The Sun Newspaper Management Decries Arrest of Reporter in Ebonyi

The management of The Sun Newspaper has condemned the arrest of its correspondent in Abakaliki, Mr. Chijioke Agwu, allegedly on the orders of Gov. Dave Umahi. A statement on Saturday in Enugu by the Head of The Sun, South East Bureau, Mr. Magnus Eze, described the situation as `unfortunate and suppression of press freedom’. Eze alleged that the governor did not want journalists to highlight the failures of his administration in the course of doing...

JUST IN; COVID-19: Nigeria Records 49 New Cases, as Number of Infection Hits 542

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 49 new cases of the Novel  Coronavirus (COVID19), bringing the total to 542. NCDC, through its verified Twitter account on Saturday, said that by 10.40 p.m., 23 new cases were recorded in Lagos, 12 in FCT, 10 in Kano, two in Ogun, while Oyo and Ekiti recorded one each. The agency said that 166 cases had treated and discharged with 19 deaths in the country. It noted that the...

Kyari’s death: APC Governors Call for United Action to Stop COVID-19

The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), under the platform of APC, has described the death of Malam Abba Kyari, as a call for Nigerians to be united in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, died on Friday from Coronavirus infection. The forum Chairman, Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi, made the call in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, while extending...

Abba Kyari: Death, Necessary End – NIPR

The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has described the death of Malam Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, as a necessary end that came at the appointed time. NIPR in a statement signed on Saturday by its President, Mr. Mukhtar Sirajo, described Kyari as a diligent public servant. Sirajo said what matters in life is what one brings to life and not the timing of his or her death. “Being a...

Abba Kyari: Obasanjo, Jonathan, Others Condole With Buhari

More Nigerians have commiserated with President Muhammadu Buhari on the passing of his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, the President’s spokesman Garba Shehu has disclosed. Shehu, in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan condoled with the President and the Kyari family over the death of the Chief of Staff. President Buhari also received condolence messages from Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi on behalf of the Progressive Governors...

OPEC Commiserates With Buhari Over Kyari’s Death

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has commiserated with President Muhammadu Buhari over the death of his Chief of Staff Malam Abba Kyari. OPEC made this known in a statement issued by its Secretary-General, Malam Mohammad Barkindo, on Saturday. Kyari died in a Lagos hospital on Friday from complications related to COVID-19, according to reports. “It was with profound shock and sadness that I learned of the tragic passing of Malam Abba Kyari. May...

Buhari Describes Late CoS Abba Kyari as `True Nigerian Patriot’

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Abuja paid tribute to his late Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari, describing him as a true patriot, saying “Abba Kyari was the very best of us’’. In the tribute released by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, Buhari noted the enormous sacrifices and contributions made by the deceased to the success of his politics and administration and to the overall development of the nation. The president, who addressed Kyari...

Nigerian Christian and Muslim Communities Unite to Combat COVID-19

ENUGU, NIGERIA — The Christian and Muslim communities in Nigeria are collaborating to respond and combat the growing coronavirus pandemic in the country in what has been described as a show of love and unity. The relationship between the two religious groups and their adherents in the country has been marred with tension and violence but the leaders are putting their differences aside to unite for a common cause. The reported cases of the virus in Nigeria stands...

Black Clergy Memorialize the Dead, Ask Government to Address Disparities

The Rev. Frank Williams has been so busy leading two black churches in the New York borough of the Bronx that he hadn’t really considered the full extent of COVID-19’s impact on his congregation, his family and his community. But when asked, the Southern Baptist pastor of two churches, each with more than 200 members, realized after four weeks the list was long: The Saturday before Easter, a beloved deacon — a decades-long friend who...

Kyari: Ooni Shocked, Urges Nigerians to See COVID-19 as Reality

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye  Ogunwusi, has described the death of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Abba Kyari, as shocking and an unfortunate surprise. The Ooni, in a statement issued on Saturday in Ile-Ife by his Director of Media and Public Affairs, Moses Olafare, described the late Kyari as a coolheaded gentleman and great respecter of the traditional institution. The monarch said that the deceased, until his death, handled his position...

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