Homepage News from Thursday, December 25th, 2025

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has inspected the scene of the devastating fire that engulfed the 25-storey Great Nigeria Insurance House on Martins Street, Lagos Island, on Christmas Eve.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged Nigerians to embrace religious tolerance, peaceful coexistence and national unity as he marked Christmas Day with a goodwill message to Christians at home and abroad.

Pope Leo XIV delivered a powerful and compassionate Christmas message this week, framing the birth of Jesus as a call to mercy, inclusion, and social justice for Catholics and people of goodwill around the world.

Nigeria’s main opposition party, the People's Democratic Party (PDP), has condemned the Christmas Eve explosion at a mosque in Gamboru Market, Maiduguri, describing the incident as “one too many” and a stark reminder of the country’s worsening security situation.