Trump Says National Guard will Start Withdrawal from Washington

Law & JusticeUnited StatesTrump Says National Guard will Start Withdrawal from Washington

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

National Guard troops will start withdrawing from Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday, nearly a week after he deployed federal forces to the capital city. The move comes after several days of sustained peaceful protests in the city against police brutality, a demonstration movement that started in late May with the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minnesota. Protests have spread nationwide and Saturday saw mass demonstrations in major cities...

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WHO Issues Guidance on Locally-Made Face Masks

CoronavirusNewsWorld NewsWHO Issues Guidance on Locally-Made Face Masks

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a new guidance on homemade or locally-made face masks for prevention of COVID-19. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, gave the advice on Sunday on its official twitter handle @WHOAFRO. The UN health agency urged people to clean locally-made face masks properly before wearing again. According to WHO, the guidance on homemade masks are important for preventing COVID-19 in low-income context. In a video posted...

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Don’t Celebrate Victory Over Coronavirus Too Soon, Pope Tells Italians

ConservationWorld NewsDon’t Celebrate Victory Over Coronavirus Too Soon, Pope Tells Italians

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

Pope Francis on Sunday warned Italians to not let their guard down against coronavirus now that infection rates have fallen and urged them to obey government rules on social distancing and wearing masks. Francis, addressing several hundred people in St. Peter’s Square for his Sunday blessing, reacted to applause that broke out when he said their presence, albeit reduced, was a sign that Italy had overcome the acute phase of the pandemic. “Be careful. Don’t...

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Nigeria Risks Water Drought Over Unchecked Borehole Drillers — Association

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaNigeria Risks Water Drought Over Unchecked Borehole Drillers — Association

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

Borehole drillers said Nigeria risked water drought if Federal Government failed to stop indiscriminate drilling activities without protection for underground water in the country. Yinka Kolawole, Chairman, Association of Waterwell Drilling Rig Owners and Practitioners (AWDROP), Oyo State Chapter, urged the Federal Government to raise the benchmark for the depths that all boreholes should go. He urged the Federal Government to empower AWDROP to raise the benchmark for the depths that all borehole should go....

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Presidency: IPOB Using Christianity to Wage War Against Nigeria

NewsNigeriaReligionPresidency: IPOB Using Christianity to Wage War Against Nigeria

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

The Presidency on Sunday raised alarm over the misleading campaign spearheaded by the so-called Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), using false allegations of persecution of Christians against the Nigerian State. Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja, said that the Federal Government had since uncovered two interconnected campaigns being run concurrently by the IPOB in that regard. According to him, both are using the...

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Nigeria seizes luxury private jet linked to OPL245 money laundering in Montreal

NewsNigeriaWorld NewsNigeria seizes luxury private jet linked to OPL245 money laundering in Montreal

PilotnewsJune 7, 2020

By Lionel Faull & Margot Gibbs  Nigeria has tracked down and grounded the luxury private jet purchased by its former oil minister Dan Etete with some of the alleged proceeds of the notorious $1.3 billion OPL245 oil deal. Asset recovery lawyers acting for the Nigerian government swooped last week after the Bombardier 6000 jet, tail number M-MYNA (main photo), touched down at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport in Canada on Friday evening (29 May). It had just flown from...

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OPEC+ Countries Extend Oil Output Cut to July

Oil & GasWorld NewsOPEC+ Countries Extend Oil Output Cut to July

PilotnewsJune 6, 2020

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC allies, known as OPEC+ have agreed to extend the 10-million-barrel-per-day (mbd) first phase of the oil output cut by one month, to July 2020. The group disclosed this in a statement released at the end of its online meeting in Vienna on Saturday. It would be recalled that OPEC and its allies under the OPEC+ had agreed to cut supply by up to 10 million barrels...

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CSO Urges Federal Government to Declare State Of Emergency On Sexual Based Violence

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCSO Urges Federal Government to Declare State Of Emergency On Sexual Based Violence

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 6, 2020

The Coalition of Civil Society Groups has condemned and incessant rape and violence against the girl-child. Following the recent outburst against rape on social media, the group during a peaceful protest in Abuja, demanded that the federal government should declare a state of emergency on gender and sexual-based violence. Groups under the coalition including ActionAid, TeacherNG, Girl-Child Africa, Connected Development, Enough is Enough Nigeria, Stand to End Rape, Silver Chip Fox, Yiaga Africa, Dorothy Njemanze...

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Protests Worldwide Embrace Black Lives Matter Movement

Law & JusticeWorld NewsProtests Worldwide Embrace Black Lives Matter Movement

PilotnewsJune 6, 2020

LONDON — Thousands of people took to the streets in European and Asian cities on Saturday, demonstrating in support of U.S. protests against police brutality. Police in the German city of Hamburg used pepper spray on protesters and were ready to deploy water cannons. Several hundred “hooded and aggressive people” had put officers under pressure in the city centre, police said in a tweet, adding “We have already had to use pepper spray. With all due...

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World Environment Day: Plateau Commissioner Decries Indiscriminate Dumping of Waste

ConservationEnvironmentNewsWorld Environment Day: Plateau Commissioner Decries Indiscriminate Dumping of Waste

PilotnewsJune 6, 2020

As the world celebrates this year’s Environment Day, Plateau environment commissioner Usman Idi has decried the indiscriminate dumping of refuse by residents of areas waste evacuators cannot access. The commissioner told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Jos that the situation was impeding the evacuators’ efforts to discharge their duties diligently. He said that the Plateau Environmental Protection And Sanitation Agency (PEPSA) had designated areas for residents to dump their waste to...

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