Turkey to Host Champions League Final in August, Resume Leagues on June 12

SportsWorldTurkey to Host Champions League Final in August, Resume Leagues on June 12

PilotnewsMay 6, 2020

Turkey plans to host the Champions League final in late August, the head of its football federation said on Wednesday. Turkey will also resume domestic soccer leagues without fans on June 12 after a three-month suspension caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Two months ago European soccer’s governing body UEFA had indefinitely postponed the Champions League showpiece, which had been scheduled to be played in Istanbul on May 30. Turkish Football Federation (TFF) chairman Nihat Ozdemir...

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Nigerian Oil Bid Rounds, Upstream Projects Delayed Due to Price Crash – officials

BusinessNewsNigeriaNigerian Oil Bid Rounds, Upstream Projects Delayed Due to Price Crash – officials

PilotnewsMay 6, 2020

LAGOS  – Nigeria will not hold bidding rounds for major oilfields until crude prices recover, and some upstream projects will be completed much later than originally planned, officials said in a web conference on Tuesday. Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer, is grappling with a significant drop in oil prices and a collapse in global fuel demand caused by lockdown measures aimed at containing the new coronavirus. The delay in some licensing rounds cut the country’s...

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JUST IN: Trump Says Coronavirus Task Force to Work ‘Indefinitely,’ Shift Focus

CoronavirusNewsUnited StatesJUST IN: Trump Says Coronavirus Task Force to Work ‘Indefinitely,’ Shift Focus

PilotnewsMay 6, 2020

WASHINGTON  – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his White House coronavirus task force would remain in place but with a focus on medical treatments and easing restrictions on businesses and social life and perhaps with different advisers. On Tuesday, Trump had said he planned to wind down the task force and replace it with “something in a different form” as the country shifts into a new phase focusing on the aftermath of the...

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Over 90,000 health Workers Infected With COVID-19 Worldwide: Nurses Group

CoronavirusFoodWorld NewsOver 90,000 health Workers Infected With COVID-19 Worldwide: Nurses Group

PilotnewsMay 6, 2020

At least 90,000 health-care workers worldwide are believed to have been infected with COVID-19, and possibly twice that, amid reports of continuing shortages of protective equipment, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) said on Wednesday. The disease has killed more than 260 nurses, it said in a statement, urging authorities to keep more accurate records to help prevent the virus from spreading among staff and patients. The Geneva-based association said a month ago that 100...

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UN Chief Says People With Disabilities Hard Hit in Terms of COVID-19 Deaths

PeopleWellnessWorld NewsUN Chief Says People With Disabilities Hard Hit in Terms of COVID-19 Deaths

PilotnewsMay 6, 2020

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday said the world’s 1 billion people with disabilities are among the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic in terms of fatalities. “The share of Covid-19-related deaths in care homes – where older people with disabilities are overrepresented – ranges from 19 per cent to an astonishing 72 per cent,” he said in a video message. Guterres highlighted that persons with disabilities face a lack of accessible public health...

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40m People Face ‘Desperate Food Shortages’ in W/Africa — WFP

AfricaFoodWorld News40m People Face ‘Desperate Food Shortages’ in W/Africa — WFP

PilotnewsMay 6, 2020

The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that no fewer than 40 million people across West Africa face “desperate food shortages in coming months”. Its spokesperson, Ms Elisabeth Byrs, gave the warning during a virtual news briefing. Byrs said restrictions imposed by countries to curb the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were adding to people’s vulnerability to hunger. She stated that populations displaced by armed conflict, and those that had endured climate change emergencies...

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President Buhari Approves 5 Accounts for COVID-19 Donations

CoronavirusMoneyNigeriaPoliticsPresident Buhari Approves 5 Accounts for COVID-19 Donations

PilotnewsMay 6, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the opening of five COVID-19 Donor Accounts which form part of the existing Treasury Single Account (TSA) arrangement in five commercial banks. Mr. Henshaw Ogubike, Director Information, and Press, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, made this known in a statement in Abuja. Ogubike disclosed that the approved banks were Zenith Bank, Access Bank, Guarantee Trust Bank, UBA, and First Bank. He explained that the framework covered all...

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COVID-19: NBA Distributes Palliatives to 250 Members in Kaduna State

CoronavirusNigeriaPhilanthropyCOVID-19: NBA Distributes Palliatives to 250 Members in Kaduna State

PilotnewsMay 6, 2020

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Kaduna State Chapter, has distributed food items to over 250 members as palliatives to cushion the effect of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown in the state. The Chairman of the state chapter, Samson Audu, made this known in interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Wednesday, He noted that the current curfew had brought untold hardship on some of their members, especially the junior ones who relied on only...

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More Serie A Teams Training Amid Suggestions of Neutral Venues

NewsSportsWorldMore Serie A Teams Training Amid Suggestions of Neutral Venues

PilotnewsMay 6, 2020

Players at Serie A champions Juventus were among those who returned to training following the coronavirus stoppage on Tuesday amid suggestions that matches could be played at neutral venues if the league restarts. Some players were filmed and photographed arriving for individual training sessions including midfielder Aaron Ramsey, defender Daniele Rugani — one of three Juventus players to have tested positive for COVID-19 in March — and captain Leonardo Bonucci. Bonucci was pictured driving a...

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Top German Official Says Second, Third Infection Waves Expected

CoronavirusNewsWorld NewsTop German Official Says Second, Third Infection Waves Expected

PilotnewsMay 6, 2020

Germany’s top disease control official, Lothar Wieler warned on Tuesday that second and third waves of novel coronavirus infections could be on the horizon. Wieler, who is head of the Robert Koch Institute, a government agency, disclosed this to reporters in Berlin. “This is a pandemic. And in a pandemic, this virus will cause disease until 60 to 70 percent of the population is infected,” he said. A second wave will come “with great certainty,”...

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