By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – History was made in the Ogoja Local Government Area, as Senator Prince Bassey Otu’s administration kicked off Carnival activities in the Northern Senatorial District in Cross River State. The Ogoja carnival, adorned with colorful ambiance, featured five competing bands from the Northern...
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Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has said that at least 50 people were killed by yet-to-be identified gunmen in several communities in Mangu and Bokkos Local Government Areas of the state. The governor disclosed this at a luncheon organised by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Chief of Army Staff, (COAS) Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja today in Sokoto expressed optimism that the coming year, 2024 and beyond holds lots of prospects for Nigeria ad Nigerians. Lagbaja, who spoke after commissioning a multi purpose hall built in his...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, on Monday joined troops to celebrate Christmas in Sokoto, saying that the military made sacrifices for the love of the nation and humanity. Lagbaja urged personnel to remain steadfast on their mandates of ensuring peoples’ safety and safeguarding the...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas has caution Christians to be vigilant in their movement while celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Governor Kefas stated this in a state broadcast presented in the Executive Chamber of the Government House, Jalingo, Taraba...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Immediate past Minister of State for Budget and National Planning and frontline Edo State governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has felicitated Edo people and Nigerians on the occasion of this year’s Christmas celebration....
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has called on Nigerians to unite against the nation’s adversaries in support of the Armed Forces of Nigeria in the spirit of Christmas and New Year celebrations. This is contained in Musa’s Christmas message issued by the Director of...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has urged Nigerians to exercise patience with the economic policies initiated by President Bola Tinubu, expressing optimism that positive changes are on the horizon. Speaking in Lagos on Sunday after paying a Christmas homage to the President, Otti said that the present administration...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has thwarted desperate attempts by transnational criminal organisations to flood Nigerian communities with large quantities of assorted illicit drugs during the yuletide season. To this end, the operatives of the NDLEA intercepted millions of tramadol 225mg...
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi has urged Nigerians to use the season of Christmas to appreciate God’s mercy on them as a country. Obi, the former governor of Anambra, made this known in a Christmas message on his X-handle platform in Lagos...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has urged Nigerians to remain steadfast and hopeful regardless of the hard times citizens are experiencing as they celebrate the Christmas. Senator Akpabio said this on Sunday in Abuja in his Christmas message issued by his Special Adviser...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – As Nigerian Christians join their counterparts from across the world to celebrate this year’s Christmas, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Ali Biu has felicitated with them and enjoined everyone of the Corps’ readiness to make the highways safe for...
The raging war between Israel and Hamas will not end before tomorrow’s Christmas is over. The unfortunate war has instead yielded two principal casualties: the first is the nativity festivals of Christmas which have made Bethlehem a favourite destination for Christian pilgrims. Home to the historic shrines...
Arsenal ensured they would spend Christmas Day on top of the Premier League as they held title rivals Liverpool to a pulsating 1-1 draw at Anfield on Saturday. Mikel Arteta’s side took an early lead through Gabriel Magalhaes, but Mohamed Salah hauled Liverpool level before the interval....
The Commandant of 174 Battalion, Nigeria Army, Odoguyan, Lagos, Lt-Col Muhammad Abdurrahaman, on Saturday advised residents of Ikorodu to eschew all forms of violence and use the festive season to reflect on Christ. Abdurrahman gave the advice during a medical outreach conducted by the army in Ikorodu, Lagos...
Nigeria First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has said the year 2024 would be glorious for all Nigerians. The first lady said this in her Christmas message after she held an elaborate Christmas party for the children of Nana Berry Orphanage, Abuja. She also advised parents to continue to...
Rep. Yusuf Baraje (APC-Niger), has distributed 3,000 bags of rice to his constituents to cushion the current economic hardship. Baraje, while speaking during the symbolic presentation of the items in Minna on Saturday, said the 3,000 bags of rice, packaged in 20kgs were worth over N50 million....
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Government has declared Monday, 25, Tuesday, 26 and Jan. 1, 2024, as public holidays to mark Christmas and new year celebrations. The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration in a statement on Friday in Abuja, on behalf...
The Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) Terminal 2, at the local wing of the airport in Lagos, was full of activity on Friday, as travellers trooped in to fly, ahead of the Christmas break. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who visited the terminal reports that some of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – For the fourth time since 2020, Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has, approved free transportation for 630 families who intend to travel to their various states for the Christmas celebration as a way of cushioning the effect of the current hardship...