From Our Correspondent Customs Officers’ Wives Association (COWA) Onne Area 11 Command in Rivers State, has inaugurated a new secretariat complex housing a canteen and unisex saloon, TheNewsZenith reports. The Association also donated food items to some widows of the command as part of efforts to improve on welfare of officers’ families. During the inauguration […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde The Arab Coordination Group (ACG) has pledged to increase support for its African partner countries ahead of the crucial COP28 climate change conference. To this end, ACG on Thursday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia announced it would allocate up to $50 billion to help build resilient infrastructure and inclusive societies in the African […]
From Our Correspondent Various security agencies have deployed no fewer than 40,000 operatives to ensure hitch-fee polls during the Nov. 11 governorship election in Kogi State. The head of the security committee, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Habu Sani, announced this at a press conference, on Thursday, in Lokoja. Sani, from the Intelligence Department, […]
From Our Correspondent The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it plans to honour some performing governors and lawmakers elected on its platform in a Productivity Award. The Chairman of APC NewsOnline, Dr Tom Ohikere, told newsmen on Thursday, that the award would take place on Nov. 25 in Abuja. Ohikere said the party would also […]
From Our Correspondent The Ondo State Government, on Thursday, reiterated the need to return to school sports with a view to identify, nurture and promote raw talents. Mr Bamidele Ologunloluwa, Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, made this remark while opening a workshop organised for sports technocrats in the state. TheNewsZenith reports that the theme […]
Egypt, on Thursday, sent a convoy of 96 trucks carrying humanitarian aid via the Rafah border crossing to the besieged Palestinian Gaza Strip. The aid came in after the Israeli side had inspected them, an Egyptian source said on condition of anonymity. “The trucks contain medicines, medical supplies, tents, food, water and baby formula,” he […]
Israeli forces fought Hamas fighters through shell-blasted buildings in the north of the Gaza Strip on Thursday as the plight of civilians in the besieged Palestinian territory worsened. Gaza residents said Israeli troops were inching their way closer to the Al-Shifa hospital, Gaza’s biggest health facility. Israel believes Hamas has a command centre in that […]
Eight people died on Wednesday when the driver of a car suspected of carrying smuggled migrants fled police and smashed into an oncoming vehicle on a South Texas highway. The crash happened around 6.30 a.m. when the driver of a 2009 Honda Civic tried to outrun deputies from the Zavala County Sheriff’s Office. The State […]
From Our Correspondent Wife of Edo Governor, Mrs Betsy Obaseki has threatened legal action against public officials who marginalise women in appointments, especially at the local government level. Obaseki made the threat Wednesday evening at the Edo Women Summit, to mark the 2023 Alaghodaro Summit in Benin City. TheNewsZenith reports that the event attracted women […]
By Abdulwarees Solanke It is, indeed, troubling that most noble reform ideas, initiatives, projects and programmes are never welcome. Soon after the commencement of implementation, they ran into a glitch. They get abandoned. What the government spent billions of dollars on in publicity and publications campaigns and rallies are soon consigned into waste bins of […]