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 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...
The Jigawa Government says worshipers for Friday congressional prayers in the state must wear facemasks and ensure the two-metre gap between one another to avoid the spread of Coronavirus. Gov. Muhammad Badaru said this on Thursday while speaking with newsmen shortly after a meeting with traditional leaders and members of the state Council of Ulama in Dutse. Badaru said the meeting was held following the emergence of the COVID-19 in neighbouring Kano State. “Seeing what...
Amidst economic bites, northern traders have decried the federal and state governments’ failure to extend any form of palliative to them in view of the lockdown order imposed on many northern states to tame the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. The Deputy National President of Traders Association of Nigeria in charge of 19 northern states, Mohammed Ibrahim 86, said the situation has subjected many northern traders into unfathomable hardship. Ibrahim 86 said, 70 percent of our...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has outlined plans to help the Federal Government achieve a self-sufficient economy in response to the uncertainty that the pandemic portends for the country’s economy. Mr. Emefiele said it was time for Nigeria to transform into “a modern, sophisticated and inclusive economy that is self-sufficient, rewards the hardworking, but protects the poor and vulnerable, and can compete internationally across a range of strategic sectors.”...
In the wake of the novel coronavirus, director-general of the World Health Organization had earlier warned that lockdown to limit COVID-19 transmission has ‘unintended consequences for the poorest’ and ‘most vulnerable, and hence he pleads:” Countries are asking people to stay home and shutting down population movement to limit COVID19 transmission. “These steps can have unintended consequences for the poorest and most vulnerable. I call on countries to ensure these populations have food and life...
The Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Doctor Stephen Dami Mamza says the church has made available the pastoral center in Yola to Adamawa state Government in support the fight against coronavirus pandemic. Bishop Dami Mamza stated this while briefing Journalists in Yola to clear the air on the confusion that the church offered Saint Peters Minor seminary to serve as isolation center whenever the state records case of the diseases. He categorically explained that when...
The crisis rocking the ruling PDP in Adamawa kept deepening as a magistrate court in Yola, the State capital, Wednesday remanded three members of the reformed Peoples’ Democratic Party (r-PDP) in police custody over alleged terrorism, forgery and public disturbance. Delivering the judgment on Wednesday, Chief Magistrate Dimas Elshama said, the ruling is based on the provision of section 294 and the application to remand the three defendants tendered by the prosecution. The court ruled...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected Interior Minister Suleyman Solyu’s resignation in the wake of a much-criticised weekend curfew which caught millions of people by surprise. Erdogan does not support the resignation and Soylu remains in office, the Communications Ministry said late on Sunday. The interior minister stepped down Sunday after a botched start to the measure. Solyu tweeted that was taking full responsibility for the 48-hour curfew imposed on Friday in 31 cities....
Ministers of the OPEC+ countries agreed in a video conference on Sunday to boost oil prices by cutting production by 9.7 million barrels a day for May and June, Mexico’s Energy Minister Rocio Nahle tweeted. The reduction is 300,000 barrels below the production cut which the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and all its allies within the expanded OPEC+ format had agreed on Friday. Mexico refused to reduce its production by 400,000 barrels as...
