From Our Correspondent The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi, has called for more investment in healthcare to prevent disease outbreaks and improve life expectancy. Obi made the call at the sixth public lecture of the Board of Fellows, Pharmaceuticals Society of Nigeria (PSN) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe […]
From Our Correspondent Anambra State Government, on Tuesday, said it has not recorded any case of Cholera outbreak yet in any of its health facilities. Dr Afam Obidike, the State’s Commissioner for Health, announced this to newsmen in Awka, the state capital. He, however, told newsmen in Awka, that the ministry has already activated the […]
From Our Correspondent The Nigerian Navy, NNS Jubilee in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom, has arrested an unnamed vessel and nine persons over an alleged threat to maritime safety in the state. The Commander, Commodore Martins Fakrogha, confirmed the arrest to newsmen at Helms Jetty in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom on Tuesday. Fakrogha […]
From Our Correspondent Nigeria’s public debt stock rose from N97.34 trillion ($108.23 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2023 to N121.67 trillion ($91.46 billion) in the first quarter of 2024. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released the stock figures on its website Tuesday. It further stated that the Nigerian Domestic and Foreign Debt Report […]
Trade volume between Algeria and Türkiye reached $6.3 billion in 2023, Algeria’s Minister of Trade and Export Promotion Tayeb Zitouni said on Monday. Zitouni made the announcement at the Algerian-Turkish Business Forum held in Algiers. Zitouni and his Turkish counterpart, Omer Bolat co-chaired the forum. He called for broadening bilateral collaboration in areas including agricultural […]
From Our Correspondent in Iseyin A Muslim cleric, Abdul-Azeez Sulaiman, has petitioned the Police Commissioner in Oyo State over a bloody assault on his family by a CAC Pastor, on Sunday, June 16 in Iseyin. In the petition, a copy of which TheNewsZenith obtained, Sulaiman narrated how Pastor Busari Stephen, brutalised his family. He said […]
From Our Correspondent ….operatives arrest two ladies The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it raided a snake-guarded shrine used to store illicit drugs in the Igor community, Benin City, Edo state. In a statement emailed to TheNewsZenith on Sunday, NDLEA said its operatives detected a specially constructed large hole storage in a wall […]
Nine people, including seven law enforcement officers, died and 25 others sustained injuries during shootings in southern Russia’s Republic of Dagestan on Sunday, RIA Novosti reported. The report cited the muftiate of the republic. The shootings occurred at two Orthodox churches first at a synagogue and a traffic police post in Derbent City. Another shooting […]
By Our Correspondent A socio-political group, The Collective Movement (TCM), has faulted the Federal Government’s plan to buy new aircraft for the presidential fleets amidst widespread poverty and hunger in the land. TCM National Coordinator, Comrade Frank Pius Onyeka, made this known in a statement. His Director of Media, Ndubuisi Nwachukwu, issued the statement, on […]
Two Israeli air strikes on buildings in Gaza City have killed at least 38 people and injured many more, Hamas has said. The Israeli military said warplanes had struck Hamas military infrastructure sites and it would provide more details later. A spokesman for Gaza’s civil defence said a residential block in the al-Shati area, one […]