We Are Faced With Challenges of Life, IDPs Cries Out

NewsNigeriaPeopleWe Are Faced With Challenges of Life, IDPs Cries Out

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 29, 2020

After staying for seven years in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) informal camp in Malkohi, a suburb of Yola town in Adamawa state Northeast Nigeria the 2,860 IDPs from Borno state with the majority from Gwoza Local Government Area are now faced with a myriad of life challenges. Narrating their ordeal to West African Pilot News, the IDPs said inhabitants of Malkohi who offered some portions of land turned into IDP Camp are now demanding their...

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Trump Makes U-turn, Signs $900bn COVID-19 Relief Package

CoronavirusEconomyUnited StatesTrump Makes U-turn, Signs $900bn COVID-19 Relief Package

PilotnewsDecember 28, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday night said he had signed the $900 billion (N349.2 trillion) coronavirus relief package. The action came just hours before a government shutdown, and days after the president opposed the bill over “wasteful and unnecessary items’’. In a statement, Trump called on Congress to make more amendments to reduce excess spending and expunge the “wasteful items”. “I will sign the Omnibus and COVID package with a strong message that makes...

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COVID-19: NCDC Announces 838 New infections, 7 Deaths

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Announces 838 New infections, 7 Deaths

PilotnewsDecember 28, 2020

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has reported  838  new cases of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the country. The centre announced this on its verified website on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 925,215 persons have been tested since the first confirmed case of the virus was announced on Feb 27, 2020. According to the centre, the country has recorded a total of 84,414 cases and 1,254 fatalities since the pandemic...

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“Demon Slayer” Becomes Japan’s Top-grossing Movie

BusinessEntertainmentFilmWorld News“Demon Slayer” Becomes Japan’s Top-grossing Movie

PilotnewsDecember 28, 2020

“Demon Slayer”, the animated tale of a boy fighting human-eating demons that murdered his family, has shattered a nearly two-decade record to become Japan’s top-grossing movie, its distributor said on Monday. The film, based on a popular manga and television anime series, powered past “Spirited Away”, the mega-hit Academy Award-winning movie by Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki that opened in 2001, in just a little over two months. “Demon Slayer”, with a full official title of...

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Assessing Cancer Care, Management in Nigeria

HealthNewsNigeriaWellnessAssessing Cancer Care, Management in Nigeria

PilotnewsDecember 28, 2020

A News Analysis by Cecilia Ologunagba, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) _____ Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, including Nigeria, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The global health agency estimates that over eight million people die of cancer annually and it is acclaimed the second leading cause of death globally. The disease is responsible for 72,000 deaths in Nigeria every year, with an annual estimated 102,000 new cases, according to the...

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The Trump Amoral Dynasty: White Evangelicals Locked In A Deadly Mambo With The Devil

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionThe Trump Amoral Dynasty: White Evangelicals Locked In A Deadly Mambo With The Devil

PilotnewsDecember 28, 2020

“Pastor Kenneth Copeland is the craziest of them all. With eyes popped like a pair of demitasse spoons, a large swath of his craziness is written on both cheeks of his face.” ―Don Okolo Like the budding tendrils of a rosebud, reacting to the warmth of an early morning sun, the American Evangelical Herd stand in frailty, bent out of shape for being overly reverential, cringing almost, before these miasmas of pure darkness, as they...

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Saturday Attack: Zulum Cuts Abuja Trip, Visits Four Hawul Communities

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSaturday Attack: Zulum Cuts Abuja Trip, Visits Four Hawul Communities

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 27, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Sunday morning flew from Abuja to Maiduguri and, on arrival, took a military chopper to visit communities attacked by Boko Haram on Saturday evening, in Hawul Local Government Area in the southern portion of the state. Zulum, who traveled from Maiduguri to Katsina and Abuja on Thursday, for series of scheduled activities, cut short the trip following the attack. About four communities:...

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Studying Law Helps Build My Analytical Mindset in Producing Good Music – Falz

Arts & CultureMusicNewsNigeriaStudying Law Helps Build My Analytical Mindset in Producing Good Music – Falz

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 27, 2020

Popular Nigerian rapper, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz has disclosed how studying law in the university is now helping in his music career. A graduate of the University of Reading, England, disclosed this during an Instagram Live session with his fans. The rapper said, “(On the skills helping me as an artiste), I would say analytical mindset because as a lawyer one has to critically analyse things. My lyrics usually have a lot of...

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WHO Chief Warns Coronavirus Pandemic Won’t Be Last

CoronavirusWorld NewsWHO Chief Warns Coronavirus Pandemic Won’t Be Last

PilotnewsDecember 27, 2020

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday warned that the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) would not be the last such crisis. Tedros gave the warning in a video released to mark the first-ever International Day of Epidemic Preparedness on Sunday. “History tells us that this won’t be the last pandemic and epidemics are a fact of life,” he said. The WHO head said that better investment in public health supported by governments and...

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Central African Republic Votes Under Threat of Violence

AfricaNewsPoliticsCentral African Republic Votes Under Threat of Violence

PilotnewsDecember 27, 2020

Voters in the Central African Republic go to the polls on Sunday for presidential and legislative elections being held under violence. This is as the government tries to hold off a rebel advance. Militias hostile to President Faustin-Archange Touadera, who is seeking a second term, have stepped up attacks since the constitutional court rejected several candidacies, including that of former President Francois Bozize, earlier this month. The crisis has left many in the diamond and...

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