A 60-year-old father, a 54-year-old mother and their two sons, aged 14 and 12, died in a fire that gutted over a dozen houses in Cebu City in the central Philippines, a city firefighter said Wednesday. Wendell Villanueva of the city fire office said the victims were sleeping when the fire broke out. The incident […]
The Global Black Impact Summit (GBIS), on Tuesday, in Dubai featured panel discussions on Media Representation, Marketing and Storytelling and Nurturing Future Leaders – Empowering Black Youth for Excellence. The sessions provided insight into the role of media and education in advancing inclusivity worldwide. During the media discussion, speakers explored the impact of representation on […]
From Our Correspondent The Senate Committee on National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has commended the agency for championing local content development of solar-powered smart irrigation with accelerated technology transfer. The Chairman, Senate Committee on NASENI, Sen. Ezenwa Onyewuchi, gave the commendation when the committee paid an oversight function visit to the agency’s […]
By Our Correspondent The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has charged industry players in the Telecommunication sector to anticipate and prepare for opportunities and risks associated with the evolution towards 6G technology. Dr Aminu Maida, Chief Executive Officer of NCC, gave the charge at the Telecomes Industry Risk Management Conference in Lagos. TheNewsZenith reports that the […]
A US serviceman, Aaron Bushnell, on Sunday, set fire to himself outside the Israeli embassy in Washington DC in protest against the genocide of Palestinians. Shortly before committing the suicide, Bushnell said he was protesting against the genocide of Palestinians. He later died from his injuries in hospital. In an apparent protest against the ongoing Israel-Hamas […]
A High Court Division bench in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, has banned gender detection of the fetus in a mother’s womb. Also, the High Court bench consisting of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Kazi Zinat Hoque, on Sunday, ordered diagnostic centres to strictly follow the policy in this regard. The court issued the rule during the […]
Former U.S. President, Donald Trump has appealed his $454 million New York civil fraud judgment, challenging a judge’s finding that Trump lied about his wealth. This is as he grew the real estate empire that launched him to stardom and the presidency. The former president’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal, on Monday, asking the state’s mid-level appeals court to overturn […]
From Abdulfatah Babatunde Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos has explained why it is becoming increasingly difficult for the Government to offer free education at the tertiary level. TheNewsZenith reports that Ogunsola explained this while presenting the 3rd Virtual Lecture Series organised by the University of Lagos Mass Communication Class of […]
The Afghan caretaker government’s Ministry of Education has identified and annulled 700 “ghost schools” across the country, the spokesman for the ministry, Mansour Ahmad Hamza, said. “The Ministry of Education has culled up to 700 ‘ghost schools’ from official lists since the government took power more than two years ago,” the local Television channel Tolonews. […]
Hyenas killed three people between Jan. 1 and Feb. 24 in Sengerema, a district in Mwanza region, northern Tanzania, an official said on Sunday. The carnivore attacked and killed the first victim, a 16-year-old boy, on Jan. 15 when he was collecting firewood, according to the Sengerema district wildlife officer, Paul Ponsian. Also, the other […]