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UAE To Introduce New Laws Soon To Regulate Drones

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The United Arab Emirates will finalize laws to more heavily regulate the sale of drones and their operations soon, aiming to minimize risks posed by unmanned aerial vehicles, an official at the aviation regulator said on Monday.

Dubai International Airport was closed for more than an hour on June 12 due to unauthorized drone activity in the surrounding airspace that resulted in millions of dollars of losses for the economy.

“Several incidents have happened and to integrate them (drones) safely into the commercial airspace is a challenge,” Mohammed Faisal al-Dossari, director, air navigation & aerodromes department, UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), said.

Current regulations on drones in the UAE, introduced in April 2015, relate mainly to commercial licensing and approving how companies use drones and are under constant development, al Dossari told reporters at a regional conference on drones in the UAE capital.

“The Emirates Authority for Standardization & Metrology (Esma) is working on laws that will have a framework for the UAE for imports, sales and performance of drones,” he said.

Abu Dhabi has banned the sale of recreational drones since March last year until new laws are issued, saying they posed a risk to aviation.

The new laws will also address air-worthiness for heavier drones, standards for pilotless aircraft and pilot training among other issues, al Dossari said.

At least 400 drones, mostly commercial, are registered with the GCAA. Drones are used for commercial operations such as mapping, security surveillance, wildlife surveys as well as for environment, transport, agricultural and maritime purposes, among others in the UAE.

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?FG To Introduce Maritime Law As Course In Nigerian Varsities

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The Nigerian Shippers’ Council and the National Universities Commission(NUC) yesterday agreed to collaborate on the introduction of Maritime Law as a course of study in Nigerian universities.

The agreement was reached in Abuja during a courtesy visit to the Prof. Julius Okojie, the Executive Secretary, NUC by Hassan Bello, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council. According to Bello, the dearth of legal practitioners and judges who are knowledgeable in Maritime law continues to hinder the adjudication of maritime cases in the country.

He said the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), directed the council to collaborate with NUC in introducing the basics of Maritime Law in curricular of faculties of Law in Nigerian universities. Bello said that other justices of the Supreme Court had also requested the council to do same. According to him, ‘`This, according to their lordships, is because until recently, Maritime Law was not taught in our universities both at under graduate and post graduate levels.

“As a result of this, our judges who are called to dispense justice on complex maritime issues, found it extremely tasking to dispose of such matters expeditiously. “As matter of fact, some Justices of the Supreme Court and those of the Court of Appeal have in the past admitted that they had no prior contact with admiralty law until after participating in the Maritime Seminar for Judges Series.

“In several instances, their lordships find solace in the papers that were presented at the past seminars in determining complex maritime cases.’’ The Executive Secretary said that Nigerians interested in developing a career in admiralty practice had to undertake such course abroad at a great cost.

He said that the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, had also lent a voice to the need for the council to partner with NUC in introducing Maritime Law to Nigerian universities.

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WAEC Set To Introduce New Device To Check Collusion

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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it is set to introduce a device that will henceforth check collusion during its examinations across the country.

The council’s Head, Media and Information, Mr Damianus Ojijeogu said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos.

He said that during the 2014/2015 examination, it was discovered that collusion was gradually replacing other previous forms of malpractices recorded by the council including impersonation.

“We are planning to introduce software called Item Differential Programme. This device is one that would assist in detecting collusion in any given examination.

“The introduction of the device is based on the high level of collusion that we discovered during the 2014/2015 examination.

“The device will be able to detect if candidates have jointly answered a particular multiple choice question, which we refer to as item.”

“For instance, if out of 100 candidates, 80 per cent of them go for a particular item which might be wrong as their answer, the device will immediately flag such item and aggregate the candidates,” he explained.

Ojijeogu noted that the device, if approved by council, might be introduced at its 2016 November/December diet of the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates.

He, however, said if it was unable to introduce it during the examination in November, it would do that during the 2017 May/June diet of the WASSCE.

According to him, the council is already doing trial run and fine tuning the device.

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Government To Introduce Zero Based Budget System

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The Federal Government has announced plans to introduce a zero based budget system as a step towards fighting corruption and blocking leakages in the public service.

Addressing participants at the Nigerian Economic Summit on Wednesday, Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo said that the initiative would require ministries, departments and agencies to justify their budgetary allocations for each year.

With over 500 federal agencies in the country, a great chunk of the nation’s budget goes into payment of workers wages, but the new administration said that it has come up with a system to ensure that unnecessary items are not listed in the budgets of federal institutions except for projects with direct impact on the economy.

Prof. Osinbajo said that although, the process would be rigorous and stressful, it would ensure transparency and accountability.

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FG To Introduce Fund For Road Repair

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A fund to cater for the construction and maintenance of roads in the country is in the works, the Federal Ministry of Works has said.

The Director, Federal Highway Services in the ministry, Alhaji Shehu Dankano, said this at the inauguration of the headquarters of the National Association of Road Transport Owners in Abuja on Tuesday.

Dankano said the National Roads Fund Bill was already in the National Assembly and expressed confidence that the 8th legislature would expedite action on the bill to provide systematic funding for the repair and construction of roads in the country.

Speaking with journalists at the event, the National President of NARTO, Alhaji Kassim Bataiya, denied that the association was frustrating the rehabilitation of the railways, adding that Nigerian roads were collapsing due to overuse.

He said, “NARTO as an organisation is not against the operation of railways in the country. We have actually been pleading with the government to put our railways in order so that our roads will be less busy.

“Why our roads fail today is because of overuse. Goods that are supposed to be conveyed by rail, especially plants and equipment, are being carried on the roads. Goods that are supposed to go through the pipelines are now being transported by tanker trucks.

“So, the roads are overused. NARTO will be pleased to see our rail system working perfectly. We are not against the coming back of the railway transportation system in Nigeria.”

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