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(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

The Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), an NGO, says it is changing negative narrative about youth’s politics by emphasising on positive and democratic values that would improve their inclusion in political processes. Adebowale Olorunmola, Country Representative, Nigeria for Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), stated this at the official launch ofContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) Vietnamese Police have arrested eight suspected traffickers as part of a crackdown on human trafficking launched following deaths of 39 migrants, whose bodies were found in a parked lorry in southern England in October. The latest arrests in Vietnam were announced in the state media on Monday, bringing theContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) The Academy (Oscar) has disqualified Nigeria’s “Lionheart” directed by Genevieve Nnaji from the Oscar race in the Best International Feature Film category, dropping the number of films competing for the award to 92 from what had been a record 93 entries. The film, Nigeria’s first-ever submission in the BestContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) Ahead of the  governorship election in Kogi state, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, Musa Wada, has said he will probe the administration of Governor Yahaya Bello if he’s elected governor. Wada, who made this disclosure on Sunday, the governorship candidate of theContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday laid the foundation of the Children with Special Needs School, Igbor, near Makurdi in Benue. The school, the first of its kind, is being built by the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Igbor is situated onContinue Reading