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: Nigeria now at tipping point — FG
By Gabriel Enogholase, Adesina Wahab, Omeiza Ajayi, David Odama The Federal Government, yesterday, took stock of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic vis-a-vis the attitude of Nigerians to embracing safety precautions, and concluded that the country was now at a tipping point. This came as government announced its decision to establish oxygen plants in all […]
COVID-19: Increased testing will enable understanding of burden ― NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says increasing national testing capacity for COVID-19 will enable understanding of its burden. The Head of Department, Surveillance and Epidemiology Department, NCDC, Mrs Elsie Ilori, made this known on Thursday in Abuja at a briefing by the Presidential Tasks Force on COVID-19. Ilori noted that in the last […]
COVID-19: Vaccines may not come too soon — Health Ministry
The Federal Government has warned Nigerians against complacency in containing the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, saying the vaccines against the virus might not arrive soon in Nigeria. The Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, said this on Thursday in Abuja, at the joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on […]
Continued presentation of fake COVID-19 test results embarrassing – PTF
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Thursday expressed worry that presentation of fake COVID-19 test results by Nigerians travelling abroad tarnished the country’s image. The PTF Chairman, Mr Boss Mustapha, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, expressed the worry at a briefing by the task force in Abuja. […]
COVID-19: Increased testing will enable understanding of burden – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) says increasing national testing capacity for COVID-19 will enable understanding of its burden. The Head of Department, Surveillance and Epidemiology Department, NCDC, Mrs Elsie Ilori, made this known on Thursday in Abuja at a briefing by the Presidential Tasks Force on COVID-19. Ilori noted that in the last […]
FG urges Nigerians not be hesitant to take COVID-19 vaccine
The Federal Government has appealed to Nigerians not to be hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it gets to Nigeria. Dr Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director of National Primary Health Care Development Agency ( NPHCDA), made the appeal at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 on Thursday in Abuja. The News Agency […]
Workers won’t forget 2020 in a hurry — NLC
LIKE others, for Nigerian workers, 2020 will not be forgotten in a hurry. According to the President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Ayuba Wabba “Surviving 2020 is no mean feat. We thank the Almighty God whose grace and mercies saw us through the vicissitudes of 2020.”
COVID-19: Nigeria at a tipping point, as FG moves to establish oxygen plants in states
…Says, Nigerians presenting fake test results By Omeiza Ajayi The Federal Government on Thursday took stock of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic vis a vis the attitude of Nigerians to embracing safety precautions, and concluded that the country is now at a tipping point. This came as government announced its decision to establish oxygen […]
‘Alarming’ COVID-19 variants need bolder response ― WHO
The World Health Organization’s European branch on Thursday said more needed to be done to deal with the alarming situation brought on by recently discovered variants of the novel coronavirus. The WHO’s regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, called the current situation “a tipping-point in the course of the pandemic.” While the new year “brings […]
Youths protest in Senegal capital over COVID-19 curfew
Youths protesting a coronavirus curfew clashed with security forces overnight in the Senegalese capital, burning tyres and erecting barricades as police fired tear gas in Dakar’s Ngor district, an AFP photographer reported. Incidents were also reported in other parts of the capital overnight Wednesday. President Macky Sall called a state of emergency on Wednesday as […]
Atiku receives Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine
By Nwafor Sunday Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has received Pfizer Covid-19 in jab vaccine on Thursday. Confirming the news, Ovation magazine Publisher, Chief Dele Momodu, displayed Atiku’s picture when the vaccine was administered to him by a medical practitioner. Though Dele did not mention the place Atiku took the vaccine but information reaching […]
China reprimands officials over new highest daily virus cases since July
Transport services were cut off to a city of 11 million people near Beijing on Thursday as local officials were reprimanded for a Covid-19 outbreak that pushed China’s new infections to the highest single-day tally since July. The virus first emerged in central China in late 2019, but since then authorities have largely brought the […]
Nigeria records 1,664 COVID-19 cases, new daily highest
Nigeria recorded 1,664 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections to 94,369. the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. The daily increase was a new record and considerably higher than Tuesday’s 1,354 confirmed cases. It said that 22 states and the Federal […]
LUTH worries over increasing severe cases of covid-19
…Says most patients come in late, 20 on oxygen …FG to start administering vaccines on Nigerians soon …Lockdown looms in Lagos as Sanwo-Olu raises alarm over spike …Vaccination could jeopardise our natural immunity to COVID-19 —Virologist cautions …UNILAG loses another Professor to COVID-19 By Sola Ogundipe, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Gabriel Enogholase, Chioma Obinna, Adesina Wahab Omeiza […]
COVID-19: Health system, workers under incredible strain in Nigeria — FMC MD
The health system and health workers in Nigeria are under incredible strain, as a more and more very ill patients are now presenting themselves to the hospitals. Dr Adedamola Dada, the Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Ebute Meta, Lagos, made the assertion in Lagos on Wednesday,. He spoke while commenting on the raging second […]
