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Health National Security WorldBREAKING: US President says Medicare Will Cover Telehealth Services for Beneficiaries in Self-Isolation

PilotnewsMarch 17, 2020

Tuesday, March 17, 2020 11:48 AM United States President Trump announced Tuesday that telehealth services will be covered under Medicare so patients can access treatment while in self-isolation. During a Tuesday White House coronavirus press briefing, the president announced that “Medicare patients can now visit any doctor by phone or video conference at no additional cost, including with commonly used services like FaceTime and Skype.” “Never used on a scale like we’re going to...

National Security News NigeriaSix Soldiers Confirmed Dead in Boko Haram Ambush

Beloved John (Staff Writer)March 16, 2020

Six members of the Nigerian soldiers died during a clash with suspected Boko Haram members. The troops ambushed the suspects on Sunday morning in Banki area of Borno State. Military sources confirmed that the attack that led to the death of six solders occurred close to Banki junction. Although their identities are unknown, victims, members of the 151 Task Force battalion, include two sergeants, two lance corporals, and two privates. “We lost six soldiers to...

Health Law & Justice NigeriaZamfara Govt Uncovers 200 Ghost Doctors

PilotnewsMarch 13, 2020

The Zamfara Government on Friday said it has discovered 200 ghost medical doctors from its payroll. The state Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Rabi’u Garba, who disclosed this to newsmen in Gusau, noted that the ghost doctors were uncovered during the ongoing civil servants verification exercise under the State Hospital Service Management Board (HSMB). “When the present administration came in, we had 287 medical doctors in the government’s payroll purported to be working in various General...

Law & Justice News NigeriaDeposed Emir Sanusi Drags IG, DSS, Others to Court Over Alleged Detention

PilotnewsMarch 12, 2020

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the deposed Emir of Nano, on Thursday, dragged the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, Mohammed Adamu; Director-General, Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, to the Federal High Court, Abuja, over his alleged detention. Also joined in a motion ex-parte with suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/357/2020, filed by his team of lawyers led by Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, who is leading the legal team are the Attorney General of Kano State and Attorney General of the Federation,...

Law & Justice Nigeria PoliticsSenate Wants Vice-President and Governors to Lose Immunity if Guilty of Corruption

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 9, 2020

The Senate is seeking to amend a section of the constitution which gives immunity from criminal prosecution to vice-president and governors. The bill wants vice-president and governors to lose their immunity if found guilty of misappropriation of funds and sponsoring thugs to perpetrate violence that cause injury or death. The president, however, is excluded from the bill. Sponsored by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the review of the 1999 constitution, Deputy Senate President,...

Law & Justice News NigeriaFG Set to Crackdown on Former Governors and Ministers Collecting Double Pay and Life Pensions

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 9, 2020

In a bid to enforce a court judgement, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, Attorney General of the Federation has written to the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), requesting the list of ex-governors and ministers that are receiving double pay and life pensions. The letter which was received by SERAP from Mr. Malami, signed on his behalf by Anne C. Akwiwu (Mrs), Director Civil Litigation and Public Law Department, said it wanted the names in order...

National Security News NigeriaBoko Haram: ‘Save Our Husbands from Avoidable Deaths’ – Police Officers’ Wives Tell Government

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 8, 2020

Wives of police officers serving in the northeast have asked the government to redeploy their husbands in order to prevent them from being widows. The call was made in a protest in Jos, where the women, dressed in black attire, protested the killing of their husbands by the insurgents and alleged that no action was carried out by the government. One of the protesters said some of the officers had overstayed in their places of...

National Security News Nigeria5 Corps Members Die in Akwa Ibom

PilotnewsMarch 6, 2020

The Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Akwa Ibom, Mr Julius Amusan, said on Thursday that five corps members serving in the state died during the 2019 Batch “A” service year. Amusan who made the closure during the passing out parade of the corps members in Uyo, said the corps members died in different circumstances. “May I, therefore, humbly request that we observe a minute silence in memory of the late patriots; may their souls...

Law & Justice News NigeriaN1.23bn Fraud: Court Rejects Prof. Maurice Iwu’s Application to be Tried in Abuja

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 6, 2020

The application by the former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Maurice Iwu, seeking the transfer of his N1.23bn fraud trial from Lagos to Abuja has been rejected. Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos dismissed the application on Friday, saying it lacked merit. Giving reasons for dismissing the application, the judge said most of the witnesses by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were in Lagos and that...

National Security NigeriaReps’ Committee Challenges Nigeria Navy to Build its Own Warships

PilotnewsMarch 6, 2020

Mr Yusuf Gadgi, the Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Navy, on Wednesday challenged the Nigeria Navy (NN) to start building its own warships. He said that the NN had the required competence and expertise to build its own warships without any intervention. Gadgi said this on Wednesday after a Stakeholders’ Meeting and at the end of a three-day oversight visit to the various naval commands in Lagos. He said that during the course of the committee members tour, they noticed...

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