President Muhammadu Buhari has approved immediate payments of salaries owed some lecturers who are not enrolled in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Following the refusal to enrol in the IPPIS, some lecturers’ salaries were withheld, however, President Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday, asked that the arrears owed these lecturers be paid. President […]
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There is a disaster currently unfolding in Kano with rising death rates particularly among the elderly that is not getting the National attention it deserves. 2. While some may explain this increasing death rates to the lack of medical care for the chronically ill due to the lockdown (which in any case is poorly observed […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday announced the death of his personal bodyguard, Warrant Officer Lawal Mato. In a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, President Buhari described the late Mato as a very thorough, trustworthy and dependable soldier, who carried out his duty with diligence and focus. Shehu […]
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Inflation rose in March in Nigeria to its highest level in 23 months, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday has shown. Nigeria’s annual inflation rose for a seventh straight month, as border closures and lockdown of the country occassioned by the coronavirus pandemic pushed prices higher. The bureau’s Consumer Price […]
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The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Sunday said that about 17 hospitals in the state have reached out to the Ministry of Health for assistance for being inadvertently exposed to coronavirus (COVID-19) patients. Mr Abayomi said a total number of 14 deaths have been recorded in Lagos, while only two of […]
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The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has said he will temporarily suspend immigration into the United States to ‘‘protect the jobs of American citizens’. In a tweet early today, Trump said: “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Saturday announced 49 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing Nigeria’s total infections to 542. In a tweet via its official handle, the NCDC said 23 cases were identified in Lagos, 12 in the FCT, 10 in Kano, two in Ogun and one each in Oyo […]
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TO MY FRIEND, MALLAM ABBA KYARI By President Muhammadu Buhari Mallam Abba Kyari, who died on 17th April, 2020, at the age of 67 from complications caused by the Coronavirus, was a true Nigerian patriot. My loyal friend and compatriot for the last 42 years – and latterly my Chief-of-Staff – he never wavered in […]
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The internet is currently talking about a video showing a man who helped bury the late Abba Kyari, chief of staff to the President, pulling off his protective clothing and dumping them in public. Mr Kyari was buried in Abuja on Saturday by several men wearing white protective clothing. After the burial, a video posted […]
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Lagos State Government has revealed that the Chief of Staff to the President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari died from complications of Coronavirus infection at First Cardiology Consultants in Lagos. It was the first time that the Lagos State Government is revealing the name of the where the late Kyari moved to from Abuja some […]
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