By Our Correspondent The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has warned that he would not condone any act of recklessness or abuse of power and public trust from judicial officers. Ariwoola gave the warning at the swearing-in of members of the 2023 Election Petition Tribunals, on Monday, in Abuja. “Your Lordships […]
By Our Correspondent The Police in Kebbi State, on Monday, arraigned three civil servants before a Magistrates’ Court in Birnin Kebbi for allegedly assaulting a Chief Magistrate, Umar Salihu-Kokani. The Police, in a charge sheet, accused Aliyu Shehu, Yahyah Badare, Surajo Shehu all members of staff of the Kebbi Ministry of Higher Education of criminal […]
From Our Correspondent in Abuja Women Affairs Minister, Mrs Pauline Tallen has called for capital punishment for rape offenders Tallen, who was also a former Deputy Governor of Plateau State, made the call as a guest at a Forum in Abuja. She said that only capital punishment and other forms of punishment commensurate with the […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday, inaugurated the Electoral Logistics Committee (ELOC) in readiness for the 2023 General Election. The new committee, which is charged with the speedy and safe delivery of quantities of sensitive and non-sensitive materials for the 2023 General Elections, have various security agencies as members. They include the three […]
By Our Correspondent The All Progressives Congress (APC) will on Tuesday, Nov. 15 flag off its Presidential campaign in Jos, Plateau State. Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Director, Media & Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, announced this in a statement obtained by The NewsZenith on Friday in Lagos. ”The city of Jos, capital of Plateau […]
By Hashim Yussuf Amao In the spring of 2020, a Nollywood movie producer wanted me to fly to Istanbul, Turkey to work with a top organisation whose social media handles are verified. She maintains a cordial friendship with a don at the organisation, and her words had injected belief in me: the best writer they […]
United Nations Children’s Fund has condemned the recent abduction of 21 children in the Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State saying that the report was worrisome. The UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Cristian Munduate, in a statement issued in Bauchi on Friday described the abduction of children, either at home, in school or elsewhere as […]
Four Federal Government agencies defended their 2023 budget proposals before the Senate Committee on Industries at the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, on Thursday in Abuja. The NewsZenith reports that the agencies include the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Bank of Industries (BOI), Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency […]
The Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA), on Wednesday, began investigation of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) indicted in the 2021 Auditor-General’s report. The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Saka Solaja, made the announcement when the committee received the first set of government officials that were summoned to appear before it. The NewsZenith […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advised Nigerian students to use the electronic naira (eNaira) platform to pay school fees and make other payments. Mrs Rakiya Muhammed, the Director of the Information Technology Department at the CBN and Coordinator of Technical Working Committee, eNaira Secretariat, gave the advice during a sensitisation on eNaira at […]