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 […]
United States tops three million COVID-19 cases
The United States on Wednesday passed another grim coronavirus (COVID-19) milestone with three million confirmed cases, as President Donald Trump aggressively pushed for schools to reopen. The coronavirus is surging in several southern hotspots of the nation, including Texas, Florida, Louisiana, and Arizona, while it has almost entirely receded from its former epicentre in New […]
China says would join nuclear talks if US reduces arsenal
Beijing said Wednesday that US demands for it to join nuclear disarmament talks with Russia are a ruse to sink the negotiations, but it could take part if Washington lowers its arsenals to China’s level. US and Russian officials held talks in Vienna last month to discuss a replacement for the New START treaty, which […]
Brazil’s president, Bolsonaro, tests positive for coronavirus
Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, has tested positive for the coronavirus after months of downplaying the dangers of the disease, as the United States begins its withdrawal from the World Health Organization despite logging a record number of new infections. The American pull-out from the WHO comes as the UN agency conceded there was “emerging evidence” […]
Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases near 30,000 as NCDC announces 503 new cases
Nigeria on Tuesday recorded at 503 new COVID-19 cases as total infections neared the 30,000-mark. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) revealed this in a post via its official website It said “On the 7th of July 2020, 503 new confirmed cases and 15 deaths were recorded in Nigeria No new state has reported […]
Enough’s enough, reopen all churches now — CAN
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has called on all state governments that are yet to reopen churches under their watches to do so now because the continued lockdown order on the places of worship is no longer acceptable and reasonably justified. CAN President, His Eminence, Rev Samson Ayokunle, in a statement on Tuesday, said: […]
Nigeria records 503 new COVID-19 cases; total 29,879, fatalities 669
By Chioma Obinna Nigeria, on Tuesday, recorded 503 new cases of COVID-19 in 20 states, bring the total confirmed cases to 29,879, with 669 deaths. Of the new cases reported by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Lagos which is the epicenter, leads with a total of 153 cases, followed by Ondo State with […]
School reopening: Oshodi-Isolo council begins decontamination exercise
In compliance with the partial reopening of schools directive of the Lagos State Government, the Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Council has begun decontaminating public schools in preparation for the resumption of classes for SS3 and Tech3 students. The council made the disclosure in a statement signed by its Media Officer, Mr Babajide Dada, in Lagos. It […]
Brazilian President tested for coronavirus after showing symptoms
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been tested for the novel coronavirus, local media cited the president’s office as saying on Monday. The right-wing populist president, who has been dismissive of the illness as a ‘little flu’, had shown symptoms and run a fever before taking a test at the military hospital in the capital Brasilia, […]
Cross River doctors embark on strike over coronavirus test results
Cross River doctors began an indefinite strike on Monday in protest over allegations the authorities were whitewashing coronavirus cases in the region. According to figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), southern Cross River is the only state in the country where no case of COVID-19 has been officially confirmed. But the regional branch […]
DR Congo virus health workers strike over unpaid wages
Health workers battling the coronavirus pandemic in DR Congo’s capital Kinshasa said Monday they are on “unlimited strike” until they get paid. The DR Congo health workers in Kinshasa, where nearly 90 percent of the vast central African country’s infections have been recorded, said they hadn’t been paid for three months. “They paid us for […]
