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 […]
From Our Correspondent Federal workers across the board will get N25,000 as a palliative to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal, Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, has announced. Gbajabiamila made this known after the Federal Government met with organised labour at the Presidential Villa, on Sunday, in Abuja. “The […]
From Our Correspondent The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, has restated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment to reducing humanitarian crisis and poverty in Nigeria. The minister made this known in a statement made available to the newsmen on Sunday. According to the statement, the Federal Government has taken over phase […]
Two police officers sustained slight injuries when one of the two terrorists blew himself up on Sunday morning. The attack happened in front of the General Directorate of Security in the Turkish capital of Ankara, the Interior Minister said. ”…Two terrorists, who arrived in a light commercial vehicle in front of the gate of the […]
From Our Correspondent in Abuja The National Economic Council (NEC) has appealed to organised labour leaders to strengthen dialogue in their quest for better welfare of members. Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State announced this to briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the NEC meeting in Abuja. Mutfwang said the Council also pleaded […]
From Our Correspondent The Senate of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma has directed students to return to campus for the immediate resumption of full academic activities. Senate gave the directive after an emergency meeting, held, on Friday in Ekpoma, Edo State. TheNewsZenith recalls that the institution’s authorities suspended all academic activities on Sept. 5, following students’ […]
Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Tunisia’s main opposition party, announced that he will begin a hunger strike on Friday. Ghannouchi, who has been in jail since April, said he would not eat until restrictions on him and other prisoners are lifted. The Ennahda party leader, the most prominent critic of Tunisian President Kais Saied, made […]
From Our Correspondent The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) Command, Bauchi, has arrested three suspected vandals and transformer cable thieves in the Jama’are LGA of the state. The Command’s spokesman, DCP Ibrahim Gabdo, announced this in a statement on Friday in Bauchi. Gabdo said the Command patrol team arrested the three suspects in […]