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 […]
COVID -19: VIPs avoiding isolation centres infect 40 doctors NMA cries out
THE Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Friday, said 40 medical doctors besides other healthcare workers have so far tested positive to the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
HEALTHCARE FUNDING: COVID-19 exposes govts’ failures
IF the Federal Government and state governments had not been paying lip service to healthcare funding, Nigeria would have been at a vantage position to combat the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across the world.
COVID-19: Ogun to quarantine face mask violators
James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta Ogun State government on Friday declared that any resident of the state caught without wearing facemask will be arrested and quarantined for 14 days beginning from 1st of May, 2020. The State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun made the declaration while addressing newsmen at his private residence in Iperu Remo, Ikenne local […]
COVID-19: US death toll tops 50,000 as some Georgia businesses reopen
Gyms, hair salons and tattoo parlors had a green light to reopen in the US state of Georgia on Friday as the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic soared past 50,000 in the United States. As the southern state lifted restrictions on a list of businesses that also included nail salons and bowling alleys, President […]
UK coronavirus death toll climbs to over 19,000
The death toll in Britain from the coronavirus outbreak neared 20,000 on Friday as the government faced calls for greater transparency for its exit strategy from stringent social distancing measures. The health ministry said 684 more people had died in the 24-hour period to 1600 GMT on Thursday, taking the number of deaths for COVID-19 […]
COVID-19: 900 Britons stranded in Nigeria set to return home
By Victoria Ojeme The UK government on Friday said nine Hundred British citizens in Nigeria are set to return home on three flights chartered by the United Kingdom Government. A statement from the British High Commission in Abuja said the flights would take off on April 28, Abuja-London; May 1, Lagos-London and May 5, Lagos-London. […]
Nigeria to experience unplanned COVID-19 babies by November ―Expert
By Juliet Umeh A reproductive health expert has predicted that Nigeria will begin to see unplanned COVID-19 babies from November 2020. As a result of that, he has advocated the use of telehealth to spread proper information necessary to forestall unplanned COVID-19 babies devastating effects. He has asked federal and state governments to adopt it. […]
Trump to sell ventilators to developing countries to fight coronavirus
Donald Trump’s administration said Friday the United States will sell ventilators to at least four developing countries to fight the coronavirus, saying US needs were being met. Trump said he spoke by telephone to the presidents of Indonesia, Ecuador, El Salvador and Honduras and promised that the United States would send the vital medical equipment. “We […]
France buys chloroquine from China as ‘precaution’
France’s armed forces ministry on Friday said it had bought a consignment of the anti-malarial drug chloroquine from China as a precaution in case it becomes an approved medication for the coronavirus, an idea dismissed by many experts. The ministry made the statement following a viral video on social media showing packages marked as chloroquine […]
White House says Trump disinfectant remarks taken out of context
The White House pushed back Friday at a torrent of criticism of President Donald Trump, saying his apparent suggestion that disinfectant could be injected to treat patients with COVID-19 was taken out of context. During a televised briefing on the coronavirus pandemic, Trump mused on Thursday that researchers might investigate ways of injecting disinfectant to cure the disease […]
Seven health workers test positive for COVID-19 in Borno, Commissioner says
Dr Salihu Kwaya-Bura, Secretary, Borno High Powered Response Team on Convid-19, has said that seven health workers tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. Kwaya-Bura, who is also the Commissioner for Health, made this known on Friday in Maiduguri while giving an update on the COVID-19 in pandemic in the state. He said […]
Lagos discharges 10, including 3 foreigners after COVID-19 recovery
Victor Ogunyinka It is not all gloom in Lagos State, the epicentre of COVID-19 in Nigeria as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced that 10 more patients have fully recovered and have been discharged from isolation facilities. Sanwo-Olu revealed that of the 10, three are females and the other seven males including foreigners. In a short message […]
‘Edo embarking on massive screening, testing to prevent community transmission’
May record increase in confirmed cases with new testing strategy The Edo State Government has said it is tracking the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) by ramping up screening and testing activities across various locations in the state to forestall community transmission. The government said the state’s strategy to test more persons may lead to an […]
COVID-19: People treated with herbal cure recovers faster ―Ezeife
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja A former governor of Anambra State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife has said that “said that available information has shown that people infected by COVID-19 and privately treated at home recovered faster than those taken to isolation centres”. Chief Ezeife also known as Okwadike stated this while advocating the use of herbal […]
COVID-19 cannot survive African herbal cure ―Anambra former gov, Ezeife
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja A former governor of Anambra State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife has said that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cannot survive African herbal cure. He also said that the aggressive use of herbal mixture every morning and the steam from boiled herbs every four days as well as the intake of Vitamin C […]
