Tag: Christmas
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Christians tasked on generosity at Christmas
The Bishop of Anglican Diocese of Nike in Enugu, Rt. Rev. Christian Onyia, has admonished Christians to exhibit generosity to others and faithfulness to God, while celebrating Christmas.
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Merry Whatsapp Christmas – By Chidi Amuta
The same old “Jingle bells! Jingle bells!! Jingle all the way!!!” is again uniting Christians and non-Christians in the ancient ritual of Christmas.
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An accidental Christmas story – By Azu Ishiekwene
If I’ve learned anything these past 35 years of journalism, it’s looking for a story in every situation. It wasn’t different when I left home for the airport on December 14, except that this time, the story found me. My Uber driver started the conversation: “Are you Mr. Azu of LEADERSHIP?” he asked.
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Somehow frog must jump, Merry Christmas – By Francis Ewherido
While growing up in my part of Bendel State (Delta State), if we encountered difficulty, we would say, “no how, no how, ogoro(frog) must jump,” meaning we’ll find a way to overcome the challenge. As we get close to Christmas, the saying came flooding back into my memory.
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Ebonyi workers to get N150,000 Christmas bonus
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi has announced a N150,000 Christmas bonus to all state civil servants as appreciation to their dedication and commitment to service.
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Come home for Christmas – IPOB begs Ndigbo, vow to provide security
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has made an appeal to Ndigbo to return to their homeland for the Christmas season, assuring them that its Eastern Security Network (ESN) operatives will provide safety and maintain a peaceful atmosphere throughout the festive period. This was contained in a statement by the group’s Media and Publicity Secretary,…
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Subdued Christmas as consequences of war – By Magnus Onyibe
A combination of the wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, which have negatively impacted the global economy, has turned 2023 Christmas, which is supposed to be a season of joy for the nearly 2.4 billion Christians across the globe representing 31% of the 8 billion population of the world , into a period…
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Yuletide: Vice President, Shettima, APC governors visit Tinubu in Lagos
Vice President, Kashim Shettima and some state governors on boxing day paid a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu at his Bourdillon home in Lagos State. Shettima and the governors travelled down to Lagos to pay Christmas homage to the president.
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Bleak Christmas for Federal workers as ’emilokan’ admin fails to pay December salaries
It was a bleak Christmas for Federal civil servants across Nigeria as ’emilokan’ administration failed to pay December 2023 salaries. The federal civil servants who bitterly complained to whoever bothered to ask said on Christmas ‘shishi’ no gum us to celebrate Christmas. A probe into this development by a national medium revealed that all the…
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Israel- Palestine: Christmas disrupted in Jesus Christ Birth place, Bethlehem
A city renowned for the birth of Jesus Christ, Bethlehem, for the first time in decades witnessed a disrupted Christmas celebrations. The usual festivity that rock Bethlehem, a city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in Palestine on every 25th of December was missing yesterday.