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 […]
US medics give update on Trump’s health, says breathing well
United States President, Donald Trump, has been breathing well on his own and is not receiving supplementary oxygen in his hospital treatment for Covid-19, his medical team said on Saturday. “We have monitored his cardiac function, his kidney function, liver function. All of those are normal,” said his phycisian, Sean Conley. “And the president this […]
Madagascar launches ‘Covid-Organics’ capsules
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina on Friday launched a capsule version of a herbal drink he touts as a coronavirus treatment and cure. “Covid-Organics” is derived from artemisia — a plant with proven anti-malarial properties — and other indigenous herbs. The infusion’s effects have not been scientifically tested and the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued […]
Bill Gates funded study claims Trump ‘biggest driver of COVID-19 misinformation’
US President Donald Trump has been the world’s biggest driver of Covid-19 misinformation during the pandemic, a study from Cornell University, partly funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said Thursday. A team from the Cornell Alliance for Science evaluated 38 million articles published by English-language, traditional media worldwide between January 1 and May 26 of […]
Worldwide grief: Death toll from coronavirus tops 1 million
Joginder Chaudhary was his parents’ greatest pride, raised with the little they earned farming a half-acre plot in central India to become the first doctor from their village. For the coronavirus, though, he was just one more in a million. After the virus killed the 27-year-old Chaudhary in late July, his mother wept inconsolably. With […]
COVID-19 deaths hit 1,103 in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that 1,103 persons have died from Coronavirus (COVID-19), in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that there was an increase of 88 cases from the 125 reported on Sept. 24 . According […]
