By Flowerbudnews The President-General of Nigerian Union in South Africa, Hon. Doris Ikeri-Solarin, has tasked Nigerian women on taking up leadership positions and attaining their socioeconomic and political dreams. Ikeri-Solarin gave the task on Thursday in Enugu at ‘Nwanyi Bu Ife’ (A Woman is Great Treasure) Festival 2024 withContinue Reading
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, adjourned the trial of a lawyer, Chinedu Evaristus, and three others in the alleged N58M million fraud case until Jan. 15, 2025. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik adjourned the case after F.N. Umoh, a lawyer from the office of the Attorney-General of theContinue Reading
By Biola Lawal The Minister Works, Sen. Nweze David Umahi has paid glowing tribute to Late Engr. Christopher Ogbonnaya Onu, the former Governor of Ebonyi State, describing him as a trailblazer and a leadership light. In his tribute on the life and times of late Engr. Onu, Sen. UmahiContinue Reading
By Constance Athekame The national grid again, suffered a partial disturbance on Thursday leading to blackout in some parts of the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the partial disturbance was the second within one week. NAN recalls that the grid had partially collapsed on TuesdayContinue Reading
The Malaysian government has announced plans to phase out the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) for vehicles and end the sale of natural gas vehicles (NGV) in the country. Loke Siew Fook, Minister of transport, spoke at a press conference recently, according to Free Malaysia Today (FMT), a local mediaContinue Reading
Flowerbud News The Defence Headquarters has confirmed the emergence of a new terrorists’ group known as ‘Lukarawas’ exacerbating insecurity in the North Western part of Nigeria. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while briefing newsmen on the operations of the military on Thursday inContinue Reading
The Osun State Ministry of Works and Infrastructure has announced the closure of the Old Garage to Okefia road in Osogbo for one week. This announcement was made in a statement issued by Engr. Bashir Bello, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, which was made available toContinue Reading
Agency advocates impactful empowerment programmes for the underprivileged By Adewale Owoade Oyo State Project Performance Monitoring Agency has called on all well-meaning Nigerians, organisations and government at all levels to institutionalise sustainable empowerment schemes that truly impact lives. The agency’s chairman, Muftau Open-Salawu, made the call at an empowerment programmeContinue Reading
THE Naira depreciated on Wednesday at the official market, trading at N1,681.65 to the dollar. Data from the FMDQ Exchange’s official trading platform, which oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), revealed that Naira lost N10.33. This represents a 0.61 per cent loss when compared to the previousContinue Reading
