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 […]
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, on Tuesday, said the kingdom could recognise Israel if a comprehensive agreement, included statehood for the Palestinians, were reached. Such agreements included statehood for the Palestinians, ambitious talk as war between Israel and Hamas shows no sign of easing. “We agree that regional peace includes […]
From Our Correspondent The Police Service Commission (PSC) says it has screened 136,177 candidates within six days in the ongoing police recruitment exercise. TheNewsZenith reports that the exercise began on Monday, throughout the country. The commission, in a statement mailed to TheNewsZenith on Tuesday, the Police Recruitment Board is conducting the screening for PSC. Ikechukwu […]
*** De Renaissance Patriots Cry Out Indigenes of Lagos State are gradually wising up and ostensibly opening their eyes. They are beginning to realise that, since the return of democracy in 1999, non-indigenes have been depriving them of opportunities to govern their state as guaranteed by the Constitution. They are now crying out against the […]