DAILY UPDATES: COVID-19: Nigeria Records 684 New Cases as Total Number of infections hits 23, 298

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaDAILY UPDATES: COVID-19: Nigeria Records 684 New Cases as Total Number of infections hits 23, 298

PilotnewsJune 27, 2020

Nigeria has recorded 684 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 23, 298. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Friday through its official Twitter handle. NCDC said that the 684 new confirmed cases were from 19 states, with five deaths as at June 26. The health agency said that no new state reported a case in the past 24 hours. The NCDC said that...

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Watch Out for ‘Ikorodu Bois’: When Little Means More

EntertainmentNewsWatch Out for ‘Ikorodu Bois’: When Little Means More

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)June 27, 2020

Before the Ikorodu Bois started getting attention and admiration from big music and movie stars in Hollywood, a quick google search of Ikorodu – a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria – would return search results which would include a poorly developed town and crime-prone. But that’s one side of the story. The other side of the story of the bustling Ikorodu town is the emerging cultural and entertainment phenomena known as the Ikorodu Bois. Since 2019,...

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Obasanjo Warns Serious Insecurity Makes Restructuring Imperative

National SecurityNigeriaObasanjo Warns Serious Insecurity Makes Restructuring Imperative

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 27, 2020

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the problem of insecurity in the country is enough to make restructuring imperative. The former President says insecurity is one common enemy to Nigerians, regardless of tribe, language, religion, location, gender, age or social position. He added that without reforming the federating units, Nigerian would remain insecure, unstable, unprogressive, stagnated and, at worst, disintegrate. Obasanjo said this on Friday at this year’s edition of the Sobo Sowemimo Annual...

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APC NWC Members Accept Dissolution, Say They’re Not Taking Legal Action

NewsPoliticsAPC NWC Members Accept Dissolution, Say They’re Not Taking Legal Action

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 27, 2020

Members of the recently dissolved national working committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said they are no longer considering legal action in addressing their grievances. The West African Pilot News reported that the aggrieved NWC members had decided to take legal action after the committee was dissolved at a national executive council (NEC) meeting of the party that was held at the presidential villa on Thursday. Speaking on Friday, Waziri Bulama, former...

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Future of Nigeria Would be Worse if We Fail to Act Now —Obasanjo

NewsNigeriaFuture of Nigeria Would be Worse if We Fail to Act Now —Obasanjo

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 27, 2020

The former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has said the future of the country would be worse if the government and the people failed to act now. Obasanjo said this on Friday while speaking at the 2020 edition of the Annual Sobo Sowemino Lecture “For us in Nigeria, we have no alternative but to get it right, otherwise, the future will be worse than the present that is uncertain and bleak with economic downturn and...

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What Every Man Must Know About Prostate Gland

ColumnsHealthNewsWhat Every Man Must Know About Prostate Gland

PilotnewsJune 26, 2020

Every man has a pair of kidneys. The job of the kidney is to remove waste from the body. Every day, your blood passes through your kidney several times to be filtered. As the blood is filtered, urine is formed and stored in a temporary storage tank called the urinary bladder. If there is no urinary bladder, as you walk around urine will be dropping. And to avoid this, God in His wisdom ran a...

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Rights’ Violation: ECOWAS Court Fines Togolese Govt. 16m CFA

NewsWest AfricaRights’ Violation: ECOWAS Court Fines Togolese Govt. 16m CFA

PilotnewsJune 26, 2020

The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has ordered the government of Togo to pay 16 million CFA Francs as compensation for shutting down the internet twice in 2017. A statement issued by the court on Friday said that the panel of three Justices found that shutting the internet violated the rights of the plaintiffs to freedom of expression. On the three-member panel of the court were Honourable Justices Gberi-Be Ouattara (presiding) and Dupe Atoki. By...

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Ajimobi Never Had the Intention of Taking Up APC Deputy National Chairman – Spokesperson

NewsPoliticsAjimobi Never Had the Intention of Taking Up APC Deputy National Chairman – Spokesperson

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 26, 2020

The spokesman for the late former Governor Abiola Ajimobi, Bolaji Tunji has said his boss intention was to retire from politics after completing his eight-year tenure as governor of Oyo State last year. Tunji in his tribute on Facebook says Ajimobi told his staff that he didn’t want to take up the appointment as the Deputy National Chairman (South) of the ruling All Progressives Congress but he had to as an obligation. Tunji writes, “He...

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Liverpool Win Title With Several Records Being Smashed

NewsSportsLiverpool Win Title With Several Records Being Smashed

PilotnewsJune 26, 2020

Liverpool finally emerged champions of the English Premier League (EPL) on Thursday, after winning their first English football top-flight title in three decades. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that with Liverpool holding a massive lead of 23 points at the top of the table, no team can surpass them even with seven games left. What was needed for the Reds to claim the title was if Manchester City failed to win away at...

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Chelsea Beat Man City 2-1 to Hand League Title to Liverpool

SportsChelsea Beat Man City 2-1 to Hand League Title to Liverpool

PilotnewsJune 26, 2020

A superb solo goal by Christian Pulisic and a Willian penalty gave Chelsea a 2-1 win over Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. A result that handed Liverpool the Premier League title, their first league championship win in 30 years. Pulisic exploited a communication breakdown between Benjamin Mendy and Ilkay Guendogan after a City set-piece, running from the halfway line before confidently slotting the ball past Ederson to open the scoring in the 36th...

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