This only days after frustrated US hospitals said they could not find ventilators to buy anywhere.

Donald Trump hasn’t tweeted it, but according to Nigeria’s Information Minister Lai Mohammed it’s official.

In a telephone conversation the US President told his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari that he stood in solidarity with the Nigerian people at this time of COVID 19..

He promised send ventilators to Nigeria to help COVID 19 patients breathe.

His willingness to do this will have to be gauged by officials.

America’s ability to keep the promise becomes a matter for the hard-pressed medical professionals — and the fact checkers.

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The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is to investigate why the event could not be produced in Nigeria.

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed’s asked the NBC to determine whether Multi-Choice has breached the Nigerian Broadcasting Code in any way, by shooting the show in South Africa.

They’ll see whether it is deceitful because the viewing public was never told that the event would be staged outside Nigeria.

Mohammed says the the outcome of the investigation will determine government’s  next course of action.

Multichoice/DSTV has declined to comment, saying the media will be properly briefed shortly.

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The man who last came to power, 32 years ago, via a coup says it’s just a matter of time before incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan concedes defeat.

Muhammadu Buhari’s All Progressives Congress says Nigeria’s witnessing history – the first party democratically to throw out a sitting president.

APC spokesman Lai Mohammed asserts the people of Nigeria have taken over.

He’s calling on Goodluck Jonathan to keep his promise to relinquish power after being voted out in a free and fair election.

Buhari’s played heavily on his tough military image in a country that has affectively been held to ransom by the Islamist terror group Boko Haram.

They killed 20 people with gunfire on polling day. Apart from that, this election has been one of Nigeria’s most peaceful.

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