General News (Page 594)

(FLOWERBUDNEWS)  Enugu State Government has approved the 2nd edition of Coal City International Half-Marathon to be held within Enugu metropolis in November. Inaugurating members of 2019 Coal City International Marathon Organising Committee on Tuesday in Enugu, Permanent Secretary,  Enugu State Ministry of Youths and Sports, Henrietta Ani, said the marathon wouldContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) The First batch of 84 Nigerians evacuated from South Africa is expected to arrive in Nigeria on Wednesday at 2 p.m. local time via the Murtala Mohammed International Lagos in company of officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which disclosed this in anContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) The Nigeria Deaf Sports Federation (NDSF) has appealed to the new Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, to support the federation to enable it participate in the maiden Africa Deaf Athletics Championships. The federation’s Secretary, Lukman Agbabiaka, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja thatContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS)  An Ibadan-based salesman, Subar Ibrahim, on Wednesday prayed a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his three- year-old marriage with Rukayat, on grounds of infidelity and threat to life. Narrating his ordeal before Ademola Odunade, the President of the court, Ibrahim, alleged  that he had explored all otherContinue Reading

(flowerbudnews) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie receives yet another award, the Kassel Citizens’ ” Prism of Reason” Award for “her vision of humanistic diversity”. According to the organizers, this prize is awarded to persons or institutions whose work serves the ideals of the Enlightenment by overcoming ideological barriers and promoting reason andContinue Reading