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 […]
Makinde didn’t contract COVID-19 at Ibadan rally ― Taiwo Adisa
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Taiwo Adisa, has said that his boss, Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, did not contract COVID-19 at the much-talked-about Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) unification rally. Contrary to insinuations in some quarters that the governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, who on Monday, tested positive to COVID-19, […]
BREAKING: Ekiti coronavirus index case discharged
Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi, has announced that the coronavirus index case in the state has recovered and discharged. The governor took time out to celebrate the “resilient health worker” for doing a great job. “Thanks to our resilient health workers, Ekiti state’s #COVID19 patient has now been discharged. With this, Ekiti State has no […]
NCDC confirms 4 new cases of coronavirus
Victor Ogunyinka The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced four new cases of coronavirus across Nigeria. The latest report released at 11:15 am Tuesday, revealed three of the four cases are from Osun State and one from Ogun State. This brings the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases to 135. This came just […]
Congo’s 81-yr-old ex-president Yhombi-Opango dies of coronavirus
Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango, former president of the Republic of the Congo, has died after contracting coronavirus, his family said. Yhombi-Opango died in a Paris hospital on Monday. He was 81. Yhombi-Opango was ill before he contracted the virus, his son told AFP news agency. He led Congo-Brazzaville from 1977 until he was toppled in 1979, […]
COVID-19: One new case discovered in Ogun
By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta Ogun State government on Tuesday disclosed that it has recorded one new case of COVID-19, bringing the figure of recorded cases in the State to four since the outbreak of the virus in Nigeria on February 28. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen in […]
