Monday, December 8, 2025 - The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has said that despite its challenges, Nigeria will soon triumph.
She urged Nigerians not to enter the coming year with fear
but confidence.
Mrs. Tinubu spoke at the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
2025 with the theme: “Jesus, Our Strength” jointly organised by the Nigerian
Television Authority (NTA), the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN),
and the Voice of Nigeria (VON) at the National Christian Centre in Abuja.
The First Lady described this year’s theme as timely and
prophetic.
She noted that it was a declaration that Jesus is indeed the
strength of Nigeria.
Mrs. Tinubu said: “Your consistency strengthens
Nigeria’s faith, culture, creativity, and spiritual humility. May this
Christmas season of 2025 usher us into a year of renewed strength in 2026. May
our confidence in God’s plan for Nigeria be revived. God is in the storm with
us, and He has given us the power of Christ to overcome every individual and
collective challenge. The victory of our faith is the victory of our nation.
“May our homes be filled with joy, our communities with
peace, and our hands with strength that only Jesus gives. As the theme declares
— Jesus, Our Strength — may we never forget that the joy of the Lord is our
strength. Let us not enter the coming year with fear, but with confident
assurance that God crowns the year with goodness and leads us in glory. Nigeria
may be tested, but Nigeria will triumph.
“Tonight, we gather not merely to sing songs, though praise
is central to our worship, but to reflect deeply on the message behind the
melodies, the drumbeats, the dances, the cultural rhythms, and the
heavenly-sounding carols that connect us to the nativity.
“We have heard songs from across Nigeria: refreshing,
reviving, and truly representative of both the spirit of Christmas and the
essence of Abuja as a symbol of Nigerian unity. Nigeria was created by God, and
Nigerians were created to carry a generational legacy of His will through
seasons such as this.
“We are here to declare renewed hope — because even when a
tree is cut down, at the scent of water, it will bud again. As Reverend William
Okoye reminded us, Nigeria will rise again. Truly, we can do all things through
Christ who strengthens us. When we see the Red Sea before us, we must lift our
eyes to Jesus, who walks upon the waters and brings us through. We must embrace
the fear of God, and cast away the fear of circumstances. This season reminds
us of a holy night, but more importantly, of a holy legacy.”
Mrs. Tinubu, who was represented by the Mandate Secretary of
the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Women Affairs Secretariat, Adedayo
Benjamin-Laniyi, added: “The scripture declares in Psalm 65:11–13 that God
crowns the year with goodness; the pastures overflow, and the valleys shout for
joy. Nigeria, we will shout for joy. We will sing. And our fields will flourish
again. These words are not mere echoes — they are prophetic declarations
aligned with the heartbeat of Christmas.
“God crowns the year not by human hands, but by divine
covering. We have listened tonight to powerful presentations: the choir, the
children on saxophone, the instrumentalists, and the custodians of our cultural
and spiritual heritage. They stand on our shoulders, and we must ensure those
shoulders are firm. Like Israel, Nigeria has journeyed through seasons —
challenges, transitions, humbling moments. Yet here we stand, global yet
grounded, and embracing divine help once again. A new Nigeria is like a new Jerusalem
that will not pass away.
“Nigeria’s values will rise again. Our fields will flourish again.
Our unity will strengthen again. The question remains: Do we have room in our
hearts for the Savior? The birth of Jesus remains the world’s greatest
announcement: That light is stronger than darkness…”
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