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The death of Mallam Abba Kyari, former chief of staff to Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, announced at 12:44am on Saturday April 18 2020 by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, on his twitter handle, has brought to the fore, once again, the blend between hypocrisy and religion in Nigeria, a subject that I love and hate to return to at the same time. Since yesterday, discussions of Kyari’s death from the ravaging coronavirus pandemic has, like many other typical Nigerian issues, played itself beyond the zone of politics into the den of religion. What I speak about here is the politicization of death on the basis of religion. As I perceived on social media yesterday, the attitude of some Christians was one of jubilation, excitement, gloating, and self-glorification. I could read through their comments. They seemed to be saying: ‘That serves him right!’ To be sure, not only Christians exhibited this attitude. One of the presidential media aides called out on twitter a commissio...

ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE EXTENSION OF COVID- 19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY, 13TH APRIL, 2020 1.   Fellow Nigerians 2.   In my address on Sunday, 29th March, 2020, I asked the residents of Lagos and Ogun States as well as the Federal Capital Territory to stay at home for an initial period of fourteen days starting from Monday, 30th March 2020. 3.   Many State Governments also introduced similar restrictions. 4.   As your democratically elected leaders, we made this very difficult decision knowing fully well it will severely disrupt your livelihoods and bring undue hardship to you, your loved ones and your communities. 5.   However, such sacrifices are needed to limit the spread of COVID-19 in our country. They were necessary to save lives. 6.   Our objective was, and still remains, to contain the spread of the Coronavirus and ...

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will address Nigerians at 7pm today (Monday). The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, made this known in a statement. Though the statement gave no hint on what the President would be speaking on, it was gathered that it may not be unconnected with the coronavirus disease in Nigeria. Following the increasing cases of the virus, the retired general had ordered a shutdown of Lagos, Abuja and Ogun State since March 31. On Saturday, Buhari urged Nigerians to stay at home and to wash their hands to help save lives, but gave no indication of whether the official confinement period would be extended past Monday. The statement issued on Monday read, “President Muhammadu Buhari will broadcast to the nation Monday, April 13, 2020 at 7pm. “Television, radio and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority and Federal Rad...

Preparation In this recipe, I will be using cow foot as you can see above. Cow foot nkwobi The first step is parboiling the meat with some ingredients; onions, 2 cubes of stock cubes and salt will be enough. Then allow cooking for another fifty to sixty minutes until the meat is completely soft. This is necessary because nkwobi, as well as Nigerian pepper soup, is basically made with very soft meats, just so it is not hard to chew.  How To Make Nkwobi Dissolve the potash in about 250ml (one cup) of water and filter about half a cup into the pot, you will learn a little bit about this from the video below. You will know exactly how this is done, although most Nigerians are familiar with this technique. Add about half a cup of palm oil into the pot, stir to obtain a thick yellow paste (ncha) and you are just a few steps away from having a very delicious nkwobi. Once you have the “ncha” add the ugba, a pinch of salt, a stock cube and [utaz...

Nigeria update on the increased of covid19 cases to 305 from 288 announced on Thursday by the Nigeria Center for Disease Center (NCDC). According to the new data released by NCDC, 17 new cases were recorded in seven states: Lagos. Katsina, FCT, Niger, Kaduna, Anambra and Ondo. Two states, Anambra and Niger, reported their first confirmed cases of the virus since the beginning of the outbreak in Nigeria in February. A breakdown of the new cases shows that eight new cases were reported in Lagos, three in Katsina, and two in FCT, while Niger, Kaduna, Anambra and Ondo have one apiece. Till date, 305 cases have been confirmed, 58 cases have been discharged and seven deaths have been recorded in Nigeria. The health agency tweeted around 9:31 p.m. that “as at 09:30 pm 10th April there are 305 confirmed cases of COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Fifty- eight have been discharged with seven deaths. For more info-http://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng/ A breakdown of the cases reported in...

*NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES FOR MONDAY 13TH APRIL 2020* *THE NATION* No free electricity now, say Discos COVID-19: Facebook fights fake news with info centre in Nigeria, 16 others Gen. Buratai plays his last card Firms opt for AGM by proxies to beat COVID-19 lockdown Virus has opened our eyes to new reality, says Leyland chief Idowu Eye-opening virus Traders fret OPEC cut cant offset demand dip Foreign reserves dip by $34.55b Enahoro: Pardoning a ghost Lagos discharges five patients The Strangers Churches locked as Nigerians celebrate Easter indoors Patience Jonathans hotel to become isolation centre Ministry begins digital payment to the poor Kaigama to Christians: never give up Dont relax in fight against COVID-19, says Adeboye 23 returnees isolated at border Odedeji urges Nigerians to be of courage Nigeria joins OPEC on 9.7million barrel cut agreement Beyond COVID-19: A wake up call Restiveness and the pandemic *VANGUARD* Loc...

*THE NATION* How COVID-19 shutdown saved lives in Ondo explosion FG protests alleged maltreatment of stranded Nigerians in China COVID palliative: Will N20,000 do' (2) Masari imposes total lockdown on Daura LG NCDC following up 91 per cent of confirmed cases contacts Christians mark Good Friday without processions Wikes permission of large religious gathering worries Rivers residents LG chair feeds 2,000 families Senator donates cash, sanitisers, food items Group distributes kits, food items to Ilaje communities How to battle COVID-19 Buhari lauds Dangotes large-heartedness as he clocks 63 $320m Abacha loot: EFCC faults US Senator Dont extend lockdown in Lagos, Abuja, FG advised Trump, COVID-19 and future of US NSIP: Will NASS create a research/data unit Access The Stars: Grand e-finale holds Saturday Car-for-expensive-insult lands Gombe Rep in trouble Effiom Trombones giant stride in Cross Rivers Entertainment To conspiracy theorists Davido says joining politi...