United Nations Children’s Fund has condemned the recent abduction of 21 children in the Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State saying that the report was worrisome. The UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Cristian Munduate, in a statement issued in Bauchi on Friday described the abduction of children, either at home, in school or elsewhere as […]
Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, said on Friday that primary schools in the Indian capital would be closed, following increasing levels of air pollution. Kejriwal said the schools would be closed from Saturday. “We’re taking all steps to control the situation. Meanwhile, we are shutting down all primary schools in Delhi from tomorrow,” the […]
The hunger and malnutrition crisis in South Sudan has escalated, fuelled by climate-induced disasters like flooding alongside civil strife, the United Nations agencies said on Thursday. The World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a joint statement in Juba, South […]
Four Federal Government agencies defended their 2023 budget proposals before the Senate Committee on Industries at the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, on Thursday in Abuja. The NewsZenith reports that the agencies include the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Bank of Industries (BOI), Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency […]
The Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA), on Wednesday, began investigation of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) indicted in the 2021 Auditor-General’s report. The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Saka Solaja, made the announcement when the committee received the first set of government officials that were summoned to appear before it. The NewsZenith […]
The Federal Government, on Thursday said it has drilled 150 motorised boreholes to enhance access to safe drinking water in Adamawa State. Alhaji Aminu Sambo, the Controller of Housing, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, announced this during an interaction newsmen, on Thursday, in Yola. He said the government provided motorised boreholes designed with over-head […]
North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) but it failed mid-flight, says the South Korean military. The ICBM launch, the North’s seventh this year, sparked an alert in Japan – but fell short, landing in the sea. Tensions are escalating amid fears the North will soon conduct a nuclear test. On Wednesday, both […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advised Nigerian students to use the electronic naira (eNaira) platform to pay school fees and make other payments. Mrs Rakiya Muhammed, the Director of the Information Technology Department at the CBN and Coordinator of Technical Working Committee, eNaira Secretariat, gave the advice during a sensitisation on eNaira at […]
Intense early morning fire outbreak gutted three buildings on Thursday in Alekuwodo area of Osogbo Osun State. The NewsZenith gathered that the inferno began at about 2.30 a.m. The fire had caused collateral damages before men of the state Fire Service arrive at the scene. As at the time of filing this report, the cause […]
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara State, Alhaji Ahmad Sani Kaura is dead. Kaura, 62, slumped and died during a peace meeting organised by the Nigeria Council of Ulamah, Zamfara State chapter on Wednesday in Gusau. The Council is organising a sensitisation meeting with all the political parties to ensure peaceful […]