Nigeria Records 1,204 New COVID-19 Cases, Highest Daily Surge Ever

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNigeria Records 1,204 New COVID-19 Cases, Highest Daily Surge Ever

PilotnewsJanuary 5, 2021

Nigeria on Monday recorded 1,204 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of infections to 91,351. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its verified website. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)  reports that Nigeria recorded 1,145 cases on Dec. 18, 2020. The centre also announced seven deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the country’s death toll to 1,318. It stated that three of the deaths occurred in...

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Again, FG Increases Electricity Tariff, Breaks Agreement with Labour

BusinessNewsNigeriaPowerAgain, FG Increases Electricity Tariff, Breaks Agreement with Labour

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 5, 2021

The Federal Government has again increased the electricity tariff that power consumers across the country are expected to be paying. The new hike in the electricity tariff was approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). The increase varies. It was based on different consumer classes and took effect from January 1, 2021. The tariff hike was announced by the NERC in its December 2020 minor review of the Multi-Year Tariff Order (MYTO) and Minimum...

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Top Georgia Election Official Says White House Pushed him to Take Trump Call

NewsPoliticsUnited StatesTop Georgia Election Official Says White House Pushed him to Take Trump Call

PilotnewsJanuary 4, 2021

Georgia’s Republican top election official said on Monday the White House had pushed him against his better judgment to take a call from President Donald Trump in which he pressured the state to overturn his November presidential election defeat there. In the call on Saturday, Trump told Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn his election loss in the southern state, according to a recording published by U.S. media. “I...

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Alleged Certificate forgery: Obaseki to Open Defence Jan. 5

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAlleged Certificate forgery: Obaseki to Open Defence Jan. 5

PilotnewsJanuary 4, 2021

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo will on Jan. 5, open his defence at the Federal High Court, Abuja,  in the ongoing alleged certificate forgery suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) against him. The trial judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed,  adjourned the matter on Monday for Obaseki to open his defence on Jan. 5, after the APC closed its case after calling six witnesses. The APC and one of its chieftains, Mr. Williams Edobor, dragged...

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Terrorism: President Buhari Sympathized with Niger Republic Over Killings of More Than 100 People in Zaroumdareye

Crime & SecurityNewsWest AfricaTerrorism: President Buhari Sympathized with Niger Republic Over Killings of More Than 100 People in Zaroumdareye

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 4, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has sympathized with Niger Republic over the killing of 100 people in Zaroumdareye, a border town between Niger Republic and Mali by militants, describing the incident as another clarion call for united action by African leaders against terrorism. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement said Buhari in his reaction to the incident on Sunday in Abuja, said, “I am profoundly shocked by the...

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CBN Defends Naira with $4.37bn in the Third Quarter of 2020

EconomyNewsNigeriaCBN Defends Naira with $4.37bn in the Third Quarter of 2020

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 4, 2021

The Central Bank of Nigeria injected $4.37bn in the foreign exchange market in the third quarter of 2020 as part of efforts to ensure the stability of the naira. This was disclosed in the third-quarter economic report. The bank added that through its periodic interventions in the forex market, it continued to boost the supply side of the market, as the private sector supply chain segment of the market is weakened by the COVID-19 crisis....

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What Should Activism Really be?

OpinionPeoplePoliticsUnited StatesWhat Should Activism Really be?

PilotnewsJanuary 4, 20211

By Adedeji Adewumi, Guest Columnist ____ Activism is both a science and an art. While social activists in Nigeria do understand and have become successful in the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of the art of activism, we are yet to master the science of activism. The art of activism is the front-end, public-view life of activism – the protests, calling out and public shaming of leaders, filing of lawsuits and strikes to name a few. The...

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Paternity Fraud, Modernity and a Certain Igbo Culture

LifestyleOpinionPaternity Fraud, Modernity and a Certain Igbo Culture

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)January 4, 2021

Recently, Nigerian media and social spaces have been inundated with arguments on DNA test. This is not the first time Nigeria’s social spaces experience this level of argument on a child’s paternity. However, this time, the argument has refused to rescind or varnish. The need to conduct paternity test on kids was provoked by the story of Tunde Thomas, who was said to have died from complications as a result of the depression he suffered...

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Security: NAF Conducts Joint Combat Search, Rescue Exercise Along Kaduna-Abuja Highway

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSecurity: NAF Conducts Joint Combat Search, Rescue Exercise Along Kaduna-Abuja Highway

PilotnewsJanuary 3, 2021

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) conducted a Joint Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR), Special Forces (SF) and Air Police K-9 Simulation Exercise (JCSAEX) at Rijana Village along the Kaduna-Abuja highway. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, AVM Ibikunle Daramola, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. The Exercise, code-named “TAIMAKO YAZO”, was aimed at simulating tactics, doctrine, and synergy amongst first responders for effective CSAR operations of downed aircrew or...

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African Nations Begin Trading Under AfCFTA Pact

AfricaBusinessEconomyNewsAfrican Nations Begin Trading Under AfCFTA Pact

PilotnewsJanuary 3, 2021

African Union (AU) Chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed have congratulated Africans for starting trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Abiy tweeted: “Congratulations to our continent for the beginning of trading under AfCTA. The new frontier for Africa is indeed regional integration, where minds are open to ideas and markets are to trade. Trade defuses the most fraught relations and integrated markets generate prosperity.” South African President Ramaphosa said:...

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