Tag: Sallah
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Gayle King, Taylor Swift, others named Time Magazine’s most influential people of 2019
Taylor Swift, US singer, has been named alongside Mohammed Salah, Liverpool and Egyptian striker, in Time Magazine’s list of 100 most influential people for 2019. Time Magazine’s yearly list of 100 most influential people in the world recognizes people whose ideas, example, talent, or discoveries transform the world we live in and is assembled by…
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Buhari returns to Abuja after Sallah celebration
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday returned to Abuja after celebrating Eid-el Kabir in his hometown, Daura, Katsina State. Recall that the president left Abuja on Monday ahead of the Tuesday and Wednesday public holidays declared by the Federal Government for the Sallah. He had during his stay in Daura hosted dignitaries including state governors and…
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Sen. Bruce joins Atiku in tongue-lashing Buhari
Bayelsa East Senator Ben Murray Bruce has danced in tune with former vice president Atiku Abubakar to accuse the presidency of trivializing governance by asking Nigerians to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term next year because he did 800m walk. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports President Buhari on Tuesday shunned protocol and opted to…
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I jog more than 1600 metres regularly – Atiku
Presidential aspirant under the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said he jogs more than 1600 metres regularly and that he would rather work to create jobs than walk to create an illusion. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Atiku stated this in reaction to President Muhammadu Buhari’s 800 metres Sallah day walk. Buhari on…
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2 die in auto-crash on Sallah day
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Ogun has confirmed that two persons died on Tuesday when a commercial bus somersaulted on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Clement Oladele, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abeokuta on Wednesday that the accident occurred at about 5 pm at Lamona Park on the…
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Eid-ul-Adha: Current economic challenges are temporary – Buhari
Presiden Muhammadu Buhari has said the current economic challenges facing Nigerians are temporary, stressing that the welfare of the people is the main thrust of the change agenda of his administration. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Buhari made this known on Tuesday in his Sallah message to Nigerians marking 2018 Eid el-Kabir celebrations. He urged Nigerians to…
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Eid el-Kabir: Buhari slaughters Sallah rams, as Saraki observes rites in Kwara [Photos]
President Muhammadu Buhari in the spirit of Sallah celebrations on Tuesday slaughtered his Sallah rams himself to mark the Eid el-Kabir ritual in Daura even as Senate President Bukola Saraki took to Kwara state to mark the celebrations. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Buhari observed this year’s Eid el-Kabir at the Daura Eid ground and that Saraki…
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Sallah: FRSC arrests 149 motorists, refers 28 for psychological tests in Abuja
The FCT Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it arrested 149 motorists for various traffic offences in the territory during the recent Sallah festivities. The Sector Commander, Wobin Gora, stated this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Friday. Mr. Gora was speaking on the outcome of the FRSC’s special…
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33 dead, several injured in Sallah tragedies
One Boko Haram attack, three auto accidents thirty-three deaths, several injuries. The foregoing was the situation in parts of Borno, Ogun and Edo states on Friday after Boko Haram terrorists attacked an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP’s) camp at Banki on Nigeria’s border with Cameroon, stabbing 11 to death, and a timber laden truck ploughed into…
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Jubilation as Borno celebrates most peaceful Sallah in 7 years
The Deputy Governor of Borno, Alhaji Usman Durkwa, on Friday described the 2017 Eid-el-Kabir festival as the most peaceful celebration recorded in the state in the last seven years. Durkwa told newsmen in Maiduguri that the festivities were generally peaceful in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that thousands of Muslims faithful…