COVID-19: South-East Governors forum Directs Compulsory Tests on Teachers Before School Reopening

CoronavirusEducationNewsCOVID-19: South-East Governors forum Directs Compulsory Tests on Teachers Before School Reopening

PilotnewsJuly 27, 2020

he South-East Governors Forum has decided that compulsory COVID-19 tests will be conducted on teachers in all schools in the zone before reopening of schools. The Chairman of the forum and Ebonyi  Governor, Chief Dave Umahi made the disclosure in Abakaliki on Sunday while briefing newsmen after a virtual meeting of the forum. The meeting was also attended by some National Assembly members from the zone, Ohaneze Ndigbo leaders and other stakeholders. According to him,...

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Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Exceed 40,000, Death Toll Hits 858

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Exceed 40,000, Death Toll Hits 858

PilotnewsJuly 27, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday announced 555 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus exceeded 40,000 in five months. The NCDC, which made this known on its official twitter handle, also recorded two deaths in the country in the last 24 hours. NCDC said 40,537 cases had been confirmed, 17,374 cases discharged and 858 deaths recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory till date....

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Federal High Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Hear Sanusi’s Banishment – IGP

Law & JusticeNewsFederal High Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Hear Sanusi’s Banishment – IGP

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 27, 2020

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss the suit filed by the former Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, challenging his banishment. The IGP in his preliminary objection argued that the FHC lacked the jurisdiction to hear the fundamental rights enforcement suits. On March 9, 2020, the Kano State Government deposed the former Emir, whence the security agents moved him to Abuja. He was then banished to...

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Akpabio Reveals Names of Lawmakers on NDDC Contract Lists

CorruptionNewsPoliticsAkpabio Reveals Names of Lawmakers on NDDC Contract Lists

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 27, 2020

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has revealed the names of the members of the National Assembly who are linked to some contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission. However, Akpabio failed to reveal whether the lawmakers were directly awarded the contracts or they nominated the projects under their Zonal Intervention Project, which is also referred to as constituency project. The former Chairman of House of Representatives Committee on the NDDC, Mr....

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Anti-Cult Police Squad Abduction: “Cultism is a Big Issue Now in Anambra State”, Anambra Residents React

Crime & SecurityNewsAnti-Cult Police Squad Abduction: “Cultism is a Big Issue Now in Anambra State”, Anambra Residents React

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)July 27, 2020

The West African Pilot News story was to bring to light the arbitrary tactics of invading homes of suspects and arresting them by the police Ant-Cult Squad in Anambra. The residents of young men suspected to be members of cult groups are invaded in the dead of the night and arrested. Some of our readers and residents of Anambra state have reached out to complain about the activities of cult groups in parts of the...

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Achebe Disappointed Me With His Comment on My Nobel Prize – Soyinka

Arts & CultureNewsPeopleAchebe Disappointed Me With His Comment on My Nobel Prize – Soyinka

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 26, 2020

Africa’s first Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has expressed his disappointment over a comment made by the late renowned novelist, Prof. Chinua Achebe, soon after he (Soyinka) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. Soyinka disclosed this in a conversation with an American-based Nigerian novelist, Okay Ndibe, which was aired on Channels Television’s ‘Book Club’, Soyinka said that he considered the remark as uncalled for and disappointing. During the conversation with Soyinka, Ndibe recalls...

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COVID-19: Number of infections Rises to 39,977 With 438 New Cases

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Number of infections Rises to 39,977 With 438 New Cases

PilotnewsJuly 26, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 438 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus rise to 39,977. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday. It stated that regrettably 11 deaths were recorded in the country. According to it, 39,977 cases have been confirmed, 16,948 cases have been discharged and 856 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory....

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13 Religious Sisters Die from Coronavirus in Michigan Convent

NewsReligion13 Religious Sisters Die from Coronavirus in Michigan Convent

PilotnewsJuly 26, 2020

They were former school teachers, librarians, historians and nurses, among other vocations. Culled from Today.Com A convent in Michigan is still reeling after 13 sisters, all longtime members, died last month from the coronavirus. Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Convent first lost Sister Mary Luiza Wawrzyniak, 99, on Good Friday, and then 11 more sisters in quick succession. One sister, Mary Danatha (Danuta) Suchyta, initially survived COVID-19 but died from its “residual effects,” bringing...

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GEJ Meets PMB: A Lesson for Bitter-Enders — by Femi Adesina

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionGEJ Meets PMB: A Lesson for Bitter-Enders — by Femi Adesina

PilotnewsJuly 26, 2020

Anyone who today persists in a cause or action despite difficult or hopeless circumstances, is called a Bitter-Ender. —Femi Adesina In the build-up to the 2015 general elections, the country was divided right down the middle. On one side were the Jonathanians, who supported the then incumbent President, Goodluck Jonathan, and wanted him to continue in office for another term of four years. On the flip side were the Buharists (I was one, and remain...

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A Nollywood film about two women in love shakes Nigeria’s homophobic culture

FilmLifestyleNigeriaA Nollywood film about two women in love shakes Nigeria’s homophobic culture

PilotnewsJuly 26, 2020

Two women lay in bed in a tight embrace, one is stroking the other’s hair and whispers that she is in love with her. These intimate scenes wouldn’t be out of place in a Hollywood movie, but in Nigeria’s film industry, Nollywood, they are near taboo. But Nigerian filmmaker Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim says she is tackling the subject head-on in her new film titled “Ife,” to create space for queer characters in the country’s prolific movie industry....

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