COVID-19: Nigeria Records 284 New Cases, Total Infections Hit 6677

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Nigeria Records 284 New Cases, Total Infections Hit 6677

PilotnewsMay 20, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday recorded 284 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 6677. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that eight new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus in the country, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 200. The health agency explained that most of the fatalities recorded from COVID-19 were cases...

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Brazilian Football May Restart in June, CBF Says

CoronavirusSportsWorld NewsBrazilian Football May Restart in June, CBF Says

PilotnewsMay 20, 2020

Brazilian football could restart at the end of June, the secretary-general of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Walter Feldman, said on Tuesday. This is coming in spite of the fact that the number of coronavirus cases is still rising in South America’s hardest-hit nation. Feldman said the return to action in the German Bundesliga, where nine first division games were played last weekend after a two-month hiatus, was a positive example for world football. “It...

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Lesotho Swears in New PM, Majoro After Thabane Resignation

AfricaCulture & TraditionNewsNigeriaLesotho Swears in New PM, Majoro After Thabane Resignation

PilotnewsMay 20, 2020

Lesotho’s former finance minister Moeketsi Majoro has been sworn in as the country’s new prime minister one day after Thomas Thabane resigned as leader. Thabane resigned amid a scandal over the death of his estranged wife. Thabane, who is a suspect in the 2017 murder of his wife, announced his resignation during an address to the nation on Tuesday.The coalition headed by the former prime minister collapsed on May 11, and Thabane subsequently announced that...

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NSCDC Turns Back 15 Enugu-Bound Vehicles at Boundary

CoronavirusCrime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNSCDC Turns Back 15 Enugu-Bound Vehicles at Boundary

PilotnewsMay 20, 2020

Mr Everestus Obiyo, Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Enugu State Command, has turned back 15 Enugu-bound vehicles, mostly commercial buses, at the Enugu-Abia boundary. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Denny Iwuchukwu, said in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu that the vehicles and their occupants were turned back on Tuesday. Iwuchukwu said the commandant took the action while conducting an on-the-spot check on boundaries between Enugu and neighbouring states. He said...

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Early Morning Fire Engulfs NIPOST Corporate HQ

NewsNigeriaEarly Morning Fire Engulfs NIPOST Corporate HQ

PilotnewsMay 20, 2020

The Corporate Headquarters of the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST), situated in Garki 2, Abuja was early on Wednesday engulfed in flames. The General Manager, Communications, Mr Franklin Alao, confirmed this incident in a telephone interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. According to him, the fire started from the second floor and firefighters battled to put out the fire before it wreaked much havoc. ”It started as smoke from the human resources department...

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COVID-19: NCDC Records 226 New Cases, Total Infections Now 6401

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Records 226 New Cases, Total Infections Now 6401

PilotnewsMay 20, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday recorded 226 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 6401. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that one new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus in the country, bringing the total number of deaths to 192. The health agency explained that most of the fatalities recorded from COVID-19 were cases with other underlying illnesses...

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Seychelles Becomes Third African Country to be Coronavirus Free

AfricaCoronavirusNewsNigeriaSeychelles Becomes Third African Country to be Coronavirus Free

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 20, 2020

Seychelles, another island nation, had become the third African country that had attained Coronavirus free status in the continent.  On Monday, May 19, the Health Ministry announced the full recovery of its COVID-19 patients. The country because the third in African to be Coronavirus free after Mauritius and Eritrea. The country’s last cabinet meeting focused on the country’s efforts in containing the spread of the virus as the resumption of life was rolled out.  The...

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Reporting More or Less COVID-19 Cases Does Not Attract FG Supports to States – NCDC

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaReporting More or Less COVID-19 Cases Does Not Attract FG Supports to States – NCDC

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 20, 2020

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had said that reporting more or fewer cases of coronavirus did not attract support from the Federal Government to states.  This was disclosed on Tuesday through the Director-General of the NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu while speaking at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 press briefing There had been unconfirmed reports before now that some states distort the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in their state. This is done...

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100 Countries Get COVID-19 Support From the World Bank

CoronavirusMoneyNewsWorld News100 Countries Get COVID-19 Support From the World Bank

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 20, 2020

In what he described as the largest and fastest crisis response in the Bank’s history, David Malpass, World Bank Group President, said the bank has provided emergency COVID-19 assistance to 100 developing countries, home to seventy percent of the world’s population. In the wake of the pandemic, the World Bank pledged $160 billion in grants and financial support over a 15-month period, an initiative it says would “help developing countries respond to the health, social...

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Nigeria Wallows in the Chinese Debt Trap

NewsNigeriaOpinionNigeria Wallows in the Chinese Debt Trap

PilotnewsMay 20, 2020

There are important issues of accountability and probity, all linked to transparency. The absence of transparency can be disastrous to good governance and economic growth in Nigeria. Whether they are loans from China or from anywhere else, opaque loan contracts and under-stated loans (hidden by the lack of transparency) are not good for Nigeria. Could COVID-19 liberate Nigerians from the Chinese Debt Empire? That is the question on the minds of some members of Nigeria’s...

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