General News (Page 559)

(FLOWERBUDNEWS)Nigeria, the Republic of Benin and Niger, have established a joint border patrol team comprising the Police, Customs, Immigration of the tripartite countries to recommend a date for the reopening of the borders. The three countries agreed in a resolution on Thursday in Abuja at the end of the TripartiteContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) Mrs Busola Dakolo, wife of Nigerian singer Timi Dakolo, has vowed to take her rape case against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, founder Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), to the Appeal Court following decision of an FCT High Court to declare it “statute barred”. The decision came after the Court sittingContinue Reading

(FLWERBUDNEWS) The Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr Timipre Sylva, says the Court of Appeal in Abuja has granted the All Progressives Congress (APC) a stay of execution on the judgment delivered by the Federal High Court nullifying the primaries of the party. Sylva, who stated this in a newsContinue Reading

Abuja, Nov. 16, 2019 (FLOWERBUDNEWS) Situation reports of the conduct of the Bayelsa and Kogi governorship elections on the response of security agents and electorate are impressive, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (NCSSR) says it has deployed no fewer than ninety election observersContinue Reading

(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

Continue Reading

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