By Paul Ejime Continental leaders at their 38th ordinary summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Saturday 15 February 2025 elected Djibouti’s Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf as the African Union Commission, AUC’s Chairperson for four years. Youssouf replaces Moussa Faki of Chad, who has led the Commission since 2017.Continue Reading
The New Arab/Flowerbudnews: Israeli forces killed at least four people in Gaza on Sunday, including three policemen in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. An Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip‘s southern city of Rafah on Sunday killed three Palestinian policemen, the Gaza interior ministry said. A statementContinue Reading
Flowerbudnews CIVIL rights advocacy group; HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has condemned as despicable, brutish and unacceptable, the reported well coordinated attacks of activist Omoyele Sowore orchestrated by suspected thugs of the All Progressives Congress, during the Lagos City marathon race held on Saturday morning. HURIWA called Continue Reading
By Flowerbudnews A foundation member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Osita Okechukwu, says years of trust deficit in Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) simulated defection of members to APC in droves. Okechukwu, a former Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, said this in a statement he issuedContinue Reading
Flowerbudnews President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, on his 65th birthday. Tinubu commended el-Rufai for his “endeavours for democracy and meritorious service to the nation”. In a statement issued on Sunday by Bayo Onanuga, presidential spokesperson, Tinubu commended the former Kaduna governor for hisContinue Reading
Flowerbudnews Nigeria’s former High Commissioner to the UK, Mr Sarafa Tunji-Ishola, says the death of Pa Ayo Adebanjo signifies the end of an era, a loss of wisdom and a void in the fabric of our society Adebanjo, the Afenifere leader died at 96 on Friday at his LekkiContinue Reading
By Majeed Ishola The Democratic Front (TDF) is convinced that the President Bola Tinubu administration will use Creative and Tourism as one of the sectors to fastrack Nigeria’s move to a $1 trillion economy in the shortest possible time. The conviction of the TDF stems from the approval byContinue Reading
By Danladi Ahmed The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has described as laughable, the advice by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to the Federal Government to avoid snakes, termites and monkeys from tampering with the over $1 billion recently allocated to the health sector. In a statement signed by itsContinue Reading
Makinde Gifts Outgoing Oyo Police Commissioner Sonubi a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado By Adewale Owoade Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has lauded the retiring Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, CP Ayodele Sonubi, for his sense of dedication and diligence. The governor gave this commendation on at the EleyeleContinue Reading
