FG to Amend National Endowment for the Arts Act

Arts & CultureCoronavirusNewsNigeriaFG to Amend National Endowment for the Arts Act

PilotnewsMay 27, 2020

The Federal Government is to ammend the Act establishing the National Endowment for the Arts,  to better meet the demands of the creative industry sector. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this on Wednesday during a virtual forum of the AU Ministers of Arts, Culture and Heritage on the effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the creative sector. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the virtual forum organised by...

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Community Policing: Southeast Governors, IG Resolve Differences, Reaffirm Support

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaCommunity Policing: Southeast Governors, IG Resolve Differences, Reaffirm Support

PilotnewsMay 27, 2020

The southeast Governors Forum on Wednesday resolved its differences with the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, and reaffirmed its support for community policing in the zone. Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi, the forum’s Chairman, disclosed this in Abakaliki while addressing newsmen, after its virtual meeting with the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Adamu Abubakar. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governors in its meeting on Sunday in Enugu differed with the...

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Global Film Festival Aims to Bridge Coronavirus Distances

Arts & CultureEntertainmentWorldGlobal Film Festival Aims to Bridge Coronavirus Distances

PilotnewsMay 27, 2020

The Cannes film festival was canceled and the September jamborees in Venice and Toronto are uncertain, but this week movie lovers are being offered a taste of the film festival experience from the comfort of their homes. The 10-day “We Are One: A Global Film Festival,” starting Friday on YouTube, will feature new and classic movies, talks with directors, and music and comedy curated by 21 festivals including those in Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Toronto and...

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‘Presidential Directive’ on 150 Memos is Fake News – Presidency

NewsNigeriaPolitics‘Presidential Directive’ on 150 Memos is Fake News – Presidency

PilotnewsMay 27, 2020

The Presidency has declared as untrue and fake news, a media report that President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered the cancellation of 150 memos and appointments signed by his former Chief of Staff, late Abba Kyari. The declaration is contained in a statement issued by Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity on Tuesday night in Abuja. The presidential aide urged Nigerians to ignore the media report as those behind it...

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Trump Accuses Twitter of interfering in U.S. Elections

NewsPress * MediaUnited StatesTrump Accuses Twitter of interfering in U.S. Elections

PilotnewsMay 27, 2020

President Donald Trump has accused Twitter of interfering in the 2020 U.S. election scheduled for Nov. 3 after the microblogging service provider tagged his tweet as misleading. Trump also lashed out at the company for “completely stifling free speech”, saying he would never let that happen as president. “@Twitter is now interfering in the 2020 Presidential Election. “They are saying my statement on Mail-In Ballots, which will lead to massive corruption and fraud, is incorrect,...

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DAILY UPDATES: Nigeria Records 276 New COVID-19 Cases, Total now 8,344

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaDAILY UPDATES: Nigeria Records 276 New COVID-19 Cases, Total now 8,344

PilotnewsMay 27, 2020

Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 276 new cases of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in the country, bringing the total to 8,344. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official twitter handle, said that as at May 26, 16 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. It explained that most of the fatalities recorded from COVID-19 were cases with other underlying illnesses known as co-morbidities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the health agency in...

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‘Lagosians Will Stop Voting for PDP if We Lose in 2023’ – Lagos PDP Spokesman

NewsNigeriaPolitics‘Lagosians Will Stop Voting for PDP if We Lose in 2023’ – Lagos PDP Spokesman

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 27, 2020

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos said if the party loses the State in 2023, Lagosians may stop voting for the party. The spokesman of the party, Taofik Gani, told the Nation that the PDP had begun strategising to take control of the State from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He added that members needed to unite and flush out saboteurs within the party before the election year. “In 2023, we are not...

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Nigeria May Begin to Use Dogs to Diagnose Coronavirus

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNigeria May Begin to Use Dogs to Diagnose Coronavirus

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 27, 2020

There has been a report that Nigeria may adopt the pilot study on the use of dogs to diagnose the coronavirus pandemic affecting many countries. The pilot training programme which uses scent detection by dogs to separate between samples of positive and negative patients of COVID-19 would have 36 dogs as pioneer participants. The novel research is an initiative of a firm – ScentLogix and the University of Security, Ondo State. The trainee-dogs will receive...

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U.S. Researchers Build ‘Biobank’ of Coronavirus Patients’ Blood

CoronavirusNewsUnited StatesU.S. Researchers Build ‘Biobank’ of Coronavirus Patients’ Blood

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

Blood and other biological specimens from COVID-19 patients treated in Seattle area hospitals are helping scientists build a massive “biobank” to examine the virus’s long-term impacts on the human body. The biobank is to help scientists examine why the virus affects some people more severely than others. Disease doctors and researchers hope to use what they learn from the data to help figure out what drugs and therapies are most effective in treating those sick with COVID-19...

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Governors to Meet Over Financial Autonomy for States’ Judiciary, Legislature

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaGovernors to Meet Over Financial Autonomy for States’ Judiciary, Legislature

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum will on Wednesday, meet to discuss the issue of financial autonomy for the states’ judiciary and legislature, code-named the Executive Order 10, 2020. A statement issued by Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, Head, Media, and Public Affairs, NGF, on Tuesday in Abuja indicated that the consultation would be the 9th in the series of teleconference meeting held by the governors since the lockdown, occasioned by the outbreak of COVID-19. President Muhammadu Buhari, on...

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