By Our Correspondent A Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, on Monday, sentenced 25-year-old security guard, Edu Nkanu, to seven years in prison for stealing. Nkanu, who resides at No 14, Babatunde St., Off Ogunlana Drive, Surulere. Lagos faces charges of stealing compressors of air conditioners valued at N380,000 belonging to his employer. The Magistrate, […]
By Our Correspondent Public and private schools in many areas of Lagos experienced a very low turnout of students as schools resumed the 2023/2024 academic session on Monday, TheNewsZenith reports. Our correspondent visited schools in Mushin, Yaba, Lagos Mainland and Apapa among others to observe the schools’ resumption. The correspondent noticed a few parents dropping […]
By Our Correspondent The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has engaged transport stakeholders on the “Safe To Load” programme, to prevent accidents during the Ember months. The programme is part of the annual Command’s Stakeholders Engagement on the implementation of the programme, held on Wednesday in Lagos. TheNewsZenith reports that the theme of the engagement […]
By Our Correspondent Three persons have died while one other sustained injuries in a lone accident around Area J4 on the Ijebu Ode-Benin expressway on Saturday. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed the accident involving a Toyota sienna car that plunged into Omo river around Area J4. Spokesperson of FRSC, Florence Okpe, told newsmen […]
From Our Correspondent The National Coconut Producers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (NACOPPMAN) has advocated planting 10,000 hectares of coconut in viable states across the country. Dr Nma Okoroji, National President of NACOPPMAN, made the advocacy while speaking with newsmen in commemoration of World Coconut Day on Saturday in Abuja. TheNewsZenith reports that World […]
By Our Correspondent The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has challenged teachers to embrace technology and develop themselves to remain relevant in the global environment. These are part of the recommendations from the 2023 TRCN’s virtual conference. Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, the council’s Registrar, in a press statement on Saturday in Abuja, highlighted the conference […]
The African Union (AU) Commission has suspended Gabon from the bloc until normal constitutional order is restored in the country following the latest military coup. The pan-African bloc announced the suspension in a statement issued late Thursday, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It took the decision to suspend Gabon during its latest meeting on situation in […]
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI). The new NASENI boss is Mr Khalil Halilu, 32. He replaces Dr Bashir Gwandu. Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to President on Media and Publicity announced the appointment in […]
From Our Correspondent The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has urged employers and companies seeking to obtain pension clearance certificates to stop using touts and agents. The Head of Corporate Communications of PenCom, Mr Abdulqadir Dahiru, said this in a statement, on Friday, in Abuja. “The use of touts and agents to obtain pension clearance certificate […]
Young activists from Somalia have called for effective action to combat the negative impacts of climate change on vulnerable groups across the country. The activists made the call as they wrapped up a three-day training session, on Thursday, in Mogadishu. TheNewsZenith reports that the UN-backed training focused on the nexus between human rights and climate […]