BRIDGING THE GAP IN RURAL CONNECTIVITY In December 2020, the Second Rural Access and Mobility Project (RAAMP-2) closed in Osun State and no effort was made by the previous administration to enlist the state for the third phase of the project. It took the coming in office of GovernorContinue Reading
LOS ANGELES, (Xinhua)/Flowerbudnews: — A fast-moving brush fire erupted in Los Angeles County Wednesday morning, expanding to 8,096 acres (32.76 square km) with zero containment, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). The blaze dubbed Hughes Fire broke out around 10:30 a.m. local timeContinue Reading
By Sylvester Udemezue Established by the Legal Practitioners Act (LPA)i which providesii that “There shall be a body to be known as the General Council of the Bar (hereinafter in this Act referred to as “the Bar Council”) which shall be charged with the functions conferred on theContinue Reading
By JOHN ONAH The newly appointed Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Aisha Garba, has assumed duty with the promise to deploy strategies to advance delivery of quality basic education for the millions of school-aged children in Nigeria. Garba who spoke during a meeting with membersContinue Reading
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, fixed Feb. 19 for hearing in a suit filed by Global Gas and Refining Limited against Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) after an attempt to settle amicably failed. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel to GlobalContinue Reading
Chief Edozie Njoku, the newly elected National Chairman, National Rescue Movement (NRM), on Tuesday, promised to lead the party to victory come 2027 general elections. Njoku, who was the former National Chairman, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), made the pledge during his inauguration as the NRM’s national chair inContinue Reading
The Edo government has signed an agreement with an indigenous energy company, E5 Energy Services Limited, to build a 100 megawatts hydropower station in the state. The Managing Director of E5 Energy Services Ltd, David Ashaolu, in a statement made available on Wednesday in Abuja, said the memorandum ofContinue Reading
Mr Yisa Usman, the sacked deputy director in Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has said that he was determined to expose corruption in the board irrespective of the threat and intimidation against him. Usman told Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae of the National Industrial Court, Abuja, while being crossContinue Reading
By Flowerbudnews The Progressive Students Movement (PSM), a pan-African students movement, has given an ultimatum of 72-hour to Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and telecom companies to reverse recent 50 per cent hike in tariff. The President of PSM, Comrade Bestman Okereafor, called for the review and reversal in aContinue Reading
