By Our Correspondent The Amotekun Corps in Osun State has arrested two persons suspected to be cultist and burglar in Osogbo and Ila-Orangun, Ila Local Government Area of Osun. State Commander of the corps, retired Brig-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi announced the arrest in a statement dated Aug. 4. Adewinmbi said the operatives of the corps arrested […]
A fire at a hospital in western Germany late on Thursday night injured 28 people, five of them seriously, according to local police. The fire broke out in a patient’s room in the hospital in Hemer, a town about 30 kilometres southeast of Dortmund. Staff quickly began evacuating other patients from the hospital, according to […]
By Our Correspondent The Lagos State Government has called for more mandated reporting in cases of the defilement of minors in the state. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, Executive Secretary, Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), made the call in a statement in Lagos on Friday. Vivour-Adeniyi made the appeal in the case alleged defilement of a 12-year-old […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde The Kano State Government has approved release of N7 billion for the execution of various capital projects across the state. Malam Halilu Dantiye, the Commissioner for Information, announced to newsmen in Kano, on Thursday. TheNewsZenith reports that the approvals are some of the outcomes of the two recent weekly State Executive Council […]
From Our Correspondent No fewer than 122 Nigerian children have died of diphtheria as of July 2023, UNICEF’s Communications Officer in Nigeria, Ms Safiya Akau, said in Dutse, Jigawa State, on Thursday. Akau said UNICEF was amplifying its efforts to counter the growing outbreak of the disease that has affected children in 27 states of […]
The Companion, an association of Muslim men in business and the professions, has written Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, complaining about his list of commissioner nominees. The association observed that the number of Muslims on the list of his proposed cabinet was less than 25 per cent and thus “unacceptable”. In the letter copied to […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly accelerate the digitisation reform process in government. TheNewsZenith reports that the chief executives of both organisations, Prof. Umar Danbatta and Dr Dasuki Arabi recently signed the MoU in Abuja. Speaking at […]
From Our Correspondent The Federal Government is optimistic that the labour unions will shift their proposed nationwide industrial action scheduled for Wednesday. Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff (CoS) to the President, raised optimism while chatting with newsmen, on Tuesday, in Abuja. Gbajabiamila told newsmen after a closed-door meeting with the leadership of the unions that […]
From Our Correspondent, Abuja Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), physically attended the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) proceedings on Tuesday in Abuja. This is as parties set to adopt their final written addresses. TheNewsZenith reports that adopting final addresses is the precursor to fixing a date for judgement […]
By Abdulwarees Solanke As a Painter’s son with a vast interest in the Arts, a colourful upbringing in education and thorough grooming in the media, I have come to understand and appreciate more deeply the dimensions of aesthetics not only in the Arts but in life generally. A beautiful art piece or work goes beyond […]