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 […]
From Our Correspondent Awka, Feb. 7, ’25 (TNZ) A member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Justice Azuka, kidnapped on Christmas Eve has been found dead, according to a family source. TheNewsZenith reports that gunmen kidnapped late Azuka at Onitsha while he was travelling home for the Christmas holiday last year. There have been […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde Lagos, Feb. 6, ’25 (TNZ) The NLNG’s sponsored Nigeria Prizes for Science and Literature have opened submissions of entry applications for the 2025 awards. The NLNG’s Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Anne-Marie Palmer-Ikuku, announced this in a statement emailed to TheNewsZenith on Wednesday in Lagos. According to the statement, the 2025 […]
By Babatunde Yusuf, Canada Lagos, Feb. 5, ’25 (TNZ) Sworn in on Jan. 20, Donald Trump is here again and already making waves as America’s 47th President. As a controversial president, his campaign promises and initial policy decisions have started sending shockwaves throughout many sectors. The automotive industry is also feeling it. And this has […]
By Our Correspondent Lagos, Feb. 5, ’25 (TNZ) WaterAid Nigeria says it trained 40 community leaders in Ikorodu North LCDA as community Safeguarding Champions to protect children’s rights at the grassroots. TheNewsZenith reports that Kimberly Clark, Microsoft, PepsiCo Foundation and Cummins, supported the training. The training aimed to educate participants on WaterAid’s safeguarding guidelines, their […]
From Our Correspondent Lagos, Feb. 4, ’25 (TNZ) The Odimma Orsu Initiative (OOI), a social-cultural group, has urged the government to maintain military action in Orsu and its surrounding areas to flush out criminal elements in the area. TheNewsZenith reports that the group made the appeal while addressing a World Press Conference, on Tuesday in […]
From Our Correspondent Ibadan, Feb. 4, ’25 (TNZ) The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Oyo State, Ayodele Sonubi, has warned motorists against driving unregistered vehicles in the state. TheNewsZenith reports that Sonubi gave the warning when he led a team of police officers on enforcing third-party vehicle insurance on motorists within the Ibadan metropolis. He […]
By Our Correspondent Lagos, Feb. 4, ’25 (TNZ) Residents of Owutu in the Agric Area of Ikorodu, at the weekend, got a reprieve as the Lagos State House of Assembly promised to investigate the proposed demolition of their properties. TheNewsZenith reports that the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs Mojisola Meranda gave […]
By Celsus Ohain Benin, Feb. 3, ’25 (TNZ) Donald Trump re-emerged on the American political scene with the force of a hurricane, unsettling international nerves and creating a rumble in the international system. Not surprising but rattling was his inaugural address, which was heavily laden with combative salvos. Part of the salvos were his intended […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde Lagos, Feb. 2, ’25 (TNZ) The Democratic Front (TDF) welcomes a renewed sense of patriotism in Bloomberg’s report and analysis on the eight-year record decline in Nigeria’s petroleum products importation index. TheNewsZenith reports that the Bloomberg report attributed the imports slide to rising domestic refining of petroleum products by indigenous refineries. In […]