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 […]
Coronavirus: We’re yet to trace persons that boarded aircraft with index case,says FG
Appeals to contacts to isolate wherever they are,call NCDC Says N1.67 bn budgeted for response in 28 days By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The Federal Government , Friday ,disclosed that 93 persons that boarded the same Turkish Airline with an Italian, the country’s Coronavirus index case, were at large. The government said out of the 148 […]
First case of Coronavirus reported in Vatican
The director of the Holy See Press Office Matteo Bruni reported on Friday that the first case of coronavirus infection has been reported in the Vatican City. He noted that the patient was discovered on Thursday and that emergency services are sanitising the area. Italian health authorities have been notified about the case. There is […]
South African coronavirus case came via Dubai to Durban
South Africa’s first coronavirus case came from Italy via Dubai to the main airport in the eastern city of Durban, the health minister said on Friday. Zweli Mkhize was briefing media in Hilton, the eastern South African town where the man with the virus is admitted to hospital after testing positive the day before. Mkhize […]
Vatican confirms 1st coronavirus case as pope recovers from cold
The Vatican confirmed the walled city-state’s first case of the new coronavirus Friday and closed some offices as a precaution while Pope Francis continued recovering from a cold. Vatican City’s health clinic, which is used by Vatican employees and their families, was shuttered for sanitizing following the positive test result received Thursday, Vatican spokesman Matteo […]
Togo confirms first coronavirus case
Togo on Friday confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus after a 42-year-old woman tested positive following her return from a trip to Benin, Germany, France, and Turkey. The presidency in the West African nation of eight million people said the patient, who lives in the capital Lome with her family, was “currently isolated […]
