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 […]
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Number of coronavirus cases across the world tops 16 million
The global number of coronavirus cases crossed 16 million on Sunday, more than half of them in the Americas and the Caribbean, according to an AFP tally from official sources at 0510 GMT. The 16,050,223 coronavirus cases include 645,184 fatalities with the United States the worst hit country, registering 4,178,021 infections and 146,460 dead. Latin […]
10 die from COVID-19 at Abuja National Hospital isolation centre
The National Hospital, Abuja, on Saturday, said that 10 coronavirus patients have so far died at its isolation centre. The hospital’s Spokesperson, Dr Tayo Hastrup, announced the figure when a non-profit organisation, the District Grand Lodge of Nigeria, came to donated face masks and hand sanitiser to the hospital in Abuja. He said that over […]
North Korea puts border city in lockdown over suspected COVID-19 outbreak
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un placed the city of Kaesong near the border with South Korea under total lockdown after a person was found with suspected COVID-19 symptoms, saying he believes “the vicious virus” may have entered the country, state media reported Sunday. If the person is officially declared a virus patient, he or […]
11 die from COVID-19, as Nigeria records 438 new confirmed cases
By Chioma Obinna Nigeria, on Saturday, recorded another 438 new COVID-19 cases, even as 11 persons lost their lives to the virus. According to report released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, the cases were recorded from 24 states. The 438 new cases are reported from 24 states— Lagos(123), Kaduna(50), Rivers(40), Edo(37), Adamawa(25), […]
Mexican president says need for face masks not proven scientifically
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said that the need to always wear a face mask in public has not been scientifically proven. Lopez Obrador’ comment is coming, one day after the country marked a new record in daily coronavirus cases. He said doctors had told him that “I do not need a face […]
