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...

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, 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...

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...

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...