Sanusi II Calls for What is Right, Justice to Reject US External Inquiry Call on Adesina

AfricaBusinessNewsSanusi II Calls for What is Right, Justice to Reject US External Inquiry Call on Adesina

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 29, 2020

The former Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has called on Africans and friends of the continent to stand for what is right, justice to ensure that laid down rules are respected in the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group. The former Emir made the call following the US Government calls for an independent investigation after the Ethics Committee of the Banks has exonerated the President of...

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The US Calls on AfDB: “Its Governance Could be Hijacked Away from Africa” – Obasanjo

AfricaBusinessNewsThe US Calls on AfDB: “Its Governance Could be Hijacked Away from Africa” – Obasanjo

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 29, 2020

The former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has joined other African leaders and figures calling for the defense of African Development Bank (AfDB) and its President, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina against external forces. Obasanjo in an open letter called on past leaders and heads of states in the African continent to rise up and defend the bank from external forces. He alleged that the call by the United States for an external investigation into what...

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Adamawa Violence Attacks: Fintiri Inaugurates Probe Panel To Investigate Tingno Crisis

Law & JusticeNational SecurityNigeriaAdamawa Violence Attacks: Fintiri Inaugurates Probe Panel To Investigate Tingno Crisis

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 29, 2020

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has sworn in a  Six-Man Tingno-Chobo Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate the recent civil unrest in four communities of Tingnon Dutse, Tito, Sabon Layi and Bagasi in Lamurde Local Government Area. Those sworn as members of the Tingno-Chobo probe panel include Justice Hafsatu Abdurrahman as Chairperson, while Barrister Aji Kamale, Akanmodu Abayomi, Professor Kalip Bulus Filli, Yakubu Sambo and Aliyu Mohammed will serve as members. The governor enumerated among other...

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Post-COVID-19: Tough Times Await a Troubled Nigeria’s Educational System

EducationNigeriaSpecial ReportPost-COVID-19: Tough Times Await a Troubled Nigeria’s Educational System

PilotnewsMay 28, 2020

How Nigeria’s Years of Mistakes Present a Tough Future for the Education Sector Post-Covid-19 No one envisaged that five years after world leaders agreed to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities by 2030 — as part of the Sustainable Development Goals — governments will be forced to shut schools over fear of COVID-19 spreading. Data are not looking good for global education. As of March, schools in 168 countries have...

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NEWS ANALYSIS: Will Nigeria’s Battle with COVID-19 Become Too Expensive to Sustain?

CoronavirusEconomyNigeriaNEWS ANALYSIS: Will Nigeria’s Battle with COVID-19 Become Too Expensive to Sustain?

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 28, 2020

For every COVID-19 test carried out on suspected persons, Lagos, Nigeria’s epicenter of the viral infection with a population of over 20 million, spends between N40,000 and N50,000 ($102.56 – $128.21), Professor Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health disclosed. The revelation by Prof. Abayomi highlights the magnitude of the burden of the disease and raises questions about the sustainability of the fight against COVID-19. With an estimated population of 200 million and a virus...

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Francis Compromised Wisely in Protracted Drama of Bishop Okpaleke’s Appointment

NewsFrancis Compromised Wisely in Protracted Drama of Bishop Okpaleke’s Appointment

PilotnewsMay 28, 2020

The bishop died. But the ordinary means of providing a new ordinary — the church’s term for a head bishop — became far from ordinary. The timing of such a transition, as well as the selection of a new bishop, is by custom, up to the pope. In this case, it took 26 months to complete the formal process, but that came nowhere near filling the vacancy. What ensued became a striking example of conflicting...

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The WHO and the Challenge of Managing the Novel Pandemic

ColumnsCoronavirusOpinionThe WHO and the Challenge of Managing the Novel Pandemic

PilotnewsMay 28, 2020

World Health Organization (WHO) has been facing a lot of backlash from around the world for varying degrees of accusations bothering on its inability to meet the expectations of different people across the globe in its efforts managing COVID-19.  The US President has accused the WHO of negligence and failing in its duty to alert the world of the seriousness of coronavirus in Wuhan China despite being fully aware of the danger it then poses...

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US Death Toll From Coronavirus Surges Past 100,000 People

CoronavirusNewsUnited StatesUS Death Toll From Coronavirus Surges Past 100,000 People

PilotnewsMay 28, 2020

HARTFORD, Conn. — The U.S. surpassed a jarring milestone Wednesday in the coronavirus pandemic: 100,000 deaths. That number is the best estimate and most assuredly an undercount. But it represents the stark reality that more Americans have died from the virus than from the Vietnam and Korean wars combined. “It’s a striking reminder of how dangerous this virus can be,” said Josh Michaud, associate director of global health policy with the Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington. The once-unthinkable toll...

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LASG Moves to Criminalize Infrastructure Vandalism

Crime & SecurityInfrastructureNewsLASG Moves to Criminalize Infrastructure Vandalism

PilotnewsMay 28, 2020

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said that it would enforce laws to stop damage to public infrastructure, especially roads. Mrs Aramide Adeyoye, Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Works and Infrastructure, said this while taking questions from newsmen during the 2020 ministerial press briefing. The briefing was also to commemorate first anniversary of the Sanwo-Olu administration. Adeyoye, who lamented excess loading, indiscriminate road cutting and burning, as well as theft of manholes covers,...

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Coastal Erosion: LASG Seeks N400 bn From FG

EnvironmentInfrastructureNewsCoastal Erosion: LASG Seeks N400 bn From FG

PilotnewsMay 28, 2020

The Lagos State Government has called on the Federal Government to assist it with about N400 billion to complete efforts in saving the nation’s coastlines from erosion, already threatening some parts of the state. The Lagos State Commissioner for Water Front Infrastructure Development, Mr Kabiru Abdullahi, made the appeal while taking questions from journalists during the 2020 ministerial press briefing to commemorate the first anniversary of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration. Abdullahi said that the state...

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