The Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Abdulkarim Lawan has faulted the claim made by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed and Gen Gabriel Olonisakin, the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), that all the 27 Local Government Areas in the state have been liberated from the stronghold of Boko Haram. Lawan who faulted the claim on Monday while speaking at a Concerned Stakeholders’ meeting in Maiduguri, said that terrorists were in full control of the Guzamala Local Government Area of the state. The lawmaker further stressed that the entire Guzamala Local Government area where…
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The Presidency has expressed worries over the reluctance of Nigerians to comply with the Executive Order that makes mask-wearing and observation of social distancing in the public mandatory. A statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), on Sunday, explained that President Muhammadu Buhari introduced the order with the best of intentions and not with any motive to punish citizens. It, therefore, appealed to Nigerians to give their maximum cooperation for the success of the policy as it is the only way to avoid further lockdowns. The Presidency also appealed to State Governments, traditional…
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that the demand for oxygen by coronavirus patients has increased to 400 cylinders per day. Sanwo-Olu made this known on Sunday in a statement in which he updated residents on the management of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. He reiterated that oxygen was free in all Lagos State-owned COVID-19 treatment centres. “Considering that oxygen demand has spiked to between 300 and 400 cylinders per day across state-owned treatment facilities, the government is working hard to ensure availability. “To this end, a second oxygen plant is under construction at the Gbagada General Hospital and…
President Muhammadu Buhari has come under criticisms for violating the COVID-19 law. DAILY POST first reported sighting the Nigerian leader without his mask in Daura, Katsina State, on Saturday. Buhari is in his hometown to revalidate his membership of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Governors, government officials, several party loyalists and supporters accompanied him. The President had a mask on but removed it at some point. On Sunday, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) expressed dismay about Buhari’s flouting of the regulation which provides 6-months jail term for defaulters. The PDP called it a huge national embarrassment and gross failure of…
Members of the Diocese of Ajayi Crowther Iseyin of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion on the Wednesday 20 January 2021 rolled out the drums in excitement to welcome their New Primate of all Nigeria The Most Rev’d Henry Ndukuba and his wife Angela for the Rededication of their multi-million naira Cathedral Church of St Paul situated at Oke-Igbagbo, Iseyin in Oyo State. For the Archbishop Metropolitan and Primate of all Nigeria it was a mission fulfilled as he on that day used a stone to kill two birds. Earlier that morning Archbishop Ndukuba, his wife and entourage took off…
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We thank the Lord for His protection and preservation; For thus so far He has led us. Truly, His mercies upon us is so overwhelming. In view of the rising cases of the second wave of COVID-19, we wish to direct our worshippers to wear FACE MASK to Church. Clergy and Church Workers should ensure to enforce World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines during worship. However, we should not resort to fear, for God is on our side. May God in all things be glorified; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The…
A STATEMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE BISHOP OF THE ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF THE WEST- (January 29, 2021) We as Christians are committed to praying for our leaders as instructed by scripture. We specifically pray for President Biden and his administration as they tackle both national and international challenges in the days ahead. At the same time, we have an obligation to speak out against injustice and policies that run counter to scriptural imperatives regarding justice, dignity, and the value of human life. Therefore, we cannot support the administration’s initiatives on abortion that kill and demean human life domestically and…
As I punch the keyboard to write this, it still feels like a dream. A very bad dream. As I struggle to stitch the words, I fight back tears. It is as if a big screen unfolds before me and his images seem to be reeling right before my very eyes. Am I dreaming? I could hear myself whispering. But even in my great sadness and sorrow over the unimaginable loss, I manage a wry smile. That is when I realise how difficult it is to write a tribute of someone you see or talk with so often, someone whose…
The Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), the Most Rev. Henry Chukwudum Ndukuba has urged the church’s senior clergy in training to live up to the expectations and standard of the Anglican clergymen. Addressing the clergymen who were undergoing a two weeks Advanced Management Course, themed Anglican Pastoral Ministry in the 21st Century at the Ibru Centre Agbarha-otor, via zoom, the Primate charged the clergymen to make good use of the course opportunity to develop themselves to the ideal Anglican clergymen they should be. Quoting 2Timothy 2:15: “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who…
The counting down to Easter, in the Church’s calendar, starts today which is known as Septuagesima Sunday. Septuagesima literally means “seventieth” and is used to refer to seventieth day before Easter. This is not actually exact as Easter is only sixty three days from today. But Septuagesima alerts us of the approach of Easter, to which it also leads us, through Lent. Septuagesima is the first of the three pre-Lenten Sundays with which transition is made from the Epiphany to Lent, and then, Easter. The other pre-Lenten Sundays are Sexagesima and Quinquagesima while the Lent itself is known as Quadragesima,…