COVID-19: CBN, Bankers’ Committee Suspends Retrenchment of Banks’ Staff

CoronavirusEconomyNigeriaCOVID-19: CBN, Bankers’ Committee Suspends Retrenchment of Banks’ Staff

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Bankers’ Committee on Sunday suspended retrenchment or laying-off of any staff of banks, whether full or part time. The CBN Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr Isaac Okorafor made this known in a statement in Abuja. Okorafor explained that the decision was taken to minimise and mitigate the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on families and livelihoods. He said to give effect to this measure, the express approval...

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COVID-19: NCDC Establishes Community Transmission in Abuja, Lagos, Kano

CoronavirusInfrastructureNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Establishes Community Transmission in Abuja, Lagos, Kano

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has established community transmission of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)  in Abuja, Lagos and Kano states. The NCDC Director-General, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, made the disclosure on Channels Television Station in Abuja, on Sunday. He spoke on the backdrop of gradual lockdown ease in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states, billed to start on Monday. Abuja, Lagos and Ogun have been locked down by President Muhammadu Buhari for five...

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Italy’s Virus Deaths Drop to 174 on Eve of Lockdown Easing

CoronavirusNewsWorld NewsItaly’s Virus Deaths Drop to 174 on Eve of Lockdown Easing

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

Italy’s daily COVID-19 death toll fell to the lowest level in nearly two months on Sunday, the eve of the first easing of a strict novel coronavirus lockdown. The death tally rose by 174 to 28,884, the Civil Protection Agency said in its daily bulletin. The last time daily fatalities were below that figure was on March 10, with 168 deaths. March 10 was also the start date of the lockdown. The total number of...

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COVID-19: Taraba Discharges 124 Persons From Quarantine

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Taraba Discharges 124 Persons From Quarantine

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

The Taraba Technical Committee on COVID-19 on Sunday discharged 124 persons quarantined at the state NYSC orientation camp in Barikin Sibre, Jalingo. Dr Innocent Vakkai, Chairman of the Committee and Commissioner for Health, while handing the 124 persons to their various local government Council Chairmen, said they tested negative twice. According to him, 130 people are intercepted at the Taraba boundary and quarantine because they were coming from high risk areas. “Out of the 130...

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COVID-19: Plateau SUBEB Adopts e-Teaching, Learning Methods

CoronavirusEducationNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Plateau SUBEB Adopts e-Teaching, Learning Methods

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

The Plateau State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has adopted alternative methods of teaching and learning for primary school pupils in line with the COVID-19 lockdown in the state. Chairman of the board, Prof. Mathew Sule, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Jos. Sule said the board had begun Television and Radio lessons for pupils in Mathematics, English and phonics, which is transmitted on the Plateau...

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Lockdown: Sports Club Distributes Palliatives to 250 Anambra Residents

CoronavirusNigeriaPhilanthropySportsLockdown: Sports Club Distributes Palliatives to 250 Anambra Residents

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

Anambra Sports Club (ASC) on Sunday in Awka, shared food items to 250 residents of the state with the intention of cushioning the effect of lockdown declared due to Coronavirus pandemic in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the beneficiaries went home with mini bags of rice, tubers of yam and beans. Some officials of the club, including four coaches and a physiotherapist, also got N20, 000 cash empowerment each in...

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COVID-19: Doctors Caution Nigerians on Easing of Lockdown

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Doctors Caution Nigerians on Easing of Lockdown

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) has cautioned Nigerians on the partial lifting of lockdown directives by the Federal Government. Dr Lanre Olosunde, the Chairman of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), gave the advice on Sunday during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin. Olosunde lamented that the partial lifting of lockdown was not the best choice at the moment. NAN reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had announced the gradual...

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Coronavirus: Nigerian Varsities, R esearch Institutes Capable of Developing Vaccine – Immunologist

CoronavirusEducationNigeriaCoronavirus: Nigerian Varsities, R esearch Institutes Capable of Developing Vaccine – Immunologist

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

As the race for a COVID-19 vaccine intensifies, a professor of Immunology, Ganiyu Arinola, says Nigerian universities and research institutes have the capacity to develop a coronavirus vaccine. Arinola, a staff of the Department of Immunology, University of Ibadan, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ibadan against the backdrop of the 2020 World Immunisation Week. NAN reports that the World Immunisation Week celebrated worldwide in the...

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Umahi Confirms 2 New COVID-19 Cases in Ebonyi

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaUmahi Confirms 2 New COVID-19 Cases in Ebonyi

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi has confirmed the fourth and fifth positive cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the state. Umahi disclosed this while giving an update on the COVID-19 situation on Sunday in Abakaliki. He said: “Fourth case is a twenty-two-year-old man, he lives in Ojo in Lagos state. “Just as it is with the third case, he left Lagos on April 26, and entered Ebonyi through Nkalagu border, and from there,...

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Nigeria Records 220 Cases Of COVID-19, Total Infections Low 2,388

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNigeria Records 220 Cases Of COVID-19, Total Infections Low 2,388

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

Nigeria has recorded 220 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the country’s total infections to 2,388. According to a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday, of the new infections, 62 are in Lagos, 52 from the FCT, 31 in Kaduna, and 13 from Sokoto. The NCDC also recorded 17 deaths, bringing the total number to 85. The centre also said 10 new cases were recorded in Kebbi, nine-Yobe,...

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