General News (Page 556)

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) An expatriate Lebanese man, who comes from a Lebanese Muslim family, wanted his father’s permission to marry an English Christian girl. The father refused. Then he said to his father that he will marry her if she becomes a Muslim, and the father agreed to this suggestion. The sonContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) Educated women are widely acknowledged as having the potential to be great leaders. Indeed, in developed countries, the average educational levels achieved by women are, at least, as high as those of men.  However, higher qualifications attained by women have not translated to an improvement in their representation onContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Malam Mele Kyari, says the Final Investment Decision (FID) for Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Train 7 would be executed in December. Kyari disclosed when he  received the Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer, Total Group, Patrick JeanContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) Alhaji Saleh Mamman, the Minister of Power has reiterated Federal Government’s determination to address the country`s power challenges. Mamman gave the assurance while commissioning of a 47.5 solar energy system at the Doka Rural Hospital, in Doka, a community in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. He urged Continue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) Mr Richard Egbule, the immediate past Executive Chairman of National Income, Salaries and Wages Commission (NISWC), has called for job evaluation for proper harmonisation of salaries in the civil service. Egbule gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), after a reception held inContinue Reading

*Lady Evelyn Cobbold* Born in Edinburgh in 1867 and died in 1963 age 96 She was a British Aristocrat – she was the eldest daughter of Charles Adolphus Murray 7th Earl of Dunmore and Lady Gertrude Coke, daughter of the Second Earl of Leicester. She grew up in the middleContinue Reading

(Flowerbudnews.ng) The messenger of Allah, Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, visited a man from among the Muslims who had fallen severely ill and he asked him, “Did you use to ask Allah, subhanahu wa ta’ala, for anything specific?” He replied, “I used to say: ‘Oh Allah, whatever you were going toContinue Reading

(Flowerbudnews.ng)  After launching her presidential campaign with a splash in Oakland, California, less than a year ago, California Senator Kamala Harris has made an equally stunning exit, telling supporters that she does not have the resources to continue her 2020 bid. “I’m not a billionaire. I can’t fund my ownContinue Reading