Half of Facebook Employees to Work Remotely in 10 years – Zuckerberg

BusinessTechnologyWorld NewsHalf of Facebook Employees to Work Remotely in 10 years – Zuckerberg

PilotnewsMay 22, 2020

Facebook’s founder and chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, says he expects the coronavirus pandemic will have a long-lasting impact on working practices. Zuckerberg expects that in ten years, about half of the social network company’s employees will be working remotely, he said in an interview with technology news site The Verge. He emphasised that the 50 per cent figure was his estimate and not an official announcement. According to a survey of Facebook employees, one in...

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COVID-19: Nigeria Records Breakthrough as NCDC Validates Viral RNA Extraction

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Nigeria Records Breakthrough as NCDC Validates Viral RNA Extraction

PilotnewsMay 22, 2020

The country has blazed a trail in Africa with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) successfully validating the first phase of the viral Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) extraction which should enable local production of cheap testing kits for coronavirus. The validation took place on Thursday in the laboratory of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) in Abuja. The Director-General of NABDA, Prof. Alex Akpa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after the exercise that...

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UPDATE: COVID-19: NCDC Confirms 339 New Cases, Total Infections Now 7,016

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaUPDATE: COVID-19: NCDC Confirms 339 New Cases, Total Infections Now 7,016

PilotnewsMay 22, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday confirmed 339 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections to 7,016. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that nine new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 211. The health agency explained that most of the fatalities recorded from COVID-19 were cases with other underlying illnesses known as...

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Nigerian Government Threatens to Prosecute Citizens with Foreign Properties Who Evade Tax

InvestingLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaNigerian Government Threatens to Prosecute Citizens with Foreign Properties Who Evade Tax

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 22, 2020

The Federal Government of Nigeria had threatened to prosecute its citizens who were not paying tax on their properties in foreign countries. This was made known in a statement signed by the spokesperson of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), Umar Gwandu on Thursday. The statement also stated that any bank or intermediary that helps any Nigerian citizen to shield such property would pay the fine which is equivalent to the cost...

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COVID-19: Lagos Conducted 16,000 Tests, Targets 1,000 Per Day in Coming Weeks – Commissioner

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Lagos Conducted 16,000 Tests, Targets 1,000 Per Day in Coming Weeks – Commissioner

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 22, 2020

LAGOS — The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, revealed that the state has conducted 16,000 COVID-19 tests so far, he added that the state targeted to conduct 1,000 tests of COVID-19 in the coming weeks. The Commissioner stated this while briefing newsmen on the COVID-19 weekly situation report held in Press Centre, Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja. Abayomi said the testing cost of a COVID-19 patient range between ₦40,000 to ₦50,000. He added that...

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COVID-19: Confusion Trails as FG Overrules Governors, Says Ban on Religious Gathering Not Lifted

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaRegionsCOVID-19: Confusion Trails as FG Overrules Governors, Says Ban on Religious Gathering Not Lifted

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 22, 2020

...Warns against mass consumption of Hydrxoychloroquine, other unapproved drugs  …Sultan tells Muslims to ignore governors, observe Juma’at, Edi-el-Fitr prayers at home There is now confusion in the land especially among  Muslim faithful on which directive to adhere to, regarding religious gatherings in their respective states. This is more pronounced because of today’s Friday (Juma’at) prayers and the forthcoming  (Edi-el-Fitr)end of Ramadan prayers and celebrations. While some governors have lifted ban on religious gatherings and asked residents...

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Salary Deduction: Kaduna Cautions Health Workers Over Proposed Strike

CoronavirusLabourNewsNigeriaSalary Deduction: Kaduna Cautions Health Workers Over Proposed Strike

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 22, 2020

Kaduna State Government has vowed to keep its health facilities running and protect staff willing to provide services to the public, in the event of any strike action by health workers. In a statement on  Thursday in Kaduna and signed by Special Adviser to Gov. Nasir El-Rufai on Media and Communication, Mr. Muyiwa Adekeye, the government said it rejects the strike threat and will not bend to blackmail. It said that the government would regard...

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Police Forbids Eid Prayers in Plateau, Deploys Over 2,000 Personnel for Hitch-Free Celebration

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaPolice Forbids Eid Prayers in Plateau, Deploys Over 2,000 Personnel for Hitch-Free Celebration

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 22, 2020

The Plateau state police command has announced a ban on Eid prayers at the popular Eid praying grounds in the state and issued guidelines for a hitch-free Sallah celebration. This is contained in a press release signed and made available to journalists by the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Ubah Gabriel Ogaba on Thursday. He said “the decision is a sequel to meeting held today with security chiefs, religious leaders and other relevant stakeholders in...

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COVID-19: PTF Warns Against Large Purchase of Hydrxoychloroquine

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: PTF Warns Against Large Purchase of Hydrxoychloroquine

PilotnewsMay 21, 2020

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has warned against large purchase of Hydrxoychloroquine to treat the novel Coronavirus, saying the drug had not been certified for use. Mr Mustapha Boss, the Chairman of PTF and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), said this at the PTF COVID-19 daily press briefing on Thursday in Abuja. He said through the surveillance system set up by the PTF, it had received reports that Nigerians...

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UPDATE: Africa’s COVID-19 Cases Hit 95,000 – WHO

AfricaCoronavirusNewsUPDATE: Africa’s COVID-19 Cases Hit 95,000 – WHO

PilotnewsMay 21, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday reported that COVID-19 cases in Africa as at May 21, had risen to over 95, 000. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, gave the update on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO. “There are over 95,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with more than 34,000 recoveries and 2,995 deaths,” it said. The figures showed that South Africa, Algeria and Nigeria had the highest reported cases...

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