From Our Correspondent Lagos, March 4, ’25 (TNZ) The Tinubu Media Volunteers (TMV) has applauded President Bola Tinubu’s administration for the flag-off of the dualisation of sections two to four of the Ekpoma-Auchi-Okpella-Okene-Ajaokuta expressway. The group’s Chairman Chukwudi Enekwechi and Secretary Shadrach Sunday, gave the applaud in a statement e-mailed to TheNewsZenith, on Tuesday, in […]
By Our Correspondent Lagos, March 3, ’25 (TNZ) The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adeniyi, has appealed to the Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN) to embrace dialogue and halt their planned strike. TheNewsZenith reports that Adeniyi made this appeal when his team visited the union’s headquarters in Lagos. The Customs Area […]
By Our Correspondent Lagos, March 3, ’25 (TNZ) Wild Africa, a Wildlife Conservation Organisation, says Nigeria’s iconic species needed a robust investment in conservation to protect them. Festus Iyorah, Nigeria’s Representative, Wild Africa, announced this in a statement emailed to TheNewsZenith on Monday in Lagos. This is contained in a statement signed by Festus Iyorah, […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde Lagos, March 2, ’25 (TNZ) Maritime stakeholders gathered at a roundtable forum to discuss the reintroduction of the International Cargo Tracking Note (ICTN) in the shipping business. TheNewsZenith reports that the Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN) facilitated the roundtable, on Thursday, in Lagos. Key stakeholders canvassed divergent views on the maritime […]
Gaborone, Feb. 27, ’25 (Xinhua) The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Wednesday, donated 700,000 pula ($50,772) in emergency aid to Botswana’s Ministry of Child Welfare and Basic Education. The emergency aid is to help vulnerable children affected by the recent floods. The UN agency has heeded the government’s plea to develop child-centred interventions. It […]
By Our Correspondent Ilorin, Feb. 27, ’25 (TNZ) The Kwara State Government launched a coding and digital literacy training programme for 50 public primary and junior secondary schools, across the state, on Wednesday. TheNewsZenith reports that the Office of the Special Assistant to the Governor on Digital and Innovation organised the programme. Flagging off the […]
From Our Correspondent Enugu, Feb. 25, ’25 (TNZ) A coalition of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) and Civil Society Organisations (CSO) has bemoaned governors of Southeast states for not showing enough commitment towards addressing insecurity in the region. The coalition made the remarks in a communique issued at the end of a two-day stakeholders summit, which […]
By Our Correspondent Lagos, Feb. 25, ’25 (TNZ) The Collective Movement (TCM), an NGO, has proposed an amendment to the 2022 Electoral Act, with the backing of statutory enactment. TheNewsZenith reports that the body noted that the amendment requires the procedural and technological innovations, which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) introduced. High Chief Franklin […]
By Our Correspondent Lagos, Feb. 25, ’25 (TNZ) The Commonwealth Games, Nigeria (CGN), under the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), will organise a programme on the negative effects of drug abuse on Secondary students. TheNewsZenith reports that the event will take place on Monday, March 10, at the Olympafrica Centre in Amuwo Odofin, Lagos State. Tony Nezianya, […]
From Our Correspondent Benin, Feb. 23, ’25 (TNZ) A bloody clash erupted between two communities in Edo State leading to the killing of seven persons and injuring six others. TheNewsZenith reports that the clash erupted between Gbelemonti and Maidoti communities in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of the state The Police Command in the state […]