Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River State has pledged to complete the abandoned 39-kilometre Ukelle Road in Yala Local Government Area, connecting Benue State. Otu stated this on Saturday during an assessment visit to the road project abandoned about two decades ago. He made the plea during a meeting with the Clan Head of Wanokom, […]
Egypt has begun a $1.8 billion programme to drill natural gas exploration wells in the Mediterranean Sea and Nile Delta. Egyptian Petroleum Minister, Tarek El Molla, disclosed this to UAE state news agency, WAM on Tuesday. The programme is in cooperation with Eni, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and BP. The aim is to drill 35 exploration […]
Katsina State Government has announced revocation of all lands illegally allocated by some officials of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). Alhaji Ado Yahaya, Director of Human Resources for the Head of Civil Service of the state announced this in a circular made available to newsmen, on Saturday, in Katsina. Yahaya addressed the circular, dated June […]
One person died and five others sustained injuries in Cairo when a massive sandstorm hit several parts of Egypt on Thursday. The casualties resulted from a billboard’s collapse at the 6th October bridge in Cairo, according to local media reports. The country also recorded several road accidents, with some people wounded but no fatalities, said […]
The Managing Director, Kano State Zoological and Wildlife Management Agency, Alhaji Lawan Jinjiri-Kurmawa, on Friday, handed over the mantle of the agency to its Director, Administration and General Services, Alhaji Kawu Garba. Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje had directed political officeholders to hand over MDAs before May 26 to next most senior officer. Ganduje’s second term of […]
Fiese fire has engulfed the popular Agbeni market in Ibadan, Oyo State, destroying goods and property worth millions of naira in the early hours of Sunday. The NewsZenith gathered that the fire started at about 04.00 a.m., on Sunday, while the cause is yet unknown. The inferno completely ruined many shops and stalls while the […]
By Our Correspondent The enforcement unit of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has dislodged scavengers and miscreants from illegal dumpsites across the city. The Managing Director of LAWMA, Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, said in a statement that the agency carried out the dislodgement to ensure a cleaner and healthier environment. In the process of dislodging […]
Kenya’s arid regions are recovering from the dry spell following heavy rains, the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) said in a report released on Friday. Drought has ravaged arid regions for over a year now. The institution said the pasture situation has improved for millions of livestock as grass regenerates and water becomes available. ReadRelated […]
A three-day national conference to address the ongoing human-wildlife conflict (HWC) in Namibia opens on Wednesday in Windhoek, the country’s capital. Opening the conference, Namibia’s Vice President, Nangolo Mbumba, stressed the need to prioritise development needs of local communities while making efforts to manage HWC. Mbumba added the country must also promote biodiversity conservation and […]
Three people died and six others injured, on Thursday, after a three-story building collapsed in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, officials said. The building collapsed in Ramajogi Peta area of Vishakhapatnam, the main city of Andhra Pradesh. Following the building collapse, authorities rushed police and rescue teams to the spot to carry out […]