Cleric’s Twins Regain Freedom From Kidnappers in Oyo

Crime & SecurityNigeriaPeopleCleric’s Twins Regain Freedom From Kidnappers in Oyo

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

The kidnapped twins of a popular Ibadan-based cleric, Shelkh Taofeek Akewugbagold, were on Sunday released to their father at about 5.30 am by their abductors. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)  reports that the twins were kidnapped at gunpoint at their father’s residence at Abatakan, Ojoo area of Ibadan at about 8 pm on April  25. Akewugbagold, who confirmed the release on his Facebook page on Sunday, said he took custody of the twins near...

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President Buhari Appoints NAICOM, NDIC Board Members

EconomyNigeriaPoliticsPresident Buhari Appoints NAICOM, NDIC Board Members

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr. Sunday Thomas as the substantive Commissioner for Insurance/Chief Executive Officer, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM). Mr. Yunusa Abdullahi, Special Adviser, Media, and Communications to the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. Thomas replaced Malam Mohammed Kari, who was Acting Commissioner for Insurance/CEO of the commission. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new appointee has...

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Coronavirus: Nigerian Varsities, R esearch Institutes Capable of Developing Vaccine – Immunologist

CoronavirusEducationNigeriaCoronavirus: Nigerian Varsities, R esearch Institutes Capable of Developing Vaccine – Immunologist

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

As the race for a COVID-19 vaccine intensifies, a professor of Immunology, Ganiyu Arinola, says Nigerian universities and research institutes have the capacity to develop a coronavirus vaccine. Arinola, a staff of the Department of Immunology, University of Ibadan, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ibadan against the backdrop of the 2020 World Immunisation Week. NAN reports that the World Immunisation Week celebrated worldwide in the...

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Umahi Confirms 2 New COVID-19 Cases in Ebonyi

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaUmahi Confirms 2 New COVID-19 Cases in Ebonyi

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi has confirmed the fourth and fifth positive cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the state. Umahi disclosed this while giving an update on the COVID-19 situation on Sunday in Abakaliki. He said: “Fourth case is a twenty-two-year-old man, he lives in Ojo in Lagos state. “Just as it is with the third case, he left Lagos on April 26, and entered Ebonyi through Nkalagu border, and from there,...

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Nigeria Records 220 Cases Of COVID-19, Total Infections Low 2,388

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNigeria Records 220 Cases Of COVID-19, Total Infections Low 2,388

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

Nigeria has recorded 220 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the country’s total infections to 2,388. According to a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday, of the new infections, 62 are in Lagos, 52 from the FCT, 31 in Kaduna, and 13 from Sokoto. The NCDC also recorded 17 deaths, bringing the total number to 85. The centre also said 10 new cases were recorded in Kebbi, nine-Yobe,...

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Amotekun to be Armed with “African Science” – Osun Amotekun DG, Shittu

CoronavirusCulture & TraditionNewsNigeriaAmotekun to be Armed with “African Science” – Osun Amotekun DG, Shittu

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 3, 2020

The Director-General of the Amotekun Corps in Osun State, Amitolu Shittu, had said what the security outfit had was more sophisticated than the guns and ammunition that the Police are using. The DG disclosed this on Saturday in an interview with Bola Bamigbola. He stated that the corps is not meant for Yoruba people alone, but everyone living in the Southwest, whether Hausa, Igbo or Yoruba. He lamented that the coronavirus had affected the operation...

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JUST IN : Another Northern Traditional Ruler, Emir Of Kaura Namoda, Is Dead

CoronavirusCulture & TraditionNewsNigeriaJUST IN : Another Northern Traditional Ruler, Emir Of Kaura Namoda, Is Dead

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 3, 2020

Another traditional ruler in the north of Nigeria, the Emir of Kaura Namoda, Ahmad Muhammad Asha, has died. According to Daily Trust, the Emir of Kaura Namoda, Ahmad Muhammad Asha also known as Sarkin Kiyawan Kaura Namoda has died in the early hours of Sunday at the age of 71. His younger brother,  Abdulkarim Ahmad Asha, the Dan Jekan  Kaura Namoda told Daily Trust that the Emir had battled diabetes and hypertension fora long time. “He...

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Learning in a Pandemic, When ‘Online School’ is the Village Chalkboard

CoronavirusEducationNigeriaLearning in a Pandemic, When ‘Online School’ is the Village Chalkboard

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

LAGOS – With her school shut because of the coronavirus, Tolu Alagba kneels as she copies down class notes from a communal village chalkboard, the closest thing to online lessons on an island with no electricity, a boat ride from Nigeria’s megacity Lagos. Like much of the world, Nigeria ordered schools shut in late March to curb the spread of the coronavirus. But while children in many countries have shifted to online lessons, that is...

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West Africa Crude-Nigerian Export Programmes Shrink in June, May

AfricaCoronavirusEconomyWest Africa Crude-Nigerian Export Programmes Shrink in June, May

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

Export programmes for West African crudes emerged on Friday and showed lower volumes for this month and the next, in line with unprecedented output cuts by producers and a lack of demand. Royal Dutch Shell circulated its export schedule for June loadings of Nigerian Bonny Light and Bonga crude, with the former set to fall sharply in June to 190,000 barrels per day (bpd) from 245,000 planned for May. Loading plans have been disrupted as Nigeria...

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Nigeria Could Have to ‘Replace’ $300 mln Abacha Loot if Misused – US

Foreign PolicyMoneyNigeriaUnited StatesNigeria Could Have to ‘Replace’ $300 mln Abacha Loot if Misused – US

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

In a very strongly worded statement, the United States of America Justice Department made it clear what consequence awaits Nigeria if it doesn’t properly account for the returned Abacha loot.  Nigeria must use money repatriated from funds looted by former military ruler General Sani Abacha on agreed public projects or be forced to “replace” it, the U.S. Justice Department said. The United States and the British dependency of Jersey agreed with the Nigerian government in...

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