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(FLOWERBUD NEWS) Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has verified 11,363 Parastatal Pensioners under the Defined Benefit Scheme in the North Central region of the country. The exercise began on Monday, October 21, 2019 and was successfully concluded on Saturday, November 2, There were four (4) Centres located at Ultimate MultipurposeContinue Reading

Recently I heard a group of people discussing vehemently about the “uncomplimentary “role of Mamman Daura in the Buhari administration. They attributed everything bad to Malam Mamman Daura, my mentor, boss, friend, former editor and Managing Director at the New Nigerian Newspapers in Kaduna. I moved close to them andContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) Mr Aliyu Aziz, Director-General, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has advised Nigerians to focus on getting the National Identification Number (NIN) rather than clamouring for the e-ID card. Aziz gave the advice in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, saying that the commission’s main focusContinue Reading

(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) Japan’s top automaker Toyota has seen a 1% rise in July-September profit as vehicle sales grew around the world. Toyota Motor Corp. reported Thursday a profit of 592 billion yen ($5.4 billion) for the second fiscal quarter, up from 585 billion yen last year. Toyota, which makes theContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) German police have arrested a 15-year-old girl accused of killing her three-year-old half brother, a police spokesman in the city of Bielefeld said on Thursday. Investigators think the teenager inflicted fatal injuries on the child on Wednesday night, the police said in an earlier statement. She then fled theContinue Reading

Abuja, Nov. 7, 2019 (FLOWERNUDNEWS) The Federal Government has ordered immediate termination of all cash payments in all Nigeria Postal Services (NIPOST). The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, announced this in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mrs Uwa Suleiman, on Thursday in Abuja. The statementContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS)  Contrary to general reports making the rounds that Nigerian roads are terrible and not motorable, the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has said that Nigerian roads are not as bad as people think. The Details: Fashola made this statement after the Federal Executive Council meeting where theContinue Reading