Tag: Unity
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President Buhari focused on nation building and unity of Nigeria
By FEMI ADESINA To state that we live in challenging times is perhaps an understatement and does very little justice in accurately capturing our current realities. Those realities include a world faced with a pandemic the scale of which hasn’t been seen in 100 years. The crisis has crippled economies, destroyed global supply chains and…
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500 Clerics kick- off 21 days prayer for Nigeria’s unity against destabilization
The clerics drawn from various churches across the country said with the present situation of things in the country, prayers and fasting is urgently needed to salvage the Nation. Led by Bishop Sunday Garuba, the President of the National Interfaith and religious organization for peace, NIFROP, he said the prayer session that will end on…
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Independence Anniversary: Saraki Congratulates Nigerians, Preaches Unity
Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has congratulated Nigerians on the occasion of the nation’s 59th Independence Anniversary and called on them to further work for the unity of the nation. Saraki in a statement from his Media Office in Abuja noted that the country has come a long way since 1960 and that…
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Fayemi tasks S’West leaders on unity, restructuring, development of region
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has urged Southwest leaders to to jettison party politics in the interest of the region for the sustainable development. Fayemi said the region can only regain its pride of place in the country’s political configuration unless leaders never allow national politics to divide them. He stated that…
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Eid-el-Maulud: Buhari, Saraki, Dogara preach unity, peace
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended greetings to entire Nigerian citizens and Muslims on the occasion of the Eid-el-Maulud; the birthday of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. In his message to mark this year’s Eid-el-Maulud by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Monday, Buhari wished all citizens peace, happiness,…
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Obi as Atiku’s gambit for unity, By Daniel Achimugu
By Daniel Moses Achimugu The choice of a former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi is the wisest political move by the PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. It is particularly and symbolically significant because it comes at a time Nigeria is ever divided over the issue of power rotation, justice and equity. Given…
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Delta at 27: Gov. Okowa attributes peace in Delta to unity
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has said that Deltans are celebrating unity and peaceful co-existence as a people. TheNewsGuru reports the Governor stated this on Monday in Asaba at an interdenominational thanksgiving service held to mark the 27th anniversary of the creation of the state. Governor Okowa went through memory lane and thanked traditional rulers,…
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Buhari charges churches to promote unity
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged church leaders to use their positions to promote peace and unity in the country. He made the call at the opening of the 23 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria on Saturday in Calabar. Represented by Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Eyo-Ita, Buhari said the…
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I remain committed to Nigeria’s unity – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja reassured Nigerians that the unity of the country will remain his paramount objective and that of his government. Receiving a delegation of the Tijjaniya Movement led by Muhammadu Mahi Ibrahim Inyass at the Presidential Villa, the President said, ‘‘I will continue to do everything within my powers to unite…