Buhari should provide good health care –Afenifere
As Nigerians react to the death of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Abba Kyari, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, said, on Sunday, the government should provide sound health-care system for the citizens . The Secretary General of the association, Sehinde Arogbofa, who spoke with our correspondent, said, “The death of Abba Kyari…
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Nigeria records 86 fresh coronavirus cases — 70 in Lagos
With 86 new coronavirus cases, the total number of confirmed infections in the country has risen from 541 to 627. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) gave the update on its Twitter handle on Sunday. It also said the total number of fatalities recorded from the virus in Nigeria increased from 19 to 21….
Nigeria, others need $114bn to fight COVID-19, says IMF
Nigeria and other African countries need an estimated $114bn to fund the campaign against the outbreak of the coronavirus disease on the continent. This was disclosed in a statement posted on the website of the International Monetary Fund on Sunday. The statement was issued after a meeting of African leaders, bilateral partners and multilateral institutions,…
Fix hospitals to honour Kyari, Falana tells Buhari
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, said on Sunday the greatest tribute the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), could pay to the 19 deceased victims of COVID-19 in Nigeria, including his former Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, who died on Friday, was for governments at all levels to fix public…
Covid-19: FG using hunger as weapon of war against us –ASUU
The Federal Government has declared war against university lecturers using the biting hunger over COVID-19, the Academic Staff Union of Universities has said. The union said if the government used the decisiveness and determination with which it was addressing the current health sector crisis, the ongoing strike would not last long. Our correspondent…
Buhari’s Influential Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari is dead
The powerful Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari has died. The sad event occurred on Friday April 17 at a Lagos private hospital after testing positive to the novel corona virus on March 23. The death was announced by Femi Adesina, in a Tweet on Saturday: “Chief of Staff to the…
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COVID-19: Rivers arrests 22 ExxonMobil workers for violating restriction order
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt RIVERS State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Friday announced the arrest of 22 workers of ExxonMobil who allegedly entered the state in violation of the State Executive Order. Wike, who spoke during a live broadcast in Port Harcourt disclosed that the oil workers were apprehended on Thursday by security personnel along the…
Nothing sensitive was destroyed in fire – INEC
Friday Olokor, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission has doused apprehension over the fire incident which gutted its offices in Abuja with an assurance that reports of party primaries and conventions remained intact. The commission said that apart from some office furniture and equipment, nothing sensitive was destroyed. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information…