US-based Nigerian Medical Expert Invents COVID-19 Infected Lungs Detector

HealthScience & TechnologyUS-based Nigerian Medical Expert Invents COVID-19 Infected Lungs Detector

PilotnewsJune 29, 2020

Dr Samson Arigbamu, a Nigerian medical expert based in the U.S., says he has invented a stethoscope equipped with components capable of identifying adventitious lungs such as COVID-19 infected lungs immediately. Arigbamu told newsmen on Sunday in Ibadan that the stethoscope was in production at prototype and optimisation stage. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Arigbamu had lived in the U.S for 22 years and was currently the Director of Nursing at Future...

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Man Dies as Truck Runs Over Tricycle in Anambra

NewsTravelMan Dies as Truck Runs Over Tricycle in Anambra

PilotnewsJune 28, 2020

The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra, Mr Andrew Kumapayi, on Sunday, confirmed the death of a middle-aged man, who died in a road crash at Zik Roundabout on the Onitsha-Awka expressway. Kumapayi, who confirmed the development in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka, said that the crash involved a truck driver, who ran over a tricycle. He said that the accident occurred at about...

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Rolling Stones Threaten to Sue Trump Over Using their Songs

EntertainmentMusicRolling Stones Threaten to Sue Trump Over Using their Songs

PilotnewsJune 28, 2020

LONDON  — The Rolling Stones are threatening President Donald Trump with legal action for using their songs at his rallies despite cease-and-desist directives. The Stones said in a statement Sunday that their legal team is working with music rights organization BMI to stop use of their material in Trump’s reelection campaign. “The BMI have notified the Trump campaign on behalf of the Stones that the unauthorized use of their songs will constitute a breach of...

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LifestyleNewsHushpuppi’s arrest may unleash shocking revelations ―Nigerian elites are in panic mode

PilotnewsJune 28, 2020

■  “Phone lines have been busy and a few big shots in your country are in the panic mode now because here in UAE, we don’t play when it comes to shit like this” His arrest was a surprise and made global news. So intense that news sites, blogs, social media threads and gossip tabloids went agog with photos and story-versions of his extravagant lifestyle. Yet, somehow, it was expected because the world knew what...

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TV show ‘The Simpsons’ Ditches Using White Voices for Characters of Colour

EntertainmentNewsTV show ‘The Simpsons’ Ditches Using White Voices for Characters of Colour

PilotnewsJune 28, 2020

Animated TV comedy “The Simpsons” is ending the use of white actors to voice characters of colour, producers said on Friday. “Moving forward, ‘The Simpsons’ will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters,” they said in a brief statement. Also, United States Minneapolis city council advances plan to dismantle police department after Floyd’s death. The statement did not elaborate but the move follows years of public pressure about the Fox television show’s Indian convenience store character Apu, who...

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BREAKING: Boeing 737 MAX Certification Flight Tests to Begin on Monday – Sources

BusinessTravelBREAKING: Boeing 737 MAX Certification Flight Tests to Begin on Monday – Sources

PilotnewsJune 28, 2020

Pilots and test crew members from the United States Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing Co (BA.N) are slated to begin a three-day certification test campaign for the 737 MAX on Monday, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The test is a pivotal moment in Boeing’s worst-ever corporate crisis, long since compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic that has slashed air travel and jet demand. Also, FAAN holds dry run airport simulation exercise at Lagos, Abuja airports. The grounding of the fast-selling 737 MAX in...

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Ethiopian Monk Said to be 114 Years Old Survives Coronavirus

WellnessWorld NewsEthiopian Monk Said to be 114 Years Old Survives Coronavirus

PilotnewsJune 27, 2020

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — An Ethiopian Orthodox monk whose family says he is 114 years old has survived the coronavirus. Tilahun Woldemichael was discharged from a hospital on Thursday after almost three weeks. He received oxygen and dexamethasone, a cheap and widely available steroid that researchers in England have said reduced deaths by up to one third in severely ill hospitalized patients. Ethiopia’s health minister has said the ministry recommends the emergency use of the...

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FAAN Holds Dry Run Airport Simulation Exercise at Lagos, Abuja Airports

NewsTravelFAAN Holds Dry Run Airport Simulation Exercise at Lagos, Abuja Airports

PilotnewsJune 27, 2020

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has held dry run simulation exercises at domestic terminals of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, the General Manager, Corporate Communications, FAAN, confirmed the development in a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday. Yakubu said the exercise, which was aimed at assessing the readiness of the airports for reopening post-COVID-19 was witnessed by the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika....

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Re-issued: Abuja airport 90% Complete, Ready to Resume Operations, Says Minister

CoronavirusNigeriaTravelRe-issued: Abuja airport 90% Complete, Ready to Resume Operations, Says Minister

PilotnewsJune 27, 2020

The Minister of Aviation, Sen Hadi Siriki, on Saturday, said the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja, is 90 per cent completed and ready to reopen for business with strict compliance to COVID-19 protocols. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) observed that the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport was undergoing necessary preparation at the time of filling this report with measures being put in place to contain the spread of the virus. NAN observed that provisions were made for...

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Watch Out for ‘Ikorodu Bois’: When Little Means More

EntertainmentNewsWatch Out for ‘Ikorodu Bois’: When Little Means More

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)June 27, 2020

Before the Ikorodu Bois started getting attention and admiration from big music and movie stars in Hollywood, a quick google search of Ikorodu – a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria – would return search results which would include a poorly developed town and crime-prone. But that’s one side of the story. The other side of the story of the bustling Ikorodu town is the emerging cultural and entertainment phenomena known as the Ikorodu Bois. Since 2019,...

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