By Taiye Olayemi The Nigerian Copyright Commission on Monday in Lagos held a book reading challenge in honour of Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, ahead of the World Book and Copyright Day, celebrated annually on April 23. The programme, tagged, “Wole Soyinka Reading Challenge”, had 90 students from five schools readContinue Reading
By Flowerbud News The China General Chamber of Commerce in Nigeria has reacted to a viral video alleging that a Chinese supermarket within the premises of the Royal Choice Estate, Airport Road, Abuja, denied access to Nigerians seeking to purchase groceries. Recall that a viral video posted byContinue Reading
By Biola Lawal Abuja (Flowerbudnews) President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s CNG Initiative launched in October last year to deliver cheaper, safer and more climate friendly energy, is not set for rollout. Presidential Adviser on Information a ND d be Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga noted in a statement that Tinubu’sContinue Reading
Criticisms against the alleged persecutory manner with which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) is treating ex – Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello, heightened on Sunday with chieftains of the All Progressives Congress calling on all sitting Governors, former governors and politically exposed persons to stand againstContinue Reading
Nigeria, with the support of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), is organizing a high-level African counter-terrorism summit under the theme, ‘Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Institution Building to Address the Evolving Threat of Terrorism’, in Abuja, from April 22 to April 23. The objective of the summit isContinue Reading
Youths of Ebiraland under the aegis of Ebiraland Youths Coalition have called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to ensure that nothing happens to the immediate past governor of Kogi state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. The Youth, in a Press statement signed by its Coordinator, Mr Fache Onimisi Moses, said thatContinue Reading
By Mohammed Baba CSOs, opposition political parties, clerics and citizens have condemned the attitude of Gov. Umar Bago of Niger for taking advantage of the poverty and economic hardship to dehumanize the electorate by throwing public money to be scrambled for by the people. The North-Central Zonal Chairman, Campaign forContinue Reading
By Flowerbudnews Enugu-based journalist, Mr Dennis Agbo, on Sunday, escaped death by the whiskers after he and four other persons were brutally attacked by armed youths allegedly from Neke community in Isi-uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State. Agbo, who reports for Vanguard Newspapers in Enugu, said he hadContinue Reading
THE NIGERIA SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENSE CORPS (NSCDC) LACKS POWERS TO ARREST, DETAIN AND PROSECUTE SUSPECTS ON ALLEGATIONS OF BREACH OF PENAL LAW OF A STATE GOVERNMENT AND ALSO LACKS POWERS TO ARREST AND DETAIN CITIZENS OVER BREACH OF TRUST OR CIVIL CLAIMS IN NIGERIA. By: Hamza NuhuContinue Reading
