General News (Page 578)

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, is currently in China to inspect some of the locomotives (trains) built for Nigeria by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCRC).  Continue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) commends Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and the General Public for embracing the mandatory use of the National Identification Number (NIN) for identification, which has led to the rapid growth of the National Identity Database (NIDB). The Director General/CEO NIMC, Engr. AliyuContinue Reading

(flowerbudnews) The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the recognition and observance of September 16 of every year as National Identity Day. This is a practical move to create awareness on the importance of identification as a modern tool for national development and social cohesion. The Secretary to the GovernmentContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) The Federal Government has declared its determination to provide a lifelong unique identification for every individual physically residing in Nigeria and Nigerians in the diaspora within the next five years. Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr. Aliyu Aziz, made the declaration yesterday, June 18, 2019 whileContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared a state of emergency on Lagos bad roads and ordered massive repair work on critical  highways across the state, beginning from Monday Oct. 14. The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, said in a statement that Sanwo-Olu’s directive followed series of meetings with eightContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) Investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, went undercover to track corruption in Nigeria’s criminal justice system and spent two weeks in detention — five days in a Police cell and eight as an inmate in Ikoyi Prison. To experience the workings of the system in its raw state, Soyombo — adoptingContinue Reading

(flowerbudnews) Workers in Osun say they will join the nationwide strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) if the Federal Government and labour failed to reach agreement on consequential adjustment on the wage increase. Mr Jacob Adekomi, the Chairman of the state chapter of the NLC made this disclosureContinue Reading