From Our Correspondent, Awka Awka, Feb. 21,’25 (TNZ) The Media Development Foundation (MDF), an NGO, has advocated a strong measure to curtail incidences of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), saying ‘everyone is a suspect’. TheNewsZenith reports that Mrs Nnenna Anozie, Community Mobilisation Officer of the foundation, made the advocacy at a training and community engagement, […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde “Fuel subsidy is gone,” Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu told a packed crowd at Eagle Square, Abuja, the venue of his inauguration as Nigeria’s newest President, about 21 months ago. Minutes after that pronouncement, the paradigm shift in the nation’s economic landscape was never the same again. President Tinubu used the inaugural address […]
From Our Correspondent Abuja, Feb. 20, ’25 (TNZ) A civil society organisation, Centre for Credible Leadership and Citizens Awareness (CCLCA), has called for promoting ideological coherence and reviewing the Electoral Act to address politicians’ frequent carpet crossings. TheNewsZenith reports that Dr Gabriel Nwambu, the Executive Director of CCLCA, made this call while speaking with newsmen […]
By Oluwashina Iyanda Lagos, Feb. 19, ’25 (TNZ) The Tinubu Media Volunteers (TMV) group has acknowledged the leading role Nigeria is seeking to play in driving Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation TMV’s Chairman Chukwudi Enekwechi and Secretary Shedrach Sunday said this in a statement emailed to TheNewsZenith on Wednesday in Lagos. The group particularly lauded […]
By Our Correspondent Lagos, Feb. 19, ’25 (TNZ) Some entrepreneurs have advocated for the empowerment of talented young people as a strategy for Nigeria and Africa to achieve their socioeconomic and political destiny. TheNewsZenith reports that businessmen made the call at a gathering hosted by the African Social Innovation Fellowship (ASIF) on Thursday in Lagos. […]
By Our Correspondent Lagos, Feb. 19, ’25 (TNZ) The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) recently intercepted a suspect with 142 wraps of Canadian loud cannabis valued at N290 million at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. TheNewsZenith reports that Mr Effiong Harrison, the Comptroller of the MMIA Customs Command, handed over the seizure and one […]
From Our Correspondent Awka, Feb. 17, ’25 (TNZ) The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has adopted a grassroots approach to deepen its electioneering campaign ahead of the 2025 governorship election in Anambra. TheNewsZenith reports that the approach is known as the Solution Kindred Initiative (SKI). Chief Ifeatu Obi-Okoye, Chairman of APGA in Anambra State, announced […]
From Our Correspondent Awka, Feb. 16, ’25 (TNZ) A trailer driver killed three female children, a woman and two men, at Command Junction, Nnewi, before fleeing the scene, on Friday. TheNewsZenith reports that the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra State Command, confirmed the accident to newsmen on Saturday, in Awka. The Sector Commander, Mrs […]
Our Correspondent Ikeja, Feb. 15, ’25 (TNZ) The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over confiscated 1,599 assorted arms and 2,298 live cartridges to the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCOSALW). TheNewsZenith reports that the Comptroller General of NCS, Adewale Adeniyi, handed over the items at its Federal Operation […]
By Our Correspondent Lagos, Feb. 12, ’25 (TNZ) The Tinubu Media Volunteers (TMV) has described the recent Federal Executive Council (FEC) approval of N4.2 trillion for infrastructural projects across the country as unprecedented. This is contained in a statement issued by TMV’s Chairman Chukwudi Enekwechi and Secretary Shadrach Sunday and emailed to TheNewsZenith. “The recent […]