Guinean government secretary general dies of coronavirus

    A top government official in Guinea and close ally of President Alpha Conde has died from the novel coronavirus, the government said on Sunday.

   Sekou Kourouma, who was secretary general of the government and a former minister, was taken ill last week and died in Conakry on Saturday. “Several senior state officials (have died) as a result of complications related to Covid-19,” the government said in a statement.

Sacked Kano commissioner opens up on Abba Kyari

 

  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 allegedly celebrating the death of Abba Kyari. In several, now deleted, FaceBook posts, Magaji gloated over Kyari’s demise, describing it as freedom for Nigeria.

  “Win win… Nigeria is free and Abba Kyari has died in the epidemic… the death of a martyr… if he is a believer, the person is complete,” Magaji wrote.

  In a subsequent post, the commissioner said the office of the chief of staff to the President is too powerful and it should be broken into two.

“For the good of Nigeria and Mr President… The CoS office should be split… A PPS (principal private secretary) and a humble manager of his office as CoS… It is currently too powerful for a non-elected official.” However, he issued a statement on Sunday on his Facebook page, saying he never celebrated the death of Abba Kyari.

“Assalamualaikum, dear people of Kano and Nigeria at large, I want to sincerely clear up what a lot of people may have misunderstood and set the record straight. As a Muslim and a patriotic Nigerians, I was only misunderstood by people to think that I celebrated Kyari’s death, the truth is I did not.

Ondo Index Case Recovers, Tests Negative For Coronavirus

  The index case of coronavirus in Ondo State has recovered from the disease, the state governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has announced.

Men Who Fought Because Their Wives Were Quarreling Reportedly Dies In Enugu

    Over the weekend, a viral video emerged of two men in Enugu fighting like wounded lions because their wives had a minor altercation.These men used broken bottles, benches and iron on themselves and reports allege that both have succumbed to their injuries. They leave behind their warring wives and children.

NDA produces ventilators

     Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has designed and produced 2 types of ventilators, hand wash and sanitiser that could be quickly reproduced to stem the shortage of the equipment in the country.

   The design and production of the ventilators are coming a week after the Commandant NDA, Major General Jamil Sarham, convened a team of engineers, technologists and technicians from the Mechatronics Department under Major Dr Abubakar Suraj Imam to rapidly develop affordable ventilator within the shortest possible time, using readily available components. A statement issued by the Defence Academy’s Public Relations Officer, Major Abubakar Abdullahi said, the team was also tasked to develop capacity of producing at least 30 ventilators in a month.