Tag: firecrackers
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Police ban firecrackers, vow to deal with violators, sellers this Yuletide
Violators, including sellers and users of firecrackers and fireworks, will be subject to arrest and prosecution under the law. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has banned the use of firecrackers, popularly known as knockouts during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. The Public Relations Officer of the FCT command, SP Josephine Adeh, who…
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Fireworks is for fun, not scriptural – Clergymen
A clergyman, Pastor Jonathan Olaoye, has described the throwing of firecrackers by youths during Christmas festival as mere fun rather than being scriptural. Olaoye of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Ijomimo Oluwa, Isolo in Lagos said that firecracker “is just for fun’’. According to him, it does not have anything to do with the birth…