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General Transportation

10 feared dead in dawn accident on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

At least ten persons died in a dawn accident involving a truck and a Toyota bus in Oniworo area on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Florence Okpe, an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps, confirmed the accident, which happened around 4.30 a.m., on Saturday. The accident also left two other persons with varying degrees of injuries, while […]

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Law / Crime

FG rakes N1.8bn from sale of forfeited assets – Malami

The Federal Government has realised more than N1.828 billion in proceeds from the sale of some forfeited assets. Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, announced this during a presentation of President Buhari’s Administration Scorecard on Thursday in Abuja. Malami said $641 million recovered loot from the late Gen. Sani Abacha was used for social investment and […]

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Foreign News

UNICEF seeks $272m to help 3m Somalis in 2023

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Thursday, appealed for $272.3 million to provide humanitarian services to three million people in Somalia, including two million children in 2023. The UN agency said the funds would help it expand the delivery of essential multisectoral services. The services will focus on hard-to-reach areas and will strengthen its leadership […]

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Foreign News

20 reportedly die in Kabul blast

Seven persons died and ten more were injured in an explosion near the Afghan Foreign Ministry building in Kabul on Tuesday, a Qatar-based media outlet reported. A separate new outlet earlier claimed that the blast killed or wounded more than 20 people. Taliban spokesman, Ahmadullah Muttaki, for his part, told reporters that a suicide bomber had tried […]

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Foreign News

Tunisian, Italian FMs discuss bilateral ties, illegal immigration

Tunisian Foreign Affairs Minister, Othman Jerandi, held a phone conversation with Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, on Tuesday to discuss bilateral ties. They also discussed the issue of irregular immigration. Jerandi confirmed the dynamism of Tunisian-Italian relations, within the framework of supporting the strategic partnership between the two countries, […]

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Foreign News

Uganda announces official end to Ebola outbreak

Ugandan health authorities have officially announced the end of the Ebola virus outbreak after the last known Ebola patient was discharged from the hospital. “Uganda put a swift end to the Ebola outbreak by ramping up key control measures such as surveillance, contact tracing and infection, prevention and control,” an official statement reads. The World […]

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Politics

Ekiti ready for Atiku’s presidential campaign – Ex-Deputy Gov

A chieftain of the PDP, Dr Sikiru Tae-Lawal says the people of Ekiti State, are fully ready to receive the Presidential Campaign trail of its Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Lawal, a former Deputy-Governor, expressed optimism that the good people of Ekiti would vote massively for former vice president Atiku. The NewsZenith learnt that the […]

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Politics

Vote Tinubu to continue my legacy – Buhari in Yobe

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday called the electorate to vote for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as president to continue his (Buhari) legacy. Buhari, who spoke in Hausa, gave the advice during the presidential campaign of the ruling APC in Damaturu, Yobe State. The President said he joined Tinubu in the rallies because he wanted to tell […]

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Business Economy

Osinbajo says investment in tech, key to prosperity

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says investment in technology is the way of the future as it holds prospects for national development. Osinbajo made the remarks when he received delegation of Odu’a Investment Company at the Presidential Villa, on Tuesday in Abuja. The Group Chairman of the conglomerate, Bimbo Ashiru, led the delegation. The vice president […]

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Law / Crime Security

Bandits kill 7 NSCDC men in ambush in Kaduna

Armed bandits, on Monday, ambushed and killed seven officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)  in Kaduna State on Monday. The Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC, Olusola Odumosu, confirmed the killing on Tuesday in Kaduna. Odumosu said bandits killed the officers and five others from a sister security agency and a […]

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