Over 80 drone applications under review, training centre in pipeline — NCAA
Stories by Dickson Omobola Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has said it is in the process of approving a new aviation training facility for drone operators. NCAA’s Director of Aerodrome and Airspace Standards, Engineer Godwin Balang, said the agency has chosen to be methodical to ensure the facility met all operational benchmarks. Balang, who spoke at the […]
Conspiracy theories spark attacks on 5G masts in Britain, Netherlands
Coronavirus-inspired conspiracy theories have sparked dozens of attacks on telephone network masts in Britain and the Netherlands, with the perpetrators apparently believing 5G transmissions are the cause of the disease. “In Britain, 20 masts belonging to telecommunications giant Vodafone have been set ablaze,’’ the firm’s chief in Britain Nick Jeffery said on Monday. In the […]
India reports biggest one-day virus spike as lockdown eased
India recorded its biggest single-day spike in coronavirus cases on Monday as the government eased one of the world’s strictest lockdowns to allow some manufacturing and agricultural activity to resume. An additional 1,553 cases were reported over 24 hours, raising the national total past 17,000. At least 543 people have died from COVID-19, the respiratory […]
COVID-19: Lekki hospital asks visitors in last 10 days to self-isolate after two staff tested positive
Verdic Lifecare Hospital in Lekki, Lagos, has asked all those who visited the facility in the last 10 days to go on self-isolation. The hospital, in a statement on Monday, said it had admitted a patient who tested positive for COVID-19. The patent was said to have tested positive after he was discharged, but two […]
FG extends closure of International Airports by two weeks
By Lawani Mikairu The Federal Government Monday said the closure of all the international airports in the country would be extended by two weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic. This was disclosed by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika via his Twitter handle. However, the government had said emergency and essential flights could be operated […]
CNN’s Richard Quest tests positive for COVID-19
Victor Ogunyinka CNN’s business journalist, Richard Quest, has announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 pandemic. Quest becomes the second CNN journalist to test positive for COVID-19, first was Chris Cuomo. The Quest Means Business anchor, wrote on his verified Twitter handle that he is blessed as he has only shown only a few symptoms, […]
Germany sends China £130bn bill for ‘coronavirus damages’
GERMANY has rattled China after joining the United Kingdom, France, and the United States in a rare attack after Berlin called out Beijing’s responsibility for the global pandemic and even issued a £130bn invoice. The country has sparked outrage in China after a major newspaper put together a £130bn invoice that Beijing “owes” Berlin following […]
Collective effort needed to end COVID-19 says Abdul SamadRabiu
The Executive Chairman/Founder of BUA Group, Abdul SamadRabiu has called on Nigerians and Africans, in general, to cooperate with respective health authorities and governments in curtailing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic currently ravaging the world. Abdul SamadRabiu in a 75-second video done by the BUA Foundation in collaboration with the African Philanthropy Forum said […]
COVID-19 lockdown: Police’ve arrested 160 miscreants— Sanwo-Olu
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Monday, said about 160 miscreants have been arrested and would soon be arraigned in court. Sanwo-Olu said this during a media briefing on fight against the COVID-19 in the state at the State House, Marina. Also, Sanwo-Olu disclosed that over one million locally-made facemasks have […]
St Nicholas Hospital suspends services over exposure to COVID-19
By Chioma Obinna St Nicholas Hospital has suspended healthcare services at its Lagos Island branch for two weeks following the facility exposure to Coronavirus disease. Announcing this in a letter signed by the Clinical Director of the hospital, Dr Ebun Bamgboye, and tweeted on his twitter handle, the hospital announced that the suspension of services […]
Poisonings linked to bleach, other disinfectants spike in US during pandemic
Calls to US poison centers have risen 20 per cent this year because of exposure to bleach and other disinfectants, health authorities said Monday, linking the surge to COVID-19 cleaning recommendations. From January to March 2020, poison centers received 45,550 calls about dangerous exposure to cleaning chemicals, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) […]
