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: Why we quarantined our employees in Delta, Lagos— Chevron
…says no staff has coronavirus By Michael Eboh Chevron Nigeria Limited, on Thursday, stated that none of its employees has contracted the coronavirus, COVID-19, noting that it has continued to operate safely, and without any COVID-19-related incident in its operations. Reacting to speculations that the company quarantined some of its staff suspected of having the […]
COVID-19 will worsen poverty, unemployment – ILO
By Ahiuma Young INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation, ILO, has warned that the coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic will worsen poverty, inequality and employment crisis globally. ILO’s Chief Economist, Patrick Belser, in a document released in Geneva, Switzerland, noted that in many countries, income inequality had risen steeply since the 1980s, with adverse social and economic consequences. According to […]
Retired Pope Benedict celebrates 93rd birthday ‘under arrest’
Former Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday celebrated his 93rd birthday under strict isolation at home due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Benedict, who has been living in a monastery within Vatican grounds since retiring seven years ago, has stopped contacts with the outside world to minimise contagion risks. “We live under ‘house arrest’ like so […]
COVID-19: IndustriALL Global Union seeks stakeholders’ synergy to save lives, wages
By Ahiuma Young As employers, organised labour and even ordinary workers continue to ponder over the consequences of rampaging coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic, to the lives of workers, their jobs and even wages, IndustriALL Global Union, IGU, is calling for synergy by stakeholders in the labour sector for innovative, problem-solving agreements to ensure that workers don’t […]
Nigeria records 35 new cases of COVID-19, total now 442
By David Royal Thirty-five new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Nigeria. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 442, Vanguard reports. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC announced via its Twitter handle on Thursday night that as at 10:20 pm 16th April there are 442 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported […]
