Tag: Death
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Police detain popular music video director, Clarence Peters over dancer’s death
Music director and producer Clarence Peters is currently being detained by the Lagos State Police Command over the death of popular dancer, Love Divines known as Kodak. This happened after reports emerged that the popular dancer died at Peters’ house on Wednesday while charging her iPhone. It was reported that the dancer was barefooted and…
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COVID-19: Kaduna records first death, confirms three new cases
The Kaduna State Government says it has recorded its first casualty to the coronavirus pandemic and additional three active cases. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Mahammed Bolani, confirmed this on Saturday in Kaduna. She said that the first fatality was among additional three COVID-19 cases confirmed in the state. According to the commissioner,…
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JUST IN: Ekiti records first Coronavirus death
A 29-year-old health worker, who was the third index case of coronavirus in Ekiti state, has been recorded as the first casualty after she died of the pandemic on Wednesday. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, announced this at a press conference in Ado Ekiti. Yaya-Kolade said the woman died on Wednesday around 6:58…
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Ganduje’s sacked commissioner, Mu’azu Magaji clears air on alleged celebration of Kyari’s death
Sacked Kano State Commissioner for Works, Mu’azu Magaji has opened up on his sack and denied that he celebrated the death of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. Magaji was sacked on Saturday by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje for celebrating the death of Abba Kyari. In several, now deleted, FaceBook posts, Magaji gloated over…
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Why it is necessary to probe Abba Kyari’s death – Falana
Popular human rights activist and lawyer Femi Falana, has asked the Federal Government to investigate the death of Kyari. He made the call through a statement titled: “Time to Stop Official Impunity and Hypocrisy in the Fight against COVID-19.” Falana said a probe into the death had become inevitable since no private hospital has been…
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Abba Kyari: An enigma even in death – Ehi Braimah
By Ehi Braimah When Abba Kyari, the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, announced that he tested positive to COVID-19, the last thing on my mind was his death because of encouraging reports of recoveries from the deadly virus in Nigeria and around the world. Kyari had just returned from a trip to…
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Abba Kyari’s death should not be in vain – Tinubu
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has expressed sadness over the death of Abba Kyari, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff. Tinubu, in a condolence message released by his Media Office on Saturday in Lagos, described Kyari as a man of accomplishment, whose death, due to the raging Coronavirus pandemic should…
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PDP condoles Buhari over Kyari’s death
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the death of Malam Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari as depressing and saddening. The party condolence message was issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Saturday in Abuja. “The PDP comforts President Muhammadu Buhari, the Kyari family, the government and…
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Buhari accepts Abba Kyari’s death as God’s will – Presidency
Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, has revealed Muhammadu Buhari’s reaction to the death of his Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari. Shehu, who spoke at the graveside of Kyari, said President Buhari had accepted the development as the will of God. Shehu said: “These are not things…