WHO Calls on Member States to Employ Systemic Mechanism in Drugs Side Effects

HealthNewsWellnessWorld NewsWHO Calls on Member States to Employ Systemic Mechanism in Drugs Side Effects

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 4, 2020

World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday, said that member countries must institute systemic mechanisms to report undesired side effects or adverse drug reactions to make drugs to become safe for use. WHO said in a statement posted on its website to commemorate this year’s “MedSafety” Week that the most important aspect of drug safety monitoring is reliable, real-time information? “Healthcare professionals (physicians, pharmacists, nurses, dentists) are best placed to report suspected adverse reactions as part...

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Child Rescued 65 Hours After Deadly Turkey Quake

EarthquakeWorld NewsChild Rescued 65 Hours After Deadly Turkey Quake

PilotnewsNovember 2, 2020

A 3-year-old girl was on Monday  rescued from the rubble 65 hours after a deadly earthquake rocked Turkey’s western coast as the death toll climbed to 83. Rescue workers performed the delicate task of extricating the girl, Elif, from the rubble of an apartment building in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir, disaster management agency AFAD said, three days after a massive tremor centred in the Aegean Sea hit both Turkey and Greece. The toll...

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Islam Cartoon: Hundreds Protest At French Embassy in Jakarta

NewsPoliticsWorld NewsIslam Cartoon: Hundreds Protest At French Embassy in Jakarta

PilotnewsNovember 2, 2020

About 400 people rallied outside the French embassy in the Indonesian capital to denounce France’s handling of cartoons of Islam’s prophet Mohammed deemed offensive by Muslims. The protesters outside waved posters calling French President Emmanuel Macron “an enemy of Muslims. A banner read “we condemn the insult against Prophet Mohammed,’’ referring to caricatures of Mohammed republished by the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo in early September. Following a series of Islamist attacks on France since...

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Australians Charter $100,000 Flight to Bring Pets Home

CoronavirusWorld NewsAustralians Charter $100,000 Flight to Bring Pets Home

PilotnewsNovember 2, 2020

Pet owners who fled back to Australia before the peak of the coronavirus pandemic have chartered a 100,000-dollar (70,000 dollars) flight to bring their stranded furry friends back from Canada. A local media, Nine News reported on Monday that around 70 cats and dogs would be flown from Vancouver to Melbourne this week. Several families are pitching in for the flight after being separated from their pets for nearly a year due to flight cancellations...

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WTO: Buhari Holds Virtual Meeting With European Council President Over Okonjo-Iweala

NewsWorld NewsWTO: Buhari Holds Virtual Meeting With European Council President Over Okonjo-Iweala

Beloved John (Staff Writer)November 1, 2020

Nigeria president, Muhammadu Buhari Friday held a virtual meeting with Charles Michel, the President of the European Council, to discuss the candidature of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. Mrs Okonjo-Iweala, the former finance minister, is the leading candidate for the position. However, her candidature is being opposed by the U.S. which is supporting her South Korean opponent. Although, Mrs Okonjo-Iweala already secured the backing of most countries including blocs...

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.CSP Catherine Ugorji of the Nigerian Police Selected by the UN for Woman Police Officer of the Year Award

NewsWorld News.CSP Catherine Ugorji of the Nigerian Police Selected by the UN for Woman Police Officer of the Year Award

PilotnewsOctober 30, 2020

CSP Catherine Ugorji of the Nigerian police and serving with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has been selected by the UN as one of two runners-up for the prestigious UN Woman Police Officer of the Year award for 2020. Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, in a statement by Oluseyi Soremekun, the National Information Officer of the UN System in Nigeria, said through both her words and actions, UN Police Officer...

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Trump’s Long History of Racism, from the 1970s to 2020

NewsPoliticsUnited StatesWorld NewsTrump’s Long History of Racism, from the 1970s to 2020

PilotnewsOctober 30, 2020

If you ask President Donald Trump, he isn’t racist. On the contrary, he’s repeatedly said that he’s “the least racist person that you’ve ever encountered.” Trump’s actual record, however, tells a very different story. On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly made explicitly racist and otherwise bigoted remarks, from calling Mexican immigrants criminals and rapists, to proposing a ban on all Muslims entering the US, to suggesting a judge should recuse himself from a case solely...

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FC Barcelona President Resigns, Board of Directors Join in Quitting

SportsWorld NewsFC Barcelona President Resigns, Board of Directors Join in Quitting

PilotnewsOctober 28, 2020

FC Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu resigned from the club on Tuesday. His resignation has come ahead of a vote of no confidence that was due to be held next month after some 20,000 fans signed a petition demanding that he step down. The rest of the board of directors also resigned. “It’s a thought-out, serene, informed decision” to resign, Bartomeu said in a televised speech. Bartomeu, 57, has been facing growing resentment in the last...

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3 Astronauts Land Safely to Earth After 6 Months in Space

World News3 Astronauts Land Safely to Earth After 6 Months in Space

PilotnewsOctober 22, 2020

Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner and American astronaut Chris Cassidy have landed safely on Earth after spending half a year on the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said. “The trio landed in a Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft at around 0320GMT on Thursday, in a remote town in Kazakhstan,’’ NASA said in a tweet. The 402km journey back to earth took about three hours and 20 minutes. Their return marks the end of a 196-day...

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13 People in Police Custody Flee After Positive Virus Tests in Philippine

CoronavirusWorld News13 People in Police Custody Flee After Positive Virus Tests in Philippine

PilotnewsOctober 22, 2020

Thirteen people in the Philippines escaped from police custody after testing positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, police said. They crawled through a small hole they carved out of a concrete wall in the police station in the Manila suburban city of Caloocan before dawn. Security camera footage showed the suspects escaping around 1 a.m (1700GMT), said Caloocan City Police Chief Dario Menor. “They had taken rapid tests and were supposed to undergo a confirmatory...

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