Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he is open to talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but would not meet him if a withdrawal of Turkish troops from Syrian territory were set as a condition. Speaking to reporters in Istanbul on Monday, Erdogan said Turkey has never “shut the door” to discussions with the Syrian government. He […]
From Our Correspondent A Chief Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Makurdi on Monday, ordered that 10 suspected cultists be remanded in a correction centre for allegedly killing a 22-year-old boy, Samson Ajekonye. The suspects, who live at various addresses in Apa LGA, are facing charges of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide. Prosecuting counsel, Insp Godwin Ato, […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed Africa’s unity and strength and strongly rejected the notion of a new scramble for Africa on Sunday in Nairobi, Kenya. The President made the affirmation at the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (5thMYCM) of the African Union (AU) and other relevant fora of the continental body as […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 19-year-old student, Nnamani Daberechi for being in possession of 7.2 kilogrammes of Methamphetamine. The suspect allegedly concealed the substance in a crayfish sack in an attempt to export it. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, announced the arrest in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi […]
By Our Correspondent in Abeokuta At least, four persons died in a lone accident involving a commercial bus on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in the early hour of Sunday in Ogun State. The NewsZenith gathered that 11 other passengers in the bus, marked AGL989YA, sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident at the Aiyetoro axis […]
Rwanda has started constructing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage facilities in Kigali to ensure a stable supply of gas for its growing population. This is part of efforts to cut down the use of wood for cooking, an official said at the weekend. The project, worth 37.7 billion Rwandan francs (about $32 million), in the […]
From Our Correspondent in Ilorin The Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi, on Saturday, personally led a special operation to rescue kidnapped victims in Isin forests in Isanlu-Isin. Spokesman of the command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, announced the operation in a statement on Saturday in Ilorin. Ajayi said in another kidnapping incident in Isanlu-Isin […]
By Our Correspondent It was a sorrowful Saturday for the family of a teenage girl hawking eggs on the ever-busy Lagos road as an articulated truck crushed her to death. TheNewsZenith reports that the accident occurred on the Otedola bridge along Lagos/Ibadan expressway at about 3.30 p.m. No one could identify the teenage girl at […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is attending the mid-year coordination meeting of the African Union in Nairobi, Kenya as Nigeria has fulfilled its financial obligations to the Union. Abiodun Oladunjoye, State House Information Director, in a statement on Saturday, said Nigeria had fully paid its contributions for 2023. The statement quoted the Permanent Secretary (PS), Ministry […]
Brunei’s Sultan, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, said on Saturday, the sultanate had started implementing the National Retirement Scheme (SPK). Bolkiah announced this in a speech during his 77th birthday celebration in Bandar Seri Begawan. The celebration is an important event on the Southeast Asian country’s annual calendar and it usually lasts a month. The SPK is […]