From Our Correspondent A 26-year-old labourer, Friday Joseph, will spend 10 months in a correctional facility for stealing N250,000, a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court ruled on Tuesday. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, sentenced Joseph after he pleaded guilty to a three-count charge of conspiracy, breaking-in and theft. Emmanuel, however, gave Joseph an option of a N30,000 […]
From Our Correspondent The Borno State Government and World Health Organisation (WHO) have begun a 10-day polio vaccination campaign to eliminate any potential poliovirus. At the start of the campaign, the State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Prof. Baba M. Gana, said the vaccination will cover all the 27 local government areas. Dr Aliyu […]
Uganda’s Head Coach, Charles Onen, has expressed confidence in his team’s preparation ahead of the Rugby Africa Women’s Sevens tournament 2023. The tournament will also act as the Paris Olympic Games 2024 qualifier. The tournament, set to attract eight teams, will take place between Oct. 14 and Oct. 15 in Monastir, Tunisia. “We are putting […]
From Our Correspondent Plateau State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mr Lawandi Datti, has warned youths against jungle justice and advised them to channel their concerns to constituted authorities. Datti stated this when he visited the family of late Fwinbe Gofwan, gruesomely murdered. TheNewsZenith recalls that a mob murdered Gofwan, a minibus driver, by a […]
Schools have reopened in the Libya’s eastern city of Derna, which was hit by deadly floods a few weeks ago. The flood caused thousands of casualties and great destruction. Libya’s Education Ministry said other schools would host students whose schools were flooded and destroyed. The ministry also prepared psychosocial support for students affected by floods. […]
From Our Correspondent The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will swear in the newly appointed 23 judges of the Federal High Court on Wednesday. Festus Akande, Director of Press and Information, said in a statement, that CJN will inaugurate the judges in Abuja. The new judges include Ekerete Udofot Akpan (Akwa Ibom); Hussaini […]
From Our Correspondent in Kano Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has announced a N20,000 stipend as bait for schoolgirls to encourage enrolment in schools. Yusuf made the announcement on Sunday in his Independence Day speech at the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kofar Mata, Kano. He said more than 45,000 schoolgirls would benefit from the pilot […]
From Our Correspondent The Federal Road Safety Corp’s (FRSC), on Sunday, confirmed eight persons dead in an early hour tanker explosion in Warri, Delta State. Seven others sustained varying degrees of injuries in accident that occured at the Koko Junction end of the Ologbo Bridge on the Warri-Benin highway. The Sector Commander of the FRSC […]
By Our Correspondent The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has nabbed a wanted drug kingpin in connection with an attempt to ship four tons of illicit drug consignment to the United Kingdom. The NDLEA said, in a statement, that its operatives men arrested the suspect, a Chadian national “through interdiction operations, leading to the […]
Tunisia said, on Sunday, it foiled 52 irregular immigration attempts to cross the Mediterranean into Europe, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said it arrested 1,004 people during a security operation between Sept. 27 and Sept. 29 in the southern province of Sfax. According to the statement, the ministry officials rounded up […]