Abubakar Umar, former military governor of Kaduna State has warned about the consequences of sectionalism for the health of Nigeria. He gave the warning in an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday. He said if the president continues with one-sided appointment, his actions may lead to the destruction of the country. The following…
Kano Braces Up for Coronavirus Crisis
The COVID-19 time bomb ticks faster in Kano as more people continue to die untested. Kano State government is now bracing up for a major Coronavirus crisis as the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 finally confirmed after verbal autopsies that recent mysterious deaths in the state were caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Umar Gannduje had…
The Tributes War For Abba Kyari
Since the demise of Abba Kyari, the powerful chief-of-staff of President Muhammadu Buhari, there has been an outpouring of glowing tributes by those who regarded him as a good friend. From top members of the executive, led by Buhari himself, to leaders of the National Assembly, they all have been most generous with accolades for…
Total Lockdown in Kano, Graduated in Other States
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun states and Abuja for another one week. He said this in his nationwide broadcast on Monday evening. He said an assessment of the lockdown in the last four weeks has shown a great improvement in efforts to curtail the spread of Covid-19. He, however, announced…
Latest Edition: Trapped!
From the Editor There was something about him that romances controversy. Yet while alive, Abba Kyari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari who died recently was known to be even more taciturn than his principal. He was not elected, but he had such thick skin that whatever was said about him hardly spurred him…
COVID-19: Danger Looms in Kano
Fear has gripped the residents of Kano, a state Governor Abdullahi Ganduje says is the most populated in Nigeria, after Lagos. As at Tuesday night the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, confirmed that Kano State’s COVID-19 cases had ballooned to 73 with additional 14 new cases. Kano recorded the first case on April 11.…
President Muhammadu Buhari mourns Abba Kyari
TO MY FRIEND, MALLAM ABBA KYARI 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 his commitment to the…
Abba Kyari is Dead
Abba Kyari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari is dead. His death was announced in a tweet by Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity. He wrote: Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, passes on. May God rest his soul. Amen. Funeral arrangements to be announced soon.
Femi Falana Blows Hot: Says Nigeria’s Human Rights Record Very Bad
Rails against Fellow Lawyers, Accuses them of being Comfortable with Impunity. Radical Lagos lawyer and dogged human rights activist, Femi Falana, senior advocate of Nigeria, SAN, has written off the human rights record of the Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress, APC administration in Nigeria as abysmally low. Falana, in a no-holds-barred conversation Wednesday morning on…
Iriase, Ex-Deputy Whip hails Buhari for Making SIP Government Policy
…Says Programme’ll bring People Closer to Govt Immediate past deputy whip of the House of Representatives, Pally Iriase has hailed the President, Muhammadu Buhari for making human empowerment and social intervention which had hitherto not been a policy of government, a part of governance in Nigeria. Iriase also thanked the president for introducing dynamism into…
