Twitting Rampage: Top Muslim Leaders May Demand Abike Dabiri-Erewa’s Removal

NewsNigeriaTwitting Rampage: Top Muslim Leaders May Demand Abike Dabiri-Erewa’s Removal

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

The very filthy fight between the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Ms. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, and Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, the Minister for Communications and Digital Economy has transcended beyond normalcy. Her twitter outbursts may have angered top Islamic stalwarts close to Aso Rock –now a push for her removal is imminent, WAP reliably gathered. Dabiri-Erewa had accused Dr. Pantami of using gunmen to eject her agency from a previous office space at...

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NAF Renews Loyalty to President Buhari

National SecurityNewsNigeriaNAF Renews Loyalty to President Buhari

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Abubakar Sadiq, has renewed the loyalty and support of the Nigerian Air Force to the Commander-In-Chief of the Nigeria Armed Forces, President Muhammadu Buhari. Sadiq gave the assurance at the Chief of the Air Force Eid-el-Fitr Luncheon organised with troops in the North East on Monday in Yola. Represented by Air Commodore Muhammed Yusuf, Commander 153 Base Services Group, Yola, Sadiq said that the get together was a...

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Oyo COVID-19 Cases Rise to 244 as 4 More Persons Test Positive

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaOyo COVID-19 Cases Rise to 244 as 4 More Persons Test Positive

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday rose to 244 in Oyo State as four persons tested positive for the disease, the latest figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. According to the figures released on Monday night, the four cases in Oyo were among the new 229 recorded in 15 states. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that residents of the state are jittery over the daily increase in the...

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WHO Fear ‘Silent’ Virus Epidemic Unless Africa Prioritises Testing

AfricaCoronavirusNewsWHO Fear ‘Silent’ Virus Epidemic Unless Africa Prioritises Testing

PilotnewsMay 25, 2020

Africa has so far been spared the worst impact of the coronavirus, but World Health Organisation (WHO) is worried the continent could face a “silent epidemic” if its leaders fail to prioritise testing for it. “My first point for Africa, my first concern, is that a lack of testing is leading to a silent epidemic in Africa. “So, we must continue to push leaders to prioritise testing,” WHO Special Envoy Samba Sow, told a news...

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Yobe Int’l Airport to Be Test Landed on May 29 — Gov Buni

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaTravelYobe Int’l Airport to Be Test Landed on May 29 — Gov Buni

PilotnewsMay 25, 2020

Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe on Monday said that the Damaturu International Airport would be tested landed on May 29. Buni disclosed this in Damaturu while hosting the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar. “The Damaturu International Airport will be test-landed on May 29, and we are going to provide Nigeria Air Force (NAF) quarters there as we have already promised. “We are soon commencing on the quarters project and all...

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COVID-19: NAF Produces Ventilators to Support Fight Against Pandemic

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NAF Produces Ventilators to Support Fight Against Pandemic

PilotnewsMay 25, 2020

The Nigerian Airforce (NAF) has produced locally-made ventilators as its contribution to national efforts towards fighting the novel coronavirus disease. The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal (AM) Sadique Abubakar, announced this during Eid-el-Fitri lunch with troops of the Air Component of “Operation Lafiya Dole” at the Airforce Base in Maiduguri on Monday. Abubakar said that the locally-made ventilator was a product of research development programme by the Nigerian Airforce in partnership with Ahmadu...

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NNPC Has 6,621 Staff Strength – Report

NewsNigeriaOil & GasNNPC Has 6,621 Staff Strength – Report

PilotnewsMay 25, 2020

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it currently has 6,621 staff strength both at its headquarters and across all its subsidiaries, division and offices nationwide. The corporation disclosed this in its report of compliance with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative’s (EITI) Open Data requirements, released in Abuja on Monday. The report disclosed that the 6,621 individuals comprised its total staff strength as at April 20, 2020. This meant that the recently employed 1,050 fresh...

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COVID-19: Anambra, Delta Hold Talks to Check Movement on Niger Bridge

NewsCOVID-19: Anambra, Delta Hold Talks to Check Movement on Niger Bridge

PilotnewsMay 25, 2020

The Anambra and Delta Governments are currently holding talks to check the influx of people, seeking to cross the Niger Bridge in defiance of the presidential order restricting inter-state movements. Mr. C-Don Adinuba, Anambra Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Onitsha on Monday. Adinuba was commenting on the barricade built on the bridge on the orders of Gov. Willie Obiano at...

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COVID-19: Kwara Govt Extends Palliatives to Unilorin

CoronavirusEducationNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Kwara Govt Extends Palliatives to Unilorin

PilotnewsMay 25, 2020

The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) says about 643 of its workers had benefited from the COVID-19 palliatives being distributed by the Kwara Government. According to the institution’s bulletin issued on Monday, no fewer than 643 Departmental Staff have received food items donated by the state government as palliatives to cushion the effect of the lockdown occasioned by Coronavirus pandemic. The university said that the food items, which included 200 bags of 5kg rice, 100 bags...

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North Gradually Prepares For Restructuring while South Blows Hot Air

ColumnsNewsOpinionSpecial ReportNorth Gradually Prepares For Restructuring while South Blows Hot Air

PilotnewsMay 25, 2020

While Rome Burns, Emperor Nero Fiddles The Roman Emperor Nero is considered by many religious scholars to be the Antichrist, the beast code marked 666, who ordered the execution of his own mother, persecuted and brutally executed many early Christians (including the apostles Peter and Paul), a group he falsely blamed for the fire that consumed most of Rome in 64 AD. Legend has it that as Nero watched the six-day conflagration, he somberly played...

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