The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has cast his vote in Lagos State. The former Lagos State governor performed his civic right alongside his wife, Remi Tinubu, at Polling Units 085, Ward 3, Sunday Adigun, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State. The NewsZenith reports that voting delays at the polling unit due to late arrival […]
Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state and his two immediate predecessors, Gbenga Daniel and Ibikunle Amosun, have commended the smooth conduct of the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The trio spoke in separate interviews with newsmen after casting their votes in their respective polling units. Abiodun, who voted at Ward-3, Unit-2, Osanyin, Iperu in […]
Some angry youths, on Saturday, attacked voters and journalists covering the general elections at Liberty area of Ibadan, the Oyo State. The youths attacked the vehicles passing through Liberty-Oke Ado road, particularly those on election duties. One of the vehicles attacked by the youths was occupied by newsmen, who were monitoring the elections. The youths […]
Explosions rocked Mount Cameroon Race of Hope, an international athletic competition, which kicked off in the country’s restive Anglophone region of Southwest, on Saturday, according to the Police and eyewitness. The blasts went off in three locations just a few minutes after the race began in Buea, the chief town of the region, the local […]
The Lagos Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), says its vehicle, involved in an accident in Abuja on Friday, was not carrying election materials. The NewsZenith reports that the media was awash in the earlier hours of Saturday that the NSCDC pick-up van was carrying election materials, contrary to reports in […]
Voters at several polling units in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State waited endlessly for the arrival of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials on Saturday. INEC had scheduled the poll to open across the country at 8.00 a.m. Over 100 voters were seen, waiting for INEC officials at polling units 24-04-03-010, 24-04-03-013 and […]
As the presidential election gets underway, youths mounted several football pitches on major highways in parts of the Lagos metropolis. Correspondents of The NewsZenith, monitoring the elections, observed that no fewer than 15 temporary football pitches were mounted. This happened between Costain and Oyingbo on Apapa road in the Mainland Local Government area. Some of […]
The Police Command in Ebonyi say they have started raiding black spots as part of efforts to tackle related electoral violence during the general polls in the state. Mr Falaye Olaleye, Commissioner for Police in the state, announced this to newsmen on Friday in Abakaliki. Olaleye said that the raid was in addition to the […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Medical Science University (UniMed), Ondo State, are collaborating to boost research. NAFDAC resident media consultant, Mr Olusayo Akintola, announced the collaboration in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement, received by The NewsZenith on Thursday, said the collaboration would formally commit […]
The Federal Government has directed the total closure of all land borders ahead of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly Elections. The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isah Jere, announced the closure in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Tony Akuneme, the Service Public Relations Officer, signed the statement. Read Related News: Nigeria, […]