DAILY UPDATES: Nigeria Records 276 New COVID-19 Cases, Total now 8,344

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaDAILY UPDATES: Nigeria Records 276 New COVID-19 Cases, Total now 8,344

PilotnewsMay 27, 2020

Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 276 new cases of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in the country, bringing the total to 8,344. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official twitter handle, said that as at May 26, 16 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. It explained that most of the fatalities recorded from COVID-19 were cases with other underlying illnesses known as co-morbidities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the health agency in...

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U.S. Researchers Build ‘Biobank’ of Coronavirus Patients’ Blood

CoronavirusNewsUnited StatesU.S. Researchers Build ‘Biobank’ of Coronavirus Patients’ Blood

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

Blood and other biological specimens from COVID-19 patients treated in Seattle area hospitals are helping scientists build a massive “biobank” to examine the virus’s long-term impacts on the human body. The biobank is to help scientists examine why the virus affects some people more severely than others. Disease doctors and researchers hope to use what they learn from the data to help figure out what drugs and therapies are most effective in treating those sick with COVID-19...

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Governors to Meet Over Financial Autonomy for States’ Judiciary, Legislature

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaGovernors to Meet Over Financial Autonomy for States’ Judiciary, Legislature

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum will on Wednesday, meet to discuss the issue of financial autonomy for the states’ judiciary and legislature, code-named the Executive Order 10, 2020. A statement issued by Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, Head, Media, and Public Affairs, NGF, on Tuesday in Abuja indicated that the consultation would be the 9th in the series of teleconference meeting held by the governors since the lockdown, occasioned by the outbreak of COVID-19. President Muhammadu Buhari, on...

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COVID-19: NFVCB Adopts Virtual Film Censorship for Nollywood

EntertainmentFilm & TVNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NFVCB Adopts Virtual Film Censorship for Nollywood

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), regulator of Nigeria’s film industry, popularly known as Nollywood, has adopted virtual platforms as part of film censoring and classification process amidst the Coronavirus(COVID-19) lockdown. Mr Adedayo Thomas, Executive Director, NFVCB, disclosed this in an interview  with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Thomas, the virtual operation is to present opportunity to classify movies and video works produced before the COVID-19 lockdown...

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Chile’s LATAM Airline Files for Bankruptcy After COVID-19 Decimates Sales

BusinessCoronavirusTravelWorldChile’s LATAM Airline Files for Bankruptcy After COVID-19 Decimates Sales

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

Latin America’s biggest airline, the Chile-based LATAM, on Tuesday filed for bankruptcy under the U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy code after the COVID-19 pandemic decimated passenger demand. “The Chapter 11 financial reorganization process is a proven legal framework under which LATAM and affiliates will have the opportunity to resize their operations to the new demand environment and reorganise their balance sheets,” the airline said in a statement. The group attributed its financial difficulties to the novel...

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Buhari Salutes Chief Edwin Clark at 93

LifestyleNewsNigeriaPeopleBuhari Salutes Chief Edwin Clark at 93

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with elder statesman, Niger Delta Leader, and former Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, as he turns 93 years old. The President’s congratulatory message was conveyed in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Tuesday. Adesina quoted the President as giving glory to God for the gift of long life and sound mind bestowed on Chief Clark. President Buhari noted...

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Macron Promises 8bn Euros to Aid Virus-Hit French Car Industry

BusinessEuropeNewsMacron Promises 8bn Euros to Aid Virus-Hit French Car Industry

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday promised more than 8 billion euros (8.8 billion dollars) to boost the country’s automobile industry, hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic. In return, carmakers Renault and PSA – which makes Peugeot, Citroen, DS and Opel cars – had promised to maintain production on French soil and move higher-value activities back from overseas, Macron said. The announcements came days before Renault is due to announce a 2-billion-euro cost-cutting plan. The carmaker...

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Espanyol, Leganes Offer Free 2020-2021 Season Tickets to Fans

EuropeNewsSportsEspanyol, Leganes Offer Free 2020-2021 Season Tickets to Fans

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

Espanyol and Leganes fans, holding current season tickets, will be handed free passes for the entire 2020-2021 campaign to compensate for missing matches due to the shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the two La Liga clubs said on Tuesday. The Spanish top-flight is set to resume in June after being provisionally suspended in March with 11 rounds of matches remaining but, as in Germany’s Bundesliga, fans cannot attend the games in order to prevent...

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France Reports More Than 28,500 Coronavirus Deaths

CoronavirusEuropeNewsFrance Reports More Than 28,500 Coronavirus Deaths

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

France’s cumulative death toll from coronavirus infection rose by 73 or 0.3 per cent to 28,530 on Tuesday. This is a similar rate of increase as the day before despite health authorities having resumed taking into account nursing home data after a four-day interruption. In a statement, the Health Ministry said the number of fatalities was up 83 in hospitals, to 18,195. But the death toll in nursing homes has been revised to 10,335, 10...

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