{"id":62276,"date":"2025-03-07T09:38:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T09:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62276"},"modified":"2025-03-08T05:51:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T05:51:20","slug":"tinubu-calls-for-compassion-unity-as-lent-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/07\/tinubu-calls-for-compassion-unity-as-lent-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Calls for Compassion, Unity During Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extended warm wishes to Christians in Nigeria and worldwide as they begin the 40-day Lenten season, urging prayer, self-denial, and acts of kindness.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Thursday, Tinubu described Lent\u2014which begins on Ash Wednesday\u2014as a time for reflection and spiritual renewal.<\/p>\n<p>He called on Nigerians to demonstrate Christ\u2019s love by showing compassion to the needy, comforting the grieving, and uplifting the marginalized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s Lent coincides with Ramadan, a sacred period for Muslims that also emphasizes devotion, sacrifice, and kindness. This overlap reflects the unity in diversity that defines our nation,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>As Nigerians observe Lent, the President prayed for divine healing, prosperity, and peace, urging citizens to embrace selflessness and service in their daily lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extended warm wishes to Christians in Nigeria and worldwide as they begin the 40-day Lenten season, urging prayer, self-denial, and acts of kindness. In a statement on Thursday, Tinubu described Lent\u2014which begins on Ash Wednesday\u2014as a time for reflection and spiritual renewal. He called on Nigerians to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-62276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62276"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62313,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62276\/revisions\/62313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}