Abba Kyari, A Dedicated Public Servant — US
The United States government has described the late Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, as a dedicated public servant and respected interlocutor for the American government. According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Tibor Nagy, said this in...
Governor Ortom Calls For 30-Day Fast Against Herders Attack In Benue
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has called for 30 days of the Benue people to seek God’s favour through prayers and fast against herders attack in Benue State. Ortom made this call on Thursday in Makurdi while interacting with newsmen on the occasion of his 59th birthday. The governor, who regretted the renewed onslaught on his people by the herdsmen, said...
Mamman Daura Pays Tribute To Abba Kyari
Alhaji Mamman Daura, a nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari has paid tribute to Mallam Abba Kyari, the late Chief of Staff to the President. Recall that Abba Kyari, whose death was announced last Friday, had died of complications from the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In a tribute to Kyari which was made available to NAN on Friday, Mamman Daura, said Abba...
COVID-19: Governors Agree On 14-Day National Lockdown
Governors of the 36 States of the Federation on Wednesday “unanimously” agreed to the implementation of an inter-State lockdown for two weeks to contain the spread of COVID-19. 25 States have recorded cases of coronavirus with 782 confirmed cases as at 11:25 pm on April 21 with 25 deaths. The Governors, operating under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF),...
Chief of Staff Position, An Insult To My Personality – Isa Funtua
The appointment of new Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari since the death of former CoS, late Mallam Abba Kyari who died after days of suffering from Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been a trending headline on several media houses and on social media apps. Listed among other possible replacement for the position is a Nigerian businessman, OFR, min, Alhaji Ismail Isa Funtua, who...
Exhibit Human Feelings, Shun Politics Of 2023 For Now, Abia Speaker Cautions Detractors
The Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, has urged self-appointed professional and intending blackmailers to exhibit some human feelings and suspend their antics of blackmail and politics of 2023 for now and focus on how to help manage the global health issues(Corona Virus) at hand. The Speaker stated this on Tuesday as a...
Abba Kyari Sold Buhari’s Candidacy To Me – Adams Oshiomhole
The chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has described the late Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, as a true Nigerian patriot and said he was the first to sell President Muhammadu Buhari’s candidacy to him. “I recall he was the one that first approached me in 2002 as the National President of Nigeria...
Abba Kyari Was Nigeria’s De Facto President – Yoruba Leader, Prof Akintoye Claims
The Yoruba World Congress (YWC) on Monday rubbished the several empathies for Abba Kyari, late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. The body labelled Kyari as Nigeria’s de facto President and suggested that he was the one controlling the nation’s affairs. YWC President, Prof. Banji Akintoye, in a statement issued by Adeyemi Adeleye, the Director of Communication, drew the attention of Nigerians...
Hunger Epidemic Will Kill More Nigerians Than COVID-19 – Enugu APC
The Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Sunday decried the level of hunger in the land as a result of the lockdown, a measure both Federal and state governments put in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Addressing journalists shortly after distributing food items which include rice, yam, eggs, oil to 260 wards in...
“How Oby Ezekwesili Was Used and Dumped” – Reno Omokri
Do not be fooled. Oby Ezekwesili, for all her religious pretensions, is a self-righteous hypocrite. I know this because I have incontrovertible proof that lays her hypocrisy bare. Oby is a woman that loves to criticise others, but cannot stand to be criticised. While I was one of President Jonathan’s spokesmen, I watched her criticise my boss using polite and...
