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, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for greater cooperation among neighbouring countries with Nigeria to better combat the multiplicity of threats across West Africa and the Sahel. A statement issued by Garba Shehu Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), on Friday in Abuja quoted Buhari as speaking in Niamey, Niger Republic. The President […]
By Oluwashina Iyanda Nigeria‘s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped by 1.78 per cent in the third quarter of 2022 from its level in the corresponding period in 2021. The GDP grew by 2.25 per cent in real terms in the third quarter of 2022 against the 4.03 growth rate recorded in the third quarter of […]
Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has pledged to review the nation’s reward system, to encourage productivity. Tinubu made the pledge when he interacted with stakeholders in Ebonyi for his campaign rally on Thursday in Abakaliki. He said it was time to ensure that individuals who contributed to the […]
The Police, on Thursday, charged 34-year-old Gift Okpomini, before an Ikorodu Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly posting obscene materials on Tiktok. Okpomini is facing a three-count charge of conduct likely to cause a breach of trust, sending dangerous or obscene things by post and theft. The defendant, whose address was not provided, however, pleaded not […]
The Delta State Government has proposed a budget of N15.7 billion for its Sports Commission for the 2023 fiscal year. Chief Tonobok Okowa, the Chairman of the Commission announced this during the 2023 budget defence meeting with the State House of Assembly Committee on Youths and Sports on Thursday in Asaba. The Director-General of the […]
By Oluwashina Iyanda President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday in Abuja, unveiled the new naira notes as proposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Buhari unveiled the new banknotes before the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the state house, Abuja. Governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele, was in attendance during the ceremony. […]