•Adegbite The Executive Secretary Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Bishop Stephen Adegbite, has said that the Commission will commence this year’s Easter pilgrimage exercise in June. He recently disclosed this in Abuja during a zoom meeting with the Conference of States, comprising the Chairmen and Secretaries of the States Christ...
More than 30 advertising materials meant to celebrate this year’s Easter were disapproved for non-compliance to the nation’s advertising code, the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) has said. Making the disclosure at the Advertising Standards Panel (ASP) stakeholders’ forum, held in Lagos, the Director-General of ARCON, Dr Lekan...
•FRSC on patrol The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has disclosed that it recorded 135 road crashes that killed 61 people in its special patrol operations during the Easter and Sallah celebrations. FRSC Corps Marshall Dauda Ali Biu, while briefing journalists yesterday in Abuja, noted that the numbers fell short of what was recorded in [&hell...
•Vexatious Easter messages The recent trend of business brands displaying disregard for the values and religious inclinations of their customers is becoming increasingly deplorable. 1.Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Sunday shared an Easter message in a flier via its X account, reports The Nati...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has apologised to Christians over its Easter message which has stirred controversy among adherents of the faith. In its Easter message to Christians in Nigeria, the FIRS had shared a flier showing a Point of Sale (PoS) machine with the caption, “Jesus paid your debt, not your taxes”. The […]
•Gunmen Some armed men, on Saturday, attacked and looted a luxury bus at Oke Ado Junction, Ijebu-Mushin, along the Ijebu-Ode-Benin Expressway. The passengers were said to be on their way to the southeast for Easter celebrations when the incident happened, reports The Nation. The hoodlums, after successfully robbing the passengers, decided to s...
A former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, Atiku Abubakar; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen; governors, and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), have joined other leaders to call for love, unity and hope as the country celebrates Easter today. In ...
•Okada bridge Thousands of travelers embarking on Easter celebrations in the eastern region of Nigeria have found themselves stranded at the Okada Bridge in Soko Camp, Edo State, due to a significant crater obstructing the bridge’s passage. The crater, spanning nearly half of the narrow bridge, has forced motorists into a single lane, exacerba...
The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 2 Command, AIG Olatoye A. Durosinmi, says he has directed the Commissioners of Police in charge of Lagos and Ogun states to beef up security around worship centres, shopping malls and key public installations during and after the Easter celebration. The AIG said criminals might [&hell...