…….sold 10.5 million vehicles in 2022. Japan-based Toyota Motor Corp continues to be the world’s top-selling automaker, defending its title for a third straight year, selling 10.5 million vehicles in 2022. Second to Toyota is the Volkswagen Group, which reported its lowest-ever sales in over a decade earlier this month. The automaker sold 8.3 million […]
Nine passengers, inclusive of two children, died when a container fell on the bus they are travelling at Ojuelegba in Lagos on Sunday. According to a witness account shared by @PoojaMedia on Twitter, the truck fell while trying to prevent a bus from overtaking it. “A container just fell on a bus at Ojuelegba bridge. “There […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the deadline for the use of the old notes till Feb. 10. Bashir Ahmad, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari’s special assistant, Bashir Ahmad, announced this on his Twitter handle @BashirAhmaad on Sunday. According to the tweet, the apex bank governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced the extension in […]
Members of the 1980 set of Eko Boys’ High School Old Boys Association (EKOBA) have commiserated with Olu of Oregon, Ikeja, Oba Olùkùnmi Akingbola over the death of his wife. The condolences is contained in a message jointly signed by Akinpelu Osuntoki and Mikail Mumuni, association’s President and PRO respectively. The senior wife of Oba […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the period for the collection of PVCs by an additional one week to now end on Feb. 5. INEC announced this on Saturday after a state meeting with Resident Independent Electoral Commissioners. “The ongoing collection of PVCs nationwide will, therefore, continue and end on 5th February 2023. “This […]
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has advised the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) to ensure training and re-training of reporters to curb quackery and fake news. Sanwo-Olu made the call at the inauguration of the remodelled NUJ Secretariat, on Saturday, in Lagos. The union also used the occasion to confer the award of […]
A Kaduna bound train, on Friday derailed at Kilometres 30, Kubwa, a suburb of Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. This happened barely a week after similar accident happened when the Warri-Itakpe train detailed into a forest in Kogi State. The NewsZenith gathered that about 148 passengers and 30 crew members on board were left stranded in […]
The Nigeria Customs Service in Onne, Port Harcourt says it generated N242 billion as revenue in the 2022. The Comptroller of Customs, Auwal Muhammad, announced while handing over to the newly deployed comptroller, Baba Imam, to Onne. Muhammad said the figure represented a 28.3 per cent increase over the figure recorded previous year. He attributed […]
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun’ State has rejected the judgement of the governorship tribunal, upturning his election victory. Reacting to the judgement on Friday in Ede, his country home, Adeleke described the verdict as a ”miscarriage of justice”. He vowed to challenge the ruling at the Court of Appeal. The governor faulted the resolution of […]
The Osun State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo has nullified the election of Gov. Ademola Adeleke. Adeleke is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Osun governorship election, held on July 16, 2022. The Chairman of the three-man panel, Justice Tertsea Kume, said the election did not comply with the Electoral Act. Kume […]