COVID-19: Katsina Govt. Shuts Down Emir of Daura’s Palace

CoronavirusLifestyleNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Katsina Govt. Shuts Down Emir of Daura’s Palace

PilotnewsMay 5, 2020

The Katsina State Government has shut down the palace of the Emir of Daura as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. Gov. Aminu Masari, who made the disclosure in Katsina while giving an update on the COVID-19 situation in the state, said there was no ulterior motive to the decision to quarantine the palace. “Palace is a place where people visit all the time, we take this decision to contain the spread...

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COVID-19: Video Conferencing App Zoom Tops Download Charts in February and March: Report

BusinessCoronavirusTechnologyCOVID-19: Video Conferencing App Zoom Tops Download Charts in February and March: Report

PilotnewsMay 5, 2020

With more and more people working from home due the novel coronavirus pandemic, video conferencing tool Zoom Cloud Meetings topped download charts globally throughout February and March, according to data from app analytics platform App Annie. Zoom offers video and screen sharing for up to 100 people. With increased demand for collaboration tools amid COVID-19 shutdowns, Google has opened up its premium paid features of Hangouts Meet for free, ZOOM is offering K-12 students free access and...

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COVID-19: Clinical Tests Begin for German-U.S. Coronavirus Vaccine

CoronavirusWorld NewsCOVID-19: Clinical Tests Begin for German-U.S. Coronavirus Vaccine

PilotnewsMay 5, 2020

A German-U.S. coronavirus vaccine has been administered to human test subjects in the U.S., the companies involved reported on Tuesday. After preliminary tests in Germany, Biontech of Mainz and U.S.-based Pfizer are advancing the clinical trial of BNT162, an mRNA vaccine, in the U.S. As many as 360 healthy volunteers will be vaccinated in U.S. study — initially only with test subjects between ages 18 and 55 but later also with older participants. The next...

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Reuters Wins Pulitzer for Photography; Alaska Newspaper Takes Public Service Award

Press * MediaUnited StatesReuters Wins Pulitzer for Photography; Alaska Newspaper Takes Public Service Award

PilotnewsMay 5, 2020

The Anchorage Daily News won the Pulitzer Prize for public service journalism in collaboration with the investigative site ProPublica, while the photography staff of Reuters won the breaking news photography award for documenting last year’s violent protests in Hong Kong. The Pulitzer Prizes, the most prestigious awards in American journalism, have been handed out since 1917, when newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer established them in his will. Monday’s announcement had been postponed for two weeks because some journalists...

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COVID-19 Cases in Africa Rise to 44,000 – WHO

AfricaCoronavirusNewsCOVID-19 Cases in Africa Rise to 44,000 – WHO

PilotnewsMay 5, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the number of reported COVID-19 cases in the WHO African Region has increased to over 44,000. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, gave the update on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Monday. “There are over 44,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with more than 1,700 associated deaths,” it said. The figures on the dashboard showed that South Africa, Algeria and Nigeria had...

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COVID-19: 40 Countries Pledge €7.4bn for Vaccine Research, Dev’t – WHO

CoronavirusWorld NewsCOVID-19: 40 Countries Pledge €7.4bn for Vaccine Research, Dev’t – WHO

PilotnewsMay 5, 2020

Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO), says leaders from 40 countries have pledged to support research and development for vaccine, diagnostics and therapeutics with 7.4 billion euros. Ghebreyesus disclosed this at a news conference on Monday in Geneva, explaining that the fund would be used to carry out activities for COVID -19 research and development. In a speech posted on the WHO website, Ghebreyesus was quoted as saying: “ACT Accelerator, to...

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COVID-19: BUA group Donates 5 Ambulances, 20 Hilux Vehicles to Kano Govt.

CoronavirusNigeriaPhilanthropyCOVID-19: BUA group Donates 5 Ambulances, 20 Hilux Vehicles to Kano Govt.

PilotnewsMay 5, 2020

The Chairman of BUA Foundation, Alhaji Abdussamad Rabi’u, on Monday donated five ambulances and 20 Hillux Vans to the Kano Government as his contribution to the containment of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. Alhaji Abdulmasad, who is also the Chairman of the BUA Group, was represented by a former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr Aliyu Hong. Hong who presented the cars to Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje at Government House in...

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Sokoto Govt. Announces Death of Former Governor, Nadama

NewsNigeriaSokoto Govt. Announces Death of Former Governor, Nadama

PilotnewsMay 5, 2020

The Sokoto State Government has announced the death of the second civilian governor of the state, Dr. Garba Nadama. According to a statement by the state government, Nadama died at the age of 82 years after an illness of natural cause. The government said that Gov. Aminu Tambuwal had commiserated with the family of the late politician who passed away on Monday. The state government said Tambuwal had expressed shock and sadness over Nadama’s passing....

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