archiveApril 18, 2020

Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President, Centre for Change, has urged Nigerians still doubting outbreak of Coronavirus in Nigeria to comply with the preventive measures as directed by the appropriate authorities. Okei-Odumakin, while condoling with the family of the late Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, who died of...

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano has sacked the northwestern state’s infrastructure and works commissioner, Muazu Magaji, for “celebrating the death of Mallam Abba Kyari'”. Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, died on Friday after battling with the dreaded Coronavirus, and was buried on Saturday in Abuja. Magaji’s sack...

Mr Clement Oladele, the Sector Commander,  Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, said the command had impounded 70 vehicles since the Presidential directive on COVID-19 lockdown begun. Oladele disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Saturday. The sector commander said that only...

  The remains of the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari, would be laid to rest in Abuja on Saturday. A tweet by Personal Assistant on New Media to President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, confirmed that the burial would hold in Abuja. “Mallam Abba Kyari...

A group, the League of Imams and Alfas of South-West Nigeria (Rabitot-ul-Aimmah wal ‘Ulama), has said that this year’s  Ramadan will begin on April 25. The group said its picking of Ramadan date for Muslims to begin fasting was not meant to disrespect or challenge the authority of the Sultan...

 The U.S., Germany, and France have questioned Beijing’s response to the coronavirus as Chinese authorities announced a large jump in the official number of fatalities in Wuhan, the original epicentre of the outbreak. Earlier on Friday China revised the number of virus-related fatalities in the central city up by 1,290,...

The Ogun State Government on Friday rescinded its earlier order of total lockdown for two weeks to curb the coronavirus pandemic in the state. It said now there would be a weekly “window of relaxation” for the residents throughout the period earmarked for the exercise. Governor Dapo Abiodun made this...

Following new revelations regarding the reported maltreatment of Nigerians in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China, the Federal Government said it would immediately begin the process of evacuating affected persons. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, said the government would ensure compensation for about 100 Nigerians who were evicted from...

The governors of the South West states agreed on Friday to shut all entry points to the region as part of the strategy to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the zone. This was as the nation recorded 51 new cases on Friday to bring the total confirmed cases to...

  The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari, is dead. Kyari died of coronavirus where he was receiving  treatment at a private hospital in Lagos. His death was announced by presidential spokesperson, Mr. Femi Adesina, in a Tweet early Saturday. “Chief of Staff to the President,...