NUJ-FCT Council Begins Distribution of Relief Supplies to Members

CoronavirusNigeriaPhilanthropyNUJ-FCT Council Begins Distribution of Relief Supplies to Members

PilotnewsApril 25, 2020

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT, on Saturday began distribution of various food items to its members as part of efforts to ameliorate the impact of the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. Chairman of the council’s Committee on Covid-19 Intervention and Awareness, Osaretin Osadebamwen said this in a statement in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Emmanuel Ogbeche, Chairman of the council had on April 6 inaugurated the committee with...

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COVID-19: Gov Makinde Orders Civil Servants on GL13 and Above to Resume Work on Monday

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Gov Makinde Orders Civil Servants on GL13 and Above to Resume Work on Monday

PilotnewsApril 25, 2020

Gov Seyi Makinde has directed state civil and public servants on grade level 13 and above to resume at their respective duty posts on Monday, April 27. Makinde gave the directive on Saturday while briefing newsmen the outcome of the State COVID-19 Task Force meeting held at the Government House Agodi in Ibadan. He stated that certain guidelines would be put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, at the secretariat, saying there would...

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COVID 19: NNPC Donates Ambulance, Medical Kits to Kano State

CoronavirusNigeriaPhilanthropyCOVID 19: NNPC Donates Ambulance, Medical Kits to Kano State

PilotnewsApril 25, 2020

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has donated an ambulance and other medical consumables to  Kano State Government to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the state. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva who presented the items to Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje at the Government House on Saturday, said that the gesture would go a long way in curbing the spread of coronavirus in the state. Sylva said apart from the ambulance,...

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COVID-19: Anambra Govt. Eases Lockdown, Reopens Churches, Markets

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Anambra Govt. Eases Lockdown, Reopens Churches, Markets

PilotnewsApril 25, 2020

The Anambra Government has relaxed the lockdown occasioned by COVID-19 in the state, four weeks after it was announced. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lockdown was part of the measures taken by the government to check the spread of Coronavirus in the state. Gov. Willie Obiano, who announced the easing of the lockdown in a broadcast on Saturday,  however, said that all borders of the stated with its neighbours remain closed....

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Nigeria adds 2 molecular laboratories to Test for COVID-19, Bringing Total to 15- NCDC DG Says

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNigeria adds 2 molecular laboratories to Test for COVID-19, Bringing Total to 15- NCDC DG Says

PilotnewsApril 25, 2020

Nigeria has added two new molecular laboratory network to test for Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Abuja. He said the two laboratories are the Usman Danfodio University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto and Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State. Ihekweazu said this brings the total number of laboratories where COVID-19 can be tested in the country...

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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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Lockdown: Thousands of Women Protest in Jos Over Non-Palliative

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaLockdown: Thousands of Women Protest in Jos Over Non-Palliative

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 25, 2020

Thousands of women in Jos, the Plateau capital have staged a protest against the government for not fulfilling its promise of distributing palliatives to cushion the effect of the lockdown. The protesting women are alleging that despite being at the venue of the distribution exercise since yesterday, nothing has come their way and no government official appeared at the venue with relief materials for distribution. Reports say the protesting women blocked Zaria road along with...

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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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NCDC Asks for Nigerians’ Endurance to Allow Lockdown Extension as Cases Hit 1,095

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNCDC Asks for Nigerians’ Endurance to Allow Lockdown Extension as Cases Hit 1,095

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 25, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control had asked Nigerians to endure more and allow the lockdown to be extended. It says it was not yet time to relax the lockdown. This appeal was made through the Director-General of the NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, during a media briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja on Friday. He explained why the lockdown should not be relaxed as there are efforts to contain the coronavirus...

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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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