Over 3,000 Afghan refugees returned from neighbouring Iran over the past couple of days, said the Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation Affairs on Thursday. According to a statement by the ministry, the recently returned refugees totalled 3,541 and the refugee repatriation is still going on. More than 270,000 Afghan refugees have returned from Iran […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied, on Wednesday, dismissed Nasreddine Nsibi, the Minister of Employment and Training, according to a statement issued by the Presidency. This is the third minister the Tunisian president has dismissed in two months. The statement did not specify the reason for the dismissal. Read Related News: UNECA urges focus on value-addition in […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has suspended, until further notice, the ongoing 2023 Direct Entry (DE) registration exercise, which started on Monday, Feb. 20. Dr Fabian Benjamin, Head of Public Affairs and Protocol of JAMB stated this in a statement in Abuja. The suspension, according to the statement, is to enable the deployment […]
The Nigerian Press Organisation (NPO) has floated a new Ombudsman mechanism, with a view to strengthening public confidence in the Nigerian media. To this end, NPO on Wednesday announced a nine-man board of the National Media Complaints Commission (NMCC), otherwise known as the National Ombudsman. This is contained in a statement issued by President of […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has started distributing sensitive electoral materials to local councils in Lagos. This is coming ahead of the general election starting on Saturday with the Presidential and National Assembly elections. The distribution is being carried out under the watch of security agencies like the Army, Police and the Nigeria Security […]
The Ogun State Muslim Council (OMC) has enjoined Nigerians to vote wisely, irrespective of ethnic and religious affiliations, in the general elections starting next Saturday. The council gave the advice in a statement signed by its Secretary-General, Alhaji Kamaldeen Akintunde and e-mailed to The NewsZenith. “Do not get discourage byd or disenfranchised because of the […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has accredited 229 groups, bringing 146,913 observers to monitor the 2023 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, addressing observer groups in Abuja, said they comprised 196 domestic and 33 international observer groups. “For the 2023 general elections beginning on Saturday, the commission has accredited 196 national […]
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has called for collaboration with multinational stakeholders towards developing Nigeria’s digital economy. The Director-General of the agency, Kashifu Inuwa, made the call at the 2023 NITDA/Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) stakeholders engagements forum, on Tuesday, in Lagos. Kashifu appealed to the stakeholders to imbibe a sense of responsibility […]
Somali National Army (SNA) said its forces backed by both local and international forces killed 42 al-Shabab militants in an operation carried out in Mahaday district, southern Somalia. The Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism announced this in a statement issued in Mogadishu, on Tuesday. The ministry stated that the forces killed 27 of the […]
The Nigeria LNG (NLNG) has signed a Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with three Nigerian teaching hospitals to flag off the second phase of its multi-billion-naira hospital support programme (NLNG-HSP). The NLNG-HSP is NLNG’s national Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, according to Andy Odeh, General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development. CSR initiative, Odeh said in a […]