Trouble Looms for ICIR, Legit.ng and PM News Over Flair Airline News Report

NewsNigeriaPress * MediaTrouble Looms for ICIR, Legit.ng and PM News Over Flair Airline News Report

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 19, 2020

Trouble may be heading the way of some Nigerian media firms including the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, Legit.ng and PM News Nigeria, because they incorrectly associated Flair Airlines to reports of an aircraft that allegedly contravened the restriction of commercial flights into Nigeria. On Sunday, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, tweeted that a British firm had been caught operating commercial flight into Nigeria under the guise of humanitarian operations. The minister had initially...

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SPECIAL REPORT: Bar Owners Suffer Losses As Coronavirus Abates Nightlife

BusinessCoronavirusNewsNigeriaSpecial ReportSPECIAL REPORT: Bar Owners Suffer Losses As Coronavirus Abates Nightlife

Beloved John (Staff Writer)May 19, 2020

It is past 5, Wednesday evening, and Club 7 — a club and outdoor bar is still as empty as Jacob’s kettle. From a distance, one would think the club was closed for the day considering that the curfew was night time.  The rooms looked pale, the tiles were bare. R&B songs were playing,  underlyingly into the atmosphere as though it’s high tunes can attract the deadly virus. The outbreak of Covid-19 had turned a...

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UK Sanctions Oyakhilome’s TV for Claiming COVID-19 is Linked With 5G Technology

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaReligionUK Sanctions Oyakhilome’s TV for Claiming COVID-19 is Linked With 5G Technology

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 19, 2020

The United Kingdom’s regulatory authority for the broadcasting and telecommunications industries, the Office of Communications, had sanctioned Loveworld Limited, the operators of the religious cable channel, LoveWorld, for airing “unsubstantial claims linking the pandemic to 5G technology”. This was contained in a statement Ofcom published on its website on Monday. The Founder of Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome owned the television network. The TV network is thus penalized for feeding viewers with the claim that...

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Buhari Asks Governors to Step Up Enlightenment Campaign Against COVID-19 Spread

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaBuhari Asks Governors to Step Up Enlightenment Campaign Against COVID-19 Spread

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 19, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday asked state governors to step up enlightenment of their people on the seriousness of COVID-19 by ensuring they stay safe. The President said the ravaging infection is not a joke and urged the governors to work closely with the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in order to make the measures targeted at containing the virus more effective The President made this call during a virtual meeting he had with the...

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Taraba Eases Lockdown, Churches, Mosques Re-opens

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaTaraba Eases Lockdown, Churches, Mosques Re-opens

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 19, 2020

Taraba state government announced partial easing of the lockdown imposed on the state as part of measures to contain the global COVID-19 pandemic. Four northeast states comprise of Adamawa, Borno, Bauchi and Gombe state had earlier eased their lockdown with strict compliance to health protocols. The state deputy governor Haruna Manu who announced this at a state broadcast in Jalingo said that the state would be open for movement between 8 am and 6 pm...

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UPDATE 2-Nigeria to Impose Precision Lockdown in Coronavirus Hotspots

ConservationNewsNigeriaUPDATE 2-Nigeria to Impose Precision Lockdown in Coronavirus Hotspots

PilotnewsMay 18, 2020

ABUJA – Nigeria announced on Monday it would impose precisely targeted lockdown measures in areas that report rapid increases in cases of the coronavirus, while the phased reopening of the economy as a whole would go ahead more slowly than planned. The government extended a full lockdown in Kano state, the northern economic hub where authorities are investigating a spate of mysterious deaths. Kano has the second highest number of confirmed cases in the country...

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Taiwan Protests Exclusion From World Health Assembly

HealthPoliticsWorld NewsTaiwan Protests Exclusion From World Health Assembly

PilotnewsMay 18, 2020

Taiwan is protesting its exclusion from the World Health Organisation’s annual two-day meeting which opened on Monday. Taiwan and dozens of friendly countries have urged the WHO to invite the island nation to the online meeting to discuss its containment of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), which is seen as a success story. “It’s a loss for the WHO that the Taiwan model won’t be able to be shared at such an important meeting,’’ Health and...

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Australia Gets Backing of 116 Countries to Investigate COVID-19’s Cause – FM

CoronavirusNewsWorld NewsAustralia Gets Backing of 116 Countries to Investigate COVID-19’s Cause – FM

PilotnewsMay 18, 2020

The alliance of countries that have responded to Australia’s call to launch an independent investigation into what had caused the COVID-19 pandemic has grown to 116, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Monday. Payne first called for a global investigation into the pandemic’s onset late in April, after Australian Interior Minister Peter Dutton urged China to release information about the novel coronavirus. “I think what it illustrates is a broad view that given the...

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China Sends Delegation to Israel Over Dead Ambassador

ChinaForeign PolicyNewsChina Sends Delegation to Israel Over Dead Ambassador

PilotnewsMay 18, 2020

China says it will send a delegation to Israel after its ambassador to Tel Aviv, Du Wei, was found dead in his home on Sunday, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Monday. “They are sending a delegation to help with the arrangements of sending the body back to China,’’ Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lior Haiat told dpa. He would not confirm a report in the Israeli Haaretz daily that the delegation would examine the circumstances of the...

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COVID-19: Gov Fintiri Threatens Commissioners, LGs Chairmen Over Divertion Of Palliatives

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Gov Fintiri Threatens Commissioners, LGs Chairmen Over Divertion Of Palliatives

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 18, 2020

ADAMAWA — Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has warned political office holders to desist from diverting palliatives meant for vulnerable in the society as the next batch of distribution will soon kick off in the state. The Governor gave the warning on Monday in the Government House, Yola during a meeting with Commissioners, members of the State Assembly, and chairmen local government councils who are among members of the state Distribution Committee of palliatives. Fintiri who...

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