From Our Correspondent in Abuja Women Affairs Minister, Mrs Pauline Tallen has called for capital punishment for rape offenders Tallen, who was also a former Deputy Governor of Plateau State, made the call as a guest at a Forum in Abuja. She said that only capital punishment and other forms of punishment commensurate with the […]
Malawi’s cholera outbreak death toll hit 200 as of Saturday with cumulative reported cases at 6,720 since the first case was reported in March in the south-eastern border district of Machinga. Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, disclosed this in her latest update on the outbreak, saying all the country’s 28 districts, including Likoma Island, […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday, inaugurated the Electoral Logistics Committee (ELOC) in readiness for the 2023 General Election. The new committee, which is charged with the speedy and safe delivery of quantities of sensitive and non-sensitive materials for the 2023 General Elections, have various security agencies as members. They include the three […]
By Our Correspondent The All Progressives Congress (APC) will on Tuesday, Nov. 15 flag off its Presidential campaign in Jos, Plateau State. Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Director, Media & Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, announced this in a statement obtained by The NewsZenith on Friday in Lagos. ”The city of Jos, capital of Plateau […]
Somalia’s army and allied clan militias have killed at least 100 al-Shabaab fighters in heavy clashes in the central Hiran region, the Defence Ministry said on Friday, days after twin bombings killed at least 120 people in the capital. Al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda franchise, claimed responsibility for two car bombs that blew up outside the Education […]
By Hashim Yussuf Amao In the spring of 2020, a Nollywood movie producer wanted me to fly to Istanbul, Turkey to work with a top organisation whose social media handles are verified. She maintains a cordial friendship with a don at the organisation, and her words had injected belief in me: the best writer they […]
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 […]