Security agencies in Plateau State have put measures in place to ensure a hitch-free Christmas celebration, which includes deployment of policemen and anti-bomb units to places of worship and strategic locations. Security operatives in the state under the auspices of Operation Safe Haven, aside from a show of force to scare off any intending criminals […]
President Muhammadu Buhari celebrate with Nigerians on Christmas, and has given the assurance of better days ahead. In his 2017 Christmas message on Saturday, he said: “I am deeply convinced that better days lie ahead for us as a nation as we make progress on all the major fronts where we have set our energies […]
The Federal Government has declared Monday 25th, Tuesday 26th December 2017 and Monday 1st January 2018 as Public Holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year celebration. The Honourable Minister of Interior, General (Rtd) Abdulralman Bello Dambazau who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, enjoined the Christian faithful and all Nigerians […]
Arik Air, Nigeria’s largest carrier said it is increasing its capacity ahead of Christmas and New Year celebrations to enable customers to celebrate the festive season with family and friends with ease. The capacity increase, which will boost its key domestic routes, especially in the South East and South South zones, takes effect from December […]
The Lagos State government has said that this year’s Christmas celebration will be decentralised and celebrated in all the 20 Local Government Councils and 37 Local Government Development Councils. The state’s Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr. Abdullateef Abdulhakeem, stated this on Friday while speaking to journalists shortly after receiving an award from the Christian Conscience […]
Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi has promised that pensioners and workers in the state’s public service will celebrate the coming end-of-the-year festivities with smiles with the expected refund of the Paris Club excess deduction to the state. The governor made the promise in his address during the Mawlid An Nabiyy (celebration of Holy Prophet Muhammad’s […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged state governors to ensure that they pay all the salaries owed workers before Christmas, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. The president gave the charge on Monday, when he met with the governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Many states are still owing workers several months of salaries and […]
……It’s the month Prophet Mohammed died, Cleric ……Obey traffic rules, safety of life not negotiable – LASTMA For some folks, the last four months of every year with the string “ember” are not just the regular months spanning September to December, the mythical aura these months attract, according to observers, have continued to stir apprehension […]
Christian faithfuls have commended the peaceful coexistence between adherents of Islam and Christian religion residing in Sokoto, and urged the government to consolidate on the achievements so far recorded. Members of the Sokoto State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) stated this when they paid a visit to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as […]
Minister of Mines and Steel Development,and fomer Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday distributed bags of rice to 6,000 across he 16 local governments of Ekiti state for Christmas yuletide. The John Kayode Fayemi (JKF) Centre, an advocacy centre, own by Fayemi which carried out the exercise across the local governments in […]
The Chairman Cattle Breeders’ Association in Plateau state, Alhaji Bala Mohammed, said that the sale of cattle, this yuletide season, will record low turnout as the price of an average cow is already going for N300, 000. Mohammed said that the reason for the hike in price is as a result of the current economic […]