By Our Correspondent The Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, on Tuesday, postponed the hearing of the report on the Cash withdrawal policy by the committee on Banking and Financial Institutions. The Senate had last week commissioned the committee to grill the two newly re-appointed deputy governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria during their […]
Ahead of Thursday’s Nigeria Olympic Committee’s election scheduled to hold in Jalingo, Taraba, the incumbent President of Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Habu Ahmed Gumel, has exonerated himself from Nigeria’s lack of voting rights at the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Gumel debunked insinuations that he had been the one blocking the country from having a voting […]
Oil extended gains, on Tuesday, on supply disruptions and as COVID restrictions eased in China, the world’s largest crude importer. Brent crude futures were up 90 cents, or 1.15 per cent, to $78.89 per barrel by 1020 GMT. on the other hand, the U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained 67 cents or 0.92 […]
The Ogun State Muslim Council (OMC) has advised Muslims to actively participate in the 2023 general elections and elect God-fearing people to govern the state. The advice is contained in a statement issued at the end of the Council’s meeting held, a weekend in Ijebu-Ode. Alhaji Kamaldeen Akintunde, Secretary-General of the OMC signed the statement. […]
The Police Command has vowed to deal decisively with the hoodlums terrorising Imo state after attacking the INEC office in Owerri. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Micheal Abattam told newsmen that men of the Command have killed three members of the hoodlums. Abattam described the breakthrough made by the command to the […]
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of JIgawa State Prof., Muhammad Lawal Bashar has flagged off the distribution of the last batch of 98,890 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs). Bashar said the distribution will end on 22/01/2023 at all the commission’s local government and registration areas in the State. Bashar said: “I’m not aware of PVCs sales […]
…assures South West Muslim leaders of faster economic growth By Oluwashina Iyanda The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Sunday, pledged to retool the economy for the benefit of all Nigerians. Tinubu gave the assurance while speaking at a TownHall meeting with South West Muslim Leaders on Sunday in Ibadan. […]
By Atanda T. Kola On Nov. 16, the Presidential flag-bearer of the ruling APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, met with leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) at the Christian Ecumenical Centre in Abuja. The meeting centered majorly on shedding lights on some lingering issues, especially in relation to this Muslim-Muslim ticket of APC. It […]
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has counselled youths against drug abuse, saying it poses great health risk. The Sultan gave the advice at the 7th Islamic Therapy Convention of Certified Therapists in Prophetic Medicine of the International Institute of Islamic Therapy (IIIT) Nigeria, on Saturday in Abuja. Abubakar, who doubles as President, […]
Hoodlums enforcing five-day sit-at-home order in the South East, killed three persons, including a pregnant woman in Enugu on Saturday. The NewsZenith gathered that the pregnant woman was killed by a stray bullet at New Market during a gun duel between the hoodlums and policemen. An eyewitness claimed a bullet hit the woman where she […]