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 […]
UK pays tribute after death of lockdown hero ‘Captain Tom’
Tributes flooded in from across the UK on Tuesday following the death of Captain Sir Tom Moore, the 100-year-old military veteran who won British hearts with his fundraising during the pandemic. Moore, who raised nearly £33 million ($45 million, 37 million euros) for health service charities, died in hospital in southern England on Tuesday morning […]
COVID-19: Nursing students test positive in Osun
By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Some students of Osun State School of Nursing have reportedly contracted the coronavirus disease. The development, according to sources, made the management of the school to encourage students to go for COVID-19 test. It was gathered that about five students were at the weekend discharged from the isolation centre, having […]
COVID-19: Nigeria to get 80m doses vaccine in 2021 — Governors
Say vaccine to cover 40% of the population Say approach must shift from emergency response to strengthening the resilience and sustainability of the health system Say by October 2020, testing capacity has expanded to over 70 laboratories across the 36 States, FCT By Henry Umoru – Abuja The thirty- six State Governors under the aegis […]
PTF: State House clinic to get COVID-19 testing laboratory
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Presidential Task Force, PTF on COVID-19, Tuesday, hinted that testing laboratory for the virus will soon be established at the State House Clinic. Chairman of PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha, stated this at the commissioning of State House Clinic Special Care Centre (COVID-19 […]
75 Nigerian health workers test positive for COVID-19 – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 75 healthcare workers tested positive for COVID-19 in the last one week across the country. Its Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known at the national briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja. Ihekweazu said that the number of healthcare workers getting infected was becoming […]
