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...

JUST IN: Adamawa Quarantines 118 Returnees for Coronavirus Screening

At least 118 persons returning from Lagos and other states have been quarantined for coronavirus in Adamawa state northeast Nigeria. Sources say that the affected returnees who are mostly factory workers from Lagos and Ogun States would be isolated and observed for 14 days, in line with the guidelines issued by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri. Already, 59 of the returnees have been isolated at the Numan facility, while 40 of them have been quarantined at the...

Mallam Abba Kyari: 1938 -2020

Mallam Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to the Nigerian President died on April 17, 2020. The Chief of Staff died in Lagos due to complications from COVID-19 25 days after testing positive. Few days before his death, Abba Kyari had assured Nigerians that he would soon resume his duty through a statement he signed himself. “I have not experienced high fever or other symptoms associated with this new virus and have been working from...

BREAKING: Chief of Staff to President, Abba Kyari, Passes On

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...

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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...

‘Spend What You Need to Combat Covid-19, But Keep the Receipt’ – IMF to World Leaders

World leaders have been urged to balance spending to curb the spread of the viral infection which has caused health crises, with transparency. Vitor Gaspar, head of Fiscal Policy at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said governments must recognise that the health crisis is a global situation that requires a global approach and that doing whatever is needed should not displace accountability, good governance, and transparency. “Sometimes, it is said that in an emergency like...

JUST IN: Kano Co-chairman of COVID-19 Task Force Tested Positive, Deputy Governor, 2 Commissioners, Ganduje Daughter on Self-Isolation

The Co-Chairman, Kano state Taskforce on COVID-19,  and professor of infectious and tropical diseases Abdulrazaq Garba Habib has tested positive for COVID-19. Professor Habib’s positive result was released on Wednesday and had since been admitted at the state isolation centre at Kwanar Dawaki. Reports say that Habib, an epidemiologist,  who is actively involved in rapid response to all the confirmed cases in Kano, contracted the virus during clinical services, a senior member of the taskforce...

If Covid-19 is Not Beaten in Africa it Will Return to Haunt Us all

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...

COVID-19: The Mystifying Robbery Attacks and the People’s Vigilante Groups in Ogun and Lagos

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...

Following border lockdown order imposed to contain the spread of the novel COVID-19 pandemic in Adamawa,  the  State police commissioner, Audu A Madaki has warned residents to henceforth stop night journeys saying that violators of the order will have themselves to blame. CP Madaki,  in a statement by DSP Sulaiman Nguroje the command’s spokesman, particularly warned members of the organized transport sector who continued to breach the existing restriction order by resorting to night travels and...

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