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 […]
Wuhan virus cases may be 10 times higher than reported: China health study
The number of coronavirus cases in the Chinese city where the pathogen was first detected may have been 10 times higher than official figures suggest, according to a study by health authorities in Wuhan. About 4.4 percent of the city’s 11 million residents had developed antibodies against the virus causing Covid-19 by April, the report […]
US congressman-elect, Luke Letlow dies of COVID-19
A newly elected U.S. congressman, Luke Letlow has died shortly after testing positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19). A Wednesday post on the Republican politician’s Facebook page read: “Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, 41, passed away this evening at Ochsner-LSU Health Shreveport due to complications from COVID-19.” The 41-year-old was admitted to the hospital on Dec. 19 after […]
US Congress member dies of Covid-19, becomes first
A representative-elect from Louisiana in United States (US) died of Covid-19 Tuesday, the first member of Congress to succumb to the disease. Republican Luke Letlow, 41, had been elected to Louisiana’s 5th district and was due to be sworn in on Sunday. “It is with heavy hearts that @FirstLadyOfLA and I offer our condolences […]
From the lab to the jab: how BioNTech-Pfizer won the vaccine race
It was over breakfast on the wintry morning of January 24 that Ozlem Tureci and her husband Ugur Sahin decided, “we need to fire the starting gun on this”. Sahin “had concluded from a publication describing coronavirus cases in Wuhan… that there was a high probability that a pandemic could be imminent”, Tureci recounted. The […]
COVID-19: Nigeria struggling to cope, January will be tough, FG says
Confiscates 100 passports, as FCT threatens to shut Markets, Malls By Omeiza Ajayi The Federal Government has explained its helplessness in the face of gross violations of COVID-19 safety protocols, saying the nation’s health system is currently struggling to cope with the increasing number of infections daily. While it projected that January 2021 would be […]
