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President Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, passes on

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2 weeks ago

June 17, 2025

The Chief of Staff to the president, Abba Kyari has died. He died on Friday April 17, more than two weeks after he tested positive to Coronavirus.

Announcing Kyari’s death on Twitter, Presidency spokesman Garba Shehu, wrote;

The Presidency regrets to announce the passage of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari.

The deceased had tested positive to the ravaging COVID-19, and had been receiving treatment. But he died on Friday, April 17, 2020.

May God accept his soul. Funeral arrangements will be announced shortly.’

Bashir Ahmad, Personal Assistant on New Media to President Muhammadu Buhari, and Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, also confirmed the passing of the former Chief of Staff.

Ahmad tweeted.

Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, has died. May Allah forgive his shortcomings and grant him the highest rank of Jannah. Allah ya jikan sa.

Adesina on his part, twitted:

Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, passes on. May God rest his soul. Amen. Funeral arrangements to be announced soon.

— Femi Adesina (@FemAdesina) April 17, 2020

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ASUU to call off strike soon, gives reasons for setback

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20 minutes ago

June 28, 2025

Daniel Onimisi Ford

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in a recent statement sheds light on the setback on the resumption of tertiary academics activities.

The union is calling on the government to carry out an integrity test on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution, UTAS, before the strike is disbanded, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, the President of ASUU revealed in an interview with The Punch.In his own words:

“We are still talking, we have given them the position of our members, we are thinking we should be able to hold a meeting this week if they have not changed plans.

“The meeting for Monday was postponed. In principal, they have accepted UTAS and told us to go for the test, and on our part, we have started the process.

“We had presented UTAS at three levels, starting with the Ministry of Education, Senate President and members of his team, officials of Ministry of Finance and Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, where all other stakeholders were present, including NITDA, all stakeholders have witnessed the presentation and the next stage of integrity test is what we are moving in to.

“If government facilitates it, it is not something that should drag for too long at all. We don’t foresee any problem with UTAS; it also depends on how early the government makes it possible for the integrity test to be conducted.” he added

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Tribal Names of God In Different Nigerian Languages

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57 minutes ago

June 28, 2025

Daniel Onimisi Ford

Tribal Names of God In Different Nigerian Languages

The names of God spoken in various Nigerian languages indicates that Nigeria as a nation has many ethnic groups, cultures and traditions.

These groups are heterogeneous and that they have different names that they call God, people and creatures.

Tribal Names Of God In Nigeria

We’ll outline the various names Nigerian tribes call their God and their meanings in this article.

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Tribal Names of God and Their Respective Meanings in Different Nigerian Languages

TRIBES	NAMES OF GOD
Yoruba	Olorun
Igbo	Chineke
Hausa	Ubangidi
Fulani	Geno
Ebira	Ohomorihi
Nupe	Soko
Birom	Dagwi
Urhobo	Oghene
Ijaw	Ayiba
Ibibio-Efik	Abasi
Edo	Osanobwa
Tiv	Aondo
Okrika	Tammuno
Igede	Ohie
Igala	Ojo/Oshomoshi