Chief Gani Adams, the national coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), has described as wrong the impression in certain quarters that the socio-cultural group is diabolical.In a statement on Sunday, Adams said: "People erroneously have the impression that OPC is diabolical. But it might interest you all to know that we have people of varying religions in OPC and as a leader, I encourage everyone to practice their religion."In OPC, we believe in using Yoruba culture for our activities. We pray in Islam, Christianity and traditional using Yoruba language."So, I will love if we can accommodate more of Yoruba songs in subsequent editions of this event."We are also hoping to have a similar event for aMuslim festival just as we have for various traditional festivals that we participate across Yoruba land."
The United Nations and the Federal Government along with development partners have launched the 2021 Humanitarian Response Plan for the insurgency-ravaged northeastern part of Nigeria. The Humanitarian Response Plan represents a collective vision for humanitarian action in 2021, and requests US$1 billion to enable partners provide critical services to the 6.4 million most vulnerable people – from a pool of 8.7 million people in need of some form of humanitarian assistance in 2021 in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. According to the UN, a combination of escalating conflict, displacement, and disruption to and loss of livelihoods due to COVID-19 restrictions, could lead to hunger for millions of Nigerians living in the north-east. The plan, therefore, is based on assessed needs and the realistic capacity of the United Nations and non-governmental organization partners to implement required actions. Speaking at the event, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster M...

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