Nigeria May Begin to Use Dogs to Diagnose Coronavirus

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNigeria May Begin to Use Dogs to Diagnose Coronavirus

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 27, 2020

There has been a report that Nigeria may adopt the pilot study on the use of dogs to diagnose the coronavirus pandemic affecting many countries. The pilot training programme which uses scent detection by dogs to separate between samples of positive and negative patients of COVID-19 would have 36 dogs as pioneer participants. The novel research is an initiative of a firm – ScentLogix and the University of Security, Ondo State. The trainee-dogs will receive...

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U.S. Researchers Build ‘Biobank’ of Coronavirus Patients’ Blood

CoronavirusNewsUnited StatesU.S. Researchers Build ‘Biobank’ of Coronavirus Patients’ Blood

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

Blood and other biological specimens from COVID-19 patients treated in Seattle area hospitals are helping scientists build a massive “biobank” to examine the virus’s long-term impacts on the human body. The biobank is to help scientists examine why the virus affects some people more severely than others. Disease doctors and researchers hope to use what they learn from the data to help figure out what drugs and therapies are most effective in treating those sick with COVID-19...

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Governors to Meet Over Financial Autonomy for States’ Judiciary, Legislature

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaGovernors to Meet Over Financial Autonomy for States’ Judiciary, Legislature

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum will on Wednesday, meet to discuss the issue of financial autonomy for the states’ judiciary and legislature, code-named the Executive Order 10, 2020. A statement issued by Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, Head, Media, and Public Affairs, NGF, on Tuesday in Abuja indicated that the consultation would be the 9th in the series of teleconference meeting held by the governors since the lockdown, occasioned by the outbreak of COVID-19. President Muhammadu Buhari, on...

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COVID-19: NFVCB Adopts Virtual Film Censorship for Nollywood

EntertainmentFilm & TVNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NFVCB Adopts Virtual Film Censorship for Nollywood

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), regulator of Nigeria’s film industry, popularly known as Nollywood, has adopted virtual platforms as part of film censoring and classification process amidst the Coronavirus(COVID-19) lockdown. Mr Adedayo Thomas, Executive Director, NFVCB, disclosed this in an interview  with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Thomas, the virtual operation is to present opportunity to classify movies and video works produced before the COVID-19 lockdown...

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COVID-19: NCDC Activates Additional 2 Labs, Bringing Total to 28

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Activates Additional 2 Labs, Bringing Total to 28

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has activated additional two laboratories, bringing the total number of its laboratories to 28. Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of NCDC, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja that the agency was pleased with the activation of the two laboratories for inclusion in its molecular laboratory network. Ihekweazu said that the two laboratories were located at Afriglobal Medicare Laboratory in Ogun and the Sahel Centre for Molecular...

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Atlanta is Home to 2 Potential Contenders for Biden’s VP

NewsPoliticsUnited StatesAtlanta is Home to 2 Potential Contenders for Biden’s VP

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

ATLANTA (AP) — Neither public rivals nor personal friends, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Stacey Abrams spent years climbing parallel ladders at Atlanta City Hall and the Georgia Capitol. They are now Georgia’s most influential African American women. Bottoms, the 50-year-old Atlanta mayor, is a top surrogate for Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. Abrams is the 46-year-old voting rights activist who nearly became the first black female governor in American history. Now, the pair...

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Anglican Primate Urges FG to Lift Ban on Religious, Socio-Economic Activities

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaReligionAnglican Primate Urges FG to Lift Ban on Religious, Socio-Economic Activities

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

The Primate, Church of Nigeria, Most Rev. Henry Ndukuba, has called on the Federal Government to systematically lift the ban on religious and socio-economic activities currently under lockdown as a result of COVID-19. Ndukuba told newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, that easing the lockdown on religious activities would provide spiritual dimension to the ongoing fight against the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). According  to him, continuous lockdown on economic activities can increase the negative impact on the...

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FIBA Releases Guidelines for Basketball’s Return

CoronavirusSportsWorld NewsFIBA Releases Guidelines for Basketball’s Return

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) on Tuesday published recommendations on returning to basketball in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The recommendations, which were published in the English, French and Spanish languages, are titled “Return to Basketball – Restart Guidelines for National Federations’’. A basketball-specific “Risk Assessment Tool’’ has also been produced in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that FIBA is the world governing body for...

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South Africa’s Rand Climbs to 8 Week High Against Dollar

AfricaEconomyRegionsSouth Africa’s Rand Climbs to 8 Week High Against Dollar

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

South Africa’s rand raced to its highest in more than eight weeks against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, as optimism about a global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic boosted riskier assets, with investors looking past Sino-U.S. trade tensions. At 0605 GMT, the rand traded at 17.4700 per dollar, 0.91 per cent firmer than its previous close. The currency was at its strongest since March 27. “The optimistic recovery narrative is holding within markets, keeping the...

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Twitting Rampage: Top Muslim Leaders May Demand Abike Dabiri-Erewa’s Removal

NewsNigeriaTwitting Rampage: Top Muslim Leaders May Demand Abike Dabiri-Erewa’s Removal

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

The very filthy fight between the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Ms. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, and Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, the Minister for Communications and Digital Economy has transcended beyond normalcy. Her twitter outbursts may have angered top Islamic stalwarts close to Aso Rock –now a push for her removal is imminent, WAP reliably gathered. Dabiri-Erewa had accused Dr. Pantami of using gunmen to eject her agency from a previous office space at...

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