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: Fake chloroquine 250mg tablets now in circulation — NAFDAC
THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday, alerted Nigerians to be mindful of fake chloroquine phosphate 250mg tablets currently in circulation.
COVID-19 LOCKDOWN: Funke Akindele, husband sentenced to community service
NOLLYWOOD actress, Funke Akindele and her husband AbdulRasheed Bello, popularly known as JJC Skillz, were yesterday, convicted and fined N100,000 each by an Ogba Magistrate Court for flaunting the Lagos State Infectious Disease (Emergency Prevention) Regulation 2020.
COVID-19: Lagos discharges 2, Ogun records 2 cases
GOVERNOR Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, yesterday, disclosed two new positive cases of Coronavirus pandemic in the state.
COVID-19: APC lawmaker, group fault Ondo resource c’ttee membership
THE lawmaker representing Ese-Odo constituency, Mr. Success Torhukerhijo and the Indigenous People of Ondo, IPO, yesterday, kicked against the composition of the committees set up by the state government to source funds and to distribute palliatives to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state.
FG slams critics over invitation of Chinese doctors
The Federal Government has slammed critics of an offer by a foreign company, Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Company, CCECC, to import an 18-member Chinese team of medical experts, including doctors, nurses and public health advisers to share experiences with their local counterparts on the management of COVID-19 pandemic.
FG battles COVID-19 with N500b package, seeks $3.4b IMF facility
ABUJA — Worried by the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, the federal and state governments were eagle-eyed yesterday, looking for funds from many quarters, both local and foreign, to fight the scourge as the central government announced a N500 billion stimulus package.
Fired Navy captain Brett Crozier tests positive for coronavirus: report
The Navy captain who was removed after he sounded the alarm about a coronavirus outbreak aboard an aircraft carrier he commanded has tested positive for the virus, according to a report Sunday. Capt. Brett Crozier began showing symptoms of coronavirus before he was removed from the USS Theodore Roosevelt last Thursday, the New York Times […]
HIV drug leronlimab, which successfully treats coronavirus, moving to phase 2 trials
An experimental HIV drug that has been used to successfully treat COVID-19 patients is in its second phase of testing with the Food and Drug Administration and could potentially be approved for use in four weeks, its manufacturer says. Leronlimab, made by the biotech company CytoDyn, was used to treat a handful of severely ill […]
Edo orders wearing of face mask, ban isolation in hotels
The Edo Government on Monday directed residents who must leave their homes to wear face mask as precautionary measures against the coronavirus pandemic. The State Deputy Governor and Chairman of the state COVID-19 Response Committee, Mr Philip Shaibu told newsmen that government has concluded plans to collaborate with local tailors to mass-produce face mask in […]
COVID-19: Naomi Campbell joins WHO Africa’s ‘Safe hands challenge’
With a considerable number of the world’s population made to stay at home due to the continued spread of the coronavirus pandemic and many cities on lockdown, efforts to continue sensitizing people on how to prevent contracting and/or spreading the virus has been intensified by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other health bodies across […]
