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 […]
From Our Correspondent Ogun State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) has inducted 124 Vice Principals as managers and administrators, to ensure more efficiency in the running of public secondary schools in the state. Inducting the new VPs at Abeokuta Grammar School, TESCOM Chairman, Mr Olalekan Ifede charged them to compliment the efforts of their respective Principals. […]
Qatari Authorities have released three Iranians imprisoned in Qatar and they will return to their home country in the coming days, Iran’s Ambassador to Qatar Hamidreza Dehghani said. Dehghani announced this in a post on social media platform X (Twitter), on Wednesday. The Ambassador added that Qatar released the three as a follow-up to the […]
By Our Correspondent The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has activated the Emergency Communications Centres (ECC) to fulfil needful job opportunities for Nigerian youths. Reuben Muoka, NCC’s Director of Public Affairs announced this in a statement emailed to TheNewsZenith on Thursday. Muoka stated that this move was beyond NCC’s efforts at providing essential emergency response services to […]
No fewer than 63 people died and 43 others sustained injuries, on Thursday when a building in a South African city centre caught fire, an official said. Robert Mulaudzi, spokesperson for the City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services, said they received information that the five-storey building was on fire at around 1.30 a.m. on Thursday […]
The President, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Farouk Mudi, says the newly unveiled AGRIVEST Reality TV challenge platform would create 10 million agriculture-related jobs in five years. Mudi said this at the signing of a pact between AFAN, TINGO mobile and the Association of Deans of Agriculture in Nigeria (ADAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. […]
The Akwa Ibom State Government has sealed off a Chinese mining firm, Ruitai Mining Company, for failing to produce an operation licence. State’s Commissioner for Environment and Mineral Resources, Chief Uno Eno, announced the closure at a news briefing in Uyo on Tuesday. Eno said the firm could not provide authorisation documents for mining titanium […]
The Lagos State’s Blue Line Railway will begin commercial operations on Monday, Sept. 4, according to the Lagos State Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA). Mrs Abimbola Akinajo, Managing Director of LAMATA announced this at a Press briefing and test-running of the train at Marina on Wednesday. Akinajo said the commercial operation of the transport system […]