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Pastor Yohanna Buru, the General Overseer of Christ Evangelical and Life Intercessory Ministry, Sabon Tasha, Kaduna, on Wednesday expressed delight at the large turnout of Muslims to celebrate Christmas with Christians in Kaduna. Buru said: “I am so delighted that a large number Muslims that came to celebrate this year’s Christmas morning service with us. “This will boost interfaith activities, promote religious tolerance and better understanding among different faith based organizations in the state and the northern region,” Buru said in an interview with reporters. Buru expressed gratitude to what he described as “astonishing turn out of Muslim youth including…

Boko Haram jihadists have killed seven people and abducted a teenage girl on Christmas Eve in a raid on a Christian village near Chibok in Borno state, local militia and residents told AFP Wednesday. Dozens of fighters driving trucks and motorcycles stormed into Kwarangulum late Tuesday, shooting fleeing residents and burning homes after looting food supplies. Boko Haram and its IS-affiliated Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) faction have recently stepped up attacks on military and civilian targets. “They killed seven people and abducted a teenage girl in the attack,” local vigilante David Bitrus said. “They took away food stuff…

Chelsea are plotting a January move for RB Leipzig and Germany striker Timo Werner, 23. (Express) France midfielder Paul Pogba, 26, wants to leave Manchester United and rejoin former side Juventus. (Calciomercato – in Italian) Barcelona will try to re-sign Paris St-Germain and Brazil forward Neymar, 27, in the summer window. (Goal) Croatia striker Mario Mandzukic, 33, has ended speculation over his future by completing a move to Qatari outfit Al-Duhail despite interest from Manchester United. (Mail) Manchester United are willing to offer 19-year-old Norwegian striker Erling Haaland a £200,00-a-week contract to join them from Red Bull Salzburg. (Sun) Leicester and England midfielder James Maddison, 23, will be the subject of an £80m approach from Manchester United in the summer. (Daily Star) Monaco have joined AC Milan and Manchester…

President Muhammadu Buhari has described Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State as “a skilled politician, a party builder and a man who works for the success of our party”. Buhari’s congratulatory message was conveyed through a statement by Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Wednesday. While felicitating with Ganduje on his 70th anniversary, Buhari said: “The Kano State Governor is one of most patient and calculable politicians I have ever met in my life. Employees sue Leadership newspaper, demand N10bn “Ganduje is also a committed party man who has worked tirelessly for…

Six employees of the Leadership Group Limited have sued their employers, demanding N10 billion for defamation following publications describing them as thieves. The company had at different dates this month published the names of Olusunle John, Hannatu Dickson, Gloria Raphael, Onyinyechi Ogbonna, Yusuf Adebayo and Gloria Okwum declaring them wanted. The publication read: “The under-listed individuals have stolen money belonging to LEADERSHIP. Anyone with information about their whereabouts should report to the nearest police station. “LEADERSHIP has been a victim of massive theft both within and outside the organisation and investigations are still going on. “More names and photographs of…

Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Governor of Edo, has rejected Christmas gifts from Edo State Government. Mr Crusoe Osage, the Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and Communications, disclosed this in a statement in Benin on Wednesday. Osagie said the conventional Christmas presents reserved for former governors of the state that were sent to Oshiomhole were turned back. He said that messengers from the state government were dispatched to deliver the gifts on Christmas eve. “The messengers said they met the mother of the former governor who rejected the items, stating…

An angry mob in the early hours of Wednesday lynched a suspected rapist to death for robbing and raping a girl in Calabar Municipality LGA of Cross River State. The incident which occurred along Ekong Etta Street by Okoro Agbor in the early hours of Wednesday when an angry mob pursued a suspected thief who raped his victim after robbing her. An eyewitnesses who pleaded anonymity told Vanguard that he suspected thief was trailed by the angry mob who later beat him and dumped in a waste bin, closed to Apostolic church where he later gave up his ghost. FRSC…

The Kaduna Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has secured conviction of 50 motorists for various traffic offences through a mobile court. The Sector Commander, Mr Hafiz Mohammed disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Wednesday. Mohamed explained that the motorists were convicted on Dec. 23 along Kaduna -Abuja expressway, under the provisions of the National Road Traffic Regulation and the Federal Road Safety Act. He said that a total of 57 drivers were arraigned, of which 50 were convicted. Imbibe virtues of Christ, APC tells Nigerians “Of the…

The O. B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation’s Christmas Party for children, which holds annually in Abonnema community in Rivers State will not hold this year. The Christmas Party was called off Tuesday on account of the blockade imposed on the foundation by the Oruwari Briggs Council of Chiefs from accessing the venue of the Party in Abonnema. Staff and volunteers of the Foundation who were in Abonnema early Tuesday to set up for the Party billed for Christmas Day were reportedly accosted by men numbering about 20 who prevented them from doing so. According to eye witness accounts captured on video, the…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has enjoined Christians and all Nigerians to imbibe the lessons of the birth of Jesus Christ to rededicate themselves for the greatness of the country. A statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, in Abuja, APC described as momentous, special and significant, the birthday of Christ. “While we celebrate with our family and loved ones, all Nigerians must fully appreciate the need to redouble our efforts in the quest to ensure the peace, progress, stability and economic prosperity of our great country. Buhari wishes Nigerians Merry Christmas “Achieving these noble objectives would…