Covid 19: EEDC Donates 60 Cartons of Sanitisers to Imo Govt

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCovid 19: EEDC Donates 60 Cartons of Sanitisers to Imo Govt

PilotnewsApril 18, 2020

The Enugu Electric Development Company  (EEDC) has donated 60 cartons of hand sanitisers to Imo State Government as part of efforts to fight the spread of COVID-19 in the state. Mr. Emeka Ezeh, Head, Corporate Communications of the company led the delegation to present the sanitisers to the government in Owerri on Saturday. Ezeh expressed the hope that the product would go a long way to assist the people in providing a sanitary facilities to...

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COVID-19: Abia Gov’t finds Missing Suspected Coronavirus Case

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Abia Gov’t finds Missing Suspected Coronavirus Case

PilotnewsApril 18, 2020

Abia government on Saturday said that the suspected coronavirus case which it declared wanted on April 17 has been found and placed in an isolation center in the state. Chief John Okiyi-Kalu, the Commissioner for Information made the disclosure in a statement he issued in Umuahia on Saturday. Okiyi-Kalu said that health officials at the isolation facility had collected samples from the suspected coronavirus case and dispatched the samples to the Nigeria Center for Disease...

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

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

PilotnewsApril 18, 2020

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...

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Lockdown: Police Intercepts 65 Travelers In Taraba

CoronavirusNigeriaTravelLockdown: Police Intercepts 65 Travelers In Taraba

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 18, 2020

Amidst lockdown imposed to contain the spread of deadly coronavirus no fewer than 65 persons were arrested by police in Taraba state. Sources say that most arrested are young persons (all males) included those who left Ogun State for Adamawa State transiting several states. The state police spokesman in Taraba, A  David Misal said that the interception followed a tip-off from members of the public. Misal a deputy superintendent of police said “We got the...

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

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

PilotnewsApril 18, 2020

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...

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Abba Kyari: Death, Necessary End – NIPR

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaAbba Kyari: Death, Necessary End – NIPR

PilotnewsApril 18, 2020

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...

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Abba Kyari: Obasanjo, Jonathan, Others Condole With Buhari

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaAbba Kyari: Obasanjo, Jonathan, Others Condole With Buhari

PilotnewsApril 18, 2020

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...

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OPEC Commiserates With Buhari Over Kyari’s Death

CoronavirusNigeriaWorld NewsOPEC Commiserates With Buhari Over Kyari’s Death

PilotnewsApril 18, 2020

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...

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

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

PilotnewsApril 18, 2020

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...

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Why Abba Kyari Never Had the Chance of Surviving

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaWhy Abba Kyari Never Had the Chance of Surviving

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)April 18, 2020

Many Nigerians woke to the shock news on Saturday that Abba Kyari, President Buhari’s Chief of Staff and confidant had died, 26 days after it was reported that he had contracted COVID-19, during his trip to Germany and Egypt in the wake of the Pandemic. The last statement by Mr. Kyari released the second week he tested positive for the viral infection, revealed that he was asymptomatic, expected to recover fast and that he was...

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