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 […]
16 Almajiris who came from Kano test positive for COVID-19 in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Ministry of Health has confirmed 16 new cases of COVID-19 in the state, raising the number to 25. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Mohammed-Baloni, said on Thursday that the new cases were the Quranic education pupils (Almajiri) who came to the state from Kano. Mohammed-Baloni said that they tested positive […]
25-year-old man dies of COVID-19 in Lagos
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has announced another COVID-19 related death, involving a 25-year-old male patient. Abayomi, through his Twitter handle on Thursday, said the deceased at the time of admission at the state isolation facility was in a state of severe breathlessness. “We regret to announce additional #COVID19 related death […]
Iran to target US bases if national security threatened – official
Iran will target U.S. bases across the region if its national security is endangered by U.S. forces, said Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council, was quoted as saying by the state TV on Thursday. “We will never initiate a war with the United States, but the end of any war that Washington may […]
COVID-19 virus not man-made or genetically modified ―US intelligence
The US intelligence community said Thursday it had concluded that the novel coronavirus that has swept the globe originated in China but was not man-made or engineered. “The entire Intelligence Community has been consistently providing critical support to US policymakers and those responding to the COVID-19 virus, which originated in China,” the Office of the […]
COVID-19: US criticises South Africa for accepting Cuban doctors
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday criticised South Africa and Qatar for accepting doctors from Cuba to battle the coronavirus, accusing the communist island of profiting from the pandemic. Cuba’s globe-trotting doctors have long been a source of diplomatic soft power and pride for Havana, but the US says the medical workers only […]
US, China block UN resolution in spat over WHO handling of pandemic
The United States and China remained at loggerheads Thursday over a UN Security Council draft resolution calling for a 90-day humanitarian pause in conflicts worldwide in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The stalemate — over a mention of the World Health Organization — leaves little hope of a quick vote as the Security Council […]
COVID-19 updates: Over 3 million cases with 228,000 deaths globally
Victor Ogunyinka No end in sight as to when the world will finally break even from the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic globally as about 3,232,061 cases have been recorded globally. There have been over 228,504 deaths recorded also as of 10:00 am 30th April 2020. About a third of the COVID-19 cases recorded globally have also […]
Coronavirus: Sanwo-Olu suspends okada operations in Lagos
LAGOS—Ahead of the Monday expiration of the lockdown imposed by the Federal Government on Lagos State, Ogun State and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, the Lagos State Government, yesterday, suspended the operations of commercial motorcycle operators popularly known as okada just as he introduced a strict framework for movement and re-opening of businesses in the state.
US govt analysis fingers Wuhan laboratory as source of COVID-19
A Wuhan laboratory is the “most likely” source of the COVID-19 outbreak now ravaging the globe, according to a U.S. government analysis that catalogues the evidence and concludes that other explanations for the origin of the coronavirus are less credible. The document, compiled from open sources and not a finished product, says there is no […]
UPDATED: Nigeria’s coronavirus cases reach 1,728, fatalities 51
By David Royal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 196 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,728. NCDC also announced that seven more fatalities were recorded, bringing the total number of deaths to 51. The NCDC, in […]
