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Ado Ekiti – Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti has given approval for the immediate promotion of 15,772 public servants in the spirit of Christmas. A statement issued in Ado Ekiti on Sunday and signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Idowu Adelusi, said the promotion cuts across workers in the local governments, teaching service and the core civil servants. The statement said that the beneficiaries consisted mainly of those whose promotions were due since 2012, 2013 and 2014. It said the governor had consequently ordered that letters of promotion be given the affected workers without further delay. Fayose The statement, however, clarified that the promotion status still remained nominal, as the cash backing for the exercise would be effective only from March 2017. It announced that all categories of workers in the state had been paid two months salaries in December, while Christmas bonus would be paid immediately after the Christmas holiday. The statement quoted the governor...

Queen Elizabeth II hailed inspirational unsung heroes in her Christmas Day broadcast to the Commonwealth on Sunday, as a heavy cold forced her to miss the royals’ visit to church. The 90-year-old monarch put the focus on “ordinary people doing extraordinary things”, in her annual message. The head of the Commonwealth urged people to achieve “small things with great love” in the speech, which is an integral part of Christmas Day traditions in Britain, and for millions around the world. The royal family spends Christmas together at Queen Elizabeth’s Sandringham private estate in Norfolk, eastern England. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II AFP PHOTO But the sovereign could not join them on their traditional walk to church as she was still battling a heavy cold that forced her to delay her journey from London to Sandringham by 24 hours until Thursday. Queen Elizabeth stayed indoors but was well enough to join in the family festivities at home afterwards, ...

- A MMM member, forgot her daughter inside popular Tricycle, Keke Napep - She claimed she was lost in thought over the freezing of funds she put into MMM - The popular Ponzi scheme has thrown a lot of people into confusion MMM participant forgets 3-year-old daughter inside Keke The freezing of funds in the popular Ponzi scheme MMM, seems to have affected a lot of Nigerians adversely. Especially as many were looking forward to using the money made to enjoy the festivities of Christmas. A middle aged woman was so lost in thought over the MMM scheme, that she reportedly forgot her daughter inside the Keke that brought her to the market at Osadebe way in Asaba. READ ALSO :  8 things to know about NNN the latest trending Ponzi scheme in Nigeria According to Leadership, Mrs Besie Njoagwani, a caterer, had chartered one of the popular tricycles to take her and her daughter to the market, then she returned home, leaving her child in the tricycle. Upon getting to...

A Russian military transport plane which went off the radar en route to Syria has crashed into the Black Sea. Rescue helicopters have discovered the Tu-154 carrying members of the famous Alexandrov Ensemble army choir. Ongoing investigations confirmed that 92 people were on board the Tupolev transport plane which included included 84 passengers and eight crew members. Cause of the tragic incident has not been ascertained but reports say it went missing over the Black Sea shortly after refueling at an airport near Sochi.  Follow Flightradar24   ✔ @flightradar24 At this point, it appears we did not receive data from the Russian Tu-154 that crashed after departure from Sochi. 1:24 AM - 25 Dec 2016     223 223 Retweets     137 137 likes The famous musical band was travelling to the Russian military base Khmeimim near Latakia, Syria, to take part in Christmas celebration with the tr...

Precious Chikwendu Fani-Kayode, 27, is a beaut queen who won the Miss United Nations Pageants in 2004.She is current wife of Nigeria’s former minister of aviation and politician Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK) and they both have a son, Aragorn. Precious Fani-Kayode with Femi Fani-Kayode and their son, Aragorn During the pageant, Precious slugged it out with numerous contestants across the globe and was crowned the winner of the most respected beauty competition in the world in Kingston, Jamaica. READ ALSO:  Fani-Kayode gives SHOCKING reason Kaduna massacre will not stop After the 2014 UN show, she obtained a franchise to conduct a Nigerian version of the United Nations pageantry, Miss United Nations Nigeria Pageant (MUNNP). Precious is also a Nollywood actress and founder of Snowhite Foundation – an organization which focuses on less privileged families with children between ages 0-5. In her exclusive interview with  NAIJ.com , she opened on her husband, marriage and more...

The management of Gisttalks will love to wish every  of its viewers  a Merry Xmas and a happy new year's in advance we would also use this medium to tell our Readers, viewers and well-wishers to share their yuletide pics also  let's make this Xmas one to remember