Multiple European Countries Take Steps to Relax Coronavirus Rules

CoronavirusWorld NewsMultiple European Countries Take Steps to Relax Coronavirus Rules

PilotnewsMay 4, 2020

Scores of European countries further relaxed coronavirus restrictions on Monday, with experts the world over – and residents of those countries affected – waiting to see if they strike the right balance between safety and openness. We take a look at some of the changes, although this is by no means a comprehensive list. In Austria, some 100,000 final-year students returned to vocational and high-schools for the first time since mid-March. Also on Monday, elderly...

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6 killed As Plane Carrying Medical Supplies Crashes in Somalia 

AfricaNewsTravel6 killed As Plane Carrying Medical Supplies Crashes in Somalia 

PilotnewsMay 4, 2020

Six people, including two pilots, were killed when a plane carrying medical supplies crashed in south-western Somalia on Monday, authorities said. “The cause of the accident is not yet known,” government spokesman Ismael Mukhtar Omar told dpa. The plane, which was carrying medical supplies needed in the fight against the coronavirus, took off from Baidoa airport in the Bay region. It crashed shortly after, near the town of Bardaale where it was meant to land,...

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NCDC Records 245 New Cases of COVID19, as Total Infections Now 2802

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNCDC Records 245 New Cases of COVID19, as Total Infections Now 2802

PilotnewsMay 4, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday recorded 245 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 2802. The NCDC also said that six new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus in the country, bringing the total number of death to 93. The agency on its confirmed twitter handle on Monday night said that the 245 new cases were recorded from 16 states. “76-Lagos, 37-Katsina, 32-Jigawa,...

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Lockdown Relaxation: NIS Begins Issuance of Passports

National SecurityNigeriaTravelLockdown Relaxation: NIS Begins Issuance of Passports

PilotnewsMay 4, 2020

The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr. Muhammad Babandede, has ordered passport offices nationwide to take advantage of the Federal Government phased easing of lockdown to release the processed passport to the applicants. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPEO), Mr. Sunday James, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Federal Government phased and a gradual easing of Lockdown was effective from Monday. NAN...

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Police Impound Over 100 Vehicles for Lockdown Violations in Zamfara

CoronavirusLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaPolice Impound Over 100 Vehicles for Lockdown Violations in Zamfara

PilotnewsMay 4, 2020

The Police Command in Zamfara says it has impounded 101 vehicles and their drivers, prosecuted for violating the restriction of movement order by the state government. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Usman Nagogo, announced this to newsmen in Gusau on Monday. Nagogo said that the offenders were prosecuted at mobile courts recently set up by the state government. “The vehicle owners were fined. “We also directed medical personnel at the points of arrest to fumigate...

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COVID-19: Enugu Residents Appeal to Doctors in ESUTH to Call off Strike

HealthLabourNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Enugu Residents Appeal to Doctors in ESUTH to Call off Strike

PilotnewsMay 4, 2020

A pressure group called Enugu Urban Residents has appealed to resident doctors in Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUTH) to suspend their 11-day-old strike in the interest of human lives. The group’s president, Chief Samuel Okafor, made the appeal while addressing newsmen on the impact of the industrial action on users of the facility. Okafor said that the lingering strike was having its toll on their members who constituted about 90 per cent of health...

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EFCC Arraigns Ex-minister, Turaki Over Alleged Fraud

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNigeriaEFCC Arraigns Ex-minister, Turaki Over Alleged Fraud

PilotnewsMay 4, 2020

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) on Monday arraigned a former Minister of special duties and Inter-governmental affairs, Kabiru Turaki over alleged fraud in a Federal High Court, Abuja. Turaki was arraigned before Justice Inyang Ekwo alongside his former Special Assistant, Sampson Okpetu, and two firms – Samtee Essentials Limited and Pasco Investment Limited – on a 16-count charge. The ex-Minister, according to the EFCC, allegedly used the two companies belonging to his aide,...

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COVID-19: Poultry Farmers Decry Egg Glut

BusinessCoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Poultry Farmers Decry Egg Glut

PilotnewsMay 4, 2020

Poultry farmers in Plateau have decried the rate of egg glut in the state and country at large because of the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Mr Sunday Rogo, the state Vice Chairman of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Jos. He told NAN that poultry farmers were floating the market with eggs without available buyers, hence making the farmers...

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BREAKING: Access Bank Denies Plan to Sack 75% Workforce, Close Branches

EconomyLabourNigeriaBREAKING: Access Bank Denies Plan to Sack 75% Workforce, Close Branches

PilotnewsMay 4, 2020

Access Bank Plc on Monday denied news making rounds that it would sack 75 percent of its workforce and as well close over 300 branches. The bank denied this in a statement signed by Mr. Sunday Ekwochi, its Company Secretary, posted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) website. It said the closure of a bank branch was an action that required the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). According to the bank, it...

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NBS Says 82.9m Nigerians are Poor

NewsNigeriaPovertyNBS Says 82.9m Nigerians are Poor

PilotnewsMay 4, 2020

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says more than 82.9 million Nigerians are poor by national standards. The NBS made this known in its report on Poverty and Inequality in Nigeria 2019, released on Monday. It explained that the figure showed that 40.1 per cent of total population were classified as poor, adding that in other words, an average four out of 10 individuals in Nigeria had real per capita expenditures below N137,430.00 per year....

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