From Our Correspondent Awka, Feb. 16, ’25 (TNZ) A trailer driver killed three female children, a woman and two men, at Command Junction, Nnewi, before fleeing the scene, on Friday. TheNewsZenith reports that the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra State Command, confirmed the accident to newsmen on Saturday, in Awka. The Sector Commander, Mrs […]
Our Correspondent Ikeja, Feb. 15, ’25 (TNZ) The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over confiscated 1,599 assorted arms and 2,298 live cartridges to the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCOSALW). TheNewsZenith reports that the Comptroller General of NCS, Adewale Adeniyi, handed over the items at its Federal Operation […]
By Our Correspondent Lagos, Feb. 12, ’25 (TNZ) The Tinubu Media Volunteers (TMV) has described the recent Federal Executive Council (FEC) approval of N4.2 trillion for infrastructural projects across the country as unprecedented. This is contained in a statement issued by TMV’s Chairman Chukwudi Enekwechi and Secretary Shadrach Sunday and emailed to TheNewsZenith. “The recent […]
From Our Correspondent Abeokuta, Feb. 12, ’25 (TNZ) The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria (MMWG), has appealed to media practitioners and opinion leaders to prevent disinformation about the Shari’ah Arbitration panel in the South West. Asiwaju Kamal’deen Akintunde, Ogun State Coordinator of the MMWG, made the appeal in a statement emailed to TheNewsZenith, on […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde Lagos, Feb. 11, ’25 (TNZ) The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, on Monday, warned officers against serious breaches of Human Rights and ethical misconduct while on duty. TheNewsZenith reports that Egbetokun gave the warning during a virtual meeting with strategic police managers. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde Lagos, Feb. 9, ’25 (TNZ) The Democratic Front (TDF) has described the approval of a university in Ogoniland as the federal government’s intention to heal the people’s long-standing grievances. The group’s Chairman Mallam, Danjuma Muhammad and Secretary, Chief Wale Adedayo said this in a statement emailed to TheNewsZenith on Sunday in Lagos. […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde Lagos, Feb. 9, ’25 (TNZ) The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has commended the Federal Government’s decision to ban crude oil export allocated to domestic refineries. TMSG’s Chairman Emeka Nwankpa and Secretary Dapo Okubanjo, gave the commendation in a statement emailed to TheNewsZenith on Sunday. The group expressed shock that some 500,000 […]
From Our Correspondent Awka, Feb. 9, ’25 (TNZ) A group under the aegis of Concerned members of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State has kicked against the plans by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in 2021, Mr Valentine Ozigbo to join the party. TheNewsZenith reports that the group urged the national leadership […]
By Our Correspondent Lagos, Feb. 8, ’25 (TNZ) The Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) says it is reviewing its charges upward by 15 per cent, citing a need for competitiveness and infrastructural upgrades. TheNewsZenith reports that Dr Abubakar Dantsoho, the Managing Director of the NPA, announced the review during a maritime stakeholders’ meeting, on Thursday in Lagos. […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde Lagos, Feb. 7, ’25 (TNZ) The Itesiwaju Mainland (IM), a political group under the ruling APC, has started mobilising members in Lagos Mainland Local Government and Yaba LCDA for the council poll. TheNewsZenith reports that the group held its first monthly meeting of the year at the Herbert McCauley Primary Adekunle Area […]