No Fewer than 11 Trucks Carrying Almajiri Have Been Sent Back in May – Cross River Government

Crime & SecurityLifestyleNewsNigeriaNo Fewer than 11 Trucks Carrying Almajiri Have Been Sent Back in May – Cross River Government

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 21, 2020

The Cross River Government said no fewer than 11 trucks carrying Almajiri have been intercepted and sent back at the Gakem-Benue boundary of the state. The activities were carried out by the state task force in collaboration with Peace Corps Nigeria. This was disclosed on Thursday by the state’s head of the taskforce team at the border, Mr. Omang-Idiege. According to him, the trucks were intercepted and returned to their point of origin. Idiege who...

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COVID-19: FCT Council Enforces Suspension of Motorcycle Operations

BusinessCoronavirusHealthNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: FCT Council Enforces Suspension of Motorcycle Operations

PilotnewsMay 20, 2020

The Kuje Area Council in the FCT, has commenced enforcement of the suspension on all motorcycle operations in the area, aimed at curbing community spread of COVID-19. Mr Abdullahi Sabo, Chairman, Motorcycle Operators Restructuring Committee in Kuje, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. NAN recalls that the council had on May 12, announced the suspension. Sabo said that the development followed the daily rise in confirmed cases...

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Curfew: Lagos Doctors Begin Indefinite Sit-at-Home Wednesday

HealthLabourNewsNigeriaCurfew: Lagos Doctors Begin Indefinite Sit-at-Home Wednesday

PilotnewsMay 20, 2020

The Nigerian Medical Association in Lagos has directed its members to immediately proceed on an indefinite sit-at-home strike starting from 6.00p.m on Wednesday. The association gave the directive in a joint statement signed by its Chairman and Secretary, Dr Saliu Oseni and Dr Ramon Moronkola, respectively in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that to strengthen compliance of the curfew, the police in Lagos on Tuesday mounted road blocks in different parts of...

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Trump Threatens to Pull U.S. Funding to WHO Permanently

HealthWorld NewsTrump Threatens to Pull U.S. Funding to WHO Permanently

PilotnewsMay 19, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to permanently pull funding from the World Health Organisation (WHO) if it does not commit to “major substantive improvements” within 30 days, according to a letter to the WHO chief shared by Trump on Twitter. In a four-page letter to WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Trump set out what he called “repeated missteps” by the organisation. Trump claimed that the WHO shares the responsibility for the large number of...

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Taiwan Protests Exclusion From World Health Assembly

HealthPoliticsWorld NewsTaiwan Protests Exclusion From World Health Assembly

PilotnewsMay 18, 2020

Taiwan is protesting its exclusion from the World Health Organisation’s annual two-day meeting which opened on Monday. Taiwan and dozens of friendly countries have urged the WHO to invite the island nation to the online meeting to discuss its containment of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), which is seen as a success story. “It’s a loss for the WHO that the Taiwan model won’t be able to be shared at such an important meeting,’’ Health and...

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COVID-19: LASG Plans Full Re-Opening of Economy

CoronavirusLifestyleNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: LASG Plans Full Re-Opening of Economy

PilotnewsMay 18, 2020

The Lagos State Government says it is considering full re-opening of the critical sectors of its economy after assessing the readiness of businesses to re-open. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu said this on Sunday after the State’s Security Council meeting, held at the State House, Marina. Sanwo-Olu, however, said that the move to fully re-open the economy would not be pushed in a hurry. He said that in the coming days, the state government would be rolling...

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No Guidelines for Flights Resumption Yet – FAAN

CoronavirusNigeriaTravelNo Guidelines for Flights Resumption Yet – FAAN

PilotnewsMay 16, 2020

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says it is yet to release a post COVID-19 travel guidelines for air travellers. Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, the General Manager, Corporate Affairs, FAAN, said this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday. She said: “Our attention has been drawn to a statement released by a certain Tayo Olu to the effect that the federal government, through FAAN has released a post-COVID-19 travel guideline for air travellers....

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Taraba NECAS Gets 30 Tractors Out of 600 Shares in the Northeast

BusinessFoodNewsNigeriaTaraba NECAS Gets 30 Tractors Out of 600 Shares in the Northeast

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 16, 20201

The North-East Commodity Association (NECAS), in Taraba State, has distributed 30 new tractors for this year’s agriculture to the Association’s 16 LG Chairmen. Chief of Policy Mechanisation, Engr. Sulaiman D. Sulaiman, who disclosed this during distribution exercise in Jalingo, said the tractors would be used for commercial purposes at a subsidizing rate for farmers to ease the misery they face in the state. He said that more than two thousand people, including women and youth,...

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Corona Virus: ‘We Only Build Immune System’

CoronavirusHealthNewsNigeriaCorona Virus: ‘We Only Build Immune System’

Beloved John (Staff Writer)May 16, 2020

The Coordinator in charge of all the isolation and treatment centres in Oyo state, Professor Temitope Alonge has revealed how patients who tested positive to the coronavirus are been treated at the various isolation centres in the state. He revealed this while discharging eleven patients from the State Infectious Disease Centre, Olodo, Ibadan on Friday Alonge, a former Chief Medical Director, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan stated that the medical and healthcare workers only seek...

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Antenatal, Outpatients Visits to Hospitals, Immunization Drop as COVID-19 Spread – FG

HealthNewsNigeriaWellnessAntenatal, Outpatients Visits to Hospitals, Immunization Drop as COVID-19 Spread – FG

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 15, 2020

The Federal Government had said that the outpatients, antenatal visits to hospitals had dropped by 50%. The drop also reflected in the immunization services. This was disclosed by the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire at a press briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Thursday. According to the minister, this is shown in the latest statistic obtained by the FG, the statistics showed that pregnant women and other outpatients visit to hospitals...

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