General News (Page 558)

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) Accreditation at Ward A Polling Station, Growther/ Sabongari, Lokoja, was on at 8.35 a.m. when a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) visited the polling station. Voters were seen checking their names on the register pasted on the walls of Growther Memorial College, Lokoja, while others linedContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) Odu-Ogboyaga (Kogi), Nov. 16, 2019 (NAN) Mr Musa Wada, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship candidate in the Kogi Governorship Election, has cast his vote with a call to the electorate to defend their votes. Wada and his elder brothers, former Governor Idris Wada, and Dr Ibrahim Wada, cast theirContinue Reading

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Otuoke (Bayelsa), Nov. 16, 2019 (FLOWERBUDNEWS) Former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience, voted at unit 39, Ward 13 at the Otazi Playground, Otuoke in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Jonathan voted at 11.30 a.m., while his wife voted at 11.35Continue Reading

(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) A boat conveying journalists across flooded parts of Sampou community on Nun River in Kolokuma Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa capsized and threw the four occupants into the water. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the boat was carrying four journalists covering the governorship elections, includingContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) Official results from local government areas in Kogi State have started trickling in. After the announcement of the governorship election results at polling units, collations were done in wards before those of local governments. Kogi has 21 local government areas. The final announcement of results of each local governmentContinue Reading

(flowerbudnews) President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the Nov. 16 election in Bayelsa, David Lyon, on his victory. Buhari’s congratulatory message was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Monday. The President also commended APC supportersContinue Reading

A charity organisation, the National Association of Seadogs (NAS), also known as Pyrates’ Confraternity, Abuja City Centre, has appealed to politicians and other stakeholders to avoid acts that trigger violence and “play by the rules of the game”. The call, contained in statement signed by Mr Ugochukwu Nwodo, Capoon, NASContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) The Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) says it supports President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for focusing attention on livestock agriculture through the National Livestock Transformation Plan. The Association made this commendation in a communiqué issued after its 56th National Congress in Lokoja, Kogi. According to the association, agricultural industry isContinue Reading