By Abdulfatah Babatunde The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) will begin the enforcement of the digitalised Central Motor Registry (e-CMR), asking vehicle users to register for safety and security compliance. In a statement on Sunday, Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the enforcement will start on July 29. TheNewsZenith reports that the Force tasked […]
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 Opeyemi Muhammad The Nigerian Shippers’ Council and National Judicial Institute are set to jointly host the 17th International Maritime Seminar for Judges. Rebecca Adamu, Assistant Director in the Public Relations Unit, announced in a statement e-mailed to TheNewsZenith on Friday. According to the statement, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen. George […]
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 […]
From Our Correspondent, Awka On Wednesday, Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra signed the State’s Electoral bill for the conduct of the Local Government election and 10 other bills into Law. TheNewsZenith reports that the bills include the Anambra State Electoral Law 2024, Touting Prohibition Law 2024 and Secret Cult and Similar Activities Prohibition Law, 2024. […]
From Our Correspondent The Police have arraigned a 28-year-old man, Toheeb Alabi before an Ona-Ara Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly stealing farm produce estimated at N500,000. Alabi, whose address was not provided, is facing a two-count charge of forceful entering and stealing. The Prosecutor, Insp Folarunmi Adeshina told the court that the defendant committed the offence […]
Police From Abdulwahab Muhammad, Bauchi The Police Command in Bauchi State have arrested the ring leader of a gang, who allegedly participated in killing six NYSC members and two others, 13 years ago. TheNewsZenith reports that the Commissioner of Police, Awwal Musa Mohammed, paraded the suspect before newsmen on Friday in Bauchi. Muhammed named the […]
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 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 […]