Planes, Trains, & Electric Automobiles: How Do We Move Around in a Zero-Carbon World? –By Bill Gates

ClimateEnvironmentOpinionPlanes, Trains, & Electric Automobiles: How Do We Move Around in a Zero-Carbon World? –By Bill Gates

PilotnewsAugust 25, 2020

We want more people to be able to travel without contributing to climate change. Earlier this month, I wrote about how COVID-19 is a cautionary tale for climate change. There’s no doubt that we have experienced terrible suffering and economic hardship over the last several months. But as hard as it is to imagine right now when we’re still in the middle of the pandemic, climate change has the potential to be even more devastating. The...

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SAD NEWS: Students Preparing for Exams Kidnapped Inside School

Crime & SecurityNewsSAD NEWS: Students Preparing for Exams Kidnapped Inside School

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 25, 2020

Reports say that some yet to be identified gunmen stormed  Prince Academy in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and abducted a number of Secondary School students preparing for their examinations Monday morning. The gunmen were said to have first raided houses in Damba-Kasaya community in Chikun LGA before heading to the school. A local resident who simply identified himself as Wakili Bawa said the gunmen came “in a large number like they always...

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WHO Says 172 Countries Engaging With Largest COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign

CoronavirusWorld NewsWHO Says 172 Countries Engaging With Largest COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign

PilotnewsAugust 24, 2020

Up to 172 countries have been engaging with the “largest and most diverse COVID-19 vaccine portfolio” coordinated by the World Health Organisation (WHO), its chief said on Monday. “At present, there are nine vaccines that are part of this dynamic portfolio,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus at a virtual news briefing, referring to the COVAX Global Vaccines Facility. He added that nine other vaccines were under evaluation for the longer term. According to him, COVAX...

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EducationNewsNigeriaBREAKING: UNILAG Gets First Female Acting Vice-Chancellor in 58 Years

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 24, 2020

Professor Folasade Ogunsola has emerged as the acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos. Professor Ogunsola was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor in-charge of development services before she emerged as the Vice-Chancellor on Monday afternoon following an election at a Senate meeting which had 167 professors in attendance, the West African Pilot learned. Mrs Ogunsola got 135 votes of 167 while her opponent, Professor Ben Ogbojafor, who is also a deputy vice-chancellor, scored 31 votes. One vote...

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PAN urges ECOWAS, FG’s Intervention Over $1m-levy on Nigerian Traders in Ghana

BusinessGhanaNewsNigeriaPAN urges ECOWAS, FG’s Intervention Over $1m-levy on Nigerian Traders in Ghana

PilotnewsAugust 24, 2020

The Progressive Ambassadors of Nigeria (PAN) has urged ECOWAS and the Federal Government to wade-in on the imposition of $1million trade-levy on Nigerian Traders in Ghana, by Ghanaian authorities. This is contained in a statement issued by Emmanuel Ohiomokhare, PAN’s National Director of Media, on Sunday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that PAN is a non-governmental organisation of Nigerian traders in Ghana seeking to promote and protect the welfare of Nigerian...

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India’s Virus Cases Top 3m Amid Biggest Rise in Infections

AsiaCoronavirusIndia’s Virus Cases Top 3m Amid Biggest Rise in Infections

PilotnewsAugust 24, 2020

The number of coronavirus cases in India topped three million on Sunday, government data showed. This is as the South Asian country logged the world’s biggest daily rise in cases for almost three weeks. India, a country of 1.3 billion, has so far reported 3,044,940 infections, with 69,239 cases being reported in the last 24 hours, the Federal Health Ministry said. India is ranked third behind Brazil and the United States in the highest number...

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Mali Coup: Military Wants Three-Year Rule, Promises to Free President

MilitaryNewsWest AfricaMali Coup: Military Wants Three-Year Rule, Promises to Free President

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 24, 2020

The junta that has overtaken power in Mali wants a military-led transitional body that will rule the country for three years and has agreed to release the detained President, a source in a visiting West African delegation and the rebel soldiers disclosed on Sunday. Last week’s coup was Mali’s second military intervention in eight years. The coup followed months of protests calling for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign as the public is discontent with...

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Breaking News: Lagos Health Commissioner Contracts COVID-19

CoronavirusHealthNewsBreaking News: Lagos Health Commissioner Contracts COVID-19

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 24, 2020

The Commissioner for Health in Lagos, Professor Akin Abayomi has tested positive for COVID-19, the state government disclosed on Monday. Mr. Gbenga Omotosho, the Commissioner for Information in Lagos, said that Mr. Abayomi would continue to discharge his duties while isolating at home. “Subsequent to close contact with persons feeling unwell and testing positive for the COVID-19 infection, the Honorable Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has tested positive for the virus,” Mr. Omotosho said....

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Tears Flow in Enugu As ECTDA Demolishes Houses to Implements FAAN and SEGF Resolution

NewsNigeriaTears Flow in Enugu As ECTDA Demolishes Houses to Implements FAAN and SEGF Resolution

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 24, 2020

A video clip of a widow, Mrs. Vero Ngene whose house amongst many other houses was demolished at Ukwu Oji Emene, went viral on social media last week. Ngene lamented that she has no place or source of income to build another home as her ancestral home wherein her late husband and four children were buried was marked among houses for destruction. The pathetic story of this widow was so touching as she cried that...

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2023: APC Must Allow Tinubu to Contest – Babachir Lawal

NewsPoliticsSpecial Report2023: APC Must Allow Tinubu to Contest – Babachir Lawal

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 23, 2020

…… Roasts Oshiomhole, Reveals Why He Was Removed As APC National Chairman A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babachir Lawal, says to avoid ‘’wrath of God’’  the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, must be given a chance to contest 2023 Presidency. Lawal who was sacked as SGF in October 2017 after he was indicted in N544m grass-cutting scandal, made this comment while speaking on...

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