The late chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, will be buried on Saturday (today) in Abuja, according to Islamic rites. THE NEWSMAXNG, however, learnt that Kyari will be interred behind closed doors in compliance with the existing social distancing directive aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus. Personal Assistant on New Media to President Buhari, Basir Ahmad, in a tweet ...

More details have emerged on why Abba Kyari, former chief of staff to Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, died after contracting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Kyari’s death which may have increased the number of confirmed coronavirus death cases in Nigeria to 17, was said to have occurred on Friday, after battling with the disease for four weeks. Though, Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, who ...

CHIEF OF STAFF TO PRESIDENT, ABBA KYARI, PASSES ON The Presidency regrets to announce the passage of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari. The deceased had tested positive to the ravaging COVID-19, and had been receiving treatment. But he died on Friday, April 17, 2020. May God accept his soul. Funeral arrangements will be announced shortly.

Thirty-five new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), taking Nigeria’s total infections to 442.  The NCDC confirmed this on Thursday evening via a statement on Twitter. According to the agency, of the 35 cases, 19 were found in Lagos, 9 in the FCT, 5 in Kano and 2 in Oyo state. A ...

Nigeria has recorded 20 new cases of Coronavirus, taking the national total to 343, according to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. Of the 20 new cases, Lagos has 13 of them, two each in Edo, Kano and Ogun while Ondo recorded one case. “Twenty new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows: 13 in Lagos, 2 in ...

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari,has extended the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown in the federal capital territory, Lagos and Ogun States by 14 days, THE newsmaxng reported. The president disclosed this in his broadcast to the nation on Monday. President Buhari had ordered the restriction of movements in the affected states which are the hardest hit by the coronavirus in the country, for two weeks. The two ...

President Muhammadu Buhari would be addressing the country at 7:00pm on Monday. A statement from the State House, signed by Special Adviser to the President, Mr Femi Adesina, said the nationwide broadcast would be aired by the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN). “President Muhammadu Buhari will broadcast to the nation Monday, April 13, ...

Nigeria on Saturday recorded 13 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the country’s total number of infections to 318, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). According to the NCDC, 11 of the new cases reported were found in Lagos, one in Delta and one in Kano. “As at 9:30pm 11th April there are 318 confirmed cases ...

President Muhammadu Buhari says the restriction of movement in several states as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, will remain as long as experts find it necessary. Buhari had ordered a 14-day lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and the federal capital territory to contain the spread of coronavirus. Some state governments had also declared curfew to restrict movement of persons and ensure social distancing. ...

Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso has dismissed rumors that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has relaxed the lockdown in the state. This is coming after Chairman of the Lagos State Chapter of the Cherubim & Seraphim call on the state government to allow both Christian and Muslim faithful carry out their spiritual responsibilities to God ...