Massive Bombardment Hits Tripoli as Water Supplies Threatened

AfricaNational SecurityMassive Bombardment Hits Tripoli as Water Supplies Threatened

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

A withering bombardment shook Tripoli on Sunday as the eastern-based forces of Khalifa Haftar fought overnight for new territory in the southern suburbs, after losing ground recently around the city. Armed men in the south had stormed one of the facilities in northwest Libya, reducing supply and adding to the misery of Tripoli residents. “My father said we should be ready to leave at any moment… the fighting last night was heavier than at any...

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Traders reject Fresh Lockdown, Task Govt. on Speedy Testing for Coronavirus

BusinessCoronavirusNewsNigeriaTraders reject Fresh Lockdown, Task Govt. on Speedy Testing for Coronavirus

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

Some traders at the Balogun Lagos Trade Fair Complex market on Monday expressed misgivings on the planned fresh lockdown by the Lagos State government to check the spread of coronavirus pandemic. The traders, who expressed relief for the subsisting three days a week trading period instead of total lockdown that was the situation some weeks ago, urged the government to speed-up testing capacity to capture infected persons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos...

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Buhari, APC Betrayed Almajiris and Vulnerable Nigerians – PDP

NigeriaPoliticsBuhari, APC Betrayed Almajiris and Vulnerable Nigerians – PDP

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 11, 2020

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused President Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of betraying the almajiris, poor and vulnerable Nigerians after using them to grab power in 2015. The PDP made the allegation on Monday in a press release signed by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the party. “The PDP notes that APC’s disdain and desertion of our citizens had further exposed it as a deceitful party which used...

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Nigeria Ranked 115 of 180 Countries of Press Liberty in the World – Index

NewsNigeriaPress * MediaNigeria Ranked 115 of 180 Countries of Press Liberty in the World – Index

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 11, 2020

Nigeria had been ranked 115 of the 180 countries of the world that enjoyed press free. The country moved from 120 that it was ranked in 2019 to 115 in 2020. According to the international non-profit organization, Reporters Without Borders, journalists in Nigeria operate under a “climate of permanent violence”.  It goes further to add that journalists in Nigeria “are often spied upon, attacked, arbitrarily arrested, or even killed.” The report reflected that a journalist had been...

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Afe Babalola Urges FG To Reopen Schools Within Four Weeks

CoronavirusEducationNewsNigeriaAfe Babalola Urges FG To Reopen Schools Within Four Weeks

Beloved John (Staff Writer)May 11, 2020

The founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola on Monday, urged the Federal Government against waiting till all towns and villages in the country are free from COVID-19 before reopening schools. According to him, “only the Almighty God Himself can determine when the current coronavirus pandemic will be eradicated globally,” In a statement, the ABUAD founder stated that schools nationwide were suddenly closed down by the government on March 23 when some pupils...

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Nigerians Spent More on Food and Transportation in 2019 – NBS

EconomyFoodNewsNigeriaNigerians Spent More on Food and Transportation in 2019 – NBS

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 11, 2020

A total of N40.2 trillion was spent by Nigerians on food and non-food items in 2019, a report just released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed. The report which details findings on the consumption expenditure pattern in Nigeria is based on the Nigeria Living Standard Survey (NLSS) which was last conducted in 2009. It classifies household consumption expenditure types by food and non-food items at the national, zonal level, state level, and the...

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Portrait of a Nigerian COVID-19 Dictator

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNewsNigeriaOpinionPortrait of a Nigerian COVID-19 Dictator

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

The basic psychology of a dictator is entrenched in unrestrained power, fear, and anxiety. Out of anxiety and paranoia, he resorts to extreme vendetta which impedes the process and permeates his ability to make rational decisions. But there is one irony about a dictatorship that people always ignore. Often, dictators are created by those that would become their victims. In Nigeria, such is the case, because the man who currently serves as the Governor of...

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How Nigeria Can Access Post COVID-19 and the New Normal

ColumnsDon OkoloHow Nigeria Can Access Post COVID-19 and the New Normal

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

The fact is, COVID-19 apparently has come to stay, and frankly, there may be no such thing as post-COVID-19 except to the extent that we are prepared to create new reality moving on, notwithstanding. The latest events from South Korea leaves indelible lessons on how post-COVID-19 may likely be created. South Korea is one of the leading lights in the fight against COVID-19 and among the first countries to reopen after swift repression of the...

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COVID 19: Ganye Chiefdom Shuts Down Markets in Border Towns to Prevent Community Spread

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID 19: Ganye Chiefdom Shuts Down Markets in Border Towns to Prevent Community Spread

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 11, 2020

In a bid to prevent community spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic   Ganye chiefdom in the southern part of Adamawa state has shut down Nigeria’s popular Ganye International cattle market, and other markets in the border towns with Cameroon. The paramount ruler of the chiefdom Dr. Umaru Adamu Sanda while speaking on the challenges of marking his 20th anniversary on the throne during a coronavirus pandemic, said: “We have engaged all our communities on the...

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COVID-19: 47 Health Workers Infected in Kano

CoronavirusHealthNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: 47 Health Workers Infected in Kano

PilotnewsMay 10, 2020

The Kano State Government has confirmed that some 47 medical workers tested positive to the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease in the state. Dr. Tijjani Husaain, the Coordinator, Kano State Taskforce on COVID-19, made the disclosure at a news conference of the Taskforce on COVID-19, on Sunday in Kano. Hussain said that the health workers were confirmed to had infected the virus in the past weeks, noting that no new case of the virus infection was recorded...

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