Flowerbud News The Senate on Tuesday at plenary, passed the 2024 Appropriation Act Amendment Bill of N6.2 trillion, presented for consideration by President Bola Tinubu on July 17. This, followed presentation and adoption of report of Committee on Appropriations on the bill by its Chairman Sen.Solomon Olamilekan (APC-Ogun). Olamilekan inContinue Reading
Flowerbud News Mr Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has pledged to complete the Karshi to Apo Road construction project in the next six to seven months. Wike made the pledge on Tuesday, when he visited the project site, to assess the state of the project, whichContinue Reading
Flowerbud News Alhaji Aminu Yakubu Wambai, a traditional title holder in Zazzau Emirate in Kaduna State, says he is neither an associate nor a relative of Abdulrasheed Maina, the convicted former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT). Wambai, who holds the title of Wakilin Raya Kasar Zazzau,Continue Reading
Flowerbud News No fewer than 180 members of the minority caucus of the House of Representatives have adopted the call by Rep. Obi Aguocha (LP-Abia) for the release of Mr Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu is the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The caucus adopted the motion atContinue Reading
Flowerbud News President Bola Tinubu has urged the Senate to approve the national minimum wage Act amendment bill 2024. Tinubu’s request is contained in a letter addressed to President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio and read at plenary on Tuesday. According to Tinubu , the bill is to prescribe the nationalContinue Reading
Flowerbud News The new N70,000 minimum wage adopted by the Federal Government after consultation with the Organised Labour on Thursday will be reviewed after three years. Alhaji Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, said this while addressing State House correspondents. He disclosed this after the meeting between representativesContinue Reading
Flowerbud News The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed the re-election victory of Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa in the Nov. 11, 2023 governorship poll. The three-member panel of justices led by Justice James Abundaga, in a unanimous judgment, held that the appeal filed by the appellants; MrContinue Reading
Flowerbud News The House of Representatives has resolved to cut members’ salary by 50 per cent for six months in order to support the Federal Government in providing succour to the citizenry over the current hardship in the country. The resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance by Rep.Continue Reading
Flowerbud News Dr Nmaa Ahmed, the Director-General, Niger Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Projects (NG-RAAMP), says the state government would soon inaugurate rural roads and give agriculture incentives to communities in the state. Ahmed, in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday said Gov. Umar Bago has directed the mobilisationContinue Reading
