The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has estimated that 25,685 babies would be born in Nigeria on New Year Day. UNICEF Nigeria’s Acting Representative, Pernille Ironside, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. He said that the figure placed the country’s babies as making […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party has urged Nigerians to step into 2019 with unwavering optimism, faith and hope of a new era of peace, national cohesion and economic prosperity. The party made the call in a new year message issued by the Director, Media and Publicity, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, on Monday in […]
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It was a year that was too slow in going away and one that began on a contentious note politically speaking. As the year 2018 runs full course today, it would be apt to state that former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s special press statement of January 23, 2018 effectively signposted the commencement of the pre-election year’s […]
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What can we ever give in return? For hitherto had the Lord helped us, And in gratitude our hearts do burn, Leaving us not in any peace thus! A time there was when we had no form Nor the Lord’s Glory could we discern, But the Lord to His Love did conform To see […]
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Who is able to stand before this Holy Lord Whose ways have always been so perfect, just and wise, And Who laid the foundation for all through His Word, And made for all mankind a home in Paradise? Who could compare himself to the Lord in His Might From Whose hands the universe takes […]
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When life seems so hard and sour You only need to hold on tight. Show your Lord a little faith, And when you think that all is lost, Brace up for a pleasant pack, For good comes when you least expect! Life is full of ups and downs: You can’t stay put but keep […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has rekindled hope of a greater and more prosperous Nigeria. In his New Year message to Nigerians at home and in the diaspora, he assured that the New Year would be significant for the country. Following is the full text of the President’s New Year message: “Dear compatriots, It is my utmost […]
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The United Nations has released a new report, which detailed the unimaginable horrors Nigerian migrants were being subjected from the moment they entered Libya and throughout their stay in that country. The report, released by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), […]
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The Federal Government will in due course immortalise the country’s first executive president, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who passed away Friday December 28, 2018, aged 93. This promise was made in Sokoto on Sunday by President Muhammadu Buhari, while paying a condolence visit to the Shagari family. In a letter to the Sokoto State governor, Alhaji […]
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PDP leaders accuse Presidency, APC of muddying up billionaire’s name, interest Corporate leaders, experts divided over private sector’s role in politics A quiet protest by Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, against his inclusion on the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidential Campaign Council was what pushed the presidency to quickly remove him, it has been learnt.Also, […]
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