FG Urges Northern Governors to Suspend Interstate Movement of Almajiri

CoronavirusLifestyleNigeriaPeopleFG Urges Northern Governors to Suspend Interstate Movement of Almajiri

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 13, 2020

The Federal Government on Tuesday urged the Northern Governors to suspend the interstate movement of Almajiri children. It added that the decision of the Northern Governor will frustrate the efforts of the FG to combat the pandemic.  This was disclosed on Tuesday through the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, during the media briefing of the PTF.  The SGF concern was as a...

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Ethiopia’s Only Ventilator Expert Races to Train Others as Virus Spreads

AfricaBusinessCoronavirusNewsEthiopia’s Only Ventilator Expert Races to Train Others as Virus Spreads

PilotnewsMay 13, 2020

ADDIS ABABA  – As the coronavirus epidemic gains a foothold in Ethiopia, Habtamu Kehali’s skills in operating a ventilator may, for increasing numbers of patients, mean the difference between life and death. As the country’s only respiratory therapist, Kehali is rushing to train others to run the machines used to keep severely ill COVID-19 patients breathing. “We only have few patients who are under intensive (coronavirus) care but if the number is going to increase there is...

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African Nation that Inspired ‘Wakanda’ is Only Country in the Continent to Claim Zero Coronavirus Cases

AfricaCoronavirusFilmAfrican Nation that Inspired ‘Wakanda’ is Only Country in the Continent to Claim Zero Coronavirus Cases

PilotnewsMay 13, 2020

The African nation which became the basis for the Hollywood blockbuster Black Panther is in a miraculous position during the COVID-19 pandemic as the rest of the continent battles the virus. The Kingdom of Lesotho is a small country within the borders of South Africa, with a population of more than 2 million people. As the rest of Africa faces the prospect of the coronavirus pandemic getting worse before it gets any better, Lesotho has...

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Western Media Shows Death Only When it is in Africa

AfricaColumnsOpinionWestern Media Shows Death Only When it is in Africa

PilotnewsMay 12, 2020

Unlike the victims of Ebola, the tragedies of coronavirus victims are demonstrated in numbers. Let us try a little thought experiment. Imagine, if you will, that rather than Europe and North America, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus pandemic was Africa, and the disease was killing many tens of thousands of people there. What images and storylines would be used to tell the story on TV screens and newspaper front pages in the West? Would they...

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Nigeria to Ensure Orderly Foreign Investor Exits After Oil Price Crash

NigeriaOil & GasNigeria to Ensure Orderly Foreign Investor Exits After Oil Price Crash

PilotnewsMay 12, 2020

ABUJA – Nigeria has put in place policies to ensure foreign investors that want to repatriate funds can exit the country in an orderly fashion, the central bank said late on Sunday, without giving any details. Foreign investors have sold Nigerian assets at an accelerated pace since February as lockdowns to curb the coronavirus pandemic have stalled economic activity and triggered a crash in the price of oil, Nigeria’s main export. That has put pressure...

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Madagascar COVID-19 Herb: Controversy, Source, and Countries that have Made Orders

AfricaCoronavirusMadagascar COVID-19 Herb: Controversy, Source, and Countries that have Made Orders

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 12, 2020

As African countries are confronted with economic survival challenges, poverty, and the COVID-19, Madagascan President, Andry Rajoelina last month launch an herbal remedy that he claimed could cure and prevent COVID-19. Medical experts were caught in awe with the announcement. Coronavirus had infected over four million people across the world at present. African countries are the most endangered species as virtually all African countries are still developing. Little or no standard medical facilities are in...

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How FG Plans to Feed 3.1 Million Primary School Children at Home

EducationNigeriaHow FG Plans to Feed 3.1 Million Primary School Children at Home

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 12, 2020

The Federal Government of Nigeria has released details of how the National Home-Grown School Feeding Program scheduled to begin on 14th May will be executed first in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun before other states. Following President Buhari’s directive to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to continue the school feeding programme, the ministry said it developed a programme to distribute take-home rations to the households of the children already on the...

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WHO Gives Conditions for Reopening Schools and Workplaces

CoronavirusWorld NewsWHO Gives Conditions for Reopening Schools and Workplaces

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 12, 2020

The World Health organization had given conditions for reopening of schools and workplaces across the world.  The directives were mentioned by the WHO’s Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Monday while giving his opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19.  The health organization said a comprehensive package of measure is the most effective set of tools used to tackle the virus while the search for a vaccine is ongoing.  The WHO urged decision-makers across the...

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Prof. Ibrahim Gambari Is Buhari’s Next Chief Of Staff

NigeriaPoliticsProf. Ibrahim Gambari Is Buhari’s Next Chief Of Staff

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 12, 2020

At last, after cat and mouse politics and internal intrigues that played in Aso Villa, President Buhari has finally picked   former Minister of External Affairs, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, as the next Chief of Staff to the President. Prof. Ibrahim Gambari hails from Ilorin West local government area of Kwara state. Many   prominent personalities   were earlier mentioned as probably successor of late Abba Kyari who died recently due to coronavirus contraction. Though for now, the Presidency...

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Former External Affairs Minister, Professor Ibrahim Gambari appointed as Buhari’s new Chief of Staff

NewsNigeriaFormer External Affairs Minister, Professor Ibrahim Gambari appointed as Buhari’s new Chief of Staff

PilotnewsMay 12, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, CFR  is his new chief of staff, it was gathered in a yet-to-be-officially-confirmed memo made available to WAP News. The appointment took political observers by surprise because there were speculations that the new CoS would come within the current cabinet. Hon.  Gambari,  (born November 24, 1944, in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria) is an academic and diplomat who has diligently served various regimes at several capacities. He...

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