The All Progressive Congress (APC) has charged Nigerians during this Easter sober celebration to pray for divine intervention and guidance for Nigerian leaders. Governor Mai Mala Buni, of Yobe state who is also the chairman of the Extraordinary Convention Planning committee (CECPC) solicited the prayer on behalf of the ruling party in Abuja yesterday. The statement was made known by the Buni’s Director General of Media and Press, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed who also said Buni solicited for Nigerians to demonstrate love, Unity, and Harmony as well as tolerance towards one another.

The Federal Government has declared Friday, April 2, 2021, and Monday 5th as public holidays, to mark the Easter celebrations this year. The above announcement made by the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, was contained in a statement signed by the Director (Press & Public Relations) of the Ministry of Interior, Mohammed Manga, and issued on March 30, 2021. In the statement, Aregbesola encouraged Christians to emulate the attributes of forbearance, forgiveness, kindness, humility, love, peace, and patience, which were demonstrated by Jesus Christ.

The Vatican has decreed that the Catholic Church will not bless gay marriages since God “cannot bless sin.” According to Associated Press (AP), the Vatican’s orthodoxy office broke the news in a statement on Monday.

The first batch of stranded Nigerians that cried out in a viral video to be evacuated from Saudi Arabia have now arrived the country. The returnees arrived aboard Saudi Arabia Airlines at about 1 pm at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission announced the return of the 384 Nigerians today. The returnees are part of the 802 stranded in Saudi that the Nigerian government had promised would be evacuated to Nigeria on Thursday and Friday. Announcing the return of the first batch, NIDCOM said out of the 384 returnees, 300 are males while 83 are females with one infant whose gender the Commission declined to reveal.

Following the reaction that greeted Bishop, Mathew Kukah of Sokoto diocese's statement concerning President Buhari administration, the clergy kicked that he was quoted out of context as he did not call for a military coup.

Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has called on the Nigerian security agencies to arrest Bishop Mathew Kukah for interrogation over his insightful coup comment against the government of President Buhari. Last Friday, Kukah, a bishop of Sokoto Catholic diocese accused President Buhari of nepotism and at the same time calling for a coup against the government.