An Osun High Court in Osogbo, on Tuesday, ordered the Nigerian Correctional Services to produce Raheem Adedoyin, owner of Hilton Hotels, Ile-Ife, alleged to be involved in the murder of one Timothy Adegoke, an Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) a postgraduate student, in court on Nov. 7. The six other defendants standing trial in the murder […]
Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA) said on Tuesday that it has developed rules to enable micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to raise capital through crowdfunding. Wycliffe Shamiah, the Chief Executive Officer of CMA, said the new rules pave the way for Kenya’s MSMEs, which employ some 15 million people in the workforce, to raise […]
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday criticised Malaysia for forcing Myanmar refugees to return home despite severe human rights violations by the military junta in Myanmar. The UN body in Geneva said the Malaysian authorities are putting people’s lives at risk. The military took power in Myanmar at the beginning of February 2021 and since […]
Rowdiness and long queue resurfaced in many fuel stations in Lagos, on Tuesday, following a short supply of petrol, resulting in panic buying by motorists. The NewsZenith reports that queues are beginning to build in some filling stations in Lekki-Aja, Victoria Island, Apapa, Maryland, Onipan, Ikoyi Mjushin and Victoria Island among others. Our correspondent also […]
By Our Correspondent A public affairs analyst, Ayodele Akinsola, has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is endowed with the gift of assembling smart people who can deliver good governance. Akinsola, who is also a veteran journalist, said the APC presidential candidate in the 2023 poll “does not allow […]
Eintracht Frankfurt supervisory board chairman Philip Holzer hopes that every effort was made that Wednesday’s Champions League match against Olympique Marseille remained peaceful. The “war-like’’ scenes from the first game in France don’t happen again. Holzer told Tuesday’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily that “this is a matter for the executive powers. “I am convinced that […]
An appeal has gone to African statisticians and data experts to initiate a road map for the modernisation of the continent’s official statistical systems to provide reliable information for informed decision-making. Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Demeke Mekonnen, made the appeal while addressing the joint opening session of back-to-back […]
Malta plans to spend 508 million euros ($501.4 million) in 2023 to ease the impact of rising energy costs, Prime Minister Robert Abela has said. The NewsZenith reports that the island of Malta is a small independent nation-state that is located in the centre of the Mediterranean Sea in Europe. In the 2023 budget plan unveiled […]
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has announced a $5 million additional grant for Nigeria on climate resilience and to boost dry season farming. IFAD said the fund, targeted at smallholder farmers, would help to improve production. Part of it would be used to plant trees to mitigate erosion in the event of a […]
SEN. Ovie Omo-Agege, the Delta governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday in Asaba, inaugurated his campaign council, with a mandate to reclaim the state. Ovie Omo-Agege The event, which held at the party’s campaign office, along Summit road, Asaba drew a large turnout of party faithful and supporters across the state. […]