By Our Correspondent A group, Young Progressives in Oyo State (YPO) says People’s Democratic Party House of Representative’s flag-bearer for Ibadan North, Lanre Sarumi, remains the best candidate for the Federal Constituency. In a statement by its President, Wale Adeoye, on Tuesday in Ibadan described Sarumi as the best choice. It maintained that among the […]
By Oluwashina Iyanda FIFA has announced it sold over half-a-million tickets to fans from more than 120 countries for the ninth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. This is contained in a statement e-mailed to The NewsZenith on Monday The women soccer tournament is taking place this July and August in Australia and Aotearoa New […]
By Our Correspondent The Labour Party gubernatorial aspirant retired Maj.-Gen. Lincoln Jack Ogunewe, has sued for peace and called for calm over the rising insecurity in Imo State. Ogunewe made the call in Owerri at the weekend. “I call on all Imolites and the government to condemn the killings and destruction in the state. “Enough […]
The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon have qualified for the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) scheduled for Algeria in April. The lions obtained the qualification after beating Congo 2-0 on Sunday at the ongoing Central African Football Federations’ Union (UNIFFAC) tournament. The tournament, which kicked off in Cameroon on Friday, serves as zonal qualifiers for […]
The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, will on Monday, speak about his programmes at Chatham House in London, United Kingdom. Dr Yunusa Tanko, spokesman of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council, announced this in a statement emailed to The NewsZenith. Chatham House is a global policy institution that celebrated it’s centennial in 2021. Tanko […]
The Bola Ahmed Tinubu Ambassadors (BAT) has pledged to give presidential candidate of APC, ”at least one million votes” in the general elections next month. BAT’s National Secretary, Prof. Mojeed Alabi, made the pledge during the inauguration of State, Local Governments and Ward Executives of the BAT Ambassadors, on Saturday, in Lagos. Alabi, who is […]
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, on Saturday, said the state government has discovered 199 ghost medical doctors in its payroll. Matawalle announced the discovery during this chat with newsmen in Maradun town, Maradun Local Government Area of the state. The discovery came to the limelight during the recent workers’ verification exercise for the implementation of […]
At least ten persons died in a dawn accident involving a truck and a Toyota bus in Oniworo area on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Florence Okpe, an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps, confirmed the accident, which happened around 4.30 a.m., on Saturday. The accident also left two other persons with varying degrees of injuries, while […]
The Federal Government has realised more than N1.828 billion in proceeds from the sale of some forfeited assets. Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, announced this during a presentation of President Buhari’s Administration Scorecard on Thursday in Abuja. Malami said $641 million recovered loot from the late Gen. Sani Abacha was used for social investment and […]
A chieftain of the PDP, Dr Sikiru Tae-Lawal says the people of Ekiti State, are fully ready to receive the Presidential Campaign trail of its Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Lawal, a former Deputy-Governor, expressed optimism that the good people of Ekiti would vote massively for former vice president Atiku. The NewsZenith learnt that the […]