By Muhammad Opeyemi The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted large consignments of drugs and other illicit substances from Canada and India. Comptroller-General, Bashir Adeniyi, announced the interception while briefing newsmen, on Friday, in Lagos. Adeniyi puts the street value of the drugs seized at N4 billion. He said the Intelligent Unit of the […]
Tesla shareholders gave a big thumbs-up to CEO Elon Musk’s controversial $56 billion pay package, the company said on Thursday. This is paving the way for the mogul to keep his focus on his biggest source of wealth. Shareholders also approved a proposal to move the company’s legal home to Texas from Delaware. Tesla announced this […]
From Our Correspondent, Awka On Wednesday, Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra signed the State’s Electoral bill for the conduct of the Local Government election and 10 other bills into Law. TheNewsZenith reports that the bills include the Anambra State Electoral Law 2024, Touting Prohibition Law 2024 and Secret Cult and Similar Activities Prohibition Law, 2024. […]
From Our Correspondent, Awka Dr Nonye Soludo, wife of the Anambra State Governor has enrolled 1000 Persons With Disabilities (PWDs), into the state’s Health Insurance scheme to promote their healthcare. TheNewsZenith reports that Soludo announced this gesture during a town hall meeting with persons with special needs, on Wednesday, in Awka. She organised the town […]
By Muhammed Opeyemi A socio-political group, The Collective Movement (TCM) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu’s administration to commit to workers’ welfare by approving a living wage for civil servants. The appeal is contained in a statement issued by Ndubuisi Nwachukwu, TCM’s Director of Media, on Tuesday in Lagos. TheNewsZenith reports that TCM issued the statement […]
From Khabab Abdulfatah, Abeokuta The Olowu of Owu Kingdom in Abeokuta, Oba (Prof.) Zakariyah Matemilola has commended the charitable activities of the Islamic Humanitarian Society (IHS) for bringing relief, confidence and joy to prison inmates. TheNewsZenith reports that the Royal father gave commendation when a delegation of the society paid him a courtesy visit at […]
By Opeyemi Muhammed Five persons have died from a cholera outbreak in Lagos, prompting the state government to call for heightened vigilance and adoption of precautionary measures. The State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, in a statement on Wednesday, warned that hospitals had recorded reports of severe gastroenteritis cases in the last two days. Abayomi […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde A Pharmaco-vigilance Technical Officer, Dr Murtala Jibril, says vaccines have been instrumental in eradicating smallpox and other diseases like polio and measles. Jibrin, Regional Coordination Centre-Western Africa of African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, spoke about vaccines during a webinar on Saturday. TheNewsZenith reports that Khayr Cancer Health Initiative (KCHI) hosted […]
From Kazeem Oduola, Kano Gov. Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has flagged off the construction of a network of roads across ten communities. TheNewsZenith reports that the 70-kilometre network of roads spans through the three senatorial districts in the state. The flag-off ceremony occurred at Rijiyar Gwangwan and Mil Goma in Dawakin Kudu Local […]
From Jafar Omoniyi, Ibadan The Muslim Parents Forum of the University of Ibadan, International School, Ibadan (UI-ISI), has advised Hijab-wearing female Muslim students to excel in their studies and be good ambassadors of Islam. The Chairman of the Forum, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, gave the advice on Saturday in Ibadan. He said that that was “the […]