Churches Must Comply With Covid-19 Protocols – CAN

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaWellnessChurches Must Comply With Covid-19 Protocols – CAN

Beloved John (Staff Writer)January 20, 2021

The CAN chairman in Oyo state, Apostle Joshua Akinyemiju, has called on all church leaders must continue to ensure their congregation complies with NCDC directives to curb the spread of coronavirus. The State chapter of the association identified that it is in support of the state government’s decision to close down any church that flouts the COVID-19 prevention protocols. The State government had in December 2020, before the Christian cross over service, threatened to shut...

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Group Slams Yahaya Bello Over Claim That COVID-19 Vaccines Are Meant to Kill

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaGroup Slams Yahaya Bello Over Claim That COVID-19 Vaccines Are Meant to Kill

Beloved John (Staff Writer)January 20, 2021

A pro-party body for the All progressive congress, APC mandate defenders has slammed Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state for claiming that the COVID-19 vaccines are meant to kill people. The governor, who once denied the existence of the virus, had told a crowd to reject vaccines because they are meant to kill. “Vaccines are being produced in less than one year of COVID-19. There is no vaccine yet for HIV, malaria, cancer, headache and...

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CBN provides N10bn Intervention Funds to Kano to Revive Industries –Consortium

CoronavirusInvestingNewsNigeriaCBN provides N10bn Intervention Funds to Kano to Revive Industries –Consortium

PilotnewsJanuary 19, 2021

Kano Investment and Diaspora, in partnership with the Foreign Commonwealth Development ((LINKS) and Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) have secured an N10 billion intervention fund from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to revive companies impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking at the sensitization meeting on Kano Turnaround Project, on Monday, in Kano, the Director-General of KanInvest & Diaspora, Hajiya Hama Ali, said the programme, which was designed to revive companies that had been affected...

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COVID-19: NCDC Records 1,617 New Infections, 14 More Deaths in Nigeria

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Records 1,617 New Infections, 14 More Deaths in Nigeria

PilotnewsJanuary 19, 2021

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control recorded 1,617 new cases of the  CoronaVirus Disease (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the country has so far tested 1,172,234  people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded on Feb. 27, 2020 in the country. The public health Institute also reported an additional 14 deaths, bringing the total number of casualties...

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COVID-19: Kano Directs Civil Servants to Stay at Home Until Further Notice

CoronavirusLabourNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Kano Directs Civil Servants to Stay at Home Until Further Notice

PilotnewsJanuary 19, 2021

The Kano state government has directed all civil servants to stay at home from Tuesday, until further notice, following the increase in cases of COVID-19 in the country. The directive is contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Muhammad Garba. The state government also imposed a fresh ban on the activities of viewing and event centres across the state. Garba however, explained that workers on essential services such as healthcare service...

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Biden to Block Trump’s Plan to Lift COVID-19 Travel Restrictions

CoronavirusHealthUnited StatesBiden to Block Trump’s Plan to Lift COVID-19 Travel Restrictions

PilotnewsJanuary 19, 2021

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden plans to quickly extend travel restrictions barring travel by most people who have recently been in much of Europe and Brazil, a spokeswoman for Biden said. President Donald Trump signed an order Monday lifting the restrictions he imposed early last year in response to the pandemic from Jan. 26, after winning support from coronavirus task force members and public health officials. Soon after Trump’s order was made public, Biden spokeswoman Jen...

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Japanese Govt. Says Vaccination Not a Condition for Olympics

CoronavirusSportsWorld NewsJapanese Govt. Says Vaccination Not a Condition for Olympics

PilotnewsJanuary 19, 2021

The Japanese government plans to hold the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021 without making vaccination against COVID-19 a condition for participation. “We are considering comprehensive measures to hold safe and secure games, even without making vaccines a condition,” government spokesman Katsunobu Kato said on Tuesday. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) president, Thomas Bach has already on several occasions ruled out making vaccination compulsory for athletes. The organisers however, are pushing for as many athletes...

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Kano Bans Viewing, Event Centres

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaKano Bans Viewing, Event Centres

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 19, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ Kano state government has announced the imposition of a fresh ban on the activities of viewing and event centres across the state following increasing COVID-19 cases. The state commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, who made the revelation in a statement, said the measure was part of decision at a stakeholders meeting held at the Africa House, Kano on Monday. He said that all civil servants in the state...

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Reopening of Schools in COVID: How ready is the Government?

ColumnsCoronavirusHealthOpinionReopening of Schools in COVID: How ready is the Government?

PilotnewsJanuary 18, 2021

“Schools cannot be shut down forever. Markets cannot be locked up forever and you cannot lock down a country forever .” ―Ebuka Onyekwelu The COVID pandemic has been on the prowl for about a year now, wrecking economies, maiming civilization to the shock and confusion of mankind. Resolute, it is defying science and knowledge; the twin biggest treasures of modernity. The pandemic has continued to take captives on its own terms, even changing its nature...

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VIDEO: Wife of Anambra State Governor, Obiano Takes COVID-19 Vaccine on SM In USA

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaPeopleVIDEO: Wife of Anambra State Governor, Obiano Takes COVID-19 Vaccine on SM In USA

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 18, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz,  Regional Correspondent The First Lady of Anambra State, Chief Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano has reportedly received her first dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine in the United States of America. In a  viral video trending on social media, Mrs. Obiano could be seeing getting the jab, to show Ndi-Anambra and Nigerians it is “safe to take”. Mrs. Obiano joins a growing number of world political leaders getting the jab, as a mark to...

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