Tag: Christmas
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Benin residents experience miserable Christmas
Benin residents experienced a miserable 2018 Christmas as long queues surfaced at bank cash points known as the Automated Teller Machines (ATM) and Points of Sale (PoS) in Benin City, Edo capital, according to checks. Most of the machines had failed to dispense cash during the Yuletide with scores of residents returning home disappointed. Some…
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Christmas: Delta Speaker urges Christians to show love to others
The Speaker of the Delta House of Assembly, Sheriff Oborevwori, has urged Christians to show love to all Nigerian as they celebrate Christmas irrespective of their religious or political affiliation. Oborevwori made the call in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Dennis Otu on Monday in Asaba. The speaker while felicitating with…
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Celebrities light up social media with glamorous Christmas pictures
Christmas in Nigeria is a huge celebration for all the citizens, not only those who belong to the Christian faith. A lot of people travel home to their villages and the families who remain in town, come together to celebrate and have fun. From long parties on Christmas eve to caroling, feasting, and gift-giving, high…
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CDQ causes commotion on Christmas day
Nigerian hip hop artiste, CDQ took to his Instagram page in the early hours of today to post a raunchy picture of himself and a semi nude lady. The ‘Indomie’ rapper did this to wish his fans a merry christmas. The rapper sat on a chair in the photo while the woman, who had on…
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Saraki salutes Nigerians at Christmas
…Urges Christians to Pray for successful elections President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has felicitated with Christian faithful and all Nigerians as they celebrate the Christmas and New Year festivities. Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, congratulated Nigerians for their resilience in the face…
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Christmas rush: Travellers groan over 100% transport fare hike in Edo
Barely 48 hours to Christmas, commuters in Edo groaned over hike in transport fares by more than 100 per cent to many destinations from Benin. Transport fare from Benin to Makurdi, Benue, which hitherto cost N4, 000, jumped to N8, 500 as at Sunday morning. Transport fares to Abia, Enugu and Anambra have increased from…
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Special report: Travellers lament hike in fares, call for regulation to check excesses
Adebayo Animasaun and Oyibo Ediri As Christmas rush begins, travellers at different transport terminals in Lagos state on Saturday lamented hike in road transport fares by operators and called on the government to put a regulatory system in place to check excesses. TheNewsGuru (TNG) in this special report gathered that the cost of transport from…
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Christmas: 201 FRSC mobile courts to begin sitting Monday – Corps Marshal
The 201 mobile courts set up by the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), nationwide to prosecute traffic offenders during the yuletide season, will begin sitting on Monday. Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal of the FRSC, was on a nationwide tour , disclosed this on Saturday in Ibadan during his visit to Oyo State, in an…
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Boko Haram leader, Shekau releases new video, claims responsibility for Christmas, New Year attacks in North East
Leader of the deadly Islamic sect (Boko Haram), Abubakar Shekau on Tuesday released a video message insisting the sect is still alive despite the Federal Government and Nigerian military claims of degrading the radical group. The wanted insurgent leader released his first video message in months amid a surge in violence casting doubt on the…
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2018: I’m saddened Christmas, New Year celebrations wasn’t merry for Nigerians – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday lamented that Christmas and New Year celebrations for many Nigerians was nothing close to be tagged “Merry”. Buhari who addressed Nigerians at 7am spoke about the lingering fuel crisis in the country, among other issues said “instead of showing love, companionship and charity, some of our compatriots chose this period…