From Our Correspondent The Federal Government is reviewing the conditions and procedures for the sale of houses under the National Housing Programme (NHP). The Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Mamuda Mamman, announced this in a press statement at the weekend in Abuja. “The ministry is currently in the process […]
By Our Correspondent The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says the state recorded 1,461 emergency incidents in 2023. Mr Nosa Okunbor, the Head of the Public Affairs Unit of LASEMA, announced this in a statement emailed to TheNewsZenith on Sunday in Lagos. According to Okunbor, it is the statutory responsibility of LASEMA to respond, […]
The Somali National Army (SNA), with support from international partners, killed 76 al-Shabab militants and injured several. This is following two-day operations in the Mudug region of central Somalia, officials said on Sunday. The SNA Chief, Ibrahim Sheikh Muhidin, said senior al-Shabab commanders were among the dead during the military onslaught against the al-Qaida-linked terrorist […]
From Our Correspondent The Nigeria Police have arrested three suspects in connection with a case of conspiracy, cyberstalking and threat to life. TheNewsZenith reports that this reaffirms the Force’s commitment to ensuring improved digital and physical safety of Nigerians. Parading the suspects (name withheld) at the weekend in Abuja, the Force PRO, Olumuyiwa Adejobi gave […]
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 […]