Congolese Fashion Designer Goes Virtual as Virus Hits Runway Shows

BusinessFashionCongolese Fashion Designer Goes Virtual as Virus Hits Runway Shows

PilotnewsJune 16, 2020

U.S.-based Congolese fashion designer Anifa Mvuemba was excited about debuting her fashion line, Hanifa, at this year’s New York Fashion Week. But when her show was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mvuemba got creative. The 29-year-old designer held a virtual show on May 22 for her latest collection called ‘Pink Label Congo’. The 3D animated event was watched by tens of thousands of people who streamed it on her Hanifa Instagram Live page. “We...

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Oscars Delayed to April Due to Movie Industry Coronavirus Chaos

Arts & CultureEntertainmentFilm & TVOscars Delayed to April Due to Movie Industry Coronavirus Chaos

PilotnewsJune 16, 2020

The 2021 Oscars ceremony was moved to April from February on Monday due to the havoc caused in the movie industry by the coronavirus pandemic. The ceremony for film’s highest honours will take place on April 25, 2021, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said in a statement. It had originally been scheduled for Feb. 28. The coronavirus epidemic shut down movie theatres worldwide in mid-March and brought production of films to a...

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COVID-19: NCDC Says Asymptomatic Patients Are Infectious Within 10 -14 Days

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Says Asymptomatic Patients Are Infectious Within 10 -14 Days

PilotnewsJune 16, 2020

Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said that asymptomatic patients are only infectious within 10 and 14 days of becoming infected. Ihekweazu said this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF), media briefing on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that a recent study led by group of researchers in Auchi Polytechnique discovered that asymptomatic coronavirus patients tend to recover within nine days of having infections confirmed...

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DAILY UPDATE: Nigeria Records 573 New COVID-19 cases, infections hits 16,658

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaDAILY UPDATE: Nigeria Records 573 New COVID-19 cases, infections hits 16,658

PilotnewsJune 16, 2020

Nigeria recorded 573 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total number of Infections to 16,658. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC)  announced this official Twitter handle. It said that as at June 15, Nigeria recorded four deaths while no new state reported any case in the last 24 hours. The NCDC said that Lagos reported the highest number of cases with 216 new cases and Rivers was second with 103 new infections. “The 573...

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OPINION: George Floyd’s Murder Revives Anti-Colonialism in Western Europe

Law & JusticeOpinionOPINION: George Floyd’s Murder Revives Anti-Colonialism in Western Europe

PilotnewsJune 16, 2020

The murder of George Floyd by a policeman and the ensuing protests against racism and police brutality in the United States have ignited similar protests in Europe. Large crowds, especially in the United Kingdom, France, and Belgium, are demanding public acknowledgment of the links among slavery, European colonialism, and contemporary racism. European protesters, perhaps in solidarity with Americans, have borrowed anti-police rhetoric. But, with the exception of the French, by and large, European protestors tie racial...

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APC’s NWC Visits Aso Rock, Counters Governors Move Over Obaseki

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAPC’s NWC Visits Aso Rock, Counters Governors Move Over Obaseki

PilotnewsJune 16, 2020

The All Progressives Congress’ National Working Committee led by its Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Monday met with the Presidency to counter the moves of some governors, who have begun to change the decision of the party on their Edo State counterpart, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. The committee arrives at the Aso Rock at about 4:30pm for a meeting with the President’s Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari. Oshiomhole in an interview with the State House...

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Insecurity in the North: Why Buhari Must Act Quickly

National SecurityNigeriaOpinionInsecurity in the North: Why Buhari Must Act Quickly

PilotnewsJune 16, 2020

“A kingdom can endure with unbelief, but it cannot endure with injustice” ──Usman bn fodio   In 2015 general elections one of the major promises the APC used during its campaign was the restoration of security in the northeast which at the time was the worry of every single individual in the country. Five years later, the situation has not improved, it has in fact escalated and extends to many other regions like northwest and...

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Why is This Popular Prophet Being Jeered And Paraded By His Own Community?

LifestyleNigeriaWhy is This Popular Prophet Being Jeered And Paraded By His Own Community?

PilotnewsJune 16, 2020

You may call him a Prophet of doom, but this pastor, Prophet Paul Abam of Itigidi, Abi LGA in Cross River may have been duping his people with fraudulent revelations until his antics were miraculously exposed.  WAP’s I-Witness-Reporter had initially informed our newsroom that Prophet Abam had been setting his victims up by burying charms or other scary collage of figurines in their premises, then turn around and uproot them as prophetic-powered miracles for money. ...

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BREAKING NEWS: Nigerian Doctors Strike for Better Benefits During Coronavirus Crisis

HealthLabourNewsNigeriaBREAKING NEWS: Nigerian Doctors Strike for Better Benefits During Coronavirus Crisis

PilotnewsJune 15, 2020

ABUJA  – Resident doctors in Nigerian public hospitals went on strike on Monday to demand better benefits, including the provision of more protective equipment, as they battle the coronavirus, the union said. Those treating COVID-19 patients will stay on the job but their union, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), gave the government two weeks to meet the demands or else they would also walk out. Resident doctors are those who have graduated from...

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OPINION: The Church Must Make Reparation for its Role in Slavery, Segregation

Law & JusticeOpinionRegionsReligionUnited StatesOPINION: The Church Must Make Reparation for its Role in Slavery, Segregation

PilotnewsJune 15, 2020

The ever-expanding protests over the epidemic of police violence and systemic racism in the United States, manifested most recently in the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, have brought our society to another monumental crossroad. At the intersection of these enduring crimes against humanity and protesters of varying hues and creeds screaming, “Enough is enough,” is a global system of anti-Blackness and violence that has strangled Black communities in the United States...

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