LifestyleNewsSportsWorld’s Oldest Ironman Plans to Keep Competing into His 90s

PilotnewsAugust 28, 2020

Hiromu Inada, the world’s oldest Ironman says he hopes to keep competing into his 90s. The 87-year-old Inada already has a certificate on his wall that confirms his status as the world’s oldest Ironman, but the Japanese man is still pounding away on his training bike. In 2018 at the age of 85 years and 328 days, Inada went to Kailua-Kona in Hawaii and set a new mark for the oldest person to complete the...

CONTINUE READING

HealthNewsNURTW, Breakthrough Action Takes COVID-19, Tuberculosis Campaign to Motor Parks

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 25, 2020

The Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in collaboration with a USAID funded project, Breakthrough Action Nigeria, has staged a COVID-19 and tuberculosis awareness campaign at the central motor park, Muda Lawal in Bauchi State. Professor Tajudeen Baruwa, the National President and leaders of  NURTW in Bauchi, said the campaign was to enlighten motorists on how to curb the spread of coronavirus and tuberculosis. Professor Tajudeen said motor parks by their nature usually houses...

CONTINUE READING
Commission for Persons With Disabilities Gets Governing Council

NewsNigeriaWellnessCommission for Persons With Disabilities Gets Governing Council

PilotnewsAugust 24, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the Governing Council of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities as well as the appointment of an Executive Secretary. Presidential aide, Femi Adesina, who confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Monday, said the appointments were in line with the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act , 2019. According to the Act, the commission shall be headed by a part-time Chairman and six members...

CONTINUE READING
Dana Air Increases Flights to Abuja

BusinessNewsTravelDana Air Increases Flights to Abuja

PilotnewsAugust 24, 2020

Dana Air says it will introduce additional flights between Abuja and Lagos and commence Lagos to Owerri, Port Harcourt to Abuja beginning from Aug. 28. Mr Kingsley Ezenwa, the airlines’ Manager, Media and Communications, made this known in a statement in Lagos on Sunday. Ezenwa quoted the airlines’ Accountable Manager, Obi Mbanuzuo as saying the additional flights were due to the feedback from the guests and popular demand for flights at specific times. “The additional...

CONTINUE READING
Breaking News: Lagos Health Commissioner Contracts COVID-19

CoronavirusHealthNewsBreaking News: Lagos Health Commissioner Contracts COVID-19

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 24, 2020

The Commissioner for Health in Lagos, Professor Akin Abayomi has tested positive for COVID-19, the state government disclosed on Monday. Mr. Gbenga Omotosho, the Commissioner for Information in Lagos, said that Mr. Abayomi would continue to discharge his duties while isolating at home. “Subsequent to close contact with persons feeling unwell and testing positive for the COVID-19 infection, the Honorable Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has tested positive for the virus,” Mr. Omotosho said....

CONTINUE READING
Another Starved, Tortured Boy Rescued In Maiduguri, Borno State

NewsNigeriaWellnessAnother Starved, Tortured Boy Rescued In Maiduguri, Borno State

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 23, 2020

As the wave of revelations and operations by human rights groups to rescue victims of abuse away from family members in  Nigeria continued, officials again rescued another starved and tortured boy whose full identity is yet to be ascertained in Maiduguri, Borno state capital. The boy, believed to be 9 years old but not confirmed by his family had been subjected to severe beating, torture, and starvation by his step-mother whose identity is being withheld....

CONTINUE READING
Ganduje, Others Mourns Popular Activist Against Sickle Cell, Shema’u Adam Imam

NewsPeopleWellnessGanduje, Others Mourns Popular Activist Against Sickle Cell, Shema’u Adam Imam

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 23, 2020

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state describes the death of a committed activist against Sickle Cell, Shema’u Adam Imam, as suffocation to the fight against Sickle Cell in the country. Shema’u Adam Imam  was until her death, a level 400 Microbiology student, at Bayero University, Kano and a member of Sickle Cell Trust Fund. Recalls that  Shema’u Adam Imam died on Friday and was buried on Saturday in Kano. Ganduje said, “As a level...

CONTINUE READING
Borno Govt. Distributes Relief Materials to 3,000 Jere LG Community Residents

FoodLocal GovernmentNewsBorno Govt. Distributes Relief Materials to 3,000 Jere LG Community Residents

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 23, 2020

The Borno Government has distributed assorted food items to 3,000 people in Dusuman community in Jere Local Government Area of the state to cushion the effect of economic hardship. The Chairperson of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Hajiya Yabawa Kolo, who supervised the distribution in Maiduguri, said it was the government’s continued determination at alleviating the plights of the people across the state. Kolo, who doubles as the Secretary of the Palliative Response Committee,...

CONTINUE READING
COVID-19: Cinema Industry Has Lost N6bn — Association

BusinessEntertainmentFilmNewsCOVID-19: Cinema Industry Has Lost N6bn — Association

PilotnewsAugust 22, 2020

The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) on Friday said it had lost over N6billion in the course of the lockdown caused by the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Patrick Lee, the Chairman of the Association, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He said that since the lockdown in March, the industry kept losing N1billion on a monthly basis rendering most of the staff jobless. “We are appealing...

CONTINUE READING
Int’l Flight Resumption: Nigeria to Apply Principle of Reciprocity — Sirika

BusinessNewsTravelInt’l Flight Resumption: Nigeria to Apply Principle of Reciprocity — Sirika

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

As Nigeria prepares to resume international flights, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, says the country will apply the principle of reciprocity. Speaking at the Presidential Task Force  (PTF) on COVID-19 daily briefing on Thursday in Abuja, the minister explained that this principle meant carriers from all countries that banned flights from Nigeria would also not be allowed to fly into Nigeria. Sirika was represented at the briefing by the Director-General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation...

CONTINUE READING

Newer Posts

Older Posts

WP2Social Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com