Correctional Service to Establish Shoe, Garment Factories

EconomyNewsNigeriaCorrectional Service to Establish Shoe, Garment Factories

PilotnewsMay 13, 2020

The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has concluded plans to establish shoe, garment and leather factories in Abia and Kano states through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP). Chidi Izuwah, Director General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), said this during the presentation of certificate for the production of shoes, garments and leather factories. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the proposed PPP arrangement was between the NCoS and Erojim Investment Limited (a local company), and its...

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Police in A’ Ibom arrest Medical Doctor, 6 Others Over Alleged Sale of 5-Month-old Baby

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice in A’ Ibom arrest Medical Doctor, 6 Others Over Alleged Sale of 5-Month-old Baby

PilotnewsMay 13, 2020

UYO – The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has arrested a medical doctor and six others over alleged sale of a five-month old baby. The command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Fredrick Nnudam, made the disclosure in a statement on Wednesday in Uyo, Unudam said that the doctor was an employee of one of the teaching hospitals in Calabar. According to him, the arrest of the medical doctor and his alleged accomplices on May 8 followed...

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Post COVID-19: Economist Urges FG to Create Stimulus Fund for Businesses

CoronavirusEconomyNigeriaPost COVID-19: Economist Urges FG to Create Stimulus Fund for Businesses

PilotnewsMay 13, 2020

Mr Mimshach Obioha, an Economist, has called for the establishment of a fund to serve as a post COVID-19 stimulus package for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to revive the economy after the pandemic. Obioha who is the Executive Director, Ventures Platform Foundation (VPF), an enterprise support and development organisation, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that the Federal Government should...

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Northern Governors’ Forum Congratulates Gambari Over Appointment as President’s CoS

NewsNigeriaPeoplePoliticsNorthern Governors’ Forum Congratulates Gambari Over Appointment as President’s CoS

PilotnewsMay 13, 2020

The Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) has congratulated Prof. Ibrahim Gambari on his appointment as the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. The Chairman of the forum and Governor of Plateau, Mr Simon Lalong, in a congratulatory message issued by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham, on Wednesday in Jos, said that the appointment as well- deserved. He described Gambari as an accomplished diplomat and administrator, whose vast experience and qualifications,...

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Nigeria Records 146 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Infections Now 4,787

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNigeria Records 146 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Infections Now 4,787

PilotnewsMay 13, 2020

Nigeria has recorded 146 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total infections to 4,787. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a tweet on Tuesday confirmed the new cases. Of the 146 cases, the centre said 57 were from Lagos, 27 from Kano, 10 in Kwara, nine in Edo, eight in Bauchi, seven in Yobe, and four each in Kebbi and Oyo states. The centre said Katsina and Niger recorded three cases...

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Ethiopia’s Only Ventilator Expert Races to Train Others as Virus Spreads

AfricaBusinessCoronavirusNewsEthiopia’s Only Ventilator Expert Races to Train Others as Virus Spreads

PilotnewsMay 13, 2020

ADDIS ABABA  – As the coronavirus epidemic gains a foothold in Ethiopia, Habtamu Kehali’s skills in operating a ventilator may, for increasing numbers of patients, mean the difference between life and death. As the country’s only respiratory therapist, Kehali is rushing to train others to run the machines used to keep severely ill COVID-19 patients breathing. “We only have few patients who are under intensive (coronavirus) care but if the number is going to increase there is...

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African Nation that Inspired ‘Wakanda’ is Only Country in the Continent to Claim Zero Coronavirus Cases

AfricaCoronavirusFilmAfrican Nation that Inspired ‘Wakanda’ is Only Country in the Continent to Claim Zero Coronavirus Cases

PilotnewsMay 13, 2020

The African nation which became the basis for the Hollywood blockbuster Black Panther is in a miraculous position during the COVID-19 pandemic as the rest of the continent battles the virus. The Kingdom of Lesotho is a small country within the borders of South Africa, with a population of more than 2 million people. As the rest of Africa faces the prospect of the coronavirus pandemic getting worse before it gets any better, Lesotho has...

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Western Media Shows Death Only When it is in Africa

AfricaColumnsOpinionWestern Media Shows Death Only When it is in Africa

PilotnewsMay 12, 2020

Unlike the victims of Ebola, the tragedies of coronavirus victims are demonstrated in numbers. Let us try a little thought experiment. Imagine, if you will, that rather than Europe and North America, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus pandemic was Africa, and the disease was killing many tens of thousands of people there. What images and storylines would be used to tell the story on TV screens and newspaper front pages in the West? Would they...

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Nigeria to Ensure Orderly Foreign Investor Exits After Oil Price Crash

NigeriaOil & GasNigeria to Ensure Orderly Foreign Investor Exits After Oil Price Crash

PilotnewsMay 12, 2020

ABUJA – Nigeria has put in place policies to ensure foreign investors that want to repatriate funds can exit the country in an orderly fashion, the central bank said late on Sunday, without giving any details. Foreign investors have sold Nigerian assets at an accelerated pace since February as lockdowns to curb the coronavirus pandemic have stalled economic activity and triggered a crash in the price of oil, Nigeria’s main export. That has put pressure...

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Former External Affairs Minister, Professor Ibrahim Gambari appointed as Buhari’s new Chief of Staff

NewsNigeriaFormer External Affairs Minister, Professor Ibrahim Gambari appointed as Buhari’s new Chief of Staff

PilotnewsMay 12, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, CFR  is his new chief of staff, it was gathered in a yet-to-be-officially-confirmed memo made available to WAP News. The appointment took political observers by surprise because there were speculations that the new CoS would come within the current cabinet. Hon.  Gambari,  (born November 24, 1944, in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria) is an academic and diplomat who has diligently served various regimes at several capacities. He...

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