Amnesty International Tells Prison Authorities to Prevent Spread of Covid-19

CoronavirusLaw & JusticeNewsAmnesty International Tells Prison Authorities to Prevent Spread of Covid-19

Beloved John (Staff Writer)April 3, 2020

THE AMNESTY International has called on the prison authorities to intensify it effort to prevent the spread of the COVID–19 pandemic in correctional and detention centres. The call was made on Thursday in a series of tweets which revealed that prisoners and detainees at police and military facilities across Nigeria are at risk of contracting the Covid-19 infection as they are held in overcrowded and unhygienic conditions that can be even more deadly in the...

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Lockdown: Police Arrests 12 Journalists in Adamawa

CoronavirusLaw & JusticeNigeriaLockdown: Police Arrests 12 Journalists in Adamawa

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 3, 2020

No fewer than 12 journalists were arrested by police in Adamawa while sitting at the NUJ Press Centre, Yola waiting for any update on COVID-19 in the state, Mr. Ishaka Donald Dedan the state Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists NUJ, has confirmed. Regretting the violation of NUJ sanctity, Dedan said, “The police stormed the NUJ secretariat at about 6 p.m. and  arrested  12 journalists on assignment because they were supposed to brief the...

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Adamawa COVID-19 Committee Receives N2.5 Million Donations, 2 Mobile Ventilators

CoronavirusNigeriaAdamawa COVID-19 Committee Receives N2.5 Million Donations, 2 Mobile Ventilators

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 3, 2020

The Adamawa State Committee for Containment of COVID-19 has received a donation of N2.5 million cash from Members of the House of Representatives in the state. The lawmakers represented by Kwamoti Laori representing Numan Lamurde and Demsa Federal Constituency said the donation was aimed to support efforts of the government to contain the coronavirus. Similarly, the Committee has also received another N2 million naira from one Musa Garba a Yola based Businessman who has also...

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COVID-19: Lagos Govt Intensifies Disinfection of Parks, Bridges

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Lagos Govt Intensifies Disinfection of Parks, Bridges

PilotnewsApril 2, 2020

The Lagos State Government has intensified the disinfection of major bus stops, parks and railings in the metropolis as part of efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. Mr. Oluwasegun Benson, Vector Control Consultant, Ministry of Environment, said the exercise was to ensure a clean environment and protect the citizenry against contracting the virus. Benson told the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) on Thursday after the disinfection of Ikoyi Link Bridge and Lekki Toll Gate...

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Somali President Pardons 148 Prisoners to Contain Spread of COVID-19

CoronavirusPoliticsWorldSomali President Pardons 148 Prisoners to Contain Spread of COVID-19

PilotnewsApril 2, 2020

Somali President Mohamed Farmajo, on Thursday, pardoned 148 prisoners as part of measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country. Farmajo said the release of the prisoners with petty crimes follows a report submitted to him by the country’s attorney general on the conditions of the prisoners in the wake of COVID-19. The president also directed prison authorities and the Ministry of Health to take adequate measures to prevent health risks for the...

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COVID-19, Threat to Food Security-Experts

CoronavirusFoodNigeriaCOVID-19, Threat to Food Security-Experts

PilotnewsApril 2, 2020

Prof. Veronica Obatolu, the Executive Director, Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, says Covid-19 remains a threat to food security due to the negative effects on production and research. Obatolu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ibadan that the pandemic was raging at a time the country was entering the new cropping season. She said the effects on production would be immediate as manifested in a reduction in supply...

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COVID-19: Return to God in Prayer, Catholic Priest Urges Nigerians

CoronavirusRegionsCOVID-19: Return to God in Prayer, Catholic Priest Urges Nigerians

PilotnewsApril 2, 2020

Very Rev. Fr. Cletus Gotan, the Vicar General of the Catholic Archdiocese of Jos, has urged Nigerians to return to God in prayer to end the spread of Coronavirus in the country. Gotan, a Professor of Education and Provost, College of Education, Gindri, Plateau, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Wednesday. According to him, God decided to allow the pandemic have its way in the...

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COVID-19: PCN tasks pharmacists on Availability, Affordability of Essential Medicines

CoronavirusNigeriaCOVID-19: PCN tasks pharmacists on Availability, Affordability of Essential Medicines

PilotnewsApril 2, 2020

Mr. Elijah Mohammed, Registrar, Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), has appealed to pharmacists to ensure the availability of essential medicines and commodities such as hand sanitisers and face masks at reasonable prices to the general public. Mohammed made the appeal in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday. The registrar commended Nigerian pharmacists on the role so far played toward the control of the COVID-19 pandemic in...

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Nigerians and their Foreign Heroes

CoronavirusOpinionNigerians and their Foreign Heroes

PilotnewsApril 2, 2020

Nigerians have successfully moved from buying foreign gadgets most of which are not produced in Nigeria, goods, foreign household equipment, food, clothes and to just about anything else, many of which are produced in Nigeria and of good quality. For most Nigerians, foreign things are a mark of class and opulence. As of now, Nigerians prefer foreign education from nursery to tertiary level; this is usually blamed on the deplorable quality of education obtainable in...

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Indonesia’s COVID-19 Death Toll Rises to 170, Total Cases to 1,790

CoronavirusWorldIndonesia’s COVID-19 Death Toll Rises to 170, Total Cases to 1,790

PilotnewsApril 2, 2020

The Indonesian government said, on Thursday, the death toll from the coronavirus in the country climbed to 170, the highest in Southeast Asia. At a press conference, the government’s spokesperson for the COVID-19, Achmad Yurianto, said that the number of confirmed cases jumped to 1,790 and 112 patients recovered. Capital city Jakarta, home to some 10 million people, suffers the highest number of deaths totaling 90, followed by West Java – 25, Banten – 14,...

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