Italy’s Virus Deaths Drop to 174 on Eve of Lockdown Easing

CoronavirusNewsWorld NewsItaly’s Virus Deaths Drop to 174 on Eve of Lockdown Easing

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

Italy’s daily COVID-19 death toll fell to the lowest level in nearly two months on Sunday, the eve of the first easing of a strict novel coronavirus lockdown. The death tally rose by 174 to 28,884, the Civil Protection Agency said in its daily bulletin. The last time daily fatalities were below that figure was on March 10, with 168 deaths. March 10 was also the start date of the lockdown. The total number of...

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COVID-19: Evacuation of Nigerians from U.S. begins May 10

Foreign PolicyNigeriaUnited StatesCOVID-19: Evacuation of Nigerians from U.S. begins May 10

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

Evacuation of Nigerians stranded in the U.S. due to the novel coronavirus pandemic is to begin on May 10, according to the Consulate-General of Nigeria in New York. The consulate-general disclosed this in a notice signed by the Consul-General, Mr. Benaoyagha Okoyen, on behalf of the Nigerian Missions in the U.S., on Sunday. According to the notice, no fewer than 700 Nigerians have registered with the missions in the U.S. for evacuation, which will be...

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Press Freedom Day: NUJ Seeks Protection of Journalists

Press * MediaPress Freedom Day: NUJ Seeks Protection of Journalists

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has called on governments at all levels to take decisive steps in ensuring the protection of media workers to strengthen and maintain press freedom. Mr. Victor Udu, the Chairman of NUJ, Cross River Council, made the call in a statement to mark the World Press Freedom Day 2020 in on Sunday in Calabar. The appeal is also coming in the face of the uncertainty created by Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,...

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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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