COVID-19: Sample Collection Performance by States Decline in August

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Sample Collection Performance by States Decline in August

PilotnewsSeptember 3, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says sample collection for the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country declined in August. A report data made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday night by NCDC, showed a decline in sample collection for six states from May to August. The report indicated that all states analysed showed a significant decline in sample collection in August, with Federal Capital Territory (FCT) having the least...

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DAILY UPDATE: NCDC Announces 4 Deaths, 216 Fresh COVID-19 Infections

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaDAILY UPDATE: NCDC Announces 4 Deaths, 216 Fresh COVID-19 Infections

PilotnewsSeptember 3, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced four deaths and 216 fresh cases of COVID-19, taking the total infections in the country to 54, 463. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Wednesday. The health agency said that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), activated at Level 3 had continued to coordinate the national response activities across the country. It disclosed that the new infections were recorded in...

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NDLEA Destroys 10-Hectare Cannabis Sativa Plantation in Kogi

NewsNigeriaNDLEA Destroys 10-Hectare Cannabis Sativa Plantation in Kogi

PilotnewsSeptember 2, 2020

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kogi Command has destroyed a 10-hectare Cannabis Sativa (Indian hemp) plantation in Okula community, Ofu Local Government Area of the state. Mr Alfred Adewumi, NDLEA Commander in the state, made the disclosure while addressing newsmen shortly after the destruction of the farm on Wednesday in Okula. He decried the increasing rate of illicit use and cultivation of cannabis sativa in the state. Adewumi explained that the alleged cannabis...

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Nigerian Schools: To Resume or Not to Resume?

EducationNigeriaOpinionNigerian Schools: To Resume or Not to Resume?

PilotnewsSeptember 2, 2020

And if schools resume next year or even a few years later with the same problem still in place, is this the kind of normal we should go back to? ―Ebuka Onyekwelu In normal times, by next week, Nigerian primary and secondary schools are supposed to be resuming for a new academic session in line with the age-long school calendar. But the year 2020 is nothing ordinary or normal by any strand of imagination given...

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INEC Swears-in Dr Tella Rahmon as REC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsINEC Swears-in Dr Tella Rahmon as REC

PilotnewsSeptember 2, 2020

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has sworn-in Dr Tella Rahmon as a Resident Electoral Commissioner. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, speaking at the brief swearing-in ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday, said  Rahmon would be deployed to Ekiti as state REC. Yakubu advised the new REC to be firm and prudent in discharging his responsibilities and the management of resources under his watch. “The only business that the commission knows is conducting elections. You are going to be responsible...

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Electricity: NLC Urges NERC to Take Decisive Action on Tariff Increase

InfrastructureLabourNewsElectricity: NLC Urges NERC to Take Decisive Action on Tariff Increase

PilotnewsSeptember 1, 2020

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to take decisive action on the plan by DISCOs to hike electricity tariff in the country. Mr Ayuba Wabba, the NLC President on Tuesday in Abuja made the call in a statement titled: “Increase in Electricity Tariff by Abuja DISCOs – a taunting of the will of the Nigerian people gone too far”. Wabba said that the organised labour would mobilise Nigerian...

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Bringing Back Water Bill Law Will Ambush Nigeria – NLC Tells National Assembly

InfrastructureLabourNewsBringing Back Water Bill Law Will Ambush Nigeria – NLC Tells National Assembly

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 1, 2020

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned the National Assembly leadership against resurrecting or passing the Water Resources Bill into law “because of the danger it portends to national unity.” The NLC said the National Assembly should not ambush Nigerians by covertly bringing back the bill, which seeks to lay the control of all water resources across the country on the shoulder of the President. The bill created outrage and divided the eighth National Assembly...

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Niger Attack Demonstrates Islamic State in West Africa’s Growing Reach

National SecurityOpinionWest AfricaNiger Attack Demonstrates Islamic State in West Africa’s Growing Reach

PilotnewsSeptember 1, 2020

The Sahel and Nigeria were previously distinct areas of operations for jihadist groups. However, the lines between these areas of operations are now blurring. It may, therefore, become harder in the future to determine which of Islamic State West Africa (ISWA)’s branches carried out an attack when such an attack occurs between Niamey, Niger and northwestern Nigeria. On August 9, the Islamic State’s ‘province’ in the Sahel, known as Islamic State in Greater Sahara (ISGS),...

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Africans Should Fight for DACA, Too

AfricaForeign PolicyOpinionAfricans Should Fight for DACA, Too

PilotnewsSeptember 1, 2020

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) is making the news again as the Trump administration continues its efforts to diminish the program. DACA protects eligible immigrant youth who came to the United States when they were children from deportation and allows them to apply for jobs. Recipients of the DACA program are often referred to as “Dreamers.” Since 2017, there has been an ongoing legal battle to save the program, which shields approximately...

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Over 50% of PR agencies in Nigeria Are Reporting Revenues Of Less Than N5 million, Nigeria PR Report 2020 Reveals

BusinessNewsOver 50% of PR agencies in Nigeria Are Reporting Revenues Of Less Than N5 million, Nigeria PR Report 2020 Reveals

PilotnewsSeptember 1, 2020

Global Media and Public Relations agency, BlackHouse Media (BHM), has announced the release of the fourth edition of its annual PR report. Reputed as Nigeria’s first-ever Public Relations annual report, it is dedicated exclusively to chronicling data on trends, perceptions, challenges and prospects within the dynamic industry. Since its debut five years ago, the razor-sharp Nigeria PR Report has lived to its billing as the most authoritative voice in PR measurement and evaluation in Nigeria...

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