Yuletide: FG declares December 25, 28; January 1 public holidays
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By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja
The Federal Government has declared Friday 25 and Monday 28 December 2020 as well as Friday, January 1, 2021 as public holidays to mark the Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year Celebrations respectively.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib M.L Belgore who disclosed this in a statement issued Wednesday in Abuja added that the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government.
The minister felicitated with Christians and all Nigerians both at home and abroad on this year’s Christmas and New Year Celebrations.
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hit just hours from now. we ll have a live report. and later, an incredible story about a girl who survived the horrors of war to become an icon of hope. new york times columnist nick kristof explains. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. a lot to tell you about this morning. but first we start with the arrest of those two american men in japan. police picked them up after the body of an irish exchange student was found in one of their hotel rooms. i m joined on the telephone from tokyo. what can you tell us about this woman? we re looking at a picture of her. she is the victim in this case. tell us how she died. reporter: well, we know her name is nicola furlong. she was studying in japan and she had just recently celebrated her 21st birthday. what tokyo police are telling us is she died by something called suffocation by cervical compression, and that does sound like it s strangulation. kyoto news agency is reporting that she and a friend went to a nicki minaj to