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: Gov Sule’s father in isolation centre, as 3 doctors test positive in Nasarawa
By David Odama – Lafia The father of the Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, Alhaji Sule Bawa, who is also the Emir of Gudi in Akwanga Local Government Area of the State, has been hospitalised and is in isolation centre at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist hospital in Lafia. A resident of Gudi who pleaded anonymity […]
BREAKING: Delta records 10 new COVID-19 cases, discharges 4
By Festus Ahon – Asaba DELTA, Thursday night confirmed 10 news cases of the dreaded coronavirus pandemic in five local government areas of the State bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in the State to 116. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, who confirmed the new cases via WhatsApp page, also said […]
Authors pull study flagging hydroxychloroquine risks
The Lancet on Thursday retracted a study that raised safety fears over the use of hydroxychloroquine, a drug favored by United States President, Donald Trump, to treat COVID-19, after the paper’s authors said they could no longer vouch for its underlying data. It was soon followed by the withdrawal of another coronavirus paper in the […]
Ganduje orders house-to-house sample collection in Kano metropolis
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, has ordered a house-to-house sample collection of suspected COVID-19 patients, particularly in the eight local government areas that make the metropolis.
Covid-19: FG kicks against diversion of drugs
The Federal Government has warned against the diversion of Antiretroviral Drugs, ARVs, currently being used for the treatment of COVID-19 even as it lamented the steady rise in infant and maternal mortality as a result of too much concentration on the pandemic.
Lagos relaxes COVID-19 lockdown, reopens churches, mosques
LAGOS State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, modified the lockdown directive on Churches and Mosques when he ordered their reopening from June 19 and June 21, 2020.
COVID-19: Constant stress, fear can reduce body immunity, says Nutritionist
A Nutritionist, Dr Chioma Emma-Nwachukwu, says constant stress and fear due to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic can reduce and work against individual’s immune system. Emma-Nwachukwu, also the Manager, Nestlé Nutrition Institute, Central and West Africa, said on Thursday that when immune system becomes low, such an individual would become vulnerable to infections and diseases […]
Nigeria confirms 350 new cases of COVID-19, total now 11,516
By Rasheed Sobowale The most populous nation in Africa, Nigeria, has on Thursday recorded 350 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 11, 516. Announcing the new cases via its official twitter handle, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) indicated the breakdown of the new cases […]
FG, WAHO partner on transportation of COVID-19 supplies
The Federal Government and West Africa Health Organisation (WAHO) are set for a partnership on a cost-sharing plan for common air transportation of COVID-19 supplies of WAHO and Nigeria from Beijing to Abuja. Dr. Ehanire Osagie, Minister of Health, disclosed this on Thursday at the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19. Ehanire said the ECOWAS […]
Peru hits 5,000 coronavirus deaths
Peru hit 5,000 coronavirus deaths Thursday, according to the country’s health ministry, as hospitals faced a lack of oxygen for seriously ill patients. Peru has recorded more than 183,000 cases of COVID-19, making it the second hardest-hit country in Latin America after Brazil. Officials recorded more than 4,200 new cases and 137 deaths over the […]
JUST IN: KADPOLY develops machines to fight COVID-19
The Kaduna Polytechnic, KADPOLY, has locally developed technologies that can support a sustainable action against COVID-19.
COVID-19: Oredo LGA shuts down secretariat for one week after staff test positive
The Chairman of Oredo Local Government Area, Hon. Evbareke Jenkins Osunde, has shut down the area council secretariat for one week after one of its staff tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), as a precautionary measure against the spread of the virus. In a statement, Osunde said during the closure of the council secretariat, the offices […]
COVID-19: PTF decries refusal by citizens to help with contact tracing, isolation
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has expressed worry over the refusal by some Nigerians to help with contact tracing and going into isolation after testing positive. Mr Boss Mustapha, Chairman, PTF on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) expressed the displeasure on Thursday, at its daily news conference in […]
Imo COVID-19 Task Force targets 100 tests daily
By Chidi Nkwopara – Owerri Imo State Task Force on Prevention and Control of coronavirus says it is working towards testing 100 persons daily, as part of its efforts to control and prevent the spread of the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic in the state. The Task Force Chairman, Professor Maurice Iwu, who disclosed this, while addressing […]
COVID-19: 30 out of 44 Kano LGAs affected by virus ― Official
…nine LGAs in metropolitan worst hit, males mostly affected By Bashir Bello KANO – Officials of the Kano State Task Force Committee on COVID-19 has on Thursday said the number of positive cases in the state is spread across 30 out of 44 Local government areas of the state. The Technical Coordinator, Dr. Tijjani Hussain […]
