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(FLOWERBUDNEWS) The UN and European Union (EU) plan to spend 10 million  dollars  per year  in the next four years  to end all forms of violence against women and girls in Nigeria. Mrs Hadiza Aminu,  EU, UN Spotlight Initiative Coordinator,  said this in Kano during a media dialogue Stoplight InitiativeContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) Sen. Mohammed Musa (APC- Niger), has urged Nigerians to support the social media bill before the National Assembly because it was aimed at protecting human dignity. Musa said in a statement on Monday in Abuja, that when assented to, would protect human dignity among many other inherent gains. The SenateContinue Reading

(flowwerbudnews)The Federal Government through the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals OSSAP-SDGs) is partnering with the Government of Denmark to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This was the outcome of a bilateral meeting between the Senior Special Assistant to the President onContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) Singapore political figure Brad Bowyer on Monday corrected a Facebook post questioning the independence of state investment firms following a government request, in the first use of the country’s new “fake news” law. Bowyer used “false and misleading” statements alleging the government influenced decisions made by state investors TemasekContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) The Nigerian Senate may amend the proposed death penalty clause in the Hate Speech Bill before it. Sen. Sabi Abdullahi, who is the sponsor of the bill, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Abdullahi, who is the Deputy Chief Whip in the Senate, assured thatContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) The Ogun police command says it has arrested a 42-year-old woman, Temitope Akinola, for allegedly poisoning and killing her two-day-old granddaughter with a deadly insecticide, Sniper. The suspect, a resident of Isote area of Sagamu town, Sagamu Local Government area of the state, was arrested on Nov. 21 byContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) Mr  Abdul-Saheed Olaide , a reporter with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), and some of his neighbours lost their property in a fire that razed their residence in Gwalameji, a  suburb of Bauchi, on Sunday afternoon. The other victims are David Adenuga , a reporter with  The Nation Newspapers,Continue Reading