FOCY Talk

Former Military President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, on Saturday evening, set politics aside to shower encomium on President Muhammadu Buhari, on the occasion of his 76th birthday. Babangida described President Buhari as a role model in a birthday congratulatory message, which he sent to the celebrant. President Buhari will be 76 years old Monday, December 17, 2018. In the congratulatory message which he personally signed, Babangida described President Buhari as “an excellent role model to many young aspiring Politicians, and even to the not so young, because of the way and manner you have managed to sustain the survival of our country as an indivisible one nation, albeit in the face of many daunting diversions.

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; former head of state, Yakubu Gowon; and pastor Enoch Adeboye, general overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, were among hundreds of worshipers at the 2018 presidential Christmas carol held on Thursday. In a special intercession prayer, Seyi Malomo, chaplain, State House Chapel, prayed for Nigeria and its leaders especially, President Muhammadu Buhari, who will mark his birthday on Sunday, December 16. Various choir groups, among them Aguda House Choir, Aso Villa Chapel Choir, Aso Villa Chapel Children Choir, Plateau Unity Choir and Praise Chorale, Lagos and the School for the Blind, which got standing ovation thrilled the house.