Trump Says National Guard will Start Withdrawal from Washington

Law & JusticeUnited StatesTrump Says National Guard will Start Withdrawal from Washington

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

National Guard troops will start withdrawing from Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday, nearly a week after he deployed federal forces to the capital city. The move comes after several days of sustained peaceful protests in the city against police brutality, a demonstration movement that started in late May with the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minnesota. Protests have spread nationwide and Saturday saw mass demonstrations in major cities...

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Edo 2020: Yiaga Africa to Deploy 500 Observers

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEdo 2020: Yiaga Africa to Deploy 500 Observers

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

Yiaga Africa, a civil society organisation, on Sunday,  said it had concluded plans to deploy 500 election observers to 250 polling units in the upcoming governorship election in Edo. Mr Samson Itodo,  Executive Director of the organisation, said during a virtual meeting held with journalists in Benin that 24 long term observers and 18 collation observers would also be deployed for the election. Itodo said the organisation would be using the Watch The Vote (WTV)...

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WHO Issues Guidance on Locally-Made Face Masks

CoronavirusNewsWorld NewsWHO Issues Guidance on Locally-Made Face Masks

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a new guidance on homemade or locally-made face masks for prevention of COVID-19. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, gave the advice on Sunday on its official twitter handle @WHOAFRO. The UN health agency urged people to clean locally-made face masks properly before wearing again. According to WHO, the guidance on homemade masks are important for preventing COVID-19 in low-income context. In a video posted...

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Umahi: There Are Moles in My Government

NewsNigeriaPoliticsUmahi: There Are Moles in My Government

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has openly acknowledged the existence of moles in his government but insisted that his administration had nothing to hide. Umahi’s position is contained in a social media comment posted on Sunday. He was reacting to a post by a WhatsApp group participant accusing the former Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Bernard Odoh, of “unholy alliance with a particular incumbent governor of a South-Eastern state”. Umahi, who reiterated his earlier...

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Don’t Celebrate Victory Over Coronavirus Too Soon, Pope Tells Italians

ConservationWorld NewsDon’t Celebrate Victory Over Coronavirus Too Soon, Pope Tells Italians

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

Pope Francis on Sunday warned Italians to not let their guard down against coronavirus now that infection rates have fallen and urged them to obey government rules on social distancing and wearing masks. Francis, addressing several hundred people in St. Peter’s Square for his Sunday blessing, reacted to applause that broke out when he said their presence, albeit reduced, was a sign that Italy had overcome the acute phase of the pandemic. “Be careful. Don’t...

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Nigeria Risks Water Drought Over Unchecked Borehole Drillers — Association

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaNigeria Risks Water Drought Over Unchecked Borehole Drillers — Association

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

Borehole drillers said Nigeria risked water drought if Federal Government failed to stop indiscriminate drilling activities without protection for underground water in the country. Yinka Kolawole, Chairman, Association of Waterwell Drilling Rig Owners and Practitioners (AWDROP), Oyo State Chapter, urged the Federal Government to raise the benchmark for the depths that all boreholes should go. He urged the Federal Government to empower AWDROP to raise the benchmark for the depths that all borehole should go....

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More Than 6,000 Police Infected With COVID-19 in Bangladesh, 16 killed

CoronavirusWorld NewsMore Than 6,000 Police Infected With COVID-19 in Bangladesh, 16 killed

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

As many as 6,206 police personnel, including 1,828 in capital Dhaka, have now tested positive for the deadly COVID-19 in Bangladesh. AKM Kamrul Ahsan, Public Relations Officer at Bangladesh Police headquarters, said on Sunday that 16 of the personnel have died from the disease. “Out of these, 16 police personnel died of the infection,’’ Ahsan said, adding that a civilian, working with the law enforcement agency, also died due to COVID-19. Among the infected policemen,...

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Presidency: IPOB Using Christianity to Wage War Against Nigeria

NewsNigeriaReligionPresidency: IPOB Using Christianity to Wage War Against Nigeria

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

The Presidency on Sunday raised alarm over the misleading campaign spearheaded by the so-called Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), using false allegations of persecution of Christians against the Nigerian State. Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja, said that the Federal Government had since uncovered two interconnected campaigns being run concurrently by the IPOB in that regard. According to him, both are using the...

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Nigeria seizes luxury private jet linked to OPL245 money laundering in Montreal

NewsNigeriaWorld NewsNigeria seizes luxury private jet linked to OPL245 money laundering in Montreal

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

By Lionel Faull & Margot Gibbs  Nigeria has tracked down and grounded the luxury private jet purchased by its former oil minister Dan Etete with some of the alleged proceeds of the notorious $1.3 billion OPL245 oil deal. Asset recovery lawyers acting for the Nigerian government swooped last week after the Bombardier 6000 jet, tail number M-MYNA (main photo), touched down at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport in Canada on Friday evening (29 May). It had just flown from...

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