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: No lockdown for now ― FG
By Dapo Akinrefon The Minister of the Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday, said the economic and social implications may make it difficult for the Federal Government to impose another lockdown in the country. The Minister, who addressed newsmen in Lagos, however, urged Nigerians to adhere strictly to all COVID-19 protocols laid down […]
US COVID-19 cases exaggerated — Trump tweets
United States President, Donald Trump, on Sunday, said the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the nation was exaggerated. In a tweet, Trump blamed the alleged exaggeration on the “ridiculous method of determination” by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “The number of cases and deaths of the China Virus is far […]
Nigeria records 917 new Covid infections as total rises to 90,080
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 917 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country. The NCDC disclosed this via its verified website late Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that so far, 955,429 persons have been tested in the country since the first confirmed COVID-19 case was announced on February 27, 2020. According […]
South Africa hopes to begin virus vaccinations February
South Africa, which has been hard hit by a second wave of coronavirus cases, hopes to obtain its first vaccine doses next month, the health minister announced Sunday. In recent weeks the South African government has come in for criticism, particularly from health experts, over the delay in starting a programme of inoculation against Covid-19. […]
US officials reject Trump claims on COVID-19 toll, defend vaccine rollout
US officials on Sunday rejected Donald Trump’s claim that the national Covid-19 death toll of more than 350,000 has been exaggerated, but defended the stumbling campaign to vaccinate millions of Americans. Some 4.2 million people in the US have received initial doses of the two-dose vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna — far below official predictions […]
Japan PM says weighing coronavirus emergency for Tokyo area
Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Monday he was considering declaring a state of emergency in the greater Tokyo area over a “very severe” third wave of coronavirus infections. Speaking at a regular new year press conference, Suga also said he hoped vaccinations would begin in Japan in late February, adding that he would be […]
Tough times don’t last, we’ll defeat COVID-19 again — Obaseki
By Gabriel Enogholase, Benin Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that the state government would mobilise resources to combat the coronavirus pandemic, assuring that the state would effectively manage the virus just as it did during the first wave. The governor, who said this in a New Year broadcast yesterday in Benin, harped […]
British PM Johnson says tougher restrictions possible in coming weeks
Tougher coronavirus measures could be implemented in coming weeks in view of the serious situation in Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson hinted in an interview on Sunday. “It may be that we need to do things in the next few weeks that will be tougher in many parts of the country,’’ Johnson said on the […]
Former Unilag VC, Prof Ibidapo Obe, is dead
Former University of Lagos Vice-chancellor, Professor Ibidapo Obe, has died of COVID-19 complications. The former University don passed away on Sunday, 3rd January 2021. Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, was former President of the Nigeria Academy of Science, attended both Ilesa Grammar School and Igbobi College from 1962 – 1968 and the University of Lagos from 1968 […]
Egypt approves Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine
Egypt has approved the use of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharma giant Sinopharm with its rollout to start later in January, the health minister said. “The Egyptian pharmaceutical authority approved on Saturday the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine,” Hala Zayed said late Saturday, on the local MBC Masr channel. The first batch of the vaccine […]
