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 […]
Indonesia minister arrested over pandemic aid corruption
Indonesia’s social affairs minister was arrested Sunday for allegedly taking $1.2 million in bribes linked to food aid for those hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Juliari Batubara was named as a suspect after Indonesian anti-corruption agents seized suitcases, backpacks and envelopes stuffed with cash equivalent to $1.2 million in a sting operation on Saturday. He […]
Health minister tests positive after getting COVID-19 vaccine trial dose
Health Minister of the northern Indian state of Haryana Anil Vij, who was given a trial dose of a Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in November, tested positive for the virus on Saturday. Vij, who is the holding charge of several ministries including health, said on Twitter that he had contracted the virus. He urged people, who […]
Oxygen shortage leaves six COVID-19 patients dead in Pakistan
At least six Covid-19 patients died after “criminal negligence” resulted in a delayed supply of oxygen to a hospital in northwest Pakistan, officials said Sunday, as the country battles a second wave of the epidemic. More than 200 patients — including nearly 100 with coronavirus — were left for hours with limited supplies of oxygen […]
UK vaccine rollout set to begin with queen in line for jab
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine within weeks, reports on Sunday said, as the biggest immunisation programme in UK history begins next week. The monarch, 94, and her 99-year-old husband Prince Philip are in line to get the jab early in the rollout, which gets underway Tuesday, due to their age […]
Hundreds protest against coronavirus restrictions in Germany
Hundreds of people took to the streets to protest against coronavirus measures in the German city of Dusseldorf on Sunday, and were met by hundreds of counter-protesters. Supporters of the Querdenken movement, or Lateral Thinking, had registered 1,000 people to demonstrate against what they say is a “mask lie.” A dpa reporter on the scene […]
