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The other parts of world obviously have packaged their leaders to look like all knowing above mistakes that we look down on every mistake an African leaders makes. But the corona virus situation has revealed so many things about the leaders of west to us. From the President of the united states of American to their governors. Many have been saying things that many African leaders dare not make mistake of saying them in public. Think about it for a moment that an African leader tells people to drink disinfectant as treatment to corona virus? Or the one that said there are more important things than living? Or the other one that said, Vegas should be opened and lead people figure out how to stay safe? From today I will be careful how a talk about our African leaders. My respect for them has gone up higher. I here forgive Jonathan for saying stealing is not corruption.

I want to share some insightful proverbs from the indigenous hausa ethnic group native to the present-day northern part of Nigeria daily for the next couple of days. Some of the proverbs and idioms are really very interesting. Example: 1. "Mai uwa a gindin murhu, ba ya cin tuwonsa gaya." Translated: "The one with a mother in the kitchen, does not eat his own tuwo without soup" Example of how to use it: Your friend comes to tell you his job was taken from him and given to the cousin of the boss at the workplace. You may wish to throw such a proverb.

In as much as COVID-19 pandemic is regrettable, I also want to say it can  be a blessing in disguise. This is the best time to ask ourselves serious questions so as to reinvent ourselves. If you have been working for a company for more than 5yrs and you don't have N100,000 savings ... *You need to think* If you have been doing a particular hustle for more than 5yrs and nothing to show for it.. *You need to think.* If you've spent one month at home under Lockdown drawing from your reserves without cash inflows from other sources...... *You need to think.* If you've spent 30 days at home browsing the internet, responding to greetings in Facebook, looking up pictures in Instagram, watching YouTube videos, responding to WhatsApp chats, calling more people than those calling you.... . *You need to think.* If you've spent 30 days at home eating delicacies, drinking choice wine, sleeping, watching movies and exercising  in your gym without reading a word f...

Today the Lagos state Government unveiled an 80 bed isolation centre at Landmark, Oniru, Victoria Island. The Governor promised to continue to expand their isolation capacity even as they work to reduce the spread of #COVID19. Testing capacity has also been increased with community centres which follow @NCDCgov eligibility guidelines.

Kano state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has relieved the appointment of the commissioner of Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Mu’azu Magaji with immediate effect. A statement signed by the commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba said the commissioner was removed following his unguarded utterances against the person of the late Chief of Staff to the President, Malam Abba Kyari. He said as a public servant, the commissioner ought to have respect the profanity of the office by refraining from any act capable of rendering the office to disrepute. The action of a public servant, personal or otherwise reflects back on the government and therefore, the Ganduje administration would not tolerate people in official capacities engaging in personal vendetta or otherwise.   According to the statement, late Abba Kyari had led a life worthy of emulation by serving his country to the best of his ability.

The remains of Abba Kyari, former Chief of Staff to President Buhari, has been laid to rest. He was interred at Gudu cemetery, Abuja on Saturday morning, April 18 according to Islamic rites. President Buhari was not in attendance.

The Presidency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is in a state of mourning following the death of Mallam Abba Kyari, the chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari.  Mallam Abba Kyari was diagnosed with Corona Virus in March and was being treated in the country. On Saturday, Femi Adesina, the special adviser to the President on Media and Publicity to the President announced via his official twitter account that the Borno state born politician passed away.  Abba Kyari graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Warwick, and also received a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Cambridge. In 1983, he was called to the Nigerian Bar after attending the Nigerian Law School. In 1984, he obtained a master's degree in law from the University of Cambridge.He later attended the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland and participated in the Program for Management Development at the Harvard Busin...

The Head, European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Amb. Ketil Karlsen, has said that the N21bn (€50m) donated to Nigeria by the EU is largely meant for the poor. “That is why part of the €50m we provide will also be for the relief and safety net for the most vulnerable people, internally displaced persons. The poor people that depend on the informal markets, they do day-to-day work to put food on their table; the elderly, IDPs, and these, particularly, vulnerable people are the centre-stage of our intervention,” he said. Earlier, he had said that the donation was also meant for the provision of Personal Protection Equipment, kits, and to double the testing capacity for Covid-19 in the country. Fielding questions from journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, shortly after announcing the €50m donation at the Presidential Villa, Karlsen said the fund, which would be administered by the United Nations would increase the capacity of COVID-19 treatment in the country. He said, ...

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF PLATEAU STATE, RT. HON. (DR) SIMON BAKO LALONG, KSGG, AT THE END OF ONE-WEEK TOTAL LOCKDOWN OVER COVID-19 PANDEMIC, HELD ON 15TH APRIL 2020. PROTOCOLS 1.  My dear Compatriots, it is with gratitude to God that I address you once again over the Corona Virus Pandemic, which remains a global emergency to date. 2.  You will recall that I addressed you on the 6th of April where I directed a total lockdown of the State effective 12 midnight of Thursday 9th April 2020 to 11pm of Wednesday 15th April 2020. 3.  We are a few hours from the dateline of the total lockdown and it is necessary that I again address you for the next steps in continuation of Government efforts in curbing the pandemic. 4.  Let me first commend the entire citizens of Plateau State for their patriotism and loyalty in adhering to the total restriction of movement order. 5.  Apart from official field reports by members of the Task Force ...

The Peugeot 504 was the official car of General Olusegun Obasanjo as Nigeria's Head-of-State in 1979. It was the same car that drove President Shehu Shagari from his inauguration on October 1, 1979, but he later dumped it for a Mercedes Benz.

The worldwide number of confirmed coronavirus cases has surpassed two million, a figure that doubled in less than two weeks. About 76, 000 deaths have been recorded in 13 days, bringing the total number of fatalities to over 126,000. There is no vaccine yet for the COVID-19 but experts believe the darkest days are almost over as the lack of fresh hot spots globally yielded a ray of optimism and fueled discussions about how some nations might begin to reopen. But the World Health Organization (WHO) cautioned patience before lifting social distancing restrictions, noting that the repercussions of any premature end to lockdown could be more deadly. The brunt of the coronavirus has been felt most heavily in the U.S., Italy, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, and southeast Asia. The disease is gradually starting to wreak havoc in Africa and South America and the WHO is particularly concerned about the ability of the poorest countries in the world to control the diseas...

In unprecedented move, Treasury orders Trump’s name printed on stimulus cheques. By  Lisa Rein The Treasury Department has ordered President Trump’s name be printed on stimulus cheque the Internal Revenue Service is rushing to send to tens of millions of Americans, a process that could slow their delivery by a few days, senior IRS officials said. The unprecedented decision, finalized late Monday, means that when recipients open the $1,200 paper cheque the IRS is scheduled to begin sending to 70 million Americans in coming days, “President Donald J. Trump” will appear on the left side of the payment. It will be the first time a president’s name appears on an IRS disbursement, whether a routine refund or one of the handful of cheques the government has issued to taxpayers in recent decades either to stimulate a down economy or share the dividends of a strong one But the president is not an authorized signer for legal disbursements by the U.S. Treasu...

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he is halting funding to the World Health Organization while a review is conducted. Trump said the review would cover the WHO's "role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of Coronavirus." Trump's announcement comes in the middle of the worst global pandemic in decades and as he angrily defends his own handling of the outbreak in the United States. "Had the WHO done its job to get medical experts into China to objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out China's lack of transparency, the outbreak could have been contained at its source with very little death," Trump said. His decision to withdraw funding from the WHO follows a pattern of skepticism of world organizations that began well before the coronavirus pandemic. Trump has questioned US funding to the United Nations, withdrawn from global climate agreements and lambasted the World Trade Organizat...

By @Africa's First Born Nearly 2400 years ago, in ancient Greece, Plato discussed the importance of population control. Aristotle advocated the use of abortion and infanticide. In 1798 an essay on principle of population control was written by Thomas Malthus where he outlined the idea of positive checks which are diseases, wars, disasters, famines and genocides. Malthus argued these mediums should be used to keep population growth under check (human misery was a necessity). In 1859 Charles Darwin published, "The Origin of Species", in that book he hinted on the implication of.. human population. However, his cousin Sir Francis Galton, became obsessed with that idea. In 1883 Galton published,"Inquires into Human Faculty and his Development" where he introduced the concept of EUGENICS (rooted in the Greek word of "NOBLE BIRTH"). As early as the late 1800s EUGENICS (race superiority) became an academic discipline in many renowned Universities in th...

From the official Twitter handle of the Nigerian Army: "The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt Gen TY Buratai has relocated fully to the North East where he is overseeing and directing the overall operation in the theatre and other Nigerian Army operations across the country. While addressing troops of Special Super Camp Ngamdu in Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State on 9 April 2020, Gen Buratai said that he will be with them to the nooks and crannies of the theatre. It will be recalled that we earlier reported that the COAS had been on operational tour to troops' locations in the North East Theatre of Operation since Saturday the 4th of April, 2020. During the tour, he was at the Army Super Camp 1 at Mulai and the Special Forces Super Camp 12 at Chabbol near Maiduguri on Wednesday 8 April 2020 where he interacted with the officers and addressed the troops respectively. COAS was also at the Forward Operations Base at Alau Dam, and also personally led the troops on...

                                                      Hello, it is evident that COVID-19 has recorded a fair growth in Lagos and other states. So, while we wait at home for this storm to pass. Here are three things to keep you busy while at home. Take up writing: Writing is powerful and as someone once said, the “pen is mightier than the sword”. There are also various resources that have mentioned writing to be therapeutic in nature. If you have a book to write, a business plan, a model to create, or away express your opinion; then it can be done via writing during this lockdown. Soft Skills: Research have shown than from 2020 and above the need for soft skills is going to increase exponentially. Now that there is a lot of free time for us, there are various online courses and masterclasses we can t...

106 years after Nigeria is faced with another pandemic – Coronavirus The Influenza Global Pandemic of 1918-1919. Á ò rí’rú eléyì rí, a fií dé rù b’omo ni; unprecedented is just a word, there’s really nothing new under the sun! In this season of Coronavirus pandemic, let us look back at some devastating epidemics that has affected us in the past. The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is no universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide between 1918-1919. It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with this virus. The number of deaths was estimated to be at least  50  million worldwide  according to the CDC. About 500,000 Nigerians, out of a population of 18million, died in less than 6 months, and  between 50 and 80% of the popul...