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 coronavirus death toll rises as Chinese cases fall
The death toll from the new coronavirus in the United States climbed to six on Monday as the contagion took root in the country’s Pacific Northwest and continued its march across the globe. Worldwide, close to 3,100 people have succumbed to the illness even as a clear shift in the crisis was emerging, with nine […]
Covid-19: Experts counsel Nigerians on personal hygiene, organic foods
By Omeiza Ajayi Experts at a roundtable on organic foods have counselled Nigerians not to panic in the face of the index case of the Coronavirus in Nigeria, advising the public to eat proper organic foods and observe simple hygienic rules. This was the position of medical experts who met yesterday at a forum organized […]
Pope Francis tested for coronavirus after falling ill
Pope Francis has been tested for coronavirus after he fell ill and was forced to cancel a religious retreat near Rome. The pontiff had been due to go to a Lent retreat, but he did not go – the first time he has not attended the event during his papacy – because he was suffering […]
WHO says world in uncharted territory as US death toll rises
The world has entered uncharted territory in its battle against the deadly coronavirus, the UN health agency warned, as new infections dropped dramatically in China on Tuesday but surged abroad with the US death toll rising to six. Globally, the virus has killed more than 3,100 people and infected over 90,000 even as a clear […]
COVID-19 Increases 9 fold in 24 hours
—as Medics lack enough tools in Airports By Ibrahim Hassan As coronavirus was said to have increases ninefold within the last 24 hours globally, the Nigerian authorities had made significant progress in ensuring that the pandemic had not spread in the country. Speaking in an interview with the Hausa Service of Radio France International, Professor […]
