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(FLOWERBUDNEWS) A German national convicted of a double murder in the United States three decades ago will be released from prison in the state of Virginia and deported, US media reported late on Monday. Jens Soering, the son of a German diplomat, received two life sentences for the murder inContinue Reading

(Flowerbudnews.ng) President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa has constituted Governorship and House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal to handle petitions from Nov. 16, Kogi governorship poll. This was disclosed in a statement signed by secretary of the tribunal, Mr Umar Abubakar and made available to the NewsContinue Reading

(Flowerbudnews.ng) China summoned the U.S. ambassador on Thursday to “strongly protest” President Donald Trump’s signing of bills on Hong Kong human rights. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng told Ambassador Terry Branstad that the move constituted “serious interference in China’s internal affairs and a serious violation of international law.” LeContinue Reading

The Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, has once again appealed to the Federal Government to urgently intervene in collapsed federal highways across the state. Emmanuel made this call while inspecting state government intervention work on some failed portions of the Calabar-Itu high way to save lives ofContinue Reading

The World Health Organisation(WHO) said measles has killed more than 5,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo since January — more than double the toll in the country’s Ebola epidemic. “The DRC (measles) outbreak is the largest outbreak worldwide. It is one of the largest that we have seen,”Continue Reading

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says the trending online advert inviting the public to submit entries for a phantom 2019/2020 Annual Chemistry Competition was fake. The corporation in a statement by it’s Acting spokesman, Mr Samson Makoji, in Abuja on Wednesday distance itself and all its subsidiaries from suchContinue Reading

(Flowerbudnews.ng) Niger Delta Youth Council (NDYC) and Coalition of Niger Delta Peoples with Disabilities have commended the Senate for demanding the inauguration of Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) ahead of the Commission’s budget defence. A statement jointly signed by the National Coordinator of NDYC, Engr Jator Abido,Continue Reading