Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has condoled with President Muhammadu Buhari on the death of his Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari. Bello sent the condolence message to the presidency on Saturday morning. In the message, the governor also sympathised with the people of Borno over the sad loss. “On behalf of my family, the government and the good people of Kogi, I commiserate with the entire presidency and the people of Borno over the...
Former Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, (PDP Enugu-West), has joined other well-meaning Nigerians in mourning the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari. Ekweremadu, on his Twitter handle, @iamekweremadu, expressed deep sadness and heartfelt condolences to Kyari’s immediate family, President Buhari and the entire Presidency. He also prayed to God to grant the soul of the deceased eternal repose. “I am deeply saddened by the news of the...
The Personal Assistant to the President on New Media, Malam Bashir Ahmed, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, late Abba Kyari, as one of the most misunderstood persons in the history of Nigeria. The Presidency had in the early hours of Saturday announced the death of Abba Kyari, who had tested positive to the ravaging COVID-19. Kyari died on Friday. In what appears to be a tribute to late Abba Kyari, on his...
The Nigerian president’s chief of staff, Abba Kyari, died on Friday after contracting the novel coronavirus, two presidency spokesmen said on Twitter. Kyari, who was in his 70s and had underlying health problems including diabetes, was the top official aide to 77-year-old President Muhammadu Buhari and one of the most powerful men in the country. “The Presidency regrets to announce the passage of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari,” said presidency...
West African Pilot News (WAP), this morning after a virtual editorial conference inaugurated a campaign to recognize and appreciate COVID-19 healthcare workers putting their lives on harm’s way to save others. “We Stand by You” campaign to also recognizes and encourages and defenseless citizens, unflavored by the political system, who go through hard times to overcome the COVID-19 challenges. Thousands of messages embedded in various web application contents were released through various network to support...
The Nigerian president’s chief of staff died on Friday from COVID-19, the presidency said on Saturday, making him the most high profile person in the country to die in the coronavirus outbreak. Abba Kyari had acted as the gatekeeper to 77-year-old President Muhammadu Buhari. After his re-election last year, Buhari ordered ministers to channel all communications through him. Kyari had underlying health problems including diabetes. Reuters reported on March 24 that he had contracted the...
Only a global victory can end this pandemic, not a temporary rich countries’ win. By Abiy Ahmed The writer is prime minister of Ethiopia and the 2019 Nobel Peace prize laureate There is a major flaw in the strategy to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Advanced economies are unveiling unprecedented economic stimulus packages. African countries, by contrast, lack the wherewithal to make similarly meaningful interventions. Yet if the virus is not defeated in Africa, it will...
By Bada Yusuf Amoo At this juncture, it is a universal knowledge that the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has swiftly pervaded and remarkably changed the world. As the pandemic remains a foremost health issue, which has claimed the lives of about one hundred and eighty thousand persons globally and counting, the damages are profound and unprecedented. In Africa, the challenges are more severe, considering that many African countries are still battling poverty...
The Oyo State Government says it is set to start airing lessons in English Language and Mathematics for primary school pupils on radio across the State. Dr. Nureni Adeniran, the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, (SUBEB), said this was in fulfillment of the government’s promise to reduce the negative impact of schools’ closure as a result of the COVID-19 on pupils. Adeniran said these in a statement in Ibadan on Friday, signed...
The Ebonyi Commissioner for Health, Dr. Daniel Umezurike, on Thursday, said that all the 74 suspected cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) from the state tested negative. Umezurike stated this while briefing newsmen on the state government’s response to the pandemic, stating that there was no reported case of the disease yet in the state. The commissioner, however, said that the state had tested over 50 samples from other states but did not report their results. “A...
