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 […]
Nigerians must learn to live with COVID-19 until we have a vaccine ―NCDC
By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Nigerian Federal Government has said its citizens may have to learn to live with the COVID-19 until there is a vaccine to halt its spread. The government also asked the organized labour to develop new strategies for workplace operations at the end of the current outbreak of the pandemic. […]
COVID-19: Lagos discharges 14 males, 12 females
Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced that 26 COVID-19 patients have been discharged after fully recovering from the pandemic. Sanwo-Olu made the announcement via his official Twitter handle. With newly discharged patients, the total number of recovered cases is now 225. “Dear Lagosians, we are expanding our isolation capacity with more locations and medical […]
COVID-19: Why you can’t lift lockdown in Nigeria now, CUPP tells FG
By Joseph Erunke THE Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, Friday, said the federal government has not put in place necessary measures that can control the growth rate of COVID-19 infections to lift the lockdown in Nigeria it had declared in the wake of the outbreak of the disease. To this end, the opposition coalition […]
Five African countries with ongoing coronavirus trials
The African Union’s Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has outlined ongoing trials for COVID-19, as part of the continent’s stride for treatment and vaccination of the virus. In total, different trials were ongoing in Egypt, Zambia, Nigeria, Tunisia and South Africa. The Africa CDC admitted that comparatively few treatments were taking place on the […]
WHO targets teens on social media to debunk COVID-19 myths
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday it was working with social media companies in a bid to quash misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic — including on more light-hearted apps popular with teenagers. The WHO said it had started working with TikTok and Snapchat since the pandemic broke out in a bid to reach out […]
