 452 New Cases, Total Number 21,371

PilotnewsJune 24, 2020

Nigeria has announced 452 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of the cases in the country to 21,371. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) gave the figure on Tuesday night through its official Twitter handle. The NCDC said that the new cases were from 14 states. It said that the country recorded seven deaths on June 23. The NCDC said that Lagos State had the highest number of the new cases with...

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Stunned Bystanders Unite To Save a Badly-Beaten Child Abuse Victim

LifestyleNewsNigeriaStunned Bystanders Unite To Save a Badly-Beaten Child Abuse Victim

PilotnewsJune 24, 2020

Dumbfounded passersby teamed up to rescue a badly-beaten child in Onitsha, Anambra State. The innocent girl, described as Chioma Ogbu was found limping on the street on her way to fetch water at night with bruises and swollen face. Curious passers-by who spotted her decided to question her. Chioma could hardly talk because she has lost her voice. Based on her condition, bystanders decoded to take her to the police station. The girl’s uncle whom...

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More Stories Emerge on Lagos Gruesome Murder-Suicide on Victory Park Estate

LifestyleNewsNigeriaMore Stories Emerge on Lagos Gruesome Murder-Suicide on Victory Park Estate

PilotnewsJune 24, 2020

Various communities are still shocked about the Nigerian man identified as Femi, who stabbed his wife to death, and thereafter committed suicide in their home in Victory Park estate in Lagos state on Sunday, June 21. Amidst a long thread of comments expressing shock and offering prayers to the diseased, a close friend and Church member who identified herself as Queen Tutu Omoighe used her Facebook handle to tell her story about the tragedy. According...

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COVID-19: Delta Records 532 Cases, Orders Offices Decontamination

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Delta Records 532 Cases, Orders Offices Decontamination

PilotnewsJune 23, 2020

Delta State has recorded 532 confirmed cases of coronavirus as at June 23, a top aide to Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa has announced. Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, made the announcement in Asaba on Tuesday. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Ifeajika said the pandemic had gulped a huge chunk of money from the government since the disease was recorded in the state. He said that...

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Ondo Assembly Denies Collecting Money to Impeach Dep. Gov

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOndo Assembly Denies Collecting Money to Impeach Dep. Gov

PilotnewsJune 23, 2020

The Ondo State House of Assembly has denied collecting money to impeach the state Deputy Gov. Agboola Ajayi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Tope Okeowo, the Deputy Chief Press Secretary, had earlier on Tuesday alleged that 26 lawmakers of the state House of Assembly collected N10 million each to “illegally” impeach the deputy governor. NAN also reports that Ajayi had officially decamped from All Progressives Congress (APC) to the People’s Democratic...

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Education Ministry Presents Proposal to NASS on Schools Reopening

CoronavirusEducationNewsEducation Ministry Presents Proposal to NASS on Schools Reopening

PilotnewsJune 23, 2020

The Minister of State for Education, Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba on Tuesday presented to the National Assembly a proposed date for the reopening of schools across the country as a post-COVID-19 measure. He made the presentation during a meeting with the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education on the ministry’s plans for pupils who have been forced to stay at home following the outbreak of the COVID – 19 pandemic. While noting that government had...

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Service Chiefs Meet to Review National Security Challenges

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNigeriaService Chiefs Meet to Review National Security Challenges

PilotnewsJune 23, 2020

The Service Chiefs and Heads of Security and Intelligence Agencies met on Tuesday to map out new strategies on tackling the current security situation in the country. Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, Coordinator, Directorate of Defence Media Operations, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Enechie said the meeting, chaired by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, was to re-strategise and enhance existing synergy among security agencies towards addressing the security challenges in...

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Edo 2020: Primary Election Committee Submits Report to APC NWC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEdo 2020: Primary Election Committee Submits Report to APC NWC

PilotnewsJune 23, 2020

The Primary Election Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) headed by Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo,  has submitted its report,  confirming Mr. Osagie Ize-Iyamu as the party’s flag bearer for the Sept. 19, governorship election in Edo. Uzodinma,  who was represented by the committee’s Secretary,  Dr. Surajudeen Bashiru,  submitted the report to the party’s National Working Committee (NWC)  headed by the Deputy National Chairman,  Sen. Abiola Ajimobi,  in Abuja on Tuesday. The governor described...

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Operation Amotekun Arrests 42 Cows Over Alleged Destruction of Farmlands in Ondo

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaOperation Amotekun Arrests 42 Cows Over Alleged Destruction of Farmlands in Ondo

PilotnewsJune 23, 2020

The Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, has arrested 42 cows over alleged destruction of farmlands around Alagbaka Extension in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Chief Adetunji Adeleye, State Commander, Amotekun Corps, made this known while conducting journalists round the affected farmlands. Adeleye explained that the cows were arrested after series of complaints by owners of the farmlands in the area. According to him, more than eight separate farmlands with crops such as...

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2,000 Persons Benefit From CBN COVID-19 Loan in S’East, S’South, Says Facilitator

CoronavirusEconomyNews2,000 Persons Benefit From CBN COVID-19 Loan in S’East, S’South, Says Facilitator

PilotnewsJune 23, 2020

Mr Isaac Nkole, the National Chairman, Isun Multipurpose Cooperative Society, Umuahia, which facilitates the disbursement of CBN COVID-19 loan in the South-East and South-South, said at least 2,000 persons had so far benefited from the facility. Nkole stated this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Tuesday. He further stated that the facility had provided succour to benefiting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and households in the...

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