DAILY UPDATES: NCDC Announces 745 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Infection Hits 18,480

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaDAILY UPDATES: NCDC Announces 745 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Infection Hits 18,480

PilotnewsJune 19, 2020

Nigeria has recorded 745 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 18,480. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Thursday through its official Twitter handle. NCDC said that the 745 new confirmed cases were from 21 states, with six deaths as at June 18. The health agency said that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours. The NCDC said that Lagos reported the...

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Shades of Cruelty ──A Chant of the Stone-Faced Tyrant Who Led from Aso Rock

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionShades of Cruelty ──A Chant of the Stone-Faced Tyrant Who Led from Aso Rock

PilotnewsJune 18, 2020

“All local beauties were off the menu. He had those when he was a regular soldier. Now that his taste buds had graduated from the banal to the high-end exquisite, the man wanted something supple and foreign” ──Don Okolo Leave Cardinal Jim Rex Lawson alone. This is not about him. He was great man, and a great musician to boot. My mind is one million light years away from him. He was the crooner-in-Chief…the quintessence...

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FG to Establish Specialised Courts for Speedy Trial of Rape, Gender-Based Violence Cases

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaFG to Establish Specialised Courts for Speedy Trial of Rape, Gender-Based Violence Cases

PilotnewsJune 18, 2020

The Federal Government is to establish specialised courts for speedy hearing of rape and Gender-Based Violence offences , Minister of Justice,  Abubakar Malami has said. Speaking during a joint news briefing with Mr. Tony Ojukwu Executive Secretary National Human Rights Commission, Malami, represented by Dayo Akpata, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, said the specialised courts when established would enable seamless and timely trial of all pending and incoming rape gender-based cases. “To tackle this hydra...

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The Authoritarian Politics of COVID-19 in Zimbabwe

AfricaCoronavirusOpinionThe Authoritarian Politics of COVID-19 in Zimbabwe

PilotnewsJune 18, 2020

In the United States and around the world, societies are struggling to balance the sometimes draconian social controls needed to combat a highly contagious infectious disease with the need for limits on government power and the protection of civil liberties. Public health concerns can be used to justify crackdowns on opposition politicians, the manipulation of vital humanitarian assistance, and the emergency overriding of mechanisms meant to prohibit private gain at the public’s expense. In societies where the scales had...

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La Liga Television Audiences Soar 48% in First Week Back

NewsSportsLa Liga Television Audiences Soar 48% in First Week Back

PilotnewsJune 18, 2020

Spanish football’s international viewing figures have increased by over 48 percent since the season returned after being halted for three months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organising body, La Liga, said on Thursday. Citing a study by analytics firm Nielsen Sports of the first round of matches since the campaign resumed on June 11 without fans, La Liga said its biggest audience bounce came in Africa, where it received a 73 percent boost in viewers....

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Nigeria Elected Member of UN Economic and Social Council

NewsNigeriaNigeria Elected Member of UN Economic and Social Council

PilotnewsJune 18, 2020

The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday in New York elected Nigeria along with 17 other countries into the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the UN. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new ECOSOC members will serve for three years with effect from Jan.1, 2021. Checks by NAN shows that this will be Nigeria’s third time of serving in the important council since 2012. Considered the heart of the UN, the...

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AMID COVID-19: How Gender-Based Violence Psychologically Impacts Women In Nigeria

CoronavirusNigeriaOpinionAMID COVID-19: How Gender-Based Violence Psychologically Impacts Women In Nigeria

PilotnewsJune 18, 2020

Like other crimes that go unreported, rape is almost unreported to formal agencies of social control in Nigeria due to trust gap, associated stigma against victims, fear of re-victimization, cultural barrier, religious sentiments, and powerlessness of the victims in the pursuit of justice. ──Blessing Williams  Many would not have thought that the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) in China in December 2019 and its subsequent global spread would have devastating effects on the already worsened gender-based...

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After the Death of Another Journalist, Cameroon Needs Outside Political Mediation

AfricaOpinionPoliticsAfter the Death of Another Journalist, Cameroon Needs Outside Political Mediation

PilotnewsJune 18, 2020

Maurice Kamto is the leader of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (MRC) and was the main challenger in Cameroon’s 2018 presidential election. He was imprisoned by the government from January to October in 2019. Nearly one year ago, on August 2, 2019, journalist Samuel Ajiekah Abuwe—better known as Wazizi—was arrested and detained by government forces in Buea, located in the South-West region of Cameroon. Since 2017, Buea has been home to unrelenting violence between the government and separatist...

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Nominate Eligible Candidates – INEC Tells Political Parties Ahead EDO and Ondo Elections

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNominate Eligible Candidates – INEC Tells Political Parties Ahead EDO and Ondo Elections

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 18, 2020

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned political parties participating in the Edo and Ondo states governorship elections against nominating ineligible candidates The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu gave the warning on Wednesday during the second virtual consultative meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES). The INEC boss warns that parties must adhere to constitutional provisions. Citing the experience in the last two governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states and...

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APC Crisis: Victor Giadom Taking Over Chairman’s Role is Against Common Sense – Oshiomhole

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAPC Crisis: Victor Giadom Taking Over Chairman’s Role is Against Common Sense – Oshiomhole

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 18, 2020

The suspended National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said that the claim of the party’s Deputy National Secretary, Victor Giadom, that he had taken over the acting chairman’s role is against common sense. Oshiomhole who spoke on Channels TV programme, “Politics Today”, said the party is ruled by its guidelines. Oshiomhole added that the Court of Appeal did not suspend the National Working Committee from functioning and the constitution...

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