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As part of its contribution to curb the spread of coronavirus in Nigeria, the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has designed and produced 2 types of ventilators, hand wash and sanitiser that could be quickly reproduced to stem the shortage of the equipment in the country. The design and production of the ventilators is coming a week after the Commandant NDA, ... Read More »

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that wearing of face masks would be made compulsory for residents in the state from next week. The governor said this would help to curb the spread of coronavirus in the state. He said this during a televised media briefing on COVID-19 updates in Lagos monitored by our correspondent on Monday. He ... Read More »

…PLANS FOOD RELIEF PACKAGE FOR 1.7MILLION HOUSEHOLDS The Private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has ordered for 250,000 supplies for tests and another 150,000 extraction kits to fast-track molecular testing for the deadly coronavirus, noting that the reality of the situation at hand was such that efforts must be put together with no stone left unturned in dealing with the ... Read More »

· Commends ODU, Alanamu ward for ‘proactiveness’ · It’s time to take responsibility — Gov · NIMASA donates one ventilator, three oxygen concentrators Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has directed the 193 wards across the state to form their own committees to deepen enlightenment on the COVID-19 pandemic and own the campaign against community transmission of the virus. “The Governor ... Read More »

Bashir Othman Tofa, presidential candidate in the June 12, 1993 election, says his opinion of Abba Kyari changed with just one incident. The chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari died on Friday after contracting COVID-19. In a short tribute, Tofa said he met Kyari only thrice during his lifetime. He said: “I really cannot claim to know Malam Abba ... Read More »

As the inks flow in tributes to Abba Kyari by those who loved and despised him, let us not forget that Abba was much misunderstood and often maligned. Wherever you stood then and stand now, let us not forget that Abba was a patriot . He executed President Buhari’s vision with his own single mindedness. One of his favourite quotes ... Read More »

Insults mean nothing to me. They only fuel my resolve and strengthen my determination. They are like water off a duck’s back and neither can they deter me from speaking my mind on any pressing or burning issue no matter how unpopular my position may be. Those that do not have the prescence of mind or the discipline to read ... Read More »

Social media has been awash with mixed reactions following the publication today in a national newspaper the moving tribute penned by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyema, to his departed friend, Abba Kyari. Some who commented on the piece posted on my wall and in some group WhatsApp platforms I belong affirm that it changed totally their perspective about ... Read More »

So much dust has been raised since Abba Kyari bit the dust last Friday. When he walked the surface of the earth, the Chief of Staff to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was omnipotent. He was a sociologist and a lawyer – two unique fields that expound theories and ideas in human behaviour and regulation. Kyari combined his ... Read More »

The burial of the late Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari, on 18 April 2020, has attracted a lot of concerns from Nigerians over the non-adherence to the physical distancing measures and mass gathering restrictions at the Gudu Cemetery. The nonobservance of physical distancing and the flouting of mass gathering restrictions at the cemetery were due to the failure of ... Read More »