The Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) says petrol will be available and affordable in the next two weeks. IPMAN National Operations Controller, Mike Osatuyi, gave the assurance when he was featured on Arise TV’s Morning Show in Lagos on Wednesday. Osatuyi said that marketers were putting in place measures to end fuel scarcity across […]
Two persons died in an accident involving a tanker and four commercial tricycles (Keke Marwa), on Tuesday, in Ikotun, Lagos State. The driver of one of the tricycles and a passenger died on the spot. Four other occupants in the tricycles were rescued by men of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). The NewsZenith […]
The Federal Government has supported 280 export-oriented businesses with grants, resulting in the creation of 100,000 direct jobs. Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo said this while featuring on President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration scorecard programme series on Tuesday in Abuja. The Federal Ministry of Information and Culture organised the programme. Adebayo said […]
A man, Taiwo Ajadi has approached an Ilorin Area Court seeking to divorce his wife, Mariam, over alleged disobedience and wayward attitude. Ajadi also applied for the custody of the three children produced from the marriage. The children are two girls aged 11 and four years and a boy aged eight years. Mr Maruf Ibrahim, […]
APC Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC) has described as imaginary, the alleged attack on President Muhammadu Buhari in Kano on Monday. APC-PCC’s Director of Media & Publicity, Bayo Onanuga said in a statement on Tuesday that the imaginary attack was allegedly being peddled by the PDP. “We were not surprised to read of imaginary attack […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Cameroon have reached a staff-level agreement that will give the country access to $74.6 million Cameroon would access the fund, once IMF Board formally completes the review, IMF said in a statement on Monday. The announcement followed IMF’s mission to Cameroon in January and virtual meetings to discuss progress […]
A road accident involving a trailer and a Marcopollo bus killed eleven passengers, on Sunday in Ore, Ondo State. All the victims were passengers on the Marcopollo bus. According to an eyewitness, the truck driver, who drove against traffic while on speed caused the accident. The eyewitness said the truck rammed into the Marcopollo bus […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it will implement the ‘pharmaceutical traceability strategy’ to check menace of substandard and falsified medicines. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, NAFDAC’s Director-General, said this at the just concluded traceability workshop in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The workshop, according to a statement by its Resident Media […]
…….sold 10.5 million vehicles in 2022. Japan-based Toyota Motor Corp continues to be the world’s top-selling automaker, defending its title for a third straight year, selling 10.5 million vehicles in 2022. Second to Toyota is the Volkswagen Group, which reported its lowest-ever sales in over a decade earlier this month. The automaker sold 8.3 million […]
Nine passengers, inclusive of two children, died when a container fell on the bus they are travelling at Ojuelegba in Lagos on Sunday. According to a witness account shared by @PoojaMedia on Twitter, the truck fell while trying to prevent a bus from overtaking it. “A container just fell on a bus at Ojuelegba bridge. “There […]