AfricaNewsWorld NewsChina fails to convince anyone videos of Africans being evicted is just a “misunderstanding”
PilotnewsApril 14, 2020
China has spent the last few days trying to manage a damaging story about how local authorities in the city of Guangzhou have been targeting black African migrants for eviction and forced coronavirus testing. The story rapidly went global after numerous videos and images of Africans being evicted, blocked from hotels or even being barred from a local McDonald’s went viral on social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp. Beijing had tried to downplay...
CoronavirusNewsUnited StatesTrump halts US funding for World Health Organization as it conducts coronavirus review
PilotnewsApril 14, 2020
The U.S. will suspend funding to the World Health Organization while it reviews the agency’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump announced. It’s unclear exactly what mechanism Trump intends to use to withhold WHO funding, much of which is appropriated by Congress The U.S. will suspend funding to the World Health Organization while it reviews the agency’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday, saying the international health agency made mistakes that “caused...
CoronavirusEconomyNigeriaFifteen Days of Lockdown: What Nigerians Are Saying.
PilotnewsApril 14, 2020
“When I close now, I will trek from here to Palmgrove. I will trek come, and I will trek go na so so trek trek everyday,” A cold room owner (name withheld) in Lagos narrated her ordeal commuting daily from her residence in Palmgrove to her business in Bariga, Lagos. The Coronavirus lockdown, which went into effect on March 30th in three states, meant a stop to all businesses and offices with exemptions to healthcare,...
CoronavirusNewsOpinionCOVID-19: Why Many Nigerians May Not Survive the Lockdown
PilotnewsApril 14, 2020
Nigeria as a nation in custody has sunk into its sunset with the advent of the Coronavirus, also called COVID-19. This sunset of tragedy is inevitable in Nigeria considering that many Nigerians solely rely on daily incomes. Also, because the number one measure of curbing the COVID-19 is to maintain social distancing. The government, on the other hand, is saddled with the responsibility of ensuring that social distancing is being enforced and adhered to by...
BusinessCoronavirusNigeriaEnugu Govt. Imposes Time limit on Commercial Tricycle Operations
PilotnewsApril 13, 2020
The Enugu State Government has directed commercial tricycle operators in the state, popularly known as `Keke riders’, to limit their operating time between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. daily. The Secretary to the Enugu State Government, Prof. Simon Ortuanya, made this known in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Monday. He said that the directive takes effect from Monday evening, April 13. “The decision was in furtherance...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the bank does not charge any fee on the COVID-19 loan application as claimed in false reports circulated on social media. The CBN’s Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr. Isaac Okorafor said this in a statement in Abuja on Monday. Okorafor explained that procedures for accessing the N50 billion Targeted Credit Facility (TCF) stimulus package for households and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises affected by the pandemic were clearly...
CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19 Cases in Nigeria Rise to 343, as NCDC Confirms 20 fresh Cases
PilotnewsApril 13, 2020
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said that the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country had risen to 343, following 20 confirmed new cases from five states. NCDC, through its verified Twitter account on Monday, said that the 20 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded from Lagos -13, Edo -2, Kano -2, Ogun -2 and Ondo -1. According to NCDC, as at 09:50 p.m on April 13 there are 343 confirmed cases of COVID-19...
CoronavirusLaw & JusticeNigeriaLockdown: Police Impound 23 Vehicles with 281 Passengers in Niger
PilotnewsApril 13, 2020
The Police in Niger says it has impounded 23 vehicles with 281 passengers for flouting the lockdown order aimed at curbing the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. Alhaji Adamu Usman, the state Commissioner of Police and Chairman, Security Committee, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Minna. Usman spoke on the arrest shortly after monitoring the level of compliance with the lockdown in Chanchaga, Bosso and Paikoro ...
Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice Recover 3,249 Arms at Criminal Hideout in Rivers
PilotnewsApril 13, 2020
No fewer than 3,249 arms including ammunition and cartridges have been recovered by the Rivers Police Command at a criminal hideout in a forest at Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mustapha Dandaura, made this known on Monday in Port Harcourt when he presented the recovered arms before journalists, Gov. Nyesom Wike and Service Commanders. Dandaura, who led the governor and service commanders on inspection of the recovered...