COVID-19: Task Force Arrests 56 Youths at Surprise Party in Lagos

Law & JusticeNigeriaCOVID-19: Task Force Arrests 56 Youths at Surprise Party in Lagos

PilotnewsApril 30, 2020

The Lagos State Task Force on COVID-19 on Wednesday stormed a surprise party and arrested 56 fun-seeking guests for violating the lockdown order. The surprise party held at 84 Parks and Gardens, Idi Oparun Bus Stop, opposite Abattoir at Abule Egba, area of Lagos, had in attendance as at the time of the enforcement 56 youths. The Joint Task Force comprising the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), Lagos State Safety Commission, RRS and the...

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P&ID Case: Current Circumstances Avoidable if Buhari followed Advice – Jonathan Replies FG

Law & JusticeNigeriaPoliticsP&ID Case: Current Circumstances Avoidable if Buhari followed Advice – Jonathan Replies FG

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)April 29, 2020

Former President Jonathan has responded to a subpoena by the Nigerian Government before a federal court in the United States seeking permission to access the bank account information of himself, his wife, and other government officials over alleged P&ID contract scam. The contract which has become a subject of corruption litigation required Process and Industrial Developments Ltd. (P&ID) to build a gas processing plant and the government to supply it. In a statement, Former President...

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Israel Pledges to Strengthen Bilateral Cooperation With Nigeria

Foreign PolicyNigeriaWorldIsrael Pledges to Strengthen Bilateral Cooperation With Nigeria

PilotnewsApril 29, 2020

The Embassy of Israel in Nigeria has pledged to strengthen the bilateral cooperation shared between Israel and Nigeria. The Deputy Head of Israeli Mission to Nigeria, Mr. Yotam Kreiman, said this in a statement to commemorate the 72nd Independence Anniversary celebration of Israel. He said although the day would be marked indoors against usual traditional gatherings this year due to restrictions in place because of the coronavirus pandemic, it would not deter bilateral relationship. Yotam...

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Cuban Medics Help South Africa in Fight Against Coronavirus

AfricaCoronavirusForeign PolicyCuban Medics Help South Africa in Fight Against Coronavirus

PilotnewsApril 27, 2020

More than 200 Cuban health workers had arrived in South Africa to help in the country’s fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Office of South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, said on Monday. It said that a total of 217 medics, comprising doctors, scientists and other health experts, were to be dispatched across all provinces of South Africa. The African country hit hardest by the new coronavirus, after Ramaphosa asked his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel...

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Lockdown: Court Sentences 21 Persons In Adamawa For Violating Movement Restriction Order

CoronavirusNational SecurityNigeriaLockdown: Court Sentences 21 Persons In Adamawa For Violating Movement Restriction Order

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 27, 2020

A mobile court in Yola, capital of Adamawa State, has convicted 21 persons for violating the movement restriction order put in place by the state government to curtail the spread of Coronavirus. Recalls,governor Ahmadu Fintiri had signed an executive order to back up the lockdown he imposed after the index case of Coronavirus was recorded last Wednesday. A total of about 50 persons were arraigned on Monday out of which 21 were convicted and sentenced to...

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COVID-17: Infected Nigerians in Diaspora to Receive Treatment in Host Countries, 74 in China – FG

CoronavirusForeign PolicyNigeriaCOVID-17: Infected Nigerians in Diaspora to Receive Treatment in Host Countries, 74 in China – FG

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 27, 2020

The Federal Government has said that COVID-19 infected Nigerians in diaspora would not be evacuated to the country. It says the infected persons will receive treatment in their country of residence. This was disclosed by the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ferdinand Nwonye while responding to questions from the journalist in Abuja on Friday. In responding to the planned evacuation of over 2,000 Nigerians abroad, in which some of them have been...

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COVID-19: FG won’t Allow Self-Isolation for Returning Nigerians – Onyeama

CoronavirusForeign PolicyNigeriaCOVID-19: FG won’t Allow Self-Isolation for Returning Nigerians – Onyeama

PilotnewsApril 25, 2020

The Federal Government says it will not accept the request to self-isolate, by Nigerians abroad willing to come back home. “We will not accept the request to self-isolate because it will be difficult to monitor them. That is our position,” Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, said at the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 daily briefing on Friday in Abuja. Onyeama explained that some Nigerians willing to come back home were asking for self-isolation in...

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Group Slams Ebonyi State Governor for ‘Harassing’ Journalists

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaGroup Slams Ebonyi State Governor for ‘Harassing’ Journalists

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 24, 2020

The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) has censured the Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, for proscribing two journalists from the Government House. The governor came under heavy criticism following the ban of two correspondents, The Sun newspaper, Chijioke Agwu, and the Vanguard Newspaper, Peter Okutu, from the State House or any government facility in the state. A statement signed by the CWPPF, the group said the governor’s  war against the media houses...

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WHO Alerts on Cyber-Attacks, Calls for Vigilance

CoronavirusNational SecurityWorld NewsWHO Alerts on Cyber-Attacks, Calls for Vigilance

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 23, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has seen a dramatic increase in the number of cyber attacks directed at its staff members and email scams targeting at the public since the start of COVID-19 pandemic. WHO, in a statement on Thursday said that this week, 450 active WHO email addresses and passwords were leaked online along with thousands belonging to others working on the novel Coronavirus response. “The leaked credentials did not put WHO...

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Pentagon: North Korea’s Kim Appears in ‘Full Control’ of Military

Foreign PolicyPoliticsUnited StatesPentagon: North Korea’s Kim Appears in ‘Full Control’ of Military

PilotnewsApril 22, 2020

The U.S. military believes North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is in “full control” of his country’s military and nuclear capabilities, in spite of reports that he is gravely ill. Pentagon Joint Chiefs Vice Chair Gen. John Hyten said he had no intelligence to “confirm or deny” reports of the leader’s health. “I assume that Kim Jong Un is still in full control of the Korean nuclear forces and Korean military forces,” Hyten told reporters. “I have...

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