From Abdulfatah Babatunde It was a glorious day for the staff and students of Ife Oluwa Grammar School (IOGS), Osogbo as the 1973/1974 sets of Old Students presented a solar-powered Borehole to their Alma Mata on Saturday in Osogbo, Osun State. TheNewsZenith reports that the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, an […]
At the end of a kilometre-long, booby-trapped tunnel in the Gaza Strip, Israeli soldiers discovered cramped cells where the military said Hamas kept about 20 hostages. They found a holding area, five narrow rooms behind metal bars, toilets and mattresses. They also found drawings by a child hostage freed during the November truce, military spokesman […]
From Our Correspondent An explosion in Kidandan village of Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State has killed one pupil of an Islamiyya school while ten others have reportedly been injured. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, announced this in a statement on Saturday in Kaduna. Aruwan said relevant security […]
On Friday, Agricultural Ministers of Morocco and Cote d’Ivoire held talks in Berlin on strengthening agricultural cooperation between the two countries, Morocco’s official news agency MAP reported. After meeting on the sidelines of the Berlin International Green Week, Moroccan Agricultural Minister, Mohammed Sadiki said both countries have many experiences to share in the agriculture sector. […]
By Our Correspondent The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria (MMWG) has advised that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should not yield to any pressure to pardon certain public officeholders being investigated for alleged financial misconduct. The Group said, in a statement on Saturday, that giving in to such pressure would set bad precedence. TheNewsZeniths reports […]
Tanzania’s Central Bank, on Friday, set its main interest rate at 5.5 per cent in a bid to contain inflation within its target and boost economic growth. The Bank of Tanzania had said earlier this month it would start using a benchmark interest rate to signal its monetary policy direction. “The CBR (Central Bank Rate) […]
From Our Correspondent The Speaker of the Anambra House of Assembly, Dr Somtochukwu Udeze, has congratulated former Secretary-General to the Commonwealth of Nations, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, on the occasion of his 91st birthday. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Emma Madu, on Friday in Awka, Udeze described Anyaoku as the pride of […]
By Our Correspondent The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has urged companies and institutions owning large vehicles fleet to key into its Road Transport Safety Standardisation Scheme (RTSSS). TheNewsZenith gathered that FRSC designed RTSSS, specifically for big companies to ensure safer motoring. The FRSC Unit Commander in Ojota, Mr Spence Olakunjo, gave the advice when […]
By Our Correspondent A 28-year-old man, Salisu Rabiu, on Thursday, requestef for an interpreter in Hausa Language to know his offence before a Federal High Court in Lagos. When the charge of conspiracy and peddling in Indian hemp was first read to him, Rabiu shook his head to convey that he did not understand the […]
From Our Correspondent President Bola Tinubu has condemned the recent spate of kidnappings and bandit attacks, describing the development as disturbing, ungodly, and sinister. Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity announced the President’s remarks in a statement, on Tuesday, in Abuja. Tinubu made the remarks when he received a delegation […]