The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, 9 and Wednesday! April 10, 2024 as public holidays to mark Eid-el-Fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government. He congratulated all Muslim Ummah Read more…
Pope Francis on Saturday upheld the inspiration and commitment of the St. Angela Merici Foundation which is based in Sicily, expressing gratitude for its daily effort to serve the most vulnerable people. He recalled how the foundation’s journey began decades Read more…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned the Easter advert placed in the media and circulated by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Easter Day and demanded that the Service tenders an apology. The daid advert had as Read more…
Five years after a near similar incident led to the killing of about 11 boys brigade and girls guide squad members, another similar skirmish was timely averted by the Gombe Police Command on Easter eve as youths in a mosque Read more…
As Christians celebrate Easter, governors, senators, and other prominent individuals have urged Nigerians not to lose hope in the face of the economic challenges in the country. In their various Easter messages on Sunday, they expressed confidence that economic reforms Read more…
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah has said the recruitment of vigilantes, hunters and others to fight banditry and terrorism has a high tendency of weakening the Nigerian Army’s professionalism and ethics. Kukah said this in his Easter Read more…
At the Vigil Mass in the Holy Night of Easter in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis invites us to “look up” to Jesus, the God of life, and reminds us that by welcoming Him no failure will doom us to Read more…
Pope Francis presided over the liturgy of the Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ in St. Peter’s Basilica on Good Friday afternoon. Good Friday is the only day of the year on which Holy Mass is not celebrated. The Read more…
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said that in reflecting on the lessons of Palm Sunday for contemporary Nigerian society, political leaders should emulate the virtue of unity exemplified by Jesus Christ. President of CAN, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, in his Read more…
Shyngle Wigwe, the father of deceased Access Bank CEO Herbert Wigwe, has explained why well-wishers and loved ones of the ex-bank boss shouldn’t cry over his death. Mr. Wigwe said this while receiving leaders of the Ohaneze Ndi’Igbo, emphasizing that Read more…
Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, demonstrated his humane nature when he paid a get-well visit to the Bishop of Bauchi Catholic Diocese, Most Rev. Dr Hilary Nanman Dechelem. The bishop is currently recuperating from an undisclosed ailment at Read more…
President Bola Tinubu met with the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and his deputy, Barau Jibrin, moments after the Senate suspended Bauchi State Senator Abdul Ningi over false claims regarding the 2024 Appropriation Act. The meeting took place behind Read more…