By Oluwashina Iyanda The Nigerian economy sustained its growth performance in the first half of 2022 as its real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 3.11 per cent from 0.51 per cent in the corresponding quarters of 2021. This is contained in the Half-Year-Activity Report of the Financial Department of the Central bank of Nigeria […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has flayed the tendency of some Chief Executive Officers to encourage corruption in the Local Government (LG) system, thus hindering development at the grassroots. Buhari expressed this feeling at a parley with members of the Senior Executive Course (SEC) No. 44 (2022) of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, […]
Prof. Atahiru Jega, a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, says Nigeria is capable of conducting a credible election in 2023 in spite of the current challenges. Jega said this at a Colloquim in honour of Prof. Adele Jinadu, a Senior fellow of Centre of Democracy Development (CDD), to mark his 79th birthday […]
By Our Correspondent The wife of Sokoto State Governor, Hajiya Mariya Tambuwal, has restated her commitment to fighting Gender-Based Violence (GBV) within and beyond the state. Tambuwal gave the assurance after a road walk as part of activities to mark this year’s ’16 Days of Activism Against GBV’ on Tuesday in Sokoto. She, therefore, solicited […]
By Our Correspondent Police have arrested three suspected armed robbers, believed also to be Eiye secret cult members, recovering guns from them in Benin, Edo. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Benin. Nwabuzor said the Anti-Robbery Team arrested the dare-devil armed robbers and members of […]
By Our Correspondent The Police have arrested a 20-year-old housewife (name withheld) for allegedly killing 30-year-old co-wife of the same husband in Bauchi State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ahmad Wakil, announced the arrest in a statement on Monday in Bauchi. Wakil stated that the incident happened in Gar village of Alkaleri Local […]
Gawat By Our Correspondent Lagos State Government has shortlisted a consortium, led by Portugal’s builder Mota-Engil and two Chinese ventures to build a $2.5 billion 4th Mainland bridge. Jubril Gawat, a senior spokesperson for Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced the shortlisted companies on Sunday in Lagos. The bridge will relieve severe congestion on roads in the […]
By Our Correspondent Sen. Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Sunday, took the oath of office to become the sixth governor of Osun State. Chief Judge of Osun, Justice Adepele Ojo, administered the oath of office on Adeleke at the Osogbo City Stadium. The NewsZenith report that shortly after taking the oath […]
By Our Correspondent The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has attributed import bottlenecks and showering foreign exchange challenges to the current scarcity of petrol. Mr Mike Osatuyi, the Operations Controller of lPMAN, announced this to newsmen in Lagos on Sunday. Osatuyi said this became necessary to inform the general public against the backdrop […]
By Our Correspondent Atiku Abubakar, People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) Presidential candidate says he will increase funding for Creative Arts if elected president in 2023. Abubakar made the promise at a roundtable discussion with Nigeria’s creative cultural and innovative industry stakeholders, on Saturday in Lagos. He also pledged to liberalise the process of Art acquisition once, […]