Bob Dylan Announces First Album of New Music Since 2012

Arts & CultureEntertainmentMusicBob Dylan Announces First Album of New Music Since 2012

PilotnewsMay 9, 2020

Bob Dylan is releasing his first album of new music in eight years following a spurt of creativity from the man regarded as one of the world’s most influential songwriters. Rough and Rowdy Ways” will be released on June 19, according to a brief announcement on Dylan’s official website early on Friday. It will be a double album but no further details were given. The announcement followed the release late on Thursday of a third...

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NCDC Records 386 New Cases of COVID-19, Total Infection Now 3912

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNCDC Records 386 New Cases of COVID-19, Total Infection Now 3912

PilotnewsMay 9, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday recorded 386 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 3912. The NCDC also said that 10 new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus in the country, bringing the total number of deaths to 117. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that this is the highest number of cases recorded in a single day in the country....

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Kalu’s Release: Kinsmen Hail Supreme Court’s Judgment

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPeopleKalu’s Release: Kinsmen Hail Supreme Court’s Judgment

PilotnewsMay 9, 2020

Dr Orji Kalu’s kinsmen on Friday hailed the verdict of the Supreme Court, which nullified the conviction of the former governor of Abia,  who was handed down 12-year jail term for corruption. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), they described the judgment as apt and well served. Elder Uwakwe Okoronkwo, President-General, Igbere Welfare Union, expressed delight over Kalu’s release from prison and pointed out that the judiciary remained the last hope...

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Opera Star Sings Britain’s VE Day Hits From An Empty Albert Hall

Arts & CultureEntertainmentWorld NewsOpera Star Sings Britain’s VE Day Hits From An Empty Albert Hall

PilotnewsMay 9, 2020

Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins will stream a concert from an empty Royal Albert Hall on Friday evening, as locked-down Britain marks the 75th anniversary of “Victory in Europe” Day. Millions of people held a two-minute silence while military jets flew over the United Kingdom’s four capitals during commemorations for the end of World War Two on the continent. Events were due to climax with an address from Queen Elizabeth and a gala of war-time songs...

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Russian hackers got hold of emails From Merkel’s Constituency Office: Der Spiegel Hackers

Foreign PolicyNational SecurityWorld NewsRussian hackers got hold of emails From Merkel’s Constituency Office: Der Spiegel Hackers

PilotnewsMay 9, 2020

Russia’s GRU military intelligence service appears to have got hold of many emails from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s constituency office in a 2015 hack attack on Germany’s parliament. Der Spiegel magazine reported on Friday, without citing its sources. The report says federal criminal police and the federal cyber agency had been able to partially reconstruct the attack and found that two email inboxes from Merkel’s office had been targeted.   They contained email correspondence from 2012...

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World Still Divided 75 Years After World War 2, Says Guterres

NewsUnited NationsWorldWorld Still Divided 75 Years After World War 2, Says Guterres

PilotnewsMay 9, 2020

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said that divisions and hatred still existed globally, 75 years after the Second World War. Guterres stated this on Friday in a video message to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the conflict, which claimed millions of lives. He said the coronavirus pandemic was aggravating the situation, fuelling “new efforts to divide people and spread hatred”. “Our world is still suffering the impact of conflict. “Even during the current COVID-19 crisis, we...

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COVID-19: Gov Ugwuanyi Clarifies Markets’ Hours of Operation in the State

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Gov Ugwuanyi Clarifies Markets’ Hours of Operation in the State

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)May 9, 2020

The Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in a broadcast on Friday brought to the fore the precautionary measures put in place by his administration in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state. “With effect from Monday, May 11th, 2020, all approved markets with the exception of Enugu Main Market Ogbete are to operate from 7am to 4pm; Ogbete Market’s operational time remains between 8am to 2pm. In addition to the above...

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Covid-19: How Ilesha Families Live In Poverty During the Lockdown

CoronavirusLifestyleNewsNigeriaCovid-19: How Ilesha Families Live In Poverty During the Lockdown

Beloved John (Staff Writer)May 8, 2020

On March 29, President Mohammed Buhari ordered the cessation of movement in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun state to contain the spread of Covid-19. With the figures from International financial and monetary organizations that show Nigeria as the world poverty capital, one can conclude that  Nigeria cannot stand the test of the lockdown as the country’s economy faces headwinds from the deepening oil price. In less than a week, other states felt the necessity as Ogun...

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Woman Shoots at McDonald’s Staff as U.S. Tensions Rise Over Lockdown

Law & JusticeNewsUnited StatesWoman Shoots at McDonald’s Staff as U.S. Tensions Rise Over Lockdown

PilotnewsMay 8, 2020

A woman in Oklahoma opened fire on McDonald’s staff after being told the restaurant’s dining area was closed during the coronavirus pandemic, police said. It was one of several cases of sometimes deadly violence against employees trying to enforce social distancing rules across the U.S. in recent days, as tensions over such measures escalate. Four workers at the fast-food chain were hospitalized after being injured in the shooting and scuffle on Wednesday night, Oklahoma City...

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Epic “Dear John” Philosophy And the Unresolved Nigeria’s Ugly Ethnic Cracks

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionEpic “Dear John” Philosophy And the Unresolved Nigeria’s Ugly Ethnic Cracks

PilotnewsMay 8, 2020

“Dear John, You Have Left Me With No Choice” Ten thousand men, and it could be more were determined to liberate France on D-Day. Those soldiers that survived the carnage could have said a couple of Our Fathers and maybe, just maybe, another couple of Hail Marys…that is, if they had any love for the Mother of God. The Germans themselves were lying in decapitating waste in their vast beach dug-out, in the thousands, as...

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