Tag: New Year
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Only 10 inmates escaped from Edo prison on New Year Day – Police
The Edo State Police Command has reacted to viral publications suggesting that hundreds of suspected armed robbers and kidnappers escaped from the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) facility. Police spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor in a communique on Monday said only ten suspects escaped the facility on the 1st of January, 2021 at about 2.45am. According…
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WhatsApp sets single day record on New Year’s eve
WhatsApp on New Year’s eve set single day record with 1.4 billion voice and video calls, making it the most ever calls in a single day on the platform. This is even as people increasingly turned to technology to stay in touch and get things done in the face of social distancing and stay-at-home mandates…
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Buhari’s New Year nationwide address empty, directionless – PDP
Nigeria’s major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s nationwide address on New Year’s Day as empty and directionless. The party also said the president has not demonstrated capacity to play his own part in repositioning the country. This claim was contained in a statement by PDP spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan. In…
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Sowore spends New Year day in police custody for organizing protest
Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, and other activists spent the wee hours of the New Year in police custody for organizing a protest in Abuja. Sowore had before his detention, sent out a series of tweets calling on Nigerians to join him on a protest against the regime of the President Muhammadu Buhari He…
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New Year: Let us unite to confront common enemies, Atiku tells Nigerians
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has urged Nigerians to unite to confront the common enemies bedevilling all, such as the virus, terrorism, banditry and kidnapping. Atiku made the call in his New Year message. “As we embrace this New Year with brighter hopes of restoration, let us do so with even a stronger commitment to…
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BREAKING: FG declares December 25th, 28th; January 1st public holidays
The Federal Government has declared Friday 25 and Monday 28 December 2020 as well as Friday, January 1, 2021 as public holidays to mark the Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year Celebrations respectively. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib M.L Belgore who disclosed this in a statement issued Wednesday in Abuja added…
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New Year Prophecies of Divination or Inspiration?, By Fr Anaweokhai O. Valentine
New Year Prophecies of Divination or Inspiration? By Fr Anaweokhai O. Valentine anavalobee@gmail.com As the year 2020, laden with the corona virus pandemic is gradually coming to an end, hopefully, we shall soon begin to hear the unleashing of New year ‘prophecies’ for 2021 by a host of men of God, often called prophets. This…
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Buhari renews hope for better Nigeria in New Year letter to Nigerians
My Dear Compatriots, NIGERIA’S DECADE Today marks a new decade. It is a time of hope, optimism and fresh possibilities. We look forward as a nation to the 2020s as the opportunity to build on the foundations we have laid together on security, diversification of our economy and taking on the curse of corruption. These…
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See 2 nations to be the first to enter 2020
The tropical islands of Samoa and Kiribati will be the first in the world to welcome 2020 as they are located just west of the International Date Line which runs down the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Fireworks to welcome in the new decade will explode over the Samoan capital Apia for locals and tourists…
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Yuletide: Senate adjourns to Jan. 28
The Senate on Friday adjourned sitting to Jan. 28, 2020 for the Christmas and new year. This followed a motion moved by the Senate Leader Yahaya Abdullahi during Friday’s plenary and was seconded by Deputy Minority Leader, Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha. In his remark, President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan, while appreciating the Clerk of the…