Traders reject Fresh Lockdown, Task Govt. on Speedy Testing for Coronavirus

BusinessCoronavirusNewsNigeriaTraders reject Fresh Lockdown, Task Govt. on Speedy Testing for Coronavirus

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

Some traders at the Balogun Lagos Trade Fair Complex market on Monday expressed misgivings on the planned fresh lockdown by the Lagos State government to check the spread of coronavirus pandemic. The traders, who expressed relief for the subsisting three days a week trading period instead of total lockdown that was the situation some weeks ago, urged the government to speed-up testing capacity to capture infected persons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos...

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Portrait of a Nigerian COVID-19 Dictator

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNewsNigeriaOpinionPortrait of a Nigerian COVID-19 Dictator

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

The basic psychology of a dictator is entrenched in unrestrained power, fear, and anxiety. Out of anxiety and paranoia, he resorts to extreme vendetta which impedes the process and permeates his ability to make rational decisions. But there is one irony about a dictatorship that people always ignore. Often, dictators are created by those that would become their victims. In Nigeria, such is the case, because the man who currently serves as the Governor of...

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How Nigeria Can Access Post COVID-19 and the New Normal

ColumnsDon OkoloHow Nigeria Can Access Post COVID-19 and the New Normal

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

The fact is, COVID-19 apparently has come to stay, and frankly, there may be no such thing as post-COVID-19 except to the extent that we are prepared to create new reality moving on, notwithstanding. The latest events from South Korea leaves indelible lessons on how post-COVID-19 may likely be created. South Korea is one of the leading lights in the fight against COVID-19 and among the first countries to reopen after swift repression of the...

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COVID-19: 47 Health Workers Infected in Kano

CoronavirusHealthNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: 47 Health Workers Infected in Kano

PilotnewsMay 10, 2020

The Kano State Government has confirmed that some 47 medical workers tested positive to the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease in the state. Dr. Tijjani Husaain, the Coordinator, Kano State Taskforce on COVID-19, made the disclosure at a news conference of the Taskforce on COVID-19, on Sunday in Kano. Hussain said that the health workers were confirmed to had infected the virus in the past weeks, noting that no new case of the virus infection was recorded...

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COVID-19: Nasarawa Govt. Appeals to Health Workers to End Strike

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Nasarawa Govt. Appeals to Health Workers to End Strike

PilotnewsMay 10, 2020

May 10, 2020 (NAN) The Nasarawa State Government has appealed to health and other striking local government workers to return to work to help in the fight against COVID-19. Mr Dogo Shammah, the State Commissioner for Information, made the appeal in Akwanga on Sunday after visiting the border areas between Nasarawa/Plateau and Kaduna States to monitor the level of COVID-19 compliance along the roads. Shammah said that if health workers returned to their places of...

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IPMAN Confirms Purchase of PMS at N108 Per Litre Ex-Depot Price

BusinessOil & GasIPMAN Confirms Purchase of PMS at N108 Per Litre Ex-Depot Price

PilotnewsMay 10, 2020

The President,  Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Mr Chinedu Okoronkwo says its members have started buying Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol at N108 ex-depot price as announced by NNPC. Okoronkwo made this known in an Interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, on Sunday. NAN recalls that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had on May 6, announced a reduction in the ex-depot price of PMS from...

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COVID -19: Umahi Suspends Commissioner, Perm. Sec, Others Over Boundary Security Negligence

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCOVID -19: Umahi Suspends Commissioner, Perm. Sec, Others Over Boundary Security Negligence

PilotnewsMay 10, 2020

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has ordered a one-month working suspension of the state’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief Samuel Okoronkwo, over alleged boundary security compromise and negligence. Umahi who gave the order on Sunday in a statement he personally posted on social media and confirmed by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Uchenna Orji. He said the suspension meant forfeiture of one month’s salary. The governor also ordered a one-month working suspension...

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COVID-19: NCDC Activates Additional 3 Laboratories, Bringing Total Number of Laboratories in Nigeria to 23

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Activates Additional 3 Laboratories, Bringing Total Number of Laboratories in Nigeria to 23

PilotnewsMay 10, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has activated three additional laboratories in the country, bringing the total number of laboratories in Nigeria to 23. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of NCDC, told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), on Sunday in Abuja that it would help to increase the nation’s testing capacity as well as curb the spread of the pandemic. Ihekweazu said that the three additional laboratories were in the. University of Port Harcourt...

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Kenya COVID-19 Cases hit 672 as 23 More Confirmed

AfricaNewsNigeriaKenya COVID-19 Cases hit 672 as 23 More Confirmed

PilotnewsMay 10, 2020

Kenya’s Ministry of Health, on Sunday, confirmed 23 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 672. Rashid Aman, Chief Administrative Secretary for Health, told journalists in Nairobi that the latest cases involving 22 Kenyans and a Burundian who were detected from 1,056 samples that were tested in the last 24 hours. He said 32 patients recovered from the deadly respiratory disease, bringing the total number of those who have been discharged from...

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CACOVID, NCDC to Support Oyo With N350 Million

ConservationEconomyNewsNigeriaCACOVID, NCDC to Support Oyo With N350 Million

PilotnewsMay 10, 2020

The Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) are donating N350 million to support Oyo State to contain the spread of   COVID-19. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan by Mr Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Seyi Makinde. Adisa said that Oyo State Commissioner for Finance, Mr Akinola Ojo, and a member of the COVID-19 Task Force, Prof. Temitope Alonge, disclosed this during...

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