FG begins 2020 Systematic Maintenance of all Lagos Bridges, Drains Evacuation

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaFG begins 2020 Systematic Maintenance of all Lagos Bridges, Drains Evacuation

PilotnewsMay 31, 2020

The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Kayode Popoola, on Sunday said the  government had begun a “systematic maintenance of all bridges in Lagos’’ to ensure smooth rides and safety. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone that government had a schedule to fix all bridges in Lagos State in batches this year as funds were made available. “We have plans for maintenance of all bridges in Lagos state this year,...

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50 Journalists Lose Job to Robots at Microsoft

JobsTechnologyUnited States50 Journalists Lose Job to Robots at Microsoft

PilotnewsMay 31, 2020

About 50 journalists working with Microsoft are set to lose their jobs, as the American multinational tech giant reportedly moves to replace them with robots. According to local media reports, those affected are contract employees working as curators for the company’s news website, MSN. They perform functions such as selection of stories, headlines, pictures and other contents from news organisations for the MSN site. The Seattle Times quoted unidentified insiders as saying the company has...

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Trump Eyes Mars as U.S. Launches First Human Space flight in 9 years

NewsTechnologyUnited StatesWorldTrump Eyes Mars as U.S. Launches First Human Space flight in 9 years

PilotnewsMay 31, 2020

The U.S. President, Donald Trump, says American astronauts would return to the moon by 2024. Speaking after the successful launched of the country’s first human spaceflight in nine years, Trump said the aim was to “establish a permanent presence in space and a launching pad to Mars’’. “The first woman on the Moon will be an American woman and the first nation to land on Mars will be the United States of America. “Space travel...

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Abducted Nasarawa CAN Chairman Regains Freedom

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAbducted Nasarawa CAN Chairman Regains Freedom

PilotnewsMay 31, 2020

The Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Nasarawa state chapter, Bishop Joseph Masin, who was abducted by gunmen on Thursday in Lafia has regained his freedom. Mr Bola Longe, Commissioner of Police (CP) in the state confirmed the release of the CAN chairman to newsmen on Sunday in Lafia. Longe said that four suspects have been arrested in connection with the abduction and that investigation was ongoing to arrest all those involved. He, however, denied...

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Nigeria Records 553 Coronavirus Cases, Highest Daily Figure – NCDC

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNigeria Records 553 Coronavirus Cases, Highest Daily Figure – NCDC

PilotnewsMay 31, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday announced the highest daily figure of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria, with 553 new infections recorded. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 9, 855. The NCDC, on its official twitter handle said that as of May 30, 12 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that 2,856 patients have been treated and discharged. The NCDC data showed...

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Tinubu Not My Man, El-Rufai Says as He Greets Aregbesola

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu Not My Man, El-Rufai Says as He Greets Aregbesola

PilotnewsMay 31, 2020

The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has added a fresh twist to the silence between him and the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. At a Webinar in commemoration of the 63rd birthday of the Minister of Interior and former Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, El-Rufai says Aregbesola remains his man anytime any day but that Tinubu is not his man. According to Malam El-Rufai, this is due to...

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COVID-19: Enugu Govt. Decontaminates Ogbete Main Market

CoronavirusEnvironmentNigeriaCOVID-19: Enugu Govt. Decontaminates Ogbete Main Market

PilotnewsMay 31, 2020

The Enugu State Fire Service has commenced the decontamination and fumigation of Ogbete Main Market, Enugu, against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing newsmen during the exercise on Saturday, the state’s Chief Fire Officer, Mr. Okwudiri Ohaa, said that the exercise would last until Sunday. It would be recalled that the state fire service carried out the first phase of the exercise in the market on April 1, shortly after the market was shut...

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Buhari loses nephew Ibrahim Dauda

NewsNigeriaBuhari loses nephew Ibrahim Dauda

PilotnewsMay 31, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew Alhaji Ibrahim Dauda is dead. Dauda died in Daura, Katsina State, following a prolonged illness. In a condolence message by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Saturday, Buhari said the death has robbed the family and the Daura community of one of its finest gentlemen. “I am deeply touched and devastated by the passing of yet another family member, a man who had...

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Resident Doctors Issue 14-day Strike Notice to FG

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaResident Doctors Issue 14-day Strike Notice to FG

PilotnewsMay 31, 2020

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Saturday said its members would proceed on total and indefinite strike if the Federal Government failed to address their demands within 14 days. The Association stated this in a communique issued at the end of its virtual 40th Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) and Scientific Conference. The communique signed by NARD National President, Dr Sokomba Aliyu and Publicity Secretary,  Dr  Egbogu Stanley was made available to the News...

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COVID-19: 4-Month-Old Child Discharged in Kaduna

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: 4-Month-Old Child Discharged in Kaduna

PilotnewsMay 30, 2020

The Kaduna State Government on Saturday disclosed that the four-month-old child that tested positive to COVID-19 has been discharged. The government, however, said there are still 76 active cases in the state as at Friday. In an update by the Commissioner of Health, Dr Amina Mohammed-Baloni, out of the 232 cases reported, 149 have been discharged, while seven deaths have been recorded. She said that the state had tested almost 2, 000 samples, warning  that...

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