COVID-19: Nigeria, Africa to Expand Testing Capacity With Homemade Diagnostic Kit

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Nigeria, Africa to Expand Testing Capacity With Homemade Diagnostic Kit

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

Nigeria’s efforts at developing solution to the challenge of non-availability and high cost of coronavirus diagnostic kits have finally paid off with the development of RNASwift Extraction kit. This was disclosed by Prof. Alex Akpa, Director-General of National Biotechnology Development Agency(NABDA), on Thursday during a news briefing held at the conference room of Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Abuja. He said the RNASwift test kit would not only revolutionalise Africa’s PCR-Based COVID-19 testing, but...

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The Birth of Biafra : Fifty Years Too Early

ColumnsDon OkoloNigeriaOpinionThe Birth of Biafra : Fifty Years Too Early

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

The Enyi Mba Enyi war song should have been put off. But no; we rushed it; we rolled that lyrics out in old world tapestry to clothe us. We wanted to run down coal-tarred roadways, in a stampede of angry men, chanting to bolster our eagerness to go to a war we were not ready to fight. —Don Okolo Gestation, as in conception and growth, is everything. Period. When birth occurs, and it is premature,...

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Africa Records 30% Increase in COVID-19 Cases– WHO

AfricaCoronavirusNewsAfrica Records 30% Increase in COVID-19 Cases– WHO

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there has been 30 per cent increase in the number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the African Region in the past week. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, disclosed this in COVID-19 Situation Report posted on its official Twitter account @WHOAFRO on Thursday. In external situation report number 19 issued on July 8, it stated that COVID-19 outbreak continued to grow in the WHO African...

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COVID-19: UN to Re-release Bob Marley’s One Love to Support Affected Children

MusicPovertyWorld NewsCOVID-19: UN to Re-release Bob Marley’s One Love to Support Affected Children

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

The United Nations has said a new version of Bob Marley’s iconic song, One Love, is to be released to support children badly affected by COVID-19. According to the organisationa in a report published on Thursday, the initiative is aimed at raising funds for that purpose, adding that the late musician’s family had given its blessings. The fundraising is coming amid warning by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) that an additional 6,000 children could die...

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Osinbajo Will Not Be Distracted By Campaigns of Lies, Calumny—Aide

CorruptionNewsPoliticsOsinbajo Will Not Be Distracted By Campaigns of Lies, Calumny—Aide

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will not be distracted by campaigns of lies and calumny. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President has said. Akande, in a statement in Abuja, dismissed as false and baseless fabrications claiming to reflect goings-on at the probe panel investigating Mr Ibrahim Magu. Magu, the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is being probed by a Presidential...

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Black Lives Matter Protests in Africa Shine a Light on Local Police Brutality

AfricaColumnsNewsBlack Lives Matter Protests in Africa Shine a Light on Local Police Brutality

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

The African media has closely followed the Black Lives Matter protests in the United States, almost always in solidarity with the protesters. Especially among African human rights groups, the American focus on police brutality resonates strongly. While generalization is risky about a continent with more than fifty states and one billion people, it can be said that for most Africans, the policeman is not your friend. The popular perception is that police brutality is the...

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Nigeria Students Can’t Participate in WAEC Next Month – FG

CoronavirusEducationNewsNigeria Students Can’t Participate in WAEC Next Month – FG

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 9, 2020

The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that Nigerian students will not participate in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination scheduled between August 4 and September 5. The Nigerian government said this as it put on hold its earlier decision to reopen federal schools. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu told State House Correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council Meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari The Minister of State for...

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Unaudited Results: NSE Warns Investors on Shares of 13 Firms

InvestingMoneyNewsUnaudited Results: NSE Warns Investors on Shares of 13 Firms

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has urged investors to trade with caution on the shares of 13 companies for failing to submit financial statements without any explanation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the affected companies include Aso Savings and Loans, Deap Capital Management & Trust, DN Tyre & Rubber, FTN Cocoa and Goldlink Insurance. Others are International Energy Insurance, Medview Airline, Resort Savings & Loans, Staco Insurance, Standard Alliance Insurance, UNIC Diversified...

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Access Bank to Acquire 100% Stake in Zambian Bank

BusinessInvestingNewsAccess Bank to Acquire 100% Stake in Zambian Bank

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

Access Bank Plc has announced plans for acquisition of 100 per cent of Cavmont Bank Limited, a Zambia-based financial institution. The bank disclosed this in a regulatory filing to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) signed by Mr Sunday Ekwuochi, its Company Secretary. It said the acquisition plan would be consummated through its Zambian subsidiary, Access Bank Zambia Limited. “Access Bank has entered into exclusive discussions with Cavmont Capital Holdings Zambia Plc, regarding a potential transactions...

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DAILY UPDATES: Nigeria COVID-19 Cases Hits 30,249 with 460 Wednesday

CoronavirusNewsDAILY UPDATES: Nigeria COVID-19 Cases Hits 30,249 with 460 Wednesday

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

Nigeria COVID-19 cases jumped to 30,249 cases as the country recorded 460 new cases on Wednesday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced on its official twitter handle. The NCDC said that as at July 8 new confirmed cases was 460 with 15 deaths recorded, while no new state had reported a case in the last 24 hours. According to it, a total of 30,249 cases have been confirmed, 12,373 cases discharged and 684...

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