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Abba kyari Speaks on Health Status,Says ‘He is Opting for Private Care”
The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari,Mallam Abba Kyari has spoken out publicly about his health status, hinting that he is opting for private care to take burden of his treatment off public sector. Noting that the public health sector is already burdened with so much pressure ,the Chief of Staff said he will […]
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Chadian President Launches ‘Anger of Borno’ to Flush out Boko Haram
President Idris Deby of Chad has personally launched military operation to flush out Bokk Haram insurgents from Chadian side of Lake Chad. Deby during the occassion vowed to ensure the defeat of the jihadists whom he accused of inflicting untold hardship on his people and intolerable casualty on the Chadian armed forces. Declaring that the […]
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#Covid-19:Buhari Orders 2-Weeks Lockdown in Abuja,Lagos
..Directs relief Materials for affected states …Centralise support services with Presidential Taskfirce ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE COVID- 19 PANDEMIC SUNDAY 29TH MARCH, 2020 Fellow Nigerians, From the first signs that Coronavirus, or COVID-19 was turning into an epidemic and was officially declared a world-wide emergency, […]
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Terrorists Launch Fresh Attacks
Suspected terrorists of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)attacked drivers and passengers on Saturday, killing five near Aunovillage in Borno state. Auno, 20 kilometres west of Maiduguri, the state capital, was attackedlast month with loss of many lives and property. Confirming the incident Sunday in Maiduguri, Civilian JTF leader,Babakura Kolo told The Guardian that motorists […]
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#Covid-19: #NNPC Hands Over Medical Equipment to UniAbuja
As part of concerted efforts to combat the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the Country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has handed over medical equipment to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospitals in Gwagwalada, the Federal Capital Territory. A release by the corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, at the […]
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#COVID-19: FG Evacuates stranded #NCDC staff from #Congo Brazzaville
***deploys special Air Force Flight The Federal Government has evacuated stranded staff of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), who had been drafted to Brazzaville, the Republic of Congo, to undergo a special capacity building course with the World Health Organization (WHO). The medical team, according to the Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of […]
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#Coronavirus : Aviation Minister Issues new Regulations
Amidst plans by embassies to evacaute their stranded citizens,the Nigerian Minister of aviation,Hadi sirika has issued stringent conditionalities for any emergency flights in and out of the country. For diplomatic missions seeking flight permissions ,Sirika directed that they should route their demands through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “All medical evacuation must have reaching hospital […]
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Op-ed: Covid-19 and Army Interventions
By Abdul Salam Mahmud Ever since the life-threatening, if not killer pandemic, called coronavirus came into limelight, the world has not known, seen or even felt peace. It has remained in perpetual bedlam. Many have been killed in China, Italy, and in short, across the globe. The epidemic, which originated from Wuhan, an ancient Chinese […]