Stay-at-home Order: Lagos Husbands Narrate Experiences

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaStay-at-home Order: Lagos Husbands Narrate Experiences

PilotnewsApril 5, 2020

More reactions from husbands are trailing  the stay-at-home directive of both Lagos State and federal governments, which entered Day 11 and Day Seven, respectively The Nigeria News Agency reports that Lagos State Government had on March 24 directed closure of open markets, recreational centres, salons and other public places with exception of those selling food, medicine, and other life-saving essentials. The closure took effect from March 26. The government had earlier directed its workers on Grade Levels 12 and below to...

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Study Finds About 20 Million Jobs in Africa at Risk From Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic

AfricaCoronavirusEconomyStudy Finds About 20 Million Jobs in Africa at Risk From Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic

PilotnewsApril 5, 2020

About 20 million jobs are at risk in Africa as the continent’s economies are projected to shrink this year due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to an African Union (AU) study. So far, Africa accounts for just a fraction of total cases of the disease which has infected more than one million people worldwide, according to a Reuters tally. But African economies are already facing an impending global economic downturn, plummeting oil and commodity prices and...

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Queen Elizabeth’s Addresses the United Kingdom on Coronavirus Outbreak

CoronavirusWorld NewsQueen Elizabeth’s Addresses the United Kingdom on Coronavirus Outbreak

PilotnewsApril 5, 2020

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth made a highly rare broadcast to her nation on Sunday to rally the public in the face of the coronavirus outbreak. Here is the text of the 93-year-old monarch’s address, only the fifth special televised broadcast she has made during her reign, the longest in British history. “I am speaking to you at what I know is an increasingly challenging time. A time of disruption in the life of our...

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Lockdown: UNICEF Initiates Radio Learning Programme in Kano State

EducationNewsNigeriaLockdown: UNICEF Initiates Radio Learning Programme in Kano State

PilotnewsApril 5, 2020

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it has initiated a radio Learning programme for students in Kano State. Maulid Warfa, Chief of UNICEF Field Office, Kano, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Kano. Warfa, who is the UNICEF Officer in charge of Kano, Jigawa and Katsina States, said the UN agency was working in collaboration with the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to develop radio...

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Christians Celebrate Palm Sunday Indoors with Palm Symbols Outside

CoronavirusNigeriaRegionsChristians Celebrate Palm Sunday Indoors with Palm Symbols Outside

PilotnewsApril 5, 2020

Some Christians in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Sunday, celebrated Palm Sunday indoors in compliance with the Federal Government’s directive against public gatherings. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), observed that few families placed palm fronds and other branches outside their doors as a symbol that it was Palm Sunday. Mr John Odoh of Dakwo District told NAN that he placed the palm frond in front of his home as a reminder to others that...

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Consulate Announces Death of 3 Nigerians from COVID-19 in U.S.

CoronavirusNigeriaUnited StatesConsulate Announces Death of 3 Nigerians from COVID-19 in U.S.

PilotnewsApril 5, 2020

The Consul General of Nigeria in New York, Mr. Benaoyagha Okoyen, has confirmed the death of three Nigerians from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the United States. Okoyen made the announcement in a statement sent to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York on Saturday evening.   He said one of them, a doctor from Abia, contracted the virus while on duty in New York, the epicentre of the pandemic in the U.S....

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BREAKING: Lagos, Abuja, Edo Record 10 New COVID-19 Cases

CoronavirusNewsBREAKING: Lagos, Abuja, Edo Record 10 New COVID-19 Cases

PilotnewsApril 5, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country has recorded 10 fresh cases of COVID-19 in Lagos, Abuja, and Edo. NCDC, through its verified Twitter account on Sunday, said that of the 10 new cases, Lagos has six, while Abuja and Edo have two cases each. The new cases brought Nigeria’s confirmed COVID-19 cases to 224. Twenty-seven of the cases had recovered and discharged while five deaths had been recorded. It said that...

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BREAKING: Bauchi Gov Tests Negative, Set to Leave Isolation Centre

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaBREAKING: Bauchi Gov Tests Negative, Set to Leave Isolation Centre

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 5, 2020

Bauchi State governor Bala Mohammed has tested negative of the coronavirus following a second examination at the National Centre for Disease Control, multiple sources disclosed. “Dr. Rilwanu Suleiman (Executive Chairman, Primary Health Care Development Agency) came back this evening from Abuja with the result of the second tests, and it has shown negative. “He will leave the isolation centre very soon, but just wait for the details”, one of the sources who pleaded for anonymity has...

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Nigerian Military Destroys ISWAP Camp at Tumbun Fulani in Northern Borno

MilitaryNational SecurityNigeriaNigerian Military Destroys ISWAP Camp at Tumbun Fulani in Northern Borno

PilotnewsApril 4, 2020

The Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) and Artillery Batteries of Sector 3 of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have destroyed an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) camp at Tumbun Fulani on the fringes of Lake Chad in Northern Borno. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Onyeuko said the feat was achieved in combined air and artillery bombardments...

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