By Dianabasi Effiong The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has lauded the Federal Government’s move to relaunch the National Talent Export Programme (NATEP), describing it as a necessary step to revitalise an initiative in limbo after it was initially unveiled 18 months ago. The group made this known inContinue Reading
By Dianabasi Effiong The Cross River Government has signed an asset sale agreement with Biase Plantations Limited, a subsidiary of Wilmar International to revive abandoned plantation asset. The formal signing took place at the Executive Council Chamber of the Governor’s Office in Calabar. According to a statement by NsaContinue Reading
By Iyiola Olalere The Democratic Front (TDF) has praised the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminilaye Fubara, for publicly acknowledging that President Bola Tinubu was right in declaring a state of emergency on the state. In a statement signed by its Chairman, Mallam Danjuma Muhammad and Secretary, Chief WaleContinue Reading
A fresh crisis is brewing in Osun State as local government executives of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lay conflicting claims to the control of council areas, following a recent court decision. Recall that the Court of Appeal, on February 10, 2025, reinstatedContinue Reading
“I don’t accept the United States becoming a police state, and I’m really worried about it, and I feel terrible for people who are being deported,” said Cathy Grad, a lawyer, who graduated from Columbia Law School. NEW YORK, (Xinhua) FLOWERBUDNEWS: – Despite continuous rains, tens of thousands ofContinue Reading
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 157,800 bottles of codeine-based syrup at Port Harcourt Ports, Onne, Rivers. The shipment has an estimated street value of over ₦1.1 billion, according to a statement released on Sunday in Abuja by NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi. Babafemi said theContinue Reading
TEHRAN, (Xinhua)/FLOWERBUDNEWS : — Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has confirmed that eight other senior commanders of its aerospace division were killed in Israel’s Friday airstrikes on the capital Tehran. In a statement published on its official news outlet Sepah News, the IRGC extended condolences over the “martyrdom”Continue Reading
JERUSALEM, (Xinhua)/FLOWERBUDNEWS : — Iranian aerial attacks killed at least six people and injured 140 others in Israel early on Sunday, Israeli authorities said. Air sirens and sounds of explosions sent millions running to shelters in dozens of cities across Israel, the military said in a statement. A residentialContinue Reading
By A diplomat and policy expert, Dr Chukwuma Okenwa, has urged Nigerians to build virile democratic institutions and not democratic strong-men to ensure sustainable democracy that last for ages. Okenwa, who is also the Executive Director of Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Advocacy (LEAD) Network Africa, gave the advise while speakingContinue Reading
