From Bolanle Ridwan, Abuja The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has announced its first investment in Powerstove, specialising in the production of cooking stoves. Mr Olusegun Ayeoyenikan, NASENI’s Director of Information, announced the investment in a statement, emailed to TheNewsZenith at the weekend. Powerstove is a pioneering Nigerian company producing modern cooking […]
From Our Correspondent A pioneer Operational Director and later Chairman of The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde, is dead. Lamorde, aged 61, died on Saturday in Egypt where he went for medical treatment. Twice chairman of the commission from 2011, and 2015, Lamorde joined the Nigerian Police in 1986 and retired […]
The 2024 Basketball Africa League (BAL) playoffs tipped off at Kigali’s BK Arena, on Friday night, in the Rwandan capital. This is as Libya’s Al Ahly Ly defeated South Africa’s Cape Town Tigers 87-76. Also, Morocco’s FUS Rabat beat the defending champion Egypt’s Al Ahly 89-78 in their seeding games. Robert Golden led Al Ahly […]
From Our Correspondent For allegedly killing a crane operator, who denied him sexual advances, the Police in Abia State have arrested a Chinese expatriate Mr GZ Zhen. TheNewsZenith gathered that Zhen is a Chinese expatriate at the Inner Galaxy Steel, Umuahala Asa, Ukwa West council area of the state. The police spokesman in the state, […]
From Khabab Abdulfatah, Abeokuta The Ogun State Muslim Council (OMC) has commended Gov. Dapo Abiodun for providing funds to augment the shortfall in Basic Travelling Allowance for the state pilgrims to perform the 2024 Hajj. In a statement, the Council described the governor’s action as a gesture that would enhance unhindered Hajj conduct. It would […]
From Kazeem Oduola, Kano Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has directed the Police to arrest the former Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero for attempting to forcefully return to the palace. Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa announced the directive in a statement late on Friday. In the statement, the […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has reassured Sudan of its continued support in providing humanitarian and economic assistance while addressing other priority needs amid the country’s ongoing civil conflict. In a statement on Thursday in Abidjan, the Bank approved $74 million for the Sudan Emergency Wheat Production project. TheNewsZenith reports that the World Food Programme […]
From Our Correspondent That deposed Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has been reinstated nor the current Emir dethrone is no longer news. But we now know why Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano reinstated the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, back to the royal stool. TheNewsZenith reports that the governor said he decided to […]
From Our Correspondent Some female Muslim students of the University of Ibadan International School, Ibadan (ISI), on Wednesday, came out of a six-year legal battle victoriously to enforce their hitherto denied right to wear hijab in school. TheNewsZenith reports that Justice Moshood Ishola of Oyo State High Court ruled that female students, willing to cover […]
The Mozambican government will subsidize the purchase of cotton by five meticais (about 7.9 cents) a kilogramme to crash prices and benefit 600,000 farmers. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Celso Correia, announced the subsidy during a meeting with producers, on Wednesday, in Maputo. “The subsidy and price stabilisation will impact around 100,000 families, representing […]