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 […]
Nigeria records 416 new cases of COVID-19 as FG directs restrictive opening of worship centres
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Monday 1st of June 2020, announced that 416 new confirmed cases and 12 deaths have been recorded in Nigeria. This is the second-highest daily figure recorded by the centre after it announced 553 confirmed cases on Saturday 30th May 2020, since the outbreak of the pandemic in […]
BREAKING: Unknown men forcefully move COVID-19 patient from treatment centre in Delta
By Festus Ahon APPREHENSION, Monday enveloped Asaba metropolis and its environs as seven men reportedly stormed the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Asaba and forcefully moved a 53 years Chief Nursing Officer, Mr Michael Mordi who tested positive for COVID-19 from the hospital. The men, who Vanguard gathered came in two cars, entered the hospital premises […]
Malaysia records 10 days without new COVID-19 deaths
Malaysia has gone into 10 days without any new COVID-19 deaths, the Health Ministry said on Monday, leaving the total deaths so far at 115. Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia reported 38 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 7,857. Imported cases made up the majority […]
COVID-19: MC Oluomo donates face masks to journalists in Lagos
Lagos State National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Chairman, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as “MC-Oluomo”, has presented locally-fabricated face masks to the leadership of Lagos State Chapter of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, towards combating COVID-19 in the state.
Use of antibiotics for COVID-19 will cause more deaths ― WHO
Increased antibiotics use in combating the COVID-19 pandemic will strengthen bacterial resistance and ultimately lead to more deaths during the crisis and beyond, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Monday. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said a “worrying number” of bacterial infections were becoming increasingly resistant to the medicines traditionally used to treat them. The […]
