JUST IN: COVID-19: Nigeria Records 242 New Cases, Total Infections Now 4641

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaJUST IN: COVID-19: Nigeria Records 242 New Cases, Total Infections Now 4641

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday recorded 242 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 4641. The NCDC also said that 10 new patients had been confirmed dead, bringing the total number of deaths to 150. It said that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours. “Till date, 4641 cases have been confirmed, 902 cases have been treated and...

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Fire Destroys Petrol Station, Shops, Building in Ibadan

NewsNigeriaFire Destroys Petrol Station, Shops, Building in Ibadan

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

A fire incident that occurred on Monday around 4.20p.m completely burnt down Al-Amin filling station located at Elebu area of Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that two shops inside the petrol station and a section of a building behind it were also destroyed by the fire. NAN also reports that money from sales made for the day, which was said to be kept inside one of the stores in the filing station...

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French Lockdown Ends After 54 Days, But Many Restrictions Remain

CoronavirusEuropeNewsFrench Lockdown Ends After 54 Days, But Many Restrictions Remain

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

France’s strict 54-day coronavirus lockdown was officially over on Monday, however many restrictions were due to remain in place. French people will now be able to leave their homes without carrying a signed declaration as to why they are on the streets and most shops and other workplaces are set to reopen. However, in a country with one of Europe’s highest COVID-19 death tolls, 26,380 as of Sunday, authorities are anxious to keep social mingling...

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Hundreds Arrested During Hong Kong’s Mother’s Day Protests

CoronavirusWorld NewsHundreds Arrested During Hong Kong’s Mother’s Day Protests

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

Hong Kong Police said 230 people, including children, were arrested on Monday after they responded to a series of pro-independence protests. Critics, however, claimed that they accidentally caught up multiple people out for Mother’s Day. On Sunday, the Police said they responded to several small protests in violation of the law. However, critics said the action actually netted many people, who had simply been enjoying the first evening they have been allowed outside in weeks,...

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Massive Bombardment Hits Tripoli as Water Supplies Threatened

AfricaNational SecurityMassive Bombardment Hits Tripoli as Water Supplies Threatened

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

A withering bombardment shook Tripoli on Sunday as the eastern-based forces of Khalifa Haftar fought overnight for new territory in the southern suburbs, after losing ground recently around the city. Armed men in the south had stormed one of the facilities in northwest Libya, reducing supply and adding to the misery of Tripoli residents. “My father said we should be ready to leave at any moment… the fighting last night was heavier than at any...

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Traders reject Fresh Lockdown, Task Govt. on Speedy Testing for Coronavirus

BusinessCoronavirusNewsNigeriaTraders reject Fresh Lockdown, Task Govt. on Speedy Testing for Coronavirus

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

Some traders at the Balogun Lagos Trade Fair Complex market on Monday expressed misgivings on the planned fresh lockdown by the Lagos State government to check the spread of coronavirus pandemic. The traders, who expressed relief for the subsisting three days a week trading period instead of total lockdown that was the situation some weeks ago, urged the government to speed-up testing capacity to capture infected persons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos...

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Buhari, APC Betrayed Almajiris and Vulnerable Nigerians – PDP

NigeriaPoliticsBuhari, APC Betrayed Almajiris and Vulnerable Nigerians – PDP

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 11, 2020

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused President Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of betraying the almajiris, poor and vulnerable Nigerians after using them to grab power in 2015. The PDP made the allegation on Monday in a press release signed by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the party. “The PDP notes that APC’s disdain and desertion of our citizens had further exposed it as a deceitful party which used...

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Nigeria Ranked 115 of 180 Countries of Press Liberty in the World – Index

NewsNigeriaPress * MediaNigeria Ranked 115 of 180 Countries of Press Liberty in the World – Index

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 11, 2020

Nigeria had been ranked 115 of the 180 countries of the world that enjoyed press free. The country moved from 120 that it was ranked in 2019 to 115 in 2020. According to the international non-profit organization, Reporters Without Borders, journalists in Nigeria operate under a “climate of permanent violence”.  It goes further to add that journalists in Nigeria “are often spied upon, attacked, arbitrarily arrested, or even killed.” The report reflected that a journalist had been...

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Afe Babalola Urges FG To Reopen Schools Within Four Weeks

CoronavirusEducationNewsNigeriaAfe Babalola Urges FG To Reopen Schools Within Four Weeks

Beloved John (Staff Writer)May 11, 2020

The founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola on Monday, urged the Federal Government against waiting till all towns and villages in the country are free from COVID-19 before reopening schools. According to him, “only the Almighty God Himself can determine when the current coronavirus pandemic will be eradicated globally,” In a statement, the ABUAD founder stated that schools nationwide were suddenly closed down by the government on March 23 when some pupils...

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Nigerians Spent More on Food and Transportation in 2019 – NBS

EconomyFoodNewsNigeriaNigerians Spent More on Food and Transportation in 2019 – NBS

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 11, 2020

A total of N40.2 trillion was spent by Nigerians on food and non-food items in 2019, a report just released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed. The report which details findings on the consumption expenditure pattern in Nigeria is based on the Nigeria Living Standard Survey (NLSS) which was last conducted in 2009. It classifies household consumption expenditure types by food and non-food items at the national, zonal level, state level, and the...

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