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 Lockdown: Why it’s difficult to divert Abuja palliatives ―Minister
By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja Minister of State in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has assured residents particularly the target demography for its Palliatives, that the items would get to them as they cannot be diverted to anyone. The minister who had last week placed a curse on anyone who […]
How to save hospitality, travel industry post-COVID-19 — Experts
Experts in the hospitality, travel and related sectors have stated that in a post-COVID-19 business world, only companies that are agile and quick to innovate will be productive and see a rise in earnings in the last quarter of 2020. This assertion was made at a video-conference “Impact of COVID-19 on the Hospitality and Tourism […]
Coronavirus breaks funeral traditions in Italy
The coffins are sealed directly at the hospital morgue near the tiny Italian town of Revello on the French border. Everyone in Revello understands it is safer that way since so many of those who have died across Italy’s pandemic-hit north first contracted the novel coronavirus. The tradition of families passing by open caskets to […]
COVID-19: Provide life insurance for Journalists on frontline, NUJ tells FG, stakeholders
By Innocent Anaba The National Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has called on the Federal Government and other stakeholders to provide life insurance for journalists who are on the frontline in the coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. The union also called for the provision of adequate and effective Personal Protection Equipment and […]
Nigeria’s coronavirus fatalities reach 35 with 1,182 confirmed infections
By David Royal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the number of fatalities from coronavirus in Nigeria has reached 35. NCDC also said that it has recorded new cases of the coronavirus, a development which has taken the number of active cases of the virus to 925, and the total number of […]
Imo confirms first case of COVID-19
By David Royal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday said Imo State has recorded its first case of coronavirus (COVID-19). The centre also said that Nigeria recorded 87 new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday including the one recorded in Imo state, a development which has taken the number of active cases […]
German retailers underwhelmed by first shopping Saturday of crisis
The first weekend shopping day of the pandemic was an underwhelming one in Germany on Saturday, capping the first week in which many shops were allowed to reopen following weeks of anti-coronavirus closures. As has been the case throughout the week, city centres and high streets were much quieter than they would be under normal […]
US records 2,494 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours
The United States recorded 2,494 more coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, according to figures reported Saturday night by Johns Hopkins University. The country now has an overall death toll of 53,511, with 936,293 confirmed infections, according to a tally by the Baltimore-based university at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Sunday). READ ALSO: Coronavirus: Trump […]
Italy’s Conte vows to reopen schools in September
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte vowed Sunday to reopen schools by September and allow many businesses to resume in a week’s time as the country emerges from a near-total shutdown. Conte told La Repubblica newspaper that he will spell out the full details of how Italy will ease its way out of the world’s longest […]
17 police officers killed by coronavirus in Peru
Seventeen police officers in Peru have died after contracting novel coronavirus while enforcing the nation’s pandemic lockdown, officials and state media said. Authorities admitted earlier this week that at least 1,300 officers had been infected by COVID-19. On Saturday new interior minister Gaston Rodriguez, who was sworn in a day earlier after the sudden resignation […]
