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 […]
COVID-19: Edo govt provides life insurance, special allowances for over 4,200 frontline health workers
Procures 3 PCR machines, 28 ventilators, readies 300-bed capacity isolation facilities, others The Edo State Government has provided life insurance and other special allowances for healthcare workers handling coronavirus (COVID-19) response in the state, as motivation to work on the frontlines in the fight against the pandemic. Governor Godwin Obaseki, who disclosed this in a […]
COVID-19: Alapomu Of Apomuland kick starts distribution of relief materials
Oba Kayode Adenekan Afolabi, the Alapomu of Apomu has kick-started the distribution of food materials in Apomu, headquarters of Isokan local government, State of Osun. The relief packages were donated by Alapomu and concerned indigenes of Apomuland. The donations are meant to provide succour for the needy and vulnerable people as a result of coronavirus […]
COVID-19: Bayelsa Taskforce says 140 blood samples sent to NCDC for March, April tested negative
The Bayelsa State Taskforce on COVID-19 on Monday said that the 140 blood samples sent to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) approved laboratory in Edo, have all tested negative. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Co-Chairman of the state’s Taskforce on Covid-19, Dr Inodu Apoku, who disclosed made the disclosure […]
Idris Elba launches UN Coronavirus fund for poor farmers
British actor and filmmaker Idris Elba launched a new United Nations fund on Monday to help farmers in poorer nations, calling on richer economies to provide aid to prevent “needless hunger and suffering” stemming from the Coronavirus pandemic. Elba and his wife, model and activist Sabrina Dhowre Elba, gave their support to a fund set […]
Sahara Foundation increases COVID-19 isolation centre capacity to 300 beds, 8 ICU beds
The Sahara Foundation and ThisDay have confirmed that the capacity of Abuja’s COVID-19 isolation and treatment centre will increase to 300 beds with additional eight Intensive Care Unit (ICU) transit beds amid rising cases in Nigeria. More than 600 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Nigeria and the number of infections rises daily. In […]
Harry, Meghan say they won’t cooperate with UK tabloids
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced they will no longer cooperate with several British tabloid newspapers because of what they call “distorted, false or invasive” stories. Meghan and Prince Harry have written to the editors of The Sun, the Daily Mail, the Daily Express and the Daily Mirror saying they won’t “offer themselves […]
Lockdown: Iran opens intercity highways, major shopping centers
Iran on Monday began opening intercity highways and major shopping centers to stimulate its sanctions-choked economy, gambling that it has brought under control its coronavirus outbreak — one of the worst in the world — even as some fear it could lead to a second wave of infections. Stores from high-end malls to the meandering […]
Boris Johnson reluctant to end lockdown over fears of second wave of coronavirus
The prospects of an early end to the crippling coronavirus lockdown receded today as Boris Johnson is understood to be prioritising staving off a second wave of infections. The Prime Minister has told colleagues his ‘overriding concern’ is to avoid a second peak in the pandemic that would plunge the country back into turmoil. Mr […]
Israeli scientist claims he’s two-thirds into developing vaccine for COVID-19
An Israeli scientist claims that he is two-thirds into developing a vaccine for COVID-19. Professor Jonathan Gershoni from Tel Aviv University’s (TAU) School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology said that the work his laboratory was doing on corona family of viruses was two-thirds of the way into developing a vaccine for COVID-19 in a […]
Are face masks the new condoms?
Are face masks going to become like condoms — ubiquitous, sometimes fashionable, promoted with public service announcements? They should be, one virus researcher says, if early indications are correct in suggesting that Covid-19 is often spread by people who feel healthy and show no symptoms. David O’Connor, who studies viral disease at the University of […]
