Christians across Nigeria on September 24 2012, marked the 170th anniversary of Christianity in the country. Though according to available records, the religion is said to have been introduced and practiced in the then southern protectorate before 1842. DAYO EMMANUEL writes on the distribution of some early mainline churches into various regions of the country. Christianity came to the region …

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Ambode’s Wife Welcomes Babies Of The Year, Showers Gifts …advises mothers to use healthcare facilities   The wife of the governor of Lagos state, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode has  welcomed first babies of the year 2018 with various gift items and advised expectant mothers to justify government’s huge investment in maternal and infant health care, by staying away from quacks and …

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    Founder of Kudirat Initiatives For Democracy (KIND), Hafsat Abiola-Costelo has challenged Nigerian women to demand their political power and rights. Abiola-Costelo, daughter of the presumed winner of the June 12 1993 presidential election, the late Chief M.K.O. Abiola whose wife, Alhaja Kudirat Abiola was also assassinated in Lagos, gave the charge recently at an event organized by her …

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It is an open secret that very soon, the much lucrative oil and gas industry would soon cease to dominate the global economy. As a matter of fact, in some climes, the economy has been diversified from oil and gas. Israel and Singapore for instance have their economies fixed in other sectors other than oil and gas despite the huge …

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Nigerians have continued to agitate release of persons sentenced to death by military tribunals. After 18 years of uninterrupted democracy, it is sad that some Nigerians who were sentenced to death by military tribunals of the 1980s and 1990s still languish in prisons nationwide. Arthur Judah Angel is the Founder of Life Wire, an intervention organisation that sees to the …

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The Nigerian Police Force has dismissed ten of its officers and reprimanded 146 others for various misconducts, the Police Complaint Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU) has published. The PCRRU is an arm of the Nigerian Police responsible for complaints from the public. Marking its second anniversary recently, the unit released information relating to its several feats with robust data. According to …

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How Fuel Shortage, High Transport Fare Mar Christmas Across Lagos     Transport Fare Along Some Lagos Routes   Apapa to Ojuelegba =N200 against former N100 Iju-Elliot to Agege = N200 against former N50/100 Ikeja to Maryland = N200 against former N50 Ikorodu to Epe=N1,200 against former N600 Iju-Ishaga to CMS = N600 against former N350 Abule Egba to Ile …

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The Christmases I Remember By Betty Abah   I remember especially the rice, the stew-saturated and meat laced-rice that arrived our home shortly after dawn, as the special morning breaks into a toothless smile. They were borne on the bent heads of fellow kids or in the hands of beautiful maidens. We would suspend our work supervising the roasting goat. We …

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The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has restated his preparedness to revisit the school fees of the State Polytechnic (Kwarapoly), Ilorin. Governor Ahmed disclosed this in a statement on Thursday through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Dr Muyideen Akorede. It will be recalled that the Governor had on Tuesday while on a radio programme ‘Governor Explains’ …

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For Nurudeen Owodunni, traveling abroad was the surest way to a successful life. A former Law student at the University of Lagos, Owodunni had abandoned his studies in part three to seek greener pasture in Europe. While some Nigerian youths are still crazy about traveling to Europe through any means including the desert option, Owodunni has advised Nigerians to learn …

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