From Our Correspondent The management of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma (AAU), has dissociated itself from a report alleging existence of illegal satellite campuses operating in the name of the University. Management of the institution, therefore, described the report, credited to the National Universities Commission (NUC), as “quite disturbing”. AAU’s Head of Corporate Communications and Protocol, […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) in DR Congo, late on Friday, announced disqualification of 82 candidates in the national and provincial legislative elections. CENI accused the candidates of fraud, corruption, vandalism of electoral materials and incitement to violence. It also axed them for alleged illegal detention of electrical voting devices on the polling day […]
Malawi Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, says the country needs about $6 million to cover the deficit of its cholera preparedness and response plan for November 2023 – October 2024. Chiponda announced this when she updated the nation on the situation of the cholera outbreak. She said the outbreak remains “very low and sporadic” […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, inaugurated the new 80-bed capacity Maternal and Child Hospital, on Friday, in Imota, Lagos. TheNewsZenith reports that residents of Imota LCDA trooped out with excitement to witness the inauguration of the medical facility. Our correspondent gathered that a federal lawmaker, representing Ikorodu Federal Constituency, […]
The death toll from a major earthquake in western Japan reached 100 on Saturday, as rescue workers fought aftershocks to carefully pull people from the rubbles. Deaths had reached 98 earlier in the day, but two more deaths were reported in Anamizu, while officials in Ishikawa prefecture, the hardest-hit region, held their daily meeting to […]
Container shipping giant, Maersk, has announced it will divert all vessels around Africa instead of using the Red Sea and the Suez Canal for the “foreseeable future”. Maersk said, on Friday, it took the decision due to the volatile situation in the Red Sea. This is as Yemen’s Houthis continue to attack vessels that pass […]
Eleven artisanal miners are suspected to be trapped underground following the collapse of a shaft at a gold mine. The gold mine collapsed on Thursday in Zimbabwe, state-run The Herald newspaper reported Friday. Zimbabwean Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Soda Zhemu, confirmed the accident happened at Redwing Mine, a gold mine in Penhalonga in […]
From Our Correspondent The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun Area Command II, has released a rice-loaded bullion van impounded in April 2022 on the order of Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi. The Customs Area Controller, Olusola Alade, announced this to journalists, on Friday, in Abeokuta. Alade said Customs impounded the van after being found to […]
From Our Correspondent The Anambra State Government has urged residents of the state to desist from acts capable of polluting the environment, the State Commissioner for Environment, Mr Felix Odimegwu said. TheNewsZenith reports that Odimegwu made the call in a statement in Awka on Thursday. He stated that the burning of tyres and other non-biodegradable […]
From Our Correspondent Rivers State Governor, Siminialayi Fubara, has reaffirmed his administration’s resolve to enhance the welfare of the state civil servants. Fubara made the remarks when he addressed a group of workers, who protested at the Government House, on Thursday, in Port Harcourt. TheNewsZenith reports that the workers converged at the Government House to […]