UPDATE: One Feared dead as Inmates In Kaduna Prison Attempt Jailbreak Over Coronavirus

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaUPDATE: One Feared dead as Inmates In Kaduna Prison Attempt Jailbreak Over Coronavirus

PilotnewsMarch 31, 2020

Violence protest had on Tuesday ensued at Kaduna Correctional Centre (Prison) when inmates attempted a jailbreak over the Coronavirus pandemic in the country. An inside source at the centre confided that the inmates, who fear that they could contract the deadly virus going by the poor ventilation and lack of protective items in the facility, thronged  in large numbers in the morning hours of Tuesday, in an attempt to break free from the correctional centre....

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COVID-19: Jigawa Govt. Suspends Weekly Markets

CoronavirusEconomyNigeriaCOVID-19: Jigawa Govt. Suspends Weekly Markets

PilotnewsMarch 31, 2020

The Jigawa Commissioner for Health, Dr Abba Zakari, on Monday suspended all weekly markets in the state as part of measures to curb the spread of Coronavirus. Zakari, who said this while briefing newsmen on COVID-19 in Dutse, added that such markets were suspended in all the 27 local government areas of the state. According to him, the suspension is part of the precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the global COVID-19 pandemic in...

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COVID-19: Gov. Wike Imposes Dusk to Dawn Curfew

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Gov. Wike Imposes Dusk to Dawn Curfew

PilotnewsMarch 31, 2020

Residents of parts of Port Harcourt were forced off the streets on Tuesday by security personnel as Gov. Nyesom Wike imposed a dusk to dawn curfew in parts of the state. Residents who went out as early as 6am were driven back by security personnel in Obiri-Ikwerre Junction (Ozuoba, Rumualogu) – Choba and from Education Bus Stop – Agip Junction. Some residents in the affected areas told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that they woke up to see that...

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COVID-19: Travel Ban, Movement Restrictions Exacerbates Poverty in Nigeria

CoronavirusEconomyNigeriaCOVID-19: Travel Ban, Movement Restrictions Exacerbates Poverty in Nigeria

Beloved John (Staff Writer)March 31, 2020

The continuous drop of oil price in the global market alongside the rapid rise of COVID-19 Virus would definitely take a heavy toll on the country’s economy. This has been a major source of concern to many Nigerians especially with the absence of reassuring words from the federal government. The outbreak of the virus has resulted in the closure of factories in China, one of Nigeria’s largest trading partners, and a reduction in imports, global...

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COVID-19 is Deadly than Boko Haram Insurgency – Gov Zulum

CoronavirusNational SecurityCOVID-19 is Deadly than Boko Haram Insurgency – Gov Zulum

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)March 31, 2020

Borno state governor Babagana Zulum has decried that the threat posed by the novel COVID-19 pandemics as more deadly than the Boko Haram insurgency. Addressing the state in a broadcast, Zulum said the pandemic was another trying and difficult period in the state which required pragmatic and preventive measures to address. “This time we are faced with a more sinister and more deadly threat as a result of the COVID pandemic, which has been exponentially...

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COVID-19: Court admits cleric, 3 others to N1m Bail Each for Violating Restriction Order in Kaduna

CoronavirusLifestyleCOVID-19: Court admits cleric, 3 others to N1m Bail Each for Violating Restriction Order in Kaduna

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)March 31, 2020

A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibrahim Taiwo road, Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria admitted a cleric, Muhammad Umar, who allegedly violated the restriction order to curb the  Coronavirus (COVID-19), to bail in the sum of N1 million. Kaduna was first to slam curfew in a bid to stem the spread of the dreaded coronavirus ravaging the country. Umar, alongside Yusuf Hamza, Muhammad Ubale, Auwal Shuaibu who all reside at Unguan Kanawa, Kaduna, is charged with...

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Onyeama Denies Testing Positive to COVID-19

CoronavirusNigeriaOnyeama Denies Testing Positive to COVID-19

PilotnewsMarch 30, 2020

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has denied testing positive to Coronavirus (COVID-19). The minister in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Sarah Sanda, described the media report alleging that he has contracted the virus as fabricated and malicious. ”It has come to the attention of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, that a fabricated and malicious report is circulating in social and print media. “Alleging that the two claimed...

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Oil Hits 18-year Low as Lockdowns Diminish Demand

CoronavirusEconomyNigeriaOil Hits 18-year Low as Lockdowns Diminish Demand

PilotnewsMarch 30, 2020

(Reuters/NAN) Crude oil fell sharply on Monday with U.S. crude briefly dropping below 20 dollars and Brent hitting its lowest level in 18 years on heightened fears that the global coronavirus shutdown could last months and demand for fuel could evaporate further. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 1.14 dollars or 5.3 per cent to 20.37 per cent. “The price of oil is now so low that it is becoming unprofitable to many oil...

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Buhari Signs COVID-19 Regulations, 2020

CoronavirusHealthNigeriaBuhari Signs COVID-19 Regulations, 2020

PilotnewsMarch 30, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed the COVID-19 Regulations, 2020, which declared COVID-19 a dangerous infectious disease. The President’s spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina, confirmed the development in a statement in Abuja. He said President Buhari’s action was in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Quarantine Act (CAP Q2 LFN 2004), and all other powers enabling him in that behalf. ”The Regulations, effective March 30, 2020,...

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BREAKING: COVID-19: Lagos Govt. Receives N1bn Donation From UBA

CoronavirusNewsPhilanthropyBREAKING: COVID-19: Lagos Govt. Receives N1bn Donation From UBA

PilotnewsMarch 30, 2020

Lagos State Government says it has received a cheque of N1 billion from the United Bank for Africa (UBA), as part of the bank’s commitment to help curb the spread of Coronavirus. A statement by Gboyega Akosile, Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday said the cheque was presented to the governor, by the Managing Director of the bank, Mr. Kenneth Uzoka on Sunday at Lagos House, Marina. Receiving the cheque, Sanwo-Olu thanked...

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