From Our Correspondent The National Agency for Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed a bakery in Sokoto over repackaging of other products and operating in a poor sanitary environment. The NAFDAC Coordinator in Sokoto State, Mr Garba Adamu said on Tuesday that the unregistered bakery was shut with assistance from security men. Adamu said […]
Japan’s Toyota Motor raised its full-year operating profit forecast by nearly nine per cent, on Tuesday, after its third-quarter earnings raced past analysts’ estimates. This is thanks to a weaker yen and strong sales of high-margin cars and hybrid vehicles. Toyota shares surged after the announcement of early losses and closed 4.8% higher – the […]
By Our Correspondent The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has stressed the need for Nigerian Medical Professionals in the Diaspora to unite and make impactful changes in the narratives of healthcare tourism in Nigeria. Dabiri-Erewa made these remarks as a Guest of Honour at the launch of ‘Women in Health […]
From Our Correspondent Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Wednesday, signed Executive Order 001 of 2024 on the safe handling of harmful substances. TheNewsZenith reports that the executive is coming as a fallout of the Jan. 16 bomb explosion in Ibadan. The explosion, which killed around seven persons and injured many others was reportedly […]
From Our Correspondent Vice-President Kashim Shettima has charged Nigerian broadcasters to prioritise national unity in addressing the critical challenges facing the country. Shettima gave the advice when the Arewa Broadcast Media Practitioners Forum paid him a courtesy visit at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. He identified poverty, insecurity and inclusivity as the major concerns […]
Mark Zuckerberg, on Wednesday, delivered a surprise apology to the families of victims of online child sex abuse in the middle of a heated Senate hearing on Capitol Hill. In a stunning move, Zuckerberg stood up from his chair and turned to face the back of the room. In the room, parents held up pictures […]
From Our Correspondent No fewer than five vandals died in an explosion that rocked the Obitti Community, on Tuesday, in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State. An anonymous source told newsmen that the vandals had stormed the Obitti Rubber Estate with an articulated vehicle and dug through to an oil pipeline that […]
Nollywood film, “Mami Wata”, has been nominated for the prestigious National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP) Image Awards in the United States. The film written and directed by C.J. Obasi, was nominated for the Outstanding International Motion Picture category of the 55th Edition of the Annual Awards slated for Saturday, March 16. TheNewsZenith […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria, on Wednesday, announced limits on how much banks can hold in foreign currencies and expressed concern about the growing forex exposures on their balance sheets after the local currency tumbled against the U.S. dollar. Nigeria’s currency fell to a record low on the official market on Tuesday, slipping below the unofficial […]
The European Union is facing a dilemma over its remaining presence in Mali and the wider West African Sahel region since it does not want to cooperate with Russia’s expanding military forces, its top diplomat said on Wednesday. The decision by junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to withdraw from the West African bloc ECOWAS has […]