By Abdulfatah Babatunde Alhaji AbdulHamid Solate, the Managing Director of Hajj Mabrur Ventures Ltd., (HMVL) has rated the organisation of this year’s pilgrimage as a huge success. Solate assessed in an exclusive interview with TheNewsZenith on Thursday in Lagos. He said there was a ‘marked improvement’ this year over the 2023 hajj operation. TheNewsZenith reports […]
Israeli aircraft pummelled Gaza City after ordering forced displacement, on Wednesday night, according to Arabic media reports. At least 30 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike on Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood, according to Arabic media reports. The Palestinian civil defence forces in Gaza said that rescue teams came under fire from Israeli forces as they […]
Chinese Customs officials have stopped a man attempting to smuggle over 100 live snakes, concealed in his trousers, into the country. Authorities say he was trying to cross the border through a non-declaration lane at Futian Port Control Point in Futian, Shenzhen. Shenzhen is a border crossing between Hong Kong and mainland China. Illegal wildlife […]
The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has announced the adoption of an interest-rate-based monetary policy regime in line with international best practices to ensure price stability and foster economic growth. The new regime comes as the central bank takes a major step to switch away from the previous credit ceiling policy. This is to ensure […]
By Our Correspondent The spokesperson to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, Eseme Eyiboh has, lost his mother, Mrs Grace Sunday Eyiboh. Grace died three days before her 90th birthday to become a nonagenarian. In a letter informing the Senate President of the death, Eyiboh stated: “Your Lordship, I woke up in the early hours of […]
By Our Correspondent A medical foundation, the Loveworld Medical Centre (LMC) says it is ready to save Nigerians the cost of medical tourism by providing advanced medical care in nuclear medicine. The Chief Operating Officer of the centre, Dr Anthony Oseghale, said this during the International Loveworld Medical Symposium on Radionuclide Therapy and Oncology, on […]
From Our Correspondent A 65-year-old pastor, Francis Ogu, on Wednesday, appeared before the Children, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Offences Court in Awka, for allegedly defiling his 10-year-old domestic worker. TheNewsZenith reports that the Police charged Ogu, who resides at Umuike village in Awka, for defilement. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Chinyere Okechukwu, told the court that […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde The Tinubu Media Volunteers (TMV) has praised the African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation (APPO) for citing its Africa Energy Bank headquarters in Nigeria. In a statement emailed to TheNeewsZenith, on Wednesday, TMV noted that locating the head office of the $5 billion Africa Energy Bank in Nigeria “shows that Nigeria remains a viable investment […]
From Our Correspondent The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, has described the Trade Modernisation Project (TMP) as a worthy and dependable partner in the modernisation drive. Adeniyi gave the commendation at the weekend after receiving a power generating set and a bus on behalf of the service from TMP in Abuja. Appreciating the TMP […]
From Our Correspondent Resident doctors at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH) in Awka, Anambra State, have threatened to go on strike if the government to address their welfare issues. The doctors issued a warning to the authorities for failing to pay their outstanding allowances and address poor working conditions. The President of the […]