From Our Correspondent The Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, on Saturday in Abuja, passed the 2024 budget after a third reading. Before the budget, senators increased the bill by N1.2tn, raising the total appropriation to N28.7 trillion from N27.5 trillion. With a voice vote by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, the Senate passed the […]
From Our Correspondent The 10th House of Representatives considered and treated 1615 different legislative matters between July and December. Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abba, announced this during a plenary, shortly before the House adjourned for New Year break, on Saturday, in Abuja. Abbas said the matters comprised of 962 bills, 500 motions, and 153 […]
From Our Correspondent The Police in Oyo State Command say they arrested 207 suspects for various offences between January and December. The Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, paraded 38 crime suspects on behalf of the Commissioner, Adebola Hamzat in Ibadan. Osifeso told newsmen that officers of the command nabbed 38 crime suspects in different […]
Qatar has proposed a new deal to end Israel’s offensive on the Gaza Strip and formulated a Palestinian consensus government, a Palestinian source said on Friday. Such consensus government would not directly involve the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), according to the source. The source said, on condition of anonymity, that Doha has presented the proposal […]
The Namibia Government, on Friday, announced an extension of the deadline for mandatory Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card registration, by three months. The government initially set Dec. 31 as the deadline. The move, which started in June, will bolster security measures, tackle crime and facilitate digital services. In a statement, Minister of Information and Communication […]
At least 40 people died in the floods and landslides following heavy rains that hit Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Tuesday night. Local authorities said they found at least 20 people dead in Bukavu and 20 dead bodies in the surrounding village of […]
From Our Correspondent The Deputy National Chairman South of Consolidated APC Grassroots Movement (CAGraM), Dr Stephen Agbi, has commiserated with the family of Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu over his death. TheNewsZenith reports that Akeredolu died in the early hours of Wednesday at the age of 67, after a protracted illness. In a press statement, on Thursday, […]
Israeli forces, on Tuesday, expanded their ground offensive into urban refugee camps in central Gaza after bombarding the crowded Palestinian communities and ordering residents to evacuate. Gaza’s main telecom provider announced another “complete interruption” of services in the besieged territory. The military’s announcement of new battle zone threatens further destruction in war that Israel says will […]
A malfunctioning robot has attacked a Tesla software engineer, who suffered serious injuries on the floor of the electric car maker’s factory in Austin, Texas. Witnesses told the Information, a news site that the robot pinned the engineer and sank its metal claws into his back and arm. Tesla engineers design the robot to move aluminium […]
From Our Correspondent Gov. Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has commiserated with the family and entire people of the state over the death of the former Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Ghali Umar Na’Abba. TheNewsZenith reports that the former Speaker passed away in the early hours of Wednesday. In a condolence message, the governor […]