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(FLOWERBUDNEWS) The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) on Thursday organised a capacity building on film classification for 200 youths in Maiduguri and provided them with start-up grant and packs. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NFVCB organised the programme in collaboration with the State’s Ministry of WomenContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) Dr Mohammed Mamoud, the Minister of Environment says the menace of municipal solid waste is one of the gravest environmental challenges facing the country. Mamoud made this known during official the commissioning and handover of the Community Based Waste Management Project in Karu Local Government Area, Nasarawa State. TheContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) Nigeria’s participation at the 39th Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX), held in Dubai showed the seriousness of the country to showcase its indigenous technology. The 2019 GITEX, attracted over 200,000 trade visitors, investors, technology experts, multi-national companies and other interests groups from over 145 countries. The 2019 GITEX TechnologyContinue Reading

(flowerbudnews)   The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers has urged House Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) to avert looming danger by stopping the sale of liquified petroleum gas otherwise known as cooking gas in filling stations in the country. The president of the association, Mr Nosa Ogieva-Okunbor, made the callContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS)The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on Wednesday says all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have shared responsibility to build resilience, trust and confidence in the Information Technology system of the country. Mr Kashifu Inuwa, the Director-General of NITDA, said this during a two-day Information Assurance Workshop organised forContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS)  Twitter Inc will ban political advertising on its platform next month, the company’s chief executive said on Wednesday, a move that won praise from Democrats and scorn from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. “We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally,” said Twitter CEO Jack DorseyContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) A powerful earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Thursday, crushing a man under falling debris and sparking searches of seriously damaged buildings that had already been rattled by two previous deadly tremors. The 6.5 magnitude quake hit the island of Mindanao, the US Geological Survey said, causing locals toContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja, proposed a toast for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The vice president’s toast was proposed at a dinner organised in honour of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist RepublicContinue Reading