Nigerian President’s Chief of Staff Dies From Coronavirus

CoronavirusNigeriaPoliticsNigerian President’s Chief of Staff Dies From Coronavirus

PilotnewsApril 17, 2020

The Nigerian president’s chief of staff died on Friday from COVID-19, the presidency said on Saturday, making him the most high profile person in the country to die in the coronavirus outbreak. Abba Kyari had acted as the gatekeeper to 77-year-old President Muhammadu Buhari. After his re-election last year, Buhari ordered ministers to channel all communications through him. Kyari had underlying health problems including diabetes. Reuters reported on March 24 that he had contracted the...

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JUST IN: Kano Co-chairman of COVID-19 Task Force Tested Positive, Deputy Governor, 2 Commissioners, Ganduje Daughter on Self-Isolation

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaJUST IN: Kano Co-chairman of COVID-19 Task Force Tested Positive, Deputy Governor, 2 Commissioners, Ganduje Daughter on Self-Isolation

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 17, 2020

The Co-Chairman, Kano state Taskforce on COVID-19,  and professor of infectious and tropical diseases Abdulrazaq Garba Habib has tested positive for COVID-19. Professor Habib’s positive result was released on Wednesday and had since been admitted at the state isolation centre at Kwanar Dawaki. Reports say that Habib, an epidemiologist,  who is actively involved in rapid response to all the confirmed cases in Kano, contracted the virus during clinical services, a senior member of the taskforce...

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If Covid-19 is Not Beaten in Africa it Will Return to Haunt Us all

AfricaCoronavirusOpinionIf Covid-19 is Not Beaten in Africa it Will Return to Haunt Us all

PilotnewsApril 17, 2020

Only a global victory can end this pandemic, not a temporary rich countries’ win. By Abiy Ahmed The writer is prime minister of Ethiopia and the 2019 Nobel Peace prize laureate There is a major flaw in the strategy to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Advanced economies are unveiling unprecedented economic stimulus packages. African countries, by contrast, lack the wherewithal to make similarly meaningful interventions. Yet if the virus is not defeated in Africa, it will...

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COVID-19: The Mystifying Robbery Attacks and the People’s Vigilante Groups in Ogun and Lagos

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: The Mystifying Robbery Attacks and the People’s Vigilante Groups in Ogun and Lagos

PilotnewsApril 17, 2020

By Bada Yusuf Amoo At this juncture, it is a universal knowledge that the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has swiftly pervaded and remarkably changed the world. As the pandemic remains a foremost health issue, which has claimed the lives of about one hundred and eighty thousand persons globally and counting, the damages are profound and unprecedented. In Africa, the challenges are more severe, considering that many African countries are still battling poverty...

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CoronavirusNewsNigeriaLockdown: Adamawa CP , Warns Residents Against Night Journeys

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 17, 2020

Following border lockdown order imposed to contain the spread of the novel COVID-19 pandemic in Adamawa,  the  State police commissioner, Audu A Madaki has warned residents to henceforth stop night journeys saying that violators of the order will have themselves to blame. CP Madaki,  in a statement by DSP Sulaiman Nguroje the command’s spokesman, particularly warned members of the organized transport sector who continued to breach the existing restriction order by resorting to night travels and...

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COVID-19: Jigawa Traditional Leaders Participate in Boundary Surveillance

CoronavirusCulture & TraditionNigeriaCOVID-19: Jigawa Traditional Leaders Participate in Boundary Surveillance

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 17, 2020

Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa has said, traditional leaders would assist the government in surveillance of state boundaries with Bauchi, Kano, and Katsina that had confirmed cases of the Coronavirus. Badaru made this known after a meeting with traditional leaders and Members of the Council of Ulama (Islamic Clerics), in Dutse. “At the meeting, we agreed that the Emirs would instruct their subjects, district heads, village heads, and ward heads to participate in protecting our...

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COVID-19: ABU Wonder Kid, Dalhatu Produces Portable Ventilator

CoronavirusNigeriaTechnologyCOVID-19: ABU Wonder Kid, Dalhatu Produces Portable Ventilator

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 17, 2020

Amidst fear of uncertainty, Usman Dalhatu, a 200 level student of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, who went viral for producing a locally made ventilator has again made another feat as he transformed his emergency ventilator idea into a portable E-vent automatic ventilator.  Usman released photos of the upgrade on his twitter page. It is a special ultra-modern portable E-vent automatic ventilator he calls Respire-19.  Usman Dalhatu, the 200 level student of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello...

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Double Tragedy: Lassa Fever Kills More than Coronavirus in Nigeria

CoronavirusHealthNigeriaDouble Tragedy: Lassa Fever Kills More than Coronavirus in Nigeria

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 17, 2020

In the wake of novel COVID-19, Coronavirus pandemic across the globe, there is growing concern that the Lassa Fever epidemic is also fast killing in Nigeria, with no or little financial interventions from the public and private sectors. Lassa fever is named after the Nigerian town where it was first identified in 1969. It is an acute viral disease of animal origins with early symptoms similar to malaria and COVID-19. Lassa fever is a viral...

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Oyo Govt. to Start Radio Lessons for Primary School Pupils

CoronavirusEducationNigeriaOyo Govt. to Start Radio Lessons for Primary School Pupils

PilotnewsApril 17, 2020

The Oyo State Government says it is set to start airing lessons in English Language and Mathematics for primary school pupils on radio across the State. Dr. Nureni Adeniran, the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, (SUBEB), said this was in fulfillment of the government’s promise to reduce the negative impact of schools’ closure as a result of the COVID-19 on pupils. Adeniran said these in a statement in Ibadan on Friday, signed...

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UPDATE: COVID-19: Second Patient in Enugu Recovers, Tests Negative

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaUPDATE: COVID-19: Second Patient in Enugu Recovers, Tests Negative

Chris UlasiApril 16, 2020

The second COVID-19 patient in Enugu State has been discharged barely 24 hours after the first patient was released. The Commissioner for Health, Associate Prof Ikechukwu Obi made the disclosure in a statement he issued in Enugu on Thursday. The commissioner said that the patient had recovered and tested negative to the Coronavirus. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state Ministry of Health on Wednesday announced that one patient had been discharged....

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