Tag: YULETIDE

Christmas: Airfares may hit N200, 000 as commercial airlines record full load factor

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Travel agents are predicting that some airlines may start selling tickets for as much as N200, 000 for Christmas as most airlines are already seeing full load factor on some routes. The cost of maintenance and spares, which has risen as a result of foreign exchange rates, is also forcing airlines to ground their aircraft. With fewer aircraft, airlines are increasing fares daily, as more tickets are being sold out; this is impacting ticket availability for Christmas. According to reports, tickets on Air Peace and United Nigeria for some Christmas…

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New Year: FG to deploy multi-faceted solutions to insecurity – Buhari assures

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…Insists considerable economic progress made in 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that his administration will, in this New Year, be deploying multi-faceted solutions that will be targeted at addressing human security at the grassroots, before it leads to insecurity. President Buhari, who stated this on Thursday, in his New Year message to Nigerians, said the citizens remain grateful to the Almighty God for yet another year attained as a country “united by a common destiny and resolute in our determination to overcome the several challenges along the path to…

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“2021, A great year for us, but 2022’ll be spectacular”, Says Osinbajo Supporters

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With the increasing support from citizens in all parts of the federation, 2021 has been a great year, but 2022 will be a more spectacular year for those mobilising towards actualising an Osinbajo Presidency in 2023, ‘The Progressive Project’ (TPP) has said. TPP, the umbrella organisation of various groups, including the Progressive Consolidation Group, (PCG), which has been moving quietly across various States, now has much cause for optimism about 2022”, TPP’s Director of Operations, Alhaji Usman A. Usman, asserted. In a statement issued from TPP’s newly-opened operations headquarters in…

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New Year: FCTA shuts nightclubs, restricts church gatherings

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…Re-introduces ‘Park and-Pay’ policy in Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration, (FCTA), has directed that all religious and social gatherings be limited to 50 percent of the hall capacity during the New Year festivities. The Senior Special Assistant to FCT Minister on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement, Attah Ikharo, who handed the directive, said the surge in new cases of Covid-19 was alarming, and that the FCT administration would not fold it’s arms and watch things get out of control. He said the ban on nightclubs and other social gatherings where…

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Christmas Message: ‘Nation still in search of truth’ – Bishop Kukah

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…Asks Buhari to speak on challenges, says North is fast becoming ‘Arewanistan’ The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has slammed President Buhari’s government for being “totally oblivious to the cherished values of the sacredness of life”. In his Christmas message today titled: ‘A nation still in search of truth & Vindication‘, Bishop Kukah renewed concern about the killings and kidnappings, the moral scar of which brings shame “on our face and cannot be wished away”. According to the Bishop, “At about this time last year…

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Yuletide: “We are in a season of doom, despair, horrors – ACF cries out

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As Christians all over the world marked Christmas day yesterday, the Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has lamented that the past 12 months have been a season of doom and despair due to security challenges in the country. This was contained in a Christmas message to Nigerians signed by the Chairman of ACF, Chief Audu Ogbeh. According to him, “In the past twelve months, many Nigerians have experienced deep pains and trauma. We offer words of sympathy and condolence to them first and foremost. “This has indeed been a year of…

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Christmas message: “Insecurity will soon become history”, Buhari assures

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President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that the present insecurity bedevilling Nigeria will soon become history. In a Christmas message issued yesterday, President Buhari said although ‘remarkable successes’ have been made in the Federal Government’s effort in its fight against insecurity, some challenges still persist. The President added that there is a need for the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS), to fight insecurity together. According to him, “On the issue of security, despite the remarkable successes generally recorded, we still have some challenges. Our courageous security forces, bolstered by…

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Yuletide: Ramalan urges Nigerians to pray for security peace, unity

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The Executive Chairman of ATAR Communications Nigeria Ltd and Founder, Owner of Liberty TV and FM Radio stations Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, has felicitated with Christians and all Nigerians as they celebrate the Christmas and New Year festivities. Dr. Ramalan, who owns four Radio FM stations and online newspapers, Voice of Liberty and Muryar Yanci, particularly urged Christians in particular, and Nigerians in general, to use the period to rededicate themselves to God as well as pray and work for peace and unity of the country. The ATAR Communications…

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Yuletide: FG declares 1-week free train rides nationwide

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The Federal Government, yesterday, declared free train services across the country to be enjoyed by Nigerians between December, 24 and January 4, 2022. Spokesman of the Nigeria Railway Corporation, (NRC), Mahmood Yakub, who disclosed this in an issued statement, said the free service covers all the standard-gauge and narrow-gauge services of the NRC across its network. These include the Abuja-Kaduna train service, Lagos-Ibadan train service, Warri-Itakpe, Kano-Lagos; Minna-Kaduna and Aba-Port Harcourt. The NRC Managing Director, Engr. Fidet Okhiria, who also spoke on the development, said, ”The decision which was made…

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Christmas message: “Use your powers to bring relief, joy to Nigerians” — CAN tells leaders

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…“Our hearts heavy with suffering”, Catholic Archbishop lament The Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), yesterday, asked Nigerian leaders to use their powers to bring relief and joy to Nigerians this Christmas. The association’s president, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, in a statement, urged those in place of authority to lessen the pains of Nigerians by paying more attention to their well-being in the prompt payment of workers’ salaries and pensions to the pensioners. He added that all things should be done to reduce the high cost of commodities in the market and…

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