Preliminary results from government lab experiments show that the coronavirus does not survive long in high temperatures and high humidity, and is quickly destroyed by sunlight, providing evidence from controlled tests of what scientists believed — but had not yet proved — to be true. A briefing on the preliminary results, marked for official use only and obtained by Yahoo ...

President Muhammadu Buhari says his late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, who died at the age of 67 was his loyal friend and compatriot for 42 years. In a tribute on Saturday, the President said Kyari was in his 20s when he first met him. He wrote, “Mallam Abba Kyari, who died on April 17, 2020, at the age of ...

Following enquiries on the passing away of the Chief of Staff to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mallam Abba Kyari on Friday, 17th April 2020, the Lagos State Government has revealed the hospital where the former CoS died. In a statement,  the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr Akin Abayomi, said, “Mallam Abba Kyari died from complications ...

Kano State Governor, Umar Ganduje, has sacked the state’s Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mu’azu Magaji, for celebrating the death of the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari. The Director-General, Media and Communications, Kano State Government, Salihu Yakasai, made this known via his Twitter handle, @Dawisu. Yakasai said the dismissal of Magaji over his “unguarded utterances” was with ...

…Initiative Aimed To Complement Gov Sanwo-Olu’s Feeding Programme Rendeavour, Africa’s largest private city developer and partner to the Lagos State Government on the Alaro City project, has commenced free food programme that will provide food for 10,000 people daily to cushion the effects of the lockdown imposed by the government to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the state. ...

…Sanwo-Olu Charges Police To Intensify Security Patrol Lagos State Government has reassured residents of its commitment to protect lives and property, stressing that the responsibility will not be compromised. The re-assurance came just as the State Police Command, acting on the orders of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, stepped up its surveillance, following the panic generated by threat letters purportedly written to ...

The Ebonyi State Police Command, Saturday afternoon, arrested the Ebonyi State Correspondent of The Sun newspapers on the order of Governor David Umahi. The reporter, who attended a press conference at the Government House, was whisked away by the Chief Security Officer to the governor, at the instance of the governor and later handed over to the state’s Commissioner of ...

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, has consoled President  Muhammadu Buhari over the death of his Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari. In a statement today, Anyim said, “It is with a deep sense of loss that I join other Nigerians to condole with your Excellency on the death of your Chief of Staff, Mallam ...

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, and his wife, Dolapo, have commiserated with President Muhammadu Buhari on the death of his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. Osinbajo noted, “Dolapo and I express our sympathies to the President, Mrs Kulu Kyari, the children, and members of the family on the passing of the late Mallam Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to the President. ...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condoled President Muhammadu Buhari over the death of his Chief of Staff, Alhaji Abba Kyari, describing the deceased as a loyal aide. Reacting to the death in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, the former Vice President said, “I have received the death of your Chief of Staff with profound grief and sorrow, and ...