DAILY UPDATE: NCDC Records 416 New Cases of COVID-19, Total Infections Hit 10,578

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaDAILY UPDATE: NCDC Records 416 New Cases of COVID-19, Total Infections Hit 10,578

PilotnewsJune 1, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday recorded 416 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 10,578. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the NCDC on its official twitter handle said that 3,122 out of the  10,578 total infections have been discharged, with 299 losing their lives. The agency said that 12 new patients were confirmed dead to the virus in the country on...

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“Justice for George Floyd” by a Traumatized Mother of a Black Man

ColumnsOpinionUnited States“Justice for George Floyd” by a Traumatized Mother of a Black Man

PilotnewsJune 1, 2020

I am the mother of a Black Man (there are many of us), I am traumatized by the death of George Floyd. His mother, just like me, was a mother of a Black Man. I am a traumatized mother of a Black Man and I’m telling you that this isn’t about politics, this is about human rights and as human beings we are better than this, we have to do better than this. Our sons...

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COVID-19: Students Beg FG to Reopen Schools

CoronavirusEducationNigeriaCOVID-19: Students Beg FG to Reopen Schools

PilotnewsMay 31, 2020

A cross-section of students in Kwara have appealed to the Federal Government to reopen schools despite the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The students, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews in Ilorin on Sunday, expressed their frustration for sitting home over a long period. NAN reports that the federal government had in March announced the closure of schools, churches, mosques and events centres as well as banning social...

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COVID-19 : Enugu Community Begins Cash Transfers to Indigent Families

CoronavirusNigeriaPhilanthropyCOVID-19 : Enugu Community Begins Cash Transfers to Indigent Families

PilotnewsMay 31, 2020

The Okpebe Autonomous Community in Nkanu West Local Government Area, Enugu State, has supported no fewer than 200  indigent households in the area with cash palliatives. Mr Charles Ngene, the President General of the community, made the disclosure on Sunday at the inauguration of the first phase of the cash transfers to the beneficiaries. Ngene said that the intervention was to cushion economic hardship arising from the COVID-19 pandemic among vulnerable households in the area....

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Return to Roundtable or Face Consequences, FG Tells Striking ASUU

EducationLabourNewsNigeriaReturn to Roundtable or Face Consequences, FG Tells Striking ASUU

PilotnewsMay 31, 2020

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige says there will be consequences if the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) refuse government’s overture to return to the negotiating table. Ngige disclosed this on Sunday in a statement signed by his media aide, Emmanuel Nzomiwu, in Enugu. The statement said Ngige spoke in his hometown Alor, Anambra, where he donated palliative worth N15 million to vulnerable households to cushion COVID-19 effects. He said that the...

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Tinubu Commiserates With Buhari over Death of Nephew

NewsNigeriaTinubu Commiserates With Buhari over Death of Nephew

PilotnewsMay 31, 2020

Sen. Bola Tinubu, National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday, commiserated with President Muhammadu Buhari over the death of his nephew, Alhaji Ibrahim Dauda. Tinubu, in a condolence message by his media adviser, Tunde Rahman, extended his condolences to the family of Dauda, Gov. Aminu Masari, the Daura community and people of Katsina over the tragic loss. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dauda died in Daura, Katsina State, following a...

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Imo Community Begs for Provision of Basic Amenties

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaImo Community Begs for Provision of Basic Amenties

PilotnewsMay 31, 2020

The people of Umugota Orisheze in Ozuzu community in Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo state, have appealed to Federal and Imo state government to provide them with basic amenities. The people of the community made the appeal on Sunday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) following cry of neglect and abandonment by some residents of the area. NAN reports that the community had no access road, hospital, light, adequate water,...

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Pentecost Sunday: Catholic Priest Urges Nigerians to Pray Against COVID-19

NewsNigeriaRegionsPentecost Sunday: Catholic Priest Urges Nigerians to Pray Against COVID-19

PilotnewsMay 31, 2020

A Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. James Ahanaonu, of the Holy Spirit Parish Onireke, Lagos, on Sunday urged Nigerians to pray for God’s healing of the land against the ravaging coronavirus pandemic. Ahanaonu, an Associate priest, made the call in a virtual Mass celebration in Lagos to mark the 2020 Feast of the Pentecost. He said that there was no better time to request for God’s healing of the land than this period. He noted that...

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BREAKING: PDP Sweeps Benue LG Polls

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBREAKING: PDP Sweeps Benue LG Polls

PilotnewsMay 31, 2020

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the electoral positions contested in the Local Government Council polls held on May 30 in Benue. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the elections were conducted in 23 local government councils across 276 council wards of the state. The elections, which were adjudged by a team of election observers led by Ibrahim Sheka from Kano, as having low turn out, featured five political parties. The five...

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No positive Results in Latest English Premier League Coronavirus Tests

EuropeSportsNo positive Results in Latest English Premier League Coronavirus Tests

PilotnewsMay 31, 2020

The planned June 17 restart of the 2019/2020 English Premier League (EPL) received a further boost on Saturday when the latest batch of novel coronavirus tests produced no positive results. The tests were carried out on Thursday and Friday. “The Premier League can today (Saturday) confirm that on Thursday and Friday, 1,130 players and club staff were tested for COVID-19. Of these, zero have tested positive,” the league said in a statement. In the three...

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