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Over 80 drone applications under review, training centre in pipeline — NCAA

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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Delta APC to Okowa: Govt hospitals in shambles, fix them

Delta APC to Okowa: Govt hospitals in shambles, fix them

Perez Brisibe, Ughelli The Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC has raised alarm over what it described as the poor condition of state-owned hospitals in the state amidst the COVID-19 pandemic with a call on the state governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa to fix them. The party also lamented the non-availability of Personal […]

South Africa to begin Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine trial

South Africa to begin Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine trial

  As South Africa prepares to launch the continent’s first coronavirus vaccine trial, the Rainbow Nation has opened a new field hospital for people with COVID-19 in a de-commissioned Volkswagen plant. According to the country’s health authorities, 3,300 beds have been installed in the new field hospital, bringing the total number of beds across the […]

COVID-19: UCH denies receiving N118m from Oyo government

COVID-19: UCH denies receiving N118m from Oyo government

By Ola Ajayi – Ibadan The management of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan has faulted the Oyo State Government on its claims that the teaching hospital was given the sum of N118 million out of the N2.7 billion it claimed the Governor Seyi Makinde-led government had spent on COVID-19 pandemic. The state government through […]

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases reach 21,371, fatalities 533

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases reach 21,371, fatalities 533

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 452 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Tuesday. The 452 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is now put at 21371. The NCDC also announced the discharge of 229 patients from isolation centers across […]

More than 200 students, staff test positive for COVID-19 in South Africa

More than 200 students, staff test positive for COVID-19 in South Africa

More than 200 pupils and staff who returned to a boarding school in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province this month tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) on Tuesday, officials said. Eastern Cape accounts for around 15 percent of South Africa’s 101,590 COVID-19 cases, making it the country’s third worst affected province. The province’s health department announced […]