Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has approved a law to stop the stealing of human organs and tissues, his health minister has said. Stealing of human organs and tissues is happening in a nation where they lured women into unnecessary surgeries. Local media recently reported cases of women recruited for domestic work in the Middle East […]
The Police in Kano, on Wednesday, dragged a 24-year-old Imamu Tijjani, before a Kano Sharia Court in Fagge for allegedly stealing a pot cover valued at N3,000 and tN13,500 cash. Tijjani, who lives in Kofar Na’isa Quarters, Kano is charged with theft. The prosecutor, Insp Abdullahi Wada, told the court a complainant, Rashida Abubakar reported […]
Fuel queues returned to Nigerian cities on Monday as many motorists scrambled to get petroleum products, hours after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced his government would stop fuel subsidy regime. During his inauguration, Tinubu declared that there would no longer be a petroleum subsidy regime as it was not sustainable. The President said the current […]
Several countries, on Monday, formally presented goodwill messages and letters of solidarity to President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Special envoys of the countries presented letters to Tinubu after his inauguration as the 16th President of Nigeria. Among the countries are Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, United States, South Korea, Brazil, Japan, Cape Verde, […]
A gale of reactions and condolences has trailed the death of a Media Icon, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, who died in Abuja, on Monday, at 71. The NewsZenith reports that his son, Raymond Dokpesi Jnr. announced his death in a statement. “High Chief Dokpesi was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend to many. He will […]
My Fellow Citizens, I stand before you honoured to assume the sacred mandate you have given me. My love for this nation is abiding. My confidence in its people is unwavering and my faith in God Almighty is absolute. I know that His hand shall provide the needed moral strength and clarity of purpose in […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed a former Lagos Information and Strategy Commissioner, Mr Dele Alake, as his spokesperson. Following his inauguration, on Monday, Tinubu becomes the 16th President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Tinubu announced the appointments, shortly after he took the oath of office in Abuja. Alake served as Commissioner of Information […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at his swearing-in on Monday, vowed to expand the economy by at least six per cent a year, lift barriers to investment, create jobs and unify the exchange rate. Tinubu, who becomes the 16th Nigeria’s President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, also pledged to tackle rampant insecurity. The NewsZenith reports […]
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has received a former Commissioner for Environment, Arc Mohammed Sule and former member of the State House of Assembly, Mrs Agnes Oziweere into the APC. Ballo received the duo, who were former members of the PDP at his residence on Sunday in Abuja. He said that Kogi, under APC, […]
The Managing Director, Kano State Zoological and Wildlife Management Agency, Alhaji Lawan Jinjiri-Kurmawa, on Friday, handed over the mantle of the agency to its Director, Administration and General Services, Alhaji Kawu Garba. Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje had directed political officeholders to hand over MDAs before May 26 to next most senior officer. Ganduje’s second term of […]