Tag: Christmas
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Thank God it’s Christmas! By Sonnie Ekwowusi
By Sonnie Ekwowusi In four days it will be Christmas. If you put ears on the ground at the moment you will hear the angels, the Magi, the Shepherds, men and women of our time who are inhabiting the four corners of the earth singing in exultation: “jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle all the way…”…
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Tony Elumelu becomes new King of Pop at Christmas
Nigerian economist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Tony Elumelu, on Saturday declared himself the new King of Pop at the Heirs Holdings Christmas party. TheNewsGuru reports Heirs Holdings is an African proprietary investment company with interests in power, oil and gas, financial services, hospitality, real estate and healthcare. The company held its annual Christmas party on Saturday…
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Ekiti workers shun Fayose’s Xmas gifts, demand payment of salaries
Civil servants in Ekiti State have appealed to Governor Ayodele Fayose to concentrate on paying their salary arrears rather than doling out Christmas clothes and other items to their children. They expressed regrets that many of them are dying of hunger while others are afflicted with debilitating ailments and lack money to access quality healthcare…
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Osinbajo, Gowon, Shonekan, others grace Villa Christmas Concert
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Head of State Yakubu Gowon and ex Head of the Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan, were among dignitaries who graced the 2017 Christmas Praise Concert on Thursday in Abuja. The event, which took place at the State House Conference Centre, was onganised by the Presidency to honour God for…
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Christmas And Financial Holocaust, By Bobson Gbinije
“True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about but few have seen” (William Shakespeare.) By Bobson Gbinije The anthropocentric calculus posits that whether by centripetal or centrifugal diversions man has become the monumental leverage on which the social-political, economic and cultural pendulum swings. Man has therefore created laws, principles, social mores, ethics, ceremonial…
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Buhari to commission newly acquired locomotives, coaches before Christmas – Amaechi
In a deliberate attempt to ease movement of Nigerians throughout the yuletide season, the Federal Government on Tuesday said it will soon commission two rail locomotives and 10 coaches. The minister of transport, Rotimi Amaechi, made this known on Tuesday in Papalantoro, Ogun State. Mr. Amaechi spoke with journalists during a tour of the Federal…
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State Assemblies will pass ‘Not Too Young To Run’ bill before Christmas – Kwara Speaker assures Nigerians
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Ali Ahmad, has said the ‘Not Too Young To Run’ bill will be passed by the various state Houses of Assembly before December 25 this year. Mr. Ahmad gave the assurance in an address at the ‘Not Too Young To Run’ town hall meeting on constitution…
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Yuletide: President Trump sends strong Christmas message to the world
United States’ President Donald Trump has sent a resounding Christmas message to Americans, and to the rest of the world. TheNewsGuru reports President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump participated in the 2017 National Christmas Tree Lighting on Thursday, November 30 at the White House. “A great honor to light the National Christmas Tree with…
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Revealed:Tiwa Savage,Tee Billz spent Christmas together
There have been several speculations that Tiwa Savage and her estranged husband are back together. They were spotted together on Friday December 30, 2016 since their marital feud. As a loving mother showing that she cares about her son, Tiwa Savage posted a certain picture of her son, Jamil Balogun in a red dotted Pyjamas…
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Cold Weather: Queen Elizabeth misses Christmas, New Year church services
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth missed a New Year’s Day church service on Sunday due to a heavy cold, Buckingham Palace said, a week after the 90-year-old monarch missed a Christmas Day service for the first time in decades. The world’s longest-reigning monarch, who became unwell before Christmas, stayed indoors at her Sandringham country estate in…