•Anglican Bishop Ifedola Gabriel The Diocesan Bishop of Anglican Communion Lagos, Ifedola Gabriel has told Nigerians to extend compassion and kindness to those around them in celebration of Christmas. In a press statement issued today, Gabriel described the season as a perfect opportunity to reach out to the less fortunate in order to share in...
•Plateau State governor, Caleb Mutfwang The Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang has offered free transportation services to the citizens within and outside the state, as the Christmas and New Year festivities approach. The state Commissioner for Transport, Davou Gyang disclosed this in a statement made available in Jos, the state capital, t...
•Christmas celebration in Nigeria The federal government has declared three days as public holidays to mark the Christmas and New Year celebrations. The days are Wednesday 25, Thursday, 26, December 2024, and Wednesday 1, January, 2025. The public holidays are to celebrate Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year respectively. The Minister of Interi...
•Foodstuffs market According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UDHR, Article 25(1), everyone has the right to standard of living adequate for their health and well-being, which includes access to food, clothing, and housing. Similarly, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, ICESCR, Article 11 emphasises...
•Terrorists Barely three days to Christmas and New Year celebrations, many Christians living in the northern part of the country have expressed fear of terror attacks in states plagued by violence and terrorism. It was gathered that the situation had dampened the festive spirit of some northerners, forcing many families to reconsider their pla...
•Scanty passengers at motor parks Yuletide is usually a period many Nigerians travel to their hometowns to celebrate with their loved ones. But with the high cost of transportation, including air tickets, many citizens who spoke with our correspondents said it would be difficult to travel this year. Our correspondents spoke with Nigerians acro...
•US dollar notes The Central Bank of Nigeria has granted temporary permission to Bureau de Change operators, to purchase up to $25,000 in foreign exchange weekly from the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, which was launched earlier this month. The arrangement will be in effect from December 19, 2024, to January 30, 2025, reports Channels TV. [...
Ahead of the Christmas and New Year festivities, costs of basic food items have skyrocketed, raising apprehension among Nigerians. This is as many civil servants, who spoke to our correspondents in different states of the country, said celebrations would be low-key, reports Daily Trust. Many of them also that said they were awaiting their Dece...
•NNPCL trucks lining up for petrol loading at the Dangote Refinery Dangote Petroleum Refinery says it has reduced the price of its petrol to N899.50K per litre to provide relief for Nigerians ahead of the Christmas and New Year holiday season. In a statement, the company’s spokesman Anthony Chiejina said the price reduction is designed [&helli...
•Incarcerated IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu The United Igbo Elders Council, UNIEC, Worldwide have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as Christmas and New Year gift to Ndigbo. UNIEC, also said that Mazi Kanu’s release, will be a monumental achievement for the Tinubu [&h...
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