Covid-19: Nigeria Records Highest Daily Figure, Total Cases Now 627

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCovid-19: Nigeria Records Highest Daily Figure, Total Cases Now 627

Beloved John (Staff Writer)April 20, 2020

Nigeria, on Sunday, recorded its highest daily figure since the outbreak of the novel disease in Nigeria. 86 cases new cases of the virus have recorded across seven states in Nigeria, the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reports. With the new cases, the total tally of infected people in the country rose to 627 from 541 reported on Saturday evening. The national health agency in a tweet late Sunday night said that new cases...

CONTINUE READING
Covid-19: South African University Set to Initiate Virtual Learning

AfricaCoronavirusEducationCovid-19: South African University Set to Initiate Virtual Learning

Beloved John (Staff Writer)April 19, 2020

The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, has promised to commence online teaching and learning classes with its students. The development is propelled by the speed of Coronavirus in the country. South Africa, with 3,034 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, has been on lockdown to contain the spread. The varsity said in a statement posted on its website that the “emergency remote online teaching and learning” will begin this Monday, April 20, in...

CONTINUE READING
BREAKING: Nigerian Oil Union Suspends Industrial Action After Exxon Mobil Workers Freed

EconomyLabourNigeriaBREAKING: Nigerian Oil Union Suspends Industrial Action After Exxon Mobil Workers Freed

PilotnewsApril 19, 2020

YENAGOA, Nigeria  – A major Nigerian oil union has suspended planned industrial action after 21 Exxon Mobil Corp. employees quarantined last week after their arrest for violating coronavirus-related movement restrictions were freed, it said on Sunday. He said 22 workers, whose coronavirus status was unknown, were quarantined in line with relevant health protocols and would be charged in court. But Wike’s spokesman, Simeon Nwakaudu, on Sunday issued a statement that said the workers were all...

CONTINUE READING
‘Armed Bandits’ Kill 47 in Northwest Nigeria’s Katsina State: Police

National SecurityNewsNigeria‘Armed Bandits’ Kill 47 in Northwest Nigeria’s Katsina State: Police

PilotnewsApril 19, 2020

BAUCHI, Nigeria  – Gunmen killed 47 people in attacks on villages in the northwestern Nigerian state of Katsina in the early hours of Saturday, local police said. “Armed bandits”, some of whom wielded AK 47 guns, carried out the attacks, Katsina police said in a statement on Sunday. Hundreds of people have been killed in the last year by criminal gangs carrying out robberies and kidnappings in northwest Nigeria. Such attacks have added to security...

CONTINUE READING
SERAP Gives FG 14 Days Ultimatum to Reverse Budget Cut to Health and Education

EducationHealthNigeriaSERAP Gives FG 14 Days Ultimatum to Reverse Budget Cut to Health and Education

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)April 19, 2020

President Buhari and the leaders of the national assembly have been given 14 days ultimatum by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to cut the National Assembly and the Presidency budget instead of the proposed slash in health and education budget or face legal action. In a statement, SERAP said it wrote both the executive and the legislative arms of government to reverse the proposed cut of N26.51 billion and N50.76 billion in health...

CONTINUE READING
COVID-19: Izala Suspends Public Ramadan Tafsir, Tahajjud Supererogatory Prayers

CoronavirusNigeriaRegionsCOVID-19: Izala Suspends Public Ramadan Tafsir, Tahajjud Supererogatory Prayers

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 19, 2020

The leadership of Jama’atul Izalatul Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus Sunnah has announced the suspension of its annual Ramadan Tafsir, and other superigatory- Tarawee and Tahajut prayers being observed during Ramadan this is with the view to stemming the spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic. The group noted that the decision was informed by the menacing spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and Fatwa by World Islamic bodies taking cognisance of the  Islamic principles of ‘preservation of...

CONTINUE READING
Imagining Nigeria After COVID-19: A Time for Bold Leadership

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionImagining Nigeria After COVID-19: A Time for Bold Leadership

PilotnewsApril 19, 2020

How will history judge Nigeria’s leaders?  History will judge them harshly for inaction, for sycophancy, for malfeasance, for causing the death of hope in a nation that’s mourning an ignoble tradition. The dearth of political leadership continues to impact the daily overall social condition for both the rich and poor in Nigeria. The five years of President Mohammadu Buhari’s administration and the past few months of the coronavirus pandemic have exposed just how much a...

CONTINUE READING
Why Buhari refuses to obey court orders on El-Zakzaky – IMN spokesman, Ibrahim Musa

NewsNigeriaPoliticsWhy Buhari refuses to obey court orders on El-Zakzaky – IMN spokesman, Ibrahim Musa

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 19, 2020

Blunt Interview of Mallam Ibrahim Musa, spokesman of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) reveals behind-the-scene reality of the Sheikh Ibrahim Yakubu El-Zakzaky’s saga. Sheikh Zak-Zaky is a prisoner of conscience, meaning he is being held because of his beliefs. Clampdown on the Islamic Movement was pre-planned and executed in the interest of Saudi Arabia. The opinion of the El-Rufa’i is hypocritical to say the least. We have been around for over forty years, which...

CONTINUE READING
Abba Kyari: Everyone Will Die One Day ─ So What?

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNigeriaOpinionAbba Kyari: Everyone Will Die One Day ─ So What?

PilotnewsApril 19, 2020

The mentality of victims of the social system during a pandemic invokes a persistent sense of vulnerability to their oppressive leaders, nonparticipation in the civic process, distrust of the system, and often thoughts of negativity. With such a hopeless mindset, it is excusable when they are excited over the death of those who gradually drowned them into the darkest sea of social wretchedness. Anytime a dictator or an oppressor dies, there are often three major...

CONTINUE READING
COVID-19: Abia Gov’t finds Missing Suspected Coronavirus Case

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Abia Gov’t finds Missing Suspected Coronavirus Case

PilotnewsApril 18, 2020

Abia government on Saturday said that the suspected coronavirus case which it declared wanted on April 17 has been found and placed in an isolation center in the state. Chief John Okiyi-Kalu, the Commissioner for Information made the disclosure in a statement he issued in Umuahia on Saturday. Okiyi-Kalu said that health officials at the isolation facility had collected samples from the suspected coronavirus case and dispatched the samples to the Nigeria Center for Disease...

CONTINUE READING

Newer Posts

Older Posts

WP2Social Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com