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Oba Olufemi Ogunleye, the Towulade of Akinale in Ogun, on Thursday urged Nigerians to explore culture as a means of achieving national unity in 2020. Ogunleye made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. According to him, the nation’s unity should be germane in everyone’s heart in 2020 and culture is a veritable tool that can be used to effect unity amongst different tribes considering the nation’s cultural diversity. ”Every Nigerian should be committed to promoting culture in 2020 with special interest in grooming indigenous languages, local dressing, arts, crafts, local cuisine and…

Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has condoled with Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi over the death of his elder sister, Hajia Rabiat Bello. Lalong in a condolence message by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Simon Macham, described the death of Hajia Rabiat as a great loss to the Bello family and the entire people of Kogi. He said that the deceased would be greatly missed considering how she touched many lives through her personal efforts. He encouraged Gov. Bello, in particular, to accept the death of his beloved sister as the will of God. The governor urged…

Dr Nnaemeka Ewelukwa has assumed office as the Acting Managing Director/CEO of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) following the step down of Dr Marilyn Amobi. This was made known in a statement issued by Ms Aisha Waziri from the Corporate Services Department of NBET in Abuja on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman, on Tuesday directed Amobi to step down over myriads of complaints. The sale also raised a five-man committee to investigate those complaints about Amobi. Waziri said that Ewelukwa, a General Manager, and the pioneer General…

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the media, particularly the advertising industry, in felicitating with foremost advertising practitioner and Chairman of Troyka Holdings, Biodun Sobanjo, on his 75th birthday. The president congratulated the marketing communications consultant for many years of lofty achievements, recognitions, and awards, following his investments in an integral part of the economy that had created jobs. In a congratulatory message by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, the president noted that Sobanjo had equipped many with skills for start-ups and attracted the global spotlight. He felicitated with friends, family members and professional associates of…

Nigerians have been confident that their optimism on the emergence of a better Nigeria isn’t always in any manner misplaced. This was contained in a Christmas message from the Association of Online Media Practitioners of Nigeria, AMPON. In the assertion, signed on behalf of its Chairman, Wole Arisekola by the Acting Secretary, Olugbenga Bada, the Association urged the Federal Government to mirror at the Christmas season and provide Nigerians with the kind of selfless leadership that Christ exemplified. “What Nigerians need from the government in any respect stages is selfless leadership as exemplified by Jesus Christ, who loved his friends…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Christmas Day signed two Executive Orders, with one setting free six inmates at different prisons. Sanwo-Olu’s Media Aide, Gboyega Akosile, said in a statement that the governor also commuted death sentences of three convicted inmates to life imprisonment. The two Orders – Executive Commutation of Death Sentence Order an Executive Grant of Clemency Order – signed by the governor were both expected to take immediate effect. Speaking on the two orders at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, Lagos, Sanwo-Olu said Nigerians should return to God with hearts of gratitude for His protection over…

Dr Daniel Olukoya, General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), says the church does not celebrate Christmas because it is unbiblical. Olukoya made this known during the Wednesday Manner Water Service which coincided with the 2019 Christmas celebration at the Church’s Headquarters in Lagos. He said that no book in the bible recorded the word ‘ Christmas’ or that Jesus was born on Dec. 25. “If you really study the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, there is no word like Christmas. “The Bible only recorded that the Shepherds were taking care of their flocks during a very cold…

A 58-year-old woman, Mrs Dorcas Osiebo, who stopped menstruating in 2006 without a trace of pregnancy, has been delivered of a baby boy. Dorcas, who delivered the baby on Dec. 13, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja that she was confused and excited when her Pastor’s wife, a nurse confirmed her pregnancy. “She (nurse) looked at my face and said, ‘Mummy, to God be the glory, you are pregnant. I was very surprised”. NAN reports that Dorcas got married to Mr Christopher Osiebo, 64, and have been hoping of having child in their 35-year-old union.…

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Abuja declared 2019 as a very successful year for the nation, thanking Nigerians for believing in him and supporting his administration to take Nigeria to the Next Level. ‘‘We thank God. It has been a very successful year, relative to the composition of this country, both politically and ethnically,’’ the President told residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) led by the Minister, Mohammed Bello, during the traditional Christmas Day homage. The President told the delegation, comprising religious, traditional and political leaders as well top civil servants and members of the press: ‘‘You are our eyes…

The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has tasked officers and personnel to be committed and maintain combat-readiness to end insurgency and restore peace in the Northeast. Abubakar made the call on Wednesday at a feast organized to mark the Christmas celebration at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), 105 Composite Command, Maiduguri. Abubakar, represented by AVM I.O Amao, the Director of Training and Operations, said the event was organized to appreciate the personnel over their gallantry and selfless contributions to the successful implementation of the counter-insurgency campaign. He noted that such celebration with troops at the frontline…