COVID-19 Naija: Nigerian airport to be reopened in d next 18 days

IgbereTV reports that the Federal Government has announced that only five airports will be reopened when flight operations resume on Saturday, June 21.

A circular released by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), shows that the domestic airports that will be opened include Omagwa International Airport Port Harcourt, Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport Abuja, Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos, Sam Mbakwe Airport Owerri, and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport Kano. The circular also revealed that asides the five selected airports, all others are to remain closed for further assessment.

Also, it stated Nigeria’s airspace remains closed to international flights. As expected, after review and assessment, other airports are will be included.

Below is a full statement from the NCAA about flight restrictions.

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR – GENERAL

ALL OPERATORS LETTER (DG 016/20)

Ref: NCAA /DG/AIR/11/16/121

Date: 1st June 2020

To: ALL DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN OPERATORS

FROM : NIGERIAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY

ATTN: ACCOUNTABLE MANAGER/ COUNTRY MANAGER

SUBJECT: UPDATE ON CLARIFICATION ON FLIGHT RESTRICTION DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

Our letter Ref. No :NCAA /DG/AIR/11/16/117 dated 6th May 2020 with respect to restriction of flights.

Following the announcement by President Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on the easing of and the start of second phase on the COVID-19 lockdown , we wish to inform the industry of the following:

1. The closure of Nigerian airports to domestic flights has been extended to 2300Z on the 20th June 2020. The gradual start of domestic flight operations will commence on 21st June 2020 with Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport Abuja, Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos, Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport Kano, Omagwa International Airport, Port Harcourt and Sam Mbakwe Airport Owerri. Other airports will be gradually added to the network after a review and assessment.

2. All flights to any airport outside the above five listed airports above shall comply with the existing COVID- 19 protocols for approvals.

3. The closure of Nigerian airports to international flights will continue until a date of resumption is announced.

4. Emergency and essentials flights are exempted from this restriction and shall comply with the existing COVID-19 protocols for approvals.

Please be guided accordingly.

Signed By:

Captain Musa S. Nuhu

Director-General/CEO

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MACS: almost 1,000,000 MACS has been infected with virus globally

Hi , my article today is More than 600,000 Macs in the world have been infected with the virus, how to fix it ? , in fact this information has been circulating since last year but it would not hurt if I share this information again to your particular Mac users who don’t know it..

A Russian antivirus company , Dr . Web announced that as many as 550,000 in the world have been infected Mac Flashback trojan . Then an hour later Ivan Sorokin , a Malware Analyst Dr . Web ngetweet that as many as 600,000 Macs in the world have been infected with Flashback , and 274 of them are at Apple headquarters in Cuppertino .

Dr. Web also reported that 57 percent of the infected Mac Flashback is in U.S. and 20 percent are located in Canada .

what is Flashback Virus ?

Flashback has installed itself automatically into the Mac at the moment you visit a website that contains the virus . After Flashback installed itself into your Mac , then the Flashback will steal all information about accounts you have such as Google , eBay and PayPal.

Flashback also injects code into your Mac to attack the browser software that create unstable conditions for use . The person behind the virus to take advantage by stealing the username and password information that we have , but in a way that is irresponsible.

but it has been known that the latest variant of Flashback was only attacking users who still use the old version of the Java Runtime . Apple itself also has provided the latest update for the Java Runtime and fix the weaknesses that exist in the old version of the Java Runtime .

To find out if your Mac has been infected with Flashback on your mac , please follow these steps:

Go to Terminal of Mac and then tpye:

defaults read /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Info LSEnvironment

if appears the message like this:

The domain/default pair of (/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Info, LSEnvironment) does not exist , then you must type:

defaults read ~/.MacOSX/environment DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES

if the above steps have been done, and there is a message like this:

The domain/default pair of (/Users/joe/.MacOSX/environment, DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES) does not exist . congratulations, your Mac is safe from Flashback Virus.

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COVID-19: Nigeria resumes domestic flight

 

BREAKING: Domestic flight, hotels, Others begins operation

The Federal Government has said hotels in the country could reopen effective June 2 ,

The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID – 19 , Sani Aliyu, stated this during a briefing in Abuja on Monday.

He said ,“Effective from Tuesday, June 2, the easing of the lockdown will be characterise by the following : 

“Hotels may reopen but must observe all mandatory non -pharmaceutical intervention. ”

“Restaurants other than those in hotels must remain closed for eating but are allowed to priotise and continue practicing the take -away system.

“Bars, gyms, cinemas and night clubs are closed till further evaluation.”

In a similar development, Federal Government also asked the aviation sector to begin to develop protocols that will lead to the resumption of domestic flights any time from June 21.

The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID – 19, Sani Aliyu said  “The aviation industry is requested to start developing protocols to allow for domestic flights to resume anytime from the 21 st of June onwards.

“Airlines must ensure physical distancing by reducing passenger capacity and ensure the provision of sanitisers and personal protective equipment as well as carrying out temperature checks at the point of entry and departure and ensuring that airports are not congested by either travellers or airports staff.

Commercial flight operations , both local and international, had stopped forthwith but the President ’s directive allowed the operation of essential flights including those for medical and evacuation purposes , amongst others.

On May 6, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID – 19 , Boss Mustapha, announced that the closure of the country’s airports and airspace were further extended by four weeks after due consultations with experts.

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A very happy and blessed birthday to a wonderful girl who's more beautiful than a rose on a bright morning. The merriest of birthdays to the most phenomenally beautiful girl God ever created. May good things never stop accompanying you throughout life. I hope your birthday and cake are as sweet as you are.

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