Breaking News: Bernie Sanders Drops Out of Presidential Race

NewsPoliticsUnited StatesBreaking News: Bernie Sanders Drops Out of Presidential Race

PilotnewsApril 8, 2020

Bernie Sanders is ending his presidential campaign, he announced on Wednesday. The Vermont independent senator’s 2020 bid started off strong. He narrowly missed first place in Iowa before picking up wins in New Hampshire and Nevada. All the while, his campaign continued to rake in millions in small-dollar donations and pack rallies full of supporters as he ascended to national front-runner status amid a crowded Democratic field. Running as a progressive insurgent against Hillary Clinton...

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COVID-19: Guangzhou’s ‘Little Africa’ Trading Hub Shots Down Amid New Cases of Virus

CoronavirusNigeriaWorld NewsCOVID-19: Guangzhou’s ‘Little Africa’ Trading Hub Shots Down Amid New Cases of Virus

PilotnewsApril 8, 2020

Authorities say five Nigerians test positive for COVID-19, four of whom were frequent visitors to a restaurant in the area Nigerian trader says he cannot find anywhere to stay after completing two weeks of quarantine Authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou are investigating a possible series of community transmissions of coronavirus in its “Little Africa” district after five Nigerians who tested positive were linked to a city restaurant. The infections, centred on Kuangquan...

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How Jihadi Groups in Africa Will Exploit COVID-19

AfricaCoronavirusNational SecurityHow Jihadi Groups in Africa Will Exploit COVID-19

PilotnewsApril 8, 2020

As the COVID-19 outbreak begins to spread in earnest in Africa, we can expect so-called jihadi groups on the continent to try to take advantage of the crisis to unleash violence and recruit members. We are already seeing indications that this has started happening. Governments, development workers, and aid agencies need to be made aware of this threat and take steps to deny these brutal militias more room to operate. Over the past two weeks,...

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Anti-smuggling: CBN partners DSS Seizes 1,207 Bags of Foreign Rice, Others in Adamawa

EconomyNational SecurityNigeriaAnti-smuggling: CBN partners DSS Seizes 1,207 Bags of Foreign Rice, Others in Adamawa

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 8, 2020

The  Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has in conjunction with the Department of Security Services initiated a robust anti-smuggling drive aimed at ensuring  the success of Federal government’s drive in moving  Nigeria’s economy from oil to agriculture. At a  press conference in Yola, the Adamawa State, CBN branch controller, Mr. Jatau Sadu said that so far a number of contraband were seized by the DSS following raids on many properties where the contrabands were hidden. ” The DSS raided...

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COVID-19: NCDC Team Deployed to Enugu State Expresses Satisfaction With Safety Measures Put in Place by the Government

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Team Deployed to Enugu State Expresses Satisfaction With Safety Measures Put in Place by the Government

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)April 8, 2020

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) team that visited Enugu State to access her response to the Coronavirus pandemic has expressed satisfaction with the safety measures planned and set up by the State Government to contain the spread of the virus in the State. The team led by Tajudeen Arowolo said this after an interactive session with the State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and Dr. Ifeanyi Agujiobi, Head of the State’s Multi-Sectoral Rapid Response Team...

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COVID-19: Nigeria Records 16 New Case Total Increases to 254

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Nigeria Records 16 New Case Total Increases to 254

Beloved John (Staff Writer)April 8, 2020

New cases of COVID – 19 have been confirmed in Lagos, FCT, Oyo, Delta, and Kastina state. The National Centre for Disease Control disclosed this. With the recently recorded cases of COVID-19, Nigeria has 254 confirmed cases from 17 different states. In a recent update published on Twitter, the NCDC declared the 16 new cases have been confirmed and 6 death cases have been recorded. “sixteen new cases of #COVID – 19 have been reported...

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More Countries Raise Security Concerns Over Chinese-Owned Software

CoronavirusTechnologyWorld NewsMore Countries Raise Security Concerns Over Chinese-Owned Software

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)April 7, 2020

Zoom video communication software is increasingly being censured over its security flaws which some countries and organisations have alleged expose them to been spied on by China. Taiwan is the latest country to ban government officials from using Zoom which is owned by a Chinese, Eric Yuan. The ban comes days after the company admitted to mistakenly routing its users traffic through servers in China, Sky news reports. Taiwan and China have diplomatic spat over...

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French Doctor Apologizes for Comments on Testing a COVID-19 Vaccine in Africa, Prompting Outrage on Social Media

AfricaCoronavirusNewsWorld NewsFrench Doctor Apologizes for Comments on Testing a COVID-19 Vaccine in Africa, Prompting Outrage on Social Media

PilotnewsApril 7, 2020

‘Shouldn’t we be doing this study in Africa where there are no masks, no treatment, no intensive care, a little bit like we did in certain AIDS studies or with prostitutes?’ Dr. Jean-Paul Mira said. A French doctor apologized after suggesting that Africa should become a testing ground for a COVID-19 vaccine, remarks that sparked public outcry on social media. Jean-Paul Mira, head of the intensive care unit at the Cochin Hospital in Paris, made...

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Lockdowns: Saving lives, but ruining livelihoods in Africa

AfricaCoronavirusNewsLockdowns: Saving lives, but ruining livelihoods in Africa

PilotnewsApril 7, 2020

LAGOS/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – In a dark ground-floor room in Lagos, dressmaker Kemi Adepoju gazes at a pile of dresses she has made but which cannot be collected due to the lockdown in force to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. “This lockdown came upon us suddenly. I used all my money to buy fabric. If I had known, I would have … used it to buy food instead,” said the mother-of-two, who runs her...

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With 20 million Lagosians Under Lockdown, Government Say ‘Food Relief Package Not Meant for Everyone’

CoronavirusFoodNigeriaWith 20 million Lagosians Under Lockdown, Government Say ‘Food Relief Package Not Meant for Everyone’

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)April 7, 2020

In response to allegations that many residents of Lagos who are under lockdown did not benefit from the welfare package the government initiated, the state government has said the food packages were never meant for everyone. In the build-up to the state and the federal government imposed lockdown, the Lagos government initiated welfare packages to ease the inevitable hardship residents would face. However, when the food packages were distributed, there were complaints by many that...

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