…No candidate secured more than 50% of the vote, pushing Turkey into a second round – and uncharted territory. Turkey’s high-stakes presidential election is headed for a run-off vote, Turkey’s electoral chief Ahmet Yener, has said, citing official results from the country’s Supreme Election Council. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan garnered 49.5 per cent of Sunday’s vote, shopping […]
Results of Turkish Presidential election have started coming in after polls closed, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan leading with 49.6 per cent of total votes cast. According to poll results, published by state-run Anadolu Agency, Erdogan’s AKP party is leading with 49.6 per cent. Kemal Kilicdaroglu of CHP is following with 44.7 per cent of […]
Egypt’s Finance Ministry, on Sunday, announced the sale of a 9.5-per cent stake in state-owned ‘Telecom Egypt’ at its stock exchange market. The ministry said in a statement that it sold 162,171,802 shares of Telecom Egypt, representing 9.5 per cent of the company’s capital It sold the stake at 3.75 billion Egyptian pounds (about $121 […]
By Kamaldeen Akintunde, Esq ….the world is a stage, and men and women are merely players who make their entrances and exits. – William Shakespeare These words say the truth about Prince Abdul Jabbar Bola Ajibola, who left an indelible mark on the world before bidding it farewell. He served with distinction in the noble […]
Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) says the Federal Government has successfully evacuated 2,518 Nigerian citizens trapped in war-torn Sudan back home. Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit of NIDCOM, announced this, on Sunday, in Abuja. Giving an update on the evacuation, Balogun said “as of Sunday, 2,518 people were transported home […]
Fiese fire has engulfed the popular Agbeni market in Ibadan, Oyo State, destroying goods and property worth millions of naira in the early hours of Sunday. The NewsZenith gathered that the fire started at about 04.00 a.m., on Sunday, while the cause is yet unknown. The inferno completely ruined many shops and stalls while the […]
Agege Local Government has disbursed N100,000 cash to 20 selected residents under its empowerment scheme to enable them to become self-reliant. The Executive Chairman of the local government, Chief Ganiyu Egunjobi, distributed cheques for the empowerment programme on Sunday in Agege. Alhaja Aminat Abdulsalam, represented the chairman at the elaborate programme. Egunjobi admonished the beneficiaries […]
The Federal Government is set to deploy five million solar power connections to communities, hitherto not connected to the national grid. The government planned the electricity project under the ‘solar power Niger’ programme of the Rural Electrification Agency. REA announced this during a forum, held in Abuja, to provide opportunities for investors to pitch financial […]
The Somali National Army (SNA) killed 44 al-Shabab militants and injured more after an operation at Ali Fuuto area in southern Somalia, the government confirmed on Saturday. International partners are backing SNA, according to the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism. The ministry said the joint forces conducted the operation on Friday evening. This followed […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on countries to accelerate action to halve anaemia prevalence in women of reproductive age by 2025. In a statement, published on CNG Media on Saturday, WHO made the call while launching its first-ever comprehensive framework on reducing anaemia. “Progress on reducing anaemia has been slow and the world […]