General News (Page 597)

(FLOWERBUD NEWS) Spain secured their fifth successive win of the World Cup with an impressive 81-69 defeat of Serbia and Argentina matched them with a 91-65 rout of Poland on Sunday. All four sides had booked their quarter-final spots with a match to spare and the results mean that SpainContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa says civil servants working with the state government would soon be able to own houses they can afford being constructed in the state. Fintiri gave the assurance during a ground breaking ceremony of the construction of 2,000 housing units  in Yola on Monday. HeContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS)  Six bandits detained by security agencies have been released by the Katsina State Government as part of a peace deal with bandits terrorising eight local government areas in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dandume, Sabuwa, Faskari, Kankara, Safana, Danmusa, Batsari and Jibiya local governmentContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS) The Plateau National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition tribunal has dismissed a petition filed by the PDP, challenging the election of Sen. Hezekiah Dimka of the APC as Senator representing Plateau Central in the Feb. 23 election. Delivering judgment, Justice J.I. Nwoye, chairman of the tribunal, dimissed the petitionContinue Reading

(FLOWERBUDNEWS)  Security was beefed up on Wednesday within the vicinity of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal delivers judgment in the petition filed by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar challenging president Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the Feb. 23 general election. NewsContinue Reading