British Death Toll From COVID-19 Surges Past 20,000 Mark

CoronavirusWorld NewsBritish Death Toll From COVID-19 Surges Past 20,000 Mark

PilotnewsApril 25, 2020

The COVID-19 death toll in Britain has surpassed 20,000, according to the most recent information from the Health Ministry. Although experts believe that the worst of this infection wave has passed, the death rate could still rise for a while, as the great number of people already infected either convalesce or die. The new data, released via Twitter on Saturday, showed that 813 people had died in the 24-hour period up to 5 pm (1600...

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Police Arrest Husband Over Wife’s Death in Jigawa

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice Arrest Husband Over Wife’s Death in Jigawa

PilotnewsApril 25, 2020

The police in Jigawa have arrested a 30-year-old man in Ringim Local Government Area of the state over the death of his 17-year-old wife. The Spokesman of the state police command, SP Abdu Jinjiri, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Dutse. He said that the police in the local government area received a report from Kankaleru village on April 21, at about 8 am, that at about 6.30...

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Denial Of Igbo Identity-The Ikwere Were Right

NigeriaOpinionPoliticsDenial Of Igbo Identity-The Ikwere Were Right

PilotnewsApril 25, 20201

In Igbo cosmology of identity definition, a family of criminals does not stand for a family without good persons but a family where the hell criminals predominate and the good ones are unable to act to remedy the bad reputation of the family. This is idiomatically expressed in the Igbo saying: Ofu aka luta mmanu ozuo ora aka onu—“when one finger touches the palm oil it spreads to the rest.” That the Igbo as a...

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COVID-19, Social Distancing and the Typical Nigeria Market

ColumnsCoronavirusNigeriaOpinionCOVID-19, Social Distancing and the Typical Nigeria Market

PilotnewsApril 25, 2020

Precautionary measures outlined by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, and awareness level of the dreadful coronavirus may be compromised by years of unhygienic practices and the state of markets in the nation. A typical market in Nigeria has lock-up stalls built by the government and sold to a few privileged ones while the majority are seen hawking their products which they either carry on their head or wheelbarrows. These markets know no barrier...

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Trump Says U.S. States Will Be Cutting oil Production

NewsWorld NewsTrump Says U.S. States Will Be Cutting oil Production

PilotnewsApril 25, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump says Texas, Oklahoma, and North Dakota are going to cut their oil production, without giving specifics on numbers, amid a glut in energy supplies and shortages of storage that led to massive drops in prices on the market. “They gotta cut,” Trump said, speaking to reporters at the White House. He also said Canada would make cuts. “I want to help that industry,” Trump said, calling himself an “energy person.” He...

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WHO Appoints Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala as COVID-19 Special Envoy

AfricaCoronavirusNewsNigeriaWHO Appoints Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala as COVID-19 Special Envoy

PilotnewsApril 25, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday named former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as a Special Envoy for the newly inaugurated Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator. She is to serve alongside British business executive, Sir Andrew Witty in the same capacity, to mobilise international commitment to the initiative. Director-General of the organisation, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, made the announcement during the launch of the ACT Accelerator — via webinar from Geneva. “I would...

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12 Rangers Killed in Armed Attack in National Park in DRC

AfricaNews12 Rangers Killed in Armed Attack in National Park in DRC

PilotnewsApril 25, 2020

Seventeen people, including 12 rangers from Virunga National Park, died in an armed attack by an unidentified armed group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), local authorities said on Friday. According to a statement by Nzanzu Kasivita Carly, governor of the eastern province of North Kivu where the attack took place, four passengers and a driver were also killed in a jeep burned by the attackers. The attack was also confirmed by the...

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Nigerian, Benin Navies Foil Pirates’ Attack on Portuguese vessel

AfricaNewsNigeriaNigerian, Benin Navies Foil Pirates’ Attack on Portuguese vessel

PilotnewsApril 25, 2020

Eleven crew men onboard a Portuguese flagged container ship, MV TOMMI RITSCHER, have been rescued from a pirate attack by operatives of Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service (NN SBS) and Benin Navy in Beninoius territorial waters. Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, Defence Headquarters Spokesman, said in a statement on Thursday that the pirate attack was foiled under the auspices of ECOWAS Maritime Zone E Naval operation comprising Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Niger Republic Gendarmerie. “The vessel was...

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Mrs Buhari Distributes Medical Items to Support Fight Against COVID-19

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaMrs Buhari Distributes Medical Items to Support Fight Against COVID-19

PilotnewsApril 25, 2020

The First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has donated medical items to support the fight against the spread of the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. A statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja by her Special Assistant on Media, Mr Aliyu Abdullahi, said the first lady was represented by her Senior Special Assistant on Administration and Women Affairs, Dr Hajo Sani, during the distribution ceremony in Abuja. Sani said Mrs Buhari has shown deep concern over...

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COVID-19: NCDC records 114 new Cases, With 855 Active, as Infections Recorded Reach 1,095

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC records 114 new Cases, With 855 Active, as Infections Recorded Reach 1,095

PilotnewsApril 25, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has recorded 114 new cases of the coronavirus, a development that has taken the number of active cases of the virus to 855, and the total number of infections recorded so far to 1,095 as of late Friday. The centre, which disclosed this in its daily tweet, said the country’s COVID-19 cases exceeded 1,000 because of the 114 new cases recorded in nine states of the federation. According...

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