'People doing last minute shopping for Christmas yesterday in Lagos.' It’s Christmas again, but how many Nigerians know it as a fact in the true sense? How many people are really getting that special feeling which traditionally comes with the yuletide? How many are really sharing in the joy and goodwill the season has brought to the world? A cursory assessment of the local situation reveals that this year’s Christmas does not appear to be the best in recent times for the average Nigerian. Sola Ogundipe encounters persons who don’t know it’s Christmas and those who know but don’t give a care. MORE @ VANGUARD
There will be no Christmas and New Year holidays and celebration for some key members of the federal cabinet over the persistent fuel scarcity and epileptic power supply across the country. Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan who gave the directive in Abuja yesterday said the affected ministers should remain at their duty posts throughout the festivities until normalcy returns in the supply of fuel and power stabilizes a bit... Those affected are the Minister of Petroleum, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, Minister of State, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia, the Minister of Power, Dr. Lanre Babalola and the Minister of State, Mr. Nuhu Wya. MORE @ SUN NEWS ONLINE
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