The Police Command in Abia says they have arrested a suspected child trafficker for allegedly kidnapping and transporting three girls to Ghana. The news of the arrest was contained in a statement signed by the Abia Police PRO, Maureen Chinaka, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) announced the arrest in a statement in Aba. Chinaka […]
An expert in climate change and development, Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke, has expressed dismay over negligence of rural dwellers in intervention efforts on climate change adaptation and mitigation in Nigeria. Okereke spoke at the final stakeholders’ workshop organised to share key findings on understanding the effectiveness of local communities in taking necessary action through Locally-Led Adaptation […]
Officials of Colmar City have confirmed 11 people dead, on Wednesday, following a fire earlier in the day at a holiday home for disabled people in Wintzenheim, northeastern France. Nathalie Kielwasser, deputy prosecutor of Colmar, said all people sleeping on ground floor of the two-storey building managed to escape. Five of those who lived on […]
From Our Correspondent The Federal Government has imposed a new set of sanctions on groups, organisations and individuals that may be supporting the military junta in the Republic of Niger. Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to President on Media and Publicity, announced this while briefing State House Correspondents, Tuesday in Abuja. Ngelale said President Bola Tinubu […]
By Our Correspondent The Lagos State Government has suspended the General Manager of the Lagos State Infrastructure and Asset Management Agency. This followed the submission of a preliminary report into the elevator crash at the State General Hospital, Odan on Lagos Island. The elevator crash led to the death of a house officer, Dr Vwaere […]
Four fishermen have gone missing after huge waves hit their boats and sank in waters off Indonesia’s East Java province, according to an official of the local search and rescue agency on Tuesday. A rescue team is still searching for the people who got missing on Monday evening, Yoni Fariza, the coordinator at Trenggalek Search […]
From Our Correspondent The Nigerian community in South Africa has commended the country’s national women’s basketball team, the D’Tigress, for winning the FIBA Women’s Afrobasket title four conservative times. TheNewsZenith reports that the Nigerian team, at the BK Arena, Kigali in Rwanda, defeated Senegal, 84-74 to win at the weekend. The Nigerian team sets new […]
From Our Correspondent A farmers group in Rivers has called on the Federal Government to ensure equal access to opportunities on the planned agriculture subsidy programmes. Mr Godwin Akandu, President of Etche Farmers Cooperative Union, made the plea while speaking with our correspondent in Port Harcourt. Akandu advised that the government should focus on efforts […]
From Our Correspondent The Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform (PCFPTR) says it will ensure ease of tax payment and use for the benefit of Nigerians. Mr Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman of the PCFPTR, gave the assurance while briefing State House Correspondents on Tuesday in Abuja. Oyedele said that the committee would formulate appropriate […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde Doyens in Nigeria’s media industry, on Monday, took turns to eulogise and recount sweet encounters with the first civilian governor of Lagos State, the late Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande. They all gathered at the inaugural “Lateef Jakande Annual Memorial Lecture” organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors in collaboration with the Lagos […]