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 […]
US repatriates 997 Americans home — Mission
Lagos—The U.S. Mission in Nigeria said yesterday it has helped 997 Americans return home to reunite with families and friends, in view of the challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19: FG warns disease may spread further
THE Federal Government warned yesterday that coronavirus may spread further in the country. It also said all the resources gathered in the wake of the pandemic would be mobilised for direct development and delivery of critical infrastructure to states by the donors, adding that they would also be used for direct procurement and delivery of Personal Protective Equipment, PPE and other critical equipment by donors.
COVID-19: Where’re visiting Chinese doctors now? Gbajabiamila asks Health Minister
ABUJA — Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, yesterday asked Health Minister, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, the whereabouts of visiting Chinese medical personnel, saying their activities in the country must the oversighted by the parliament.
COVID-19: Lagos to commence door-to-door testing
GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, yesterday, disclosed that the state government will commence a door-to-door testing of residents of the state to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
COVID-19: Lagos AD governorship candidate, Owolabi Salis, empowers 120
High Chief Owolabi Salis, the 2019 governorship candidate of Alliance for Democracy, AD, in Lagos State, has given out money to 120 less-privileged people. “It is my little way of reducing their burden in this period of COVID-19 lockdown,” he told newsmen. Salis, a philanthropist, who currently resides in the United State, took to a […]
