Tag: yuletide
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Yuletide: IGP Orders Immediate Removal Of Illegal Checkpoints Nationwide
…releases contact details of Commissioners, Deputies, others for emergencies The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has directed Commissioners of Police in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to ensure that only checkpoints and nipping points that are operationally expedient for crime prevention and prevention and other forms of key duties…
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16,712,000 passengers, 1.7 m vehicles to use Lagos-Ibadan expressway during Yuletide
No fewer than 16,712,000 passengers would travel on the Ogun corridors of the Lagos-Ibadan and Lagos-Ore expressway between December 2019 and January 31, 2020, The Federal Safety Corps(FRSC), Ogun State sector Command said on Friday. It also said an estimated 1.7million vehicles would ply the expressway within the same period in focus. The Sector Commander,…
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Yuletide: Mobile court will be used to check recklessness – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that the Corps would use Mobile Courts across Akwa Ibom Command to check recklessness on the road during the festive season. The Akwa Ibom Sector Commander of the Corps, Mr Sunday Ogenekaro, said this during the flagged off of the “ember” month sensitation campaign in Uyo on…
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Yuletide: Police ban use of fireworks in Enugu
The Police Command in Enugu State has reiterated its ban on use of fireworks, knockout and bangers this Yuletide. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Enugu. Amaraizu noted that the ban was due to their explosives…
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Benin residents experience miserable Christmas
Benin residents experienced a miserable 2018 Christmas as long queues surfaced at bank cash points known as the Automated Teller Machines (ATM) and Points of Sale (PoS) in Benin City, Edo capital, according to checks. Most of the machines had failed to dispense cash during the Yuletide with scores of residents returning home disappointed. Some…
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Yuletide: Excessive food, alcohol, long distance travel can cause heart attack – Expert
An Abuja based Cardiologist, Dr Ademola Aderinloye has cautioned Nigerians against eating and drinking excessively during the yuletide as this could lead to heart attack. Aderinloye gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. He noted that factors such as emotional stress, anger, anxiety and sadness…
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Yuletide: Prices of tomatoes, onions, rice soar
Prices of some food items have soared in some major markets in Umuahia, the capital of Abia two days to Christmas. A survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday at Ubani, Isi Gate and Orie Ugba markets showed the prices of tomatoes, onions, rice, ogbono, egusi and others have increased. At Ubani…
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Yuletide: Poultry farmers happy over high patronage
Some poultry farmers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Sunday expressed delight as they recorded high patronage ahead of the Christmas celebration. The farmers, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, said in spite of the economic hardship, the level of patronage was encouraging. Samuel Magaji, an old…
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Yuletide: Senate adjourns plenary till January 2019
The Nigerian Senate on Thursday adjourned plenary till January 16, 2019. The motion for adjournment was moved by the Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, after Thursday’s plenary. While moving the motion, Mr Lawan thanked opposition colleagues, staff of the National Assembly, journalists and others ‘who made 2018 successful’. The motion was seconded by FCT Senator, Philip…
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Yuletide: FG opens Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, to resume construction January
The Federal Government has opened the construction area at the Lagos-Sagamu end of the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway to commuters. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mr Adedamola Kuti, said on Tuesday morning that it was done to ease traffic during the festive period. “Contruction works will resume in January, ” he said. Details later…