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Many critics across the globe scoff at contemporary poetry. In an April 2, 2000 London Sunday Times review of Jonathan Bate’s The Song of the Earth, critic Bryan Appleyard wrote: “Nobody cares about poetry anymore. It is marginalized, trivial, the least regarded of the arts, the preserve of crazed dons, …

The Rivers State Government on Sunday released the 22 Staff of Exxon Mobil who were arrested for violating the State Executive Order restricting movement in the state. Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Rivers State, Professor Zaccheus Adangor said that the Mobil staff were released without charges. The Attorney-General said the …

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigeria Navy are set for a regime of improved information sharing as arrangements to integrate the Command, Control, Computer Communication and Information Centre, otherwise known as the C4i Centre of the Deep Blue Project along with the Falcon Eye of …

Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Sunday morning, led top government officials on a visit to the extended family of Malam Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari who died on Friday. Younger brother to the deceased, Baba-Shehu Zannah Arjinoma, who is the district head of Banki …

 By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus Ilorin, April 19, 2020 The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the indefinite postponement of the finals of the Total CAF Confederation Cup and Total CAF Champions League 2019/20 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The postponement was contained in a statement on the website of the …

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has described the death, on Friday of Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, as painful. Obi, in a condolence message hours after Abba Kyari’s burial on Saturday in Abuja, sympathised with …

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) on Friday urged the Federal Government to probe the reported pollution of the Niger Delta coastline leading to massive death of fishes and sanction the polluter whoever they may be. Mr Kenedy Olorogun, Chairman of IYC Transition Implementation Committee said in Yenagoa that the leadership …

By Ihechinyere Chigemeri-Uwom Umuahia, April 18, 2020 Abia government on Saturday said that the suspected coronavirus case which it declared wanted on April 17 has been found and placed in an isolation center in the state. Chief John Okiyi-Kalu, the Commissioner for Information made the disclosure in a statement he …

Minister of Transportation, Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has condoled with President, Muhammadu Buhari and the Kyari family on the passing of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari. Amaechi described Abba Kyari as a seasoned and remarkable administrator who took his job seriously and contributed immensely …

President Muhammadu Buhari has been receiving more condolence messages from prominent Nigerians and bodies following the transition of his Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari. They all expressed shock and sadness at the loss and prayed that Almighty God would console the family of the deceased, the President and the …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, April 18, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Abuja paid tribute to his late Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari, describing him as a true patriot, saying “Abba Kyari was the very best of us’’. In the tribute released by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, April 18, 2020 More Nigerians have commiserated with President Muhammadu Buhari on the passing of his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, the President’s spokesman Garba Shehu has disclosed. Shehu, in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan condoled with …

Abuja, April 18, 2020 Malam Abba Kyari, late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari has, on Saturday, been buried in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. Kyari died on Friday from complications following infection with the coronavirus (COVID-19). Meanwhile, President Buhari on Saturday in Abuja received several messages of condolences from …

  Ventilator locally produced by NDA to curb coronavirus (NAN) By Mohammed Tijjani Kaduna, April 17, 2020 The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has designed and produced two  types of ventilators, hand wash and sanitiser as its  contribution to curb Coronavirus spread in the country.  The NDA’s  Public Relations Officer (PRO), …

By Ijendu Iheaka Aba (Abia) April 17, 2020 In an attempt to track its index coronavirus case, the Abia Government, on Friday, declared one Vincent Prosper, suspected of having contracted the disease, wanted. The state Commissioner for Information, Chief Okeiyi Kalu, made the declaration in a statement in Aba. Kalu …

By Lizzy Okoji Abuja, April 17, 2020 Nigerians resident in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China, will soon be evacuated after investigation confirmed that they are being maltreated, foreign affairs minister Geoffrey Onyeama said on Friday in Abuja. The minister, while briefing the media, said that the decision became necessary “following …

Washington, April 17, 2020  Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Friday announced his state will start relaxing lockdown orders next week as governors elsewhere in the country also said some restrictions will be eased, while protests mounted against the measures that have battered the economy. Abbot said non-essential retail businesses will …

By Mustapha Sumaila Abuja, April 17, 2020 The Nigeria Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID), has so far realised about N25.8 billion to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The update of the contribution as at April 17, was made known in a document released by Mr Isaac …

New York, April 16, 2020 An international organization, the Mbaise Policy Roundtable (MPR), with offices in Owerri, Imo State and New York, USA, has released a series of COVID 19 public service messages, in slide and video tape formats, targeted at different audiences, namely, the Mbaise general public, healthcare professionals …

Washington, April 17, 2020 The U.S., Germany, and France have questioned Beijing’s response to the coronavirus as Chinese authorities announced a large jump in the official number of fatalities in Wuhan, the original epicentre of the outbreak. Earlier on Friday China revised the number of virus-related fatalities in the central …

The Presidency has announced the death of the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari. A statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), which announced the passage of Mallam Kyari, recalled that the deceased had tested positive to the ravaging COVID-19, and …

Washington, April 17, 2020 Protests erupted in several states across the U.S. this week, demanding that stay-at-home orders to stem the spread of the new coronavirus be eased. Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina and Utah are among the states that saw rallies in recent days as concerns mount over the …

The Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) has commended the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike for taking proactive steps to protect Rivers people from coronavirus. This is as the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Rivers and Bayelsa State Chapter also praised Governor Wike for setting up measures to check the …

The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, has ordered the posting and redeployment of the following Senior Police Officers to Command/Formation/Department indicated against their names: i. CP Dandaura Mustapha – CP Provost FHQ, Abuja. ii. CP Joseph Gobum Mukan, psc(+) – CP Rivers Command iii. CP Musa Adze, fdc …

The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has called for a high-powered judicial inquiry into the frequent killing of young men and women by trigger-happy security operatives posted to the Southern part of the country. In a press statement, Chief Nwodo recalled that in the past few …