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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Kano Must Be Prepared to Accept Autopsy Results – Presidency

HealthNewsNigeriaKano Must Be Prepared to Accept Autopsy Results – Presidency

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 30, 2020

The Presidency on Wednesday said everyone should be prepared to accept autopsies reports to ascertain the causes of deaths in Kano as a result of the alleged strange illnesses that saw many including prominent individuals dead. This is contained in a statement released by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. The President’s spokesperson said what would determine the cause of the deaths would be scientifically and medically conducted...

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JUST IN: COVID-19 Border Closure: Ugwuanyi Further Fortifies Borders by Engaging Local Neighbourhood Watch and Others

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaJUST IN: COVID-19 Border Closure: Ugwuanyi Further Fortifies Borders by Engaging Local Neighbourhood Watch and Others

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)April 30, 2020

Despite the State Government’s COVID-19 Containment Order, Executive Order No. 1 of 2020, in force, Governor Ugwuanyi calls on the 17 Local Government Council Chairmen to mobilize all Development Center Administrators, Councilors, Traditional Rulers and President-General of Communities as well as Neighborhood Watch Groups and Youth Leaders within their jurisdiction to man the borders of their local Government Council Areas that are contiguous with other States. Although the Containment Order imposes interstate movement restriction, persons...

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COVID-19: Female Patient Demands Apology for Declaring Her at Large

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Female Patient Demands Apology for Declaring Her at Large

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 30, 2020

A 42-year-old female Covid-19 patient, Hauwa Mohammed of Shehuri Area of Maiduguri alleged to be on the run has reported to the hospital and demanded an apology. The woman and a 22-year-old man, Abbas Hassan, were on Sunday said to be on the run by the Borno High Powered Committee on Convid-19. While the man was traced in Gwange Area of Maiduguri in a critical condition and taken to Isolation Centre, the woman later took...

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BOI Implements President Buhari’s Directive

CoronavirusEconomyNigeriaBOI Implements President Buhari’s Directive

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)April 29, 2020

The Bank of Industry (BOI) has announced the palliative measures it has put in place for debtors as the ravaging COVID-19 hits the Nigerian economy. Recall that on March 29, President Buhari had in a national broadcast announcing the measures the government was taking to cushion the effect of COVID-19 on the economy, directed credit institutions to allow a 3-month period moratorium on loan repayment. In line with the directive, the BOI said it had...

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El Rufai Recounts His Battle With Corona Virus

CoronavirusNigeriaPeopleEl Rufai Recounts His Battle With Corona Virus

PilotnewsApril 29, 2020

Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasiru El-Rufa’i has opened up about his experience while he was knocked down by the virus. Stating that would have died if not for the effort of the doctors, he noted that he suffered a debilitating headache while addressing the state from isolation. El-Rufai, who spoke in a Hausa Radio programme on Wednesday, said he was the index case recorded in the state. “I could have died, if not for my...

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COVID-19 Pandemic Shatters Olympics Plan, Japan’s PM says

SportsWorld NewsCOVID-19 Pandemic Shatters Olympics Plan, Japan’s PM says

PilotnewsApril 29, 2020

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday that the Tokyo Olympics may not take place next year unless the coronavirus pandemic is contained. His comment has come as the Japanese capital city’s governor requested an extension of Japan’s state of emergency. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Japanese government last month postponed the Games until July 2021 because of the coronavirus crisis. With the epidemic’s worldwide infection rate climbing and experts suggesting a vaccine...

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Construction Site Fire in South Korea Kills at Least 38

PeopleWorld NewsConstruction Site Fire in South Korea Kills at Least 38

PilotnewsApril 29, 2020

A fire at a construction site in South Korea killed at least 38 people and injured another 10 on Wednesday, fire authorities said. The fire broke out when workers were building a warehouse in the city of Icheon, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) southeast of Seoul, they said. They said, “rapid combustion” occurred while workers were working on an underground level of the warehouse, adding that they are investigating the cause of the blaze. A...

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Pan-African Trade Fair Postponed Due to COVID-19

AfricaMarketsNewsPan-African Trade Fair Postponed Due to COVID-19

PilotnewsApril 29, 2020

This year’s Intra-African Trade Fair, initially scheduled to take place in Rwanda in September, has been postponed to next year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said in a statement on Wednesday. The event, co-organized by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the African Union (AU) and the Rwandan government, will be postponed to Sept. 6-12, 2021, in Kigali to ensure the safety of the host country and the participants, said the statement released by...

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