Davido Pens Heartwarming Message to Celebrate Chioma on Her Birthday

Arts & CultureEntertainmentLifestyleDavido Pens Heartwarming Message to Celebrate Chioma on Her Birthday

PilotnewsApril 30, 2020

Music superstar, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has penned a heartwarming message to celebrate his fiancée and mother of his son, Chioma Rowland, on her birthday. This was on a post he shared via his Instagram page, @davido official page on Thursday morning. The DMW Records CEO posted a beautiful photo of Chioma and described his yet-to-be-wife as the strongest woman he has ever met in his life. According to the ‘Blow my mind’...

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Glenmark to Conduct Trials in India for Potential COVID-19 drug

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaGlenmark to Conduct Trials in India for Potential COVID-19 drug

PilotnewsApril 30, 2020

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd on Thursday said it would start clinical trials in India of antiviral drug favipiravir, seen as a potential treatment for COVID-19, an official said. Sushrut Kulkarni, Executive Vice President for Global R&D, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, said this in an announcement that sent its shares up as much as 9 per cent. The trials come after a Chinese official told reporters last month that an active ingredient of the drug had been effective, with...

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Shocking! Bauchi Governor Authorised Use of Chloroquine for Treatment of COVID-19

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaShocking! Bauchi Governor Authorised Use of Chloroquine for Treatment of COVID-19

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 30, 2020

The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed said he has authorized the use of chloroquine as a medication for the treatment of COVID-19. Mr. Mohammed, who was the COVID-19 index case in the state, said he was treated with “chloroquine and Zithromax.” The governor, who dropped the hint while providing an update on COVID-19 in the state, at the Government House, Bauchi, said he would take responsibility for any consequences of approving such drugs. Accordingly,...

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COVID-19: Los Angeles Offers Free Test for all Residents, The First Major US City to Do So

CoronavirusUnited NationsCOVID-19: Los Angeles Offers Free Test for all Residents, The First Major US City to Do So

PilotnewsApril 30, 2020

The Mayor of Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti had announced that the city is offering coronavirus test to all its residents for free. It will be the first major city in the United State to do so. He announced this at a news conference on Wednesday. He said, “We have the capacity so don’t wait, don’t wander and don’t risk infecting others.” He mentioned that the test became available on Wednesday night and there is...

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Lockdown: ABCON Excited to Resume Operations

BusinessMoneyNigeriaLockdown: ABCON Excited to Resume Operations

PilotnewsApril 30, 2020

The Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) on Thursday said it had sensitised its members and put in place key measures and actions for COVID-19 prevention and control in readiness to resume operations. Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, President, ABCON, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that operators were happy about arrangements by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to resume sales of foreign exchange to BDCs. He said the five...

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Shell Cuts Dividend for First Time Since 1940s as Oil Demand Collapses

BusinessCoronavirusWorld NewsShell Cuts Dividend for First Time Since 1940s as Oil Demand Collapses

PilotnewsApril 30, 2020

Royal Dutch Shell RDSa cuts its dividend for the first time in 80 years and suspended the next tranche of its share buyback programme following the collapse in global oil demand due to the coronavirus pandemic. Chief Executive Ben van Beurden said this in a statement issued on Thursday in London. “Given the continued deterioration in the macroeconomic outlook and the significant mid and long-term uncertainty, we are taking further prudent steps to bolster our...

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UPDATE: COVID-19 Claims More than 60,000 Lives in U.S., Says Johns Hopkins University

CoronavirusUnited StatesUPDATE: COVID-19 Claims More than 60,000 Lives in U.S., Says Johns Hopkins University

PilotnewsApril 30, 2020

The death toll from COVID-19 reached nearly 60,200 in the U.S. on Wednesday and confirmed cases surpassed 1 million, according to Johns Hopkins University. Some models had suggested the U.S. would not reach this milestone until late summer. The shuttering businesses nationwide – restaurants, gyms, retail – has led the U.S. economy to shrink 4.8 percent in the first quarter. Amid a bleak financial outlook in which the U.S. economy saw its steepest drop since the Great Recession, a...

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JUST IN: Nigeria Records 196 New COVID-19 Cases as Total Number of Infections Now 1,728

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaJUST IN: Nigeria Records 196 New COVID-19 Cases as Total Number of Infections Now 1,728

PilotnewsApril 30, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Wednesday, confirmed 196 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 1,728. The NCDC also said that the virus claimed the lives of 11 patients, bringing the total number of deaths to 51. The centre said that the breakdown of the 196 new infections recorded indicated that Lagos recorded 87 new cases and Kano, 24. Others...

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BREAKING: Muhammadu Goni, Borno’s first Executive Governor, is dead

NigeriaPeoplePoliticsBREAKING: Muhammadu Goni, Borno’s first Executive Governor, is dead

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 30, 2020

The death has occurred of Alhaji Muhammadu Goni, first Executive Governor of Borno state, comprising present Borno and Yobe states. He died a few hours ago after a brief illness in Maiduguri aged 78. Goni was a retired civil servant who was Governor of Borno State from 1979 to 1983 in the Nigerian Second Republic. According to Wikipedia, Muhammad Goni was born in 1942 in Kareto, Mobbar Local Government Area, Borno State. He attended Maiduguri Middle School...

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COVID-19: Bauchi Govt to Test”Almajiris” Pupils Before Taking Them to Their States

CoronavirusLifestyleNigeriaCOVID-19: Bauchi Govt to Test”Almajiris” Pupils Before Taking Them to Their States

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 30, 2020

Gov. Bala Mohammad of Bauchi State has said that the state would test all Quranic education (Almajiri) pupils for Coronavirus (COVID-19) before returning them to their states of origin. The governor said this while addressing newsmen in Bauchi State also said that the state had developed the capacity to handle the scourge of the virus due to its experience with Lassa and yellow fever outbreak in the state. “We want to reveal to Nigerians and...

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