Task Force on Covid-19 Has Not Received a Kobo From Private Donations – Lai Mohammed

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaTask Force on Covid-19 Has Not Received a Kobo From Private Donations – Lai Mohammed

PilotnewsApril 3, 2020

The Presidential Task Force for the Control of Coronavirus (COVID-19), says it is yet to receive any money from the funds donated by the private sector towards the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Alhaji Lai Mohammed, a member of the committee and the Minister of Information and Culture, disclosed this on Friday when he appeared on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum to give an update on the activities of the task force in the...

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Task Force on Covid-19 Has Not Received a Kobo From Private Donations – Lai Mohammed

CoronavirusNigeriaPhilanthropyTask Force on Covid-19 Has Not Received a Kobo From Private Donations – Lai Mohammed

PilotnewsApril 3, 2020

The Presidential Task Force for the Control of Coronavirus (COVID-19), says it is yet to receive any money from the funds donated by the private sector towards the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Alhaji Lai Mohammed, a member of the committee and the Minister of Information and Culture, disclosed this on Friday when he appeared on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum to give an update on the activities of the task force in the...

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Bill Withers, Influential Soul Singer Behind Ain’t No Sunshine, Dies Aged 81

CoronavirusEntertainmentBill Withers, Influential Soul Singer Behind Ain’t No Sunshine, Dies Aged 81

PilotnewsApril 3, 2020

Lovely Day and Lean On Me singer dies of heart complications, according to a family statement. Bill Withers, the influential US soul singer who wrote Lean on Me, Ain’t No Sunshine and Lovely Day has died aged 81 of heart complications, according to a statement from his family. Withers wrote and recorded several other major hits including Use Me and Just the Two of Us. He won three Grammy awards and entered the Rock and Roll...

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Lockdown: Police Arrests 12 Journalists in Adamawa

CoronavirusLaw & JusticeNigeriaLockdown: Police Arrests 12 Journalists in Adamawa

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 3, 2020

No fewer than 12 journalists were arrested by police in Adamawa while sitting at the NUJ Press Centre, Yola waiting for any update on COVID-19 in the state, Mr. Ishaka Donald Dedan the state Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists NUJ, has confirmed. Regretting the violation of NUJ sanctity, Dedan said, “The police stormed the NUJ secretariat at about 6 p.m. and  arrested  12 journalists on assignment because they were supposed to brief the...

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Somali President Pardons 148 Prisoners to Contain Spread of COVID-19

CoronavirusPoliticsWorldSomali President Pardons 148 Prisoners to Contain Spread of COVID-19

PilotnewsApril 2, 2020

Somali President Mohamed Farmajo, on Thursday, pardoned 148 prisoners as part of measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country. Farmajo said the release of the prisoners with petty crimes follows a report submitted to him by the country’s attorney general on the conditions of the prisoners in the wake of COVID-19. The president also directed prison authorities and the Ministry of Health to take adequate measures to prevent health risks for the...

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COVID-19, Threat to Food Security-Experts

CoronavirusFoodNigeriaCOVID-19, Threat to Food Security-Experts

PilotnewsApril 2, 2020

Prof. Veronica Obatolu, the Executive Director, Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, says Covid-19 remains a threat to food security due to the negative effects on production and research. Obatolu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ibadan that the pandemic was raging at a time the country was entering the new cropping season. She said the effects on production would be immediate as manifested in a reduction in supply...

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APC Will Bounce Back and I Hold No Grudge Against Fintiri–Dr Umar Duhu

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAPC Will Bounce Back and I Hold No Grudge Against Fintiri–Dr Umar Duhu

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 2, 2020

Dr Umar Duhu an APC stalwart in Adamawa state needs no introduction in the Nigerian politics; he held many positions and was among the founding fathers of the ruling APC- the party  which he held sway as acting national vice chairman ,north east. In telling truth, Duhu can call a spade a spade no matter whose ox is gored! In this exclusive interview with Ibrahim Abdul’ Aziz,  Dr Umar Duhu said it all on APC lingering crisis...

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Nigerians and their Foreign Heroes

CoronavirusOpinionNigerians and their Foreign Heroes

PilotnewsApril 2, 2020

Nigerians have successfully moved from buying foreign gadgets most of which are not produced in Nigeria, goods, foreign household equipment, food, clothes and to just about anything else, many of which are produced in Nigeria and of good quality. For most Nigerians, foreign things are a mark of class and opulence. As of now, Nigerians prefer foreign education from nursery to tertiary level; this is usually blamed on the deplorable quality of education obtainable in...

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Indonesia’s COVID-19 Death Toll Rises to 170, Total Cases to 1,790

CoronavirusWorldIndonesia’s COVID-19 Death Toll Rises to 170, Total Cases to 1,790

PilotnewsApril 2, 2020

The Indonesian government said, on Thursday, the death toll from the coronavirus in the country climbed to 170, the highest in Southeast Asia. At a press conference, the government’s spokesperson for the COVID-19, Achmad Yurianto, said that the number of confirmed cases jumped to 1,790 and 112 patients recovered. Capital city Jakarta, home to some 10 million people, suffers the highest number of deaths totaling 90, followed by West Java – 25, Banten – 14,...

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BREAKING NEWS–COVID-19: Enugu State Now has Three Isolation and Treatment Centers

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaBREAKING NEWS–COVID-19: Enugu State Now has Three Isolation and Treatment Centers

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)April 2, 2020

In order to strengthen the capacity of the State’s Healthcare system to contain the Coronavirus pandemic, the Enugu State Government has assigned two more isolation centers in addition to the ESUT Teaching Hospital, Parklane Isolation center. The two new isolation centers are located in Nsukka town and Enugu city; a newly built hospital converted as a center in Nsukka and the Enugu State Medical Diagnostic Center which is about a kilometer away from the ESUT...

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