From Our Correspondent Vice-President Kashim Shettima has charged Nigerian broadcasters to prioritise national unity in addressing the critical challenges facing the country. Shettima gave the advice when the Arewa Broadcast Media Practitioners Forum paid him a courtesy visit at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. He identified poverty, insecurity and inclusivity as the major concerns […]
Nollywood film, “Mami Wata”, has been nominated for the prestigious National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP) Image Awards in the United States. The film written and directed by C.J. Obasi, was nominated for the Outstanding International Motion Picture category of the 55th Edition of the Annual Awards slated for Saturday, March 16. TheNewsZenith […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria, on Wednesday, announced limits on how much banks can hold in foreign currencies and expressed concern about the growing forex exposures on their balance sheets after the local currency tumbled against the U.S. dollar. Nigeria’s currency fell to a record low on the official market on Tuesday, slipping below the unofficial […]
From Our Correspondent A socio-cultural organisation, Yoruba Welfare Group (YWG), has urged Nigerians to stop politicising administrative policies and heating the polity by playing on primordial sentiments. YWG President, Comrade Abdulhakeem Alawuje, said in a statement, on Tuesday, in Abuja. Alawuje pointed out that at this critical time in Nigeria, all hands should be on […]
Pope Francis said on Monday that Africans were a “special case” in the opposition of bishops and many other people in the continent to homosexuality. But he said, in an interview that he was confident that, except for Africans, critics of his decision to allow blessings for same-sex couples would eventually understand it. Blessings were allowed […]
From Our Correspondent Mr Prosper Okafor, President of Crusade for Greater Nigeria on Poverty Eradication and Social Matters (CFGN), has urged the federal and state governments to invest more in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Okafor said in Abuja, on Monday, that this would improve job creation and ensure poverty alleviation at all levels. According […]
By Our Correspondent The Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, Abdullah Abu Shawesh has called on the African Union (AU) to join the international community and the International Human Rights Council to investigate the event of Oct. 7 that triggered the Palestine-Israeli war. Shawesh made the call during a media interaction with a selected number of newsmen, […]
From Our Corerespondent Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, says the Federal Government will discuss the new minimum wage with Labour unions in March. Idris announced this at the 21st Daily Trust Dialogue and presentation of the 2023 African Award, on Thursday, in Abuja. TheNewsZenith reports that Media Trust Group organised the […]
By Dr Omo Odigie ‘Calm’, ‘humble’, ‘calculated’ and ‘goal-focused’ are words that are appropriate to define the personality of Dr Ernest Afolabi Umakhihe, the APC’s frontline aspirant for Edo Governorship. If he were to be in any other major political party, they would adopt his candidacy effortlessly as their consensus choice. Notwithstanding, the APC, as […]
From Our Correspondent The Federal Government is committed to prompt payment of the N35,000 wage arrears to government workers, the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Dr Oluwatoyin Madein has said. Madein said, on Wednesday, in Abuja that inadequate revenue and contending government expenditure caused the delay. She said the Federal Government had initiated moves to […]