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 […]
Timeline of foreign nationals’ evacuation from Nigeria since COVID-19 pandemic
This is a timeline of how foreign nationals are being evacuated from Nigeria since the COVID-19 pandemic re-arranged global realities and human priorities. On Friday, February 28, the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, told us an Italian had brought coronavirus, the virus responsible for COVID-19, to Nigeria. Since that day, our lack of basic […]
Buhari approves 5 accounts for COVID-19 donations
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the opening of five COVID-19 Donor Accounts which form part of the existing Treasury Single Account (TSA) arrangement in five commercial banks. Mr Henshaw Ogubike, Director Information and Press, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Ogubike disclosed that […]
UK scientist behind lockdown quits after breaking social distancing rules
A top scientist who advised British leaders on coronavirus lockdown measures said on Tuesday he had resigned from a key government panel after admitting to breaking the country’s rules on social distancing. Professor Neil Ferguson, an epidemiologist on the advisory team helping the UK coordinate its pandemic response, stepped down following media reports that he […]
COVID-19: Domesticate solution, stop waiting for solution from western world ― Olateru- Olagbegi
Dayo Johnson – Akure THE National Deputy Chairman, South of Action Democratic Party (ADP) Mr Martin Kunle Olateru-Olagbegi, has called on both states and Federal governments to domesticate solution to the COVID-19 pandemic rather than waiting for solution from the western world. Olateru-Olagbegi, a governorship aspirants of ADP also called for accountability of all the […]
Students in China’s virus centre Wuhan return to school
Chinese youngsters in the global virus epicentre of Wuhan filed back to class on Wednesday, wearing masks and walking in single file past thermal scanners. Senior school students in 121 institutions were back in front of chalkboards and digital displays for the first time since their city — the ground zero of the coronavirus pandemic […]
