Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 19-year-old student, Nnamani Daberechi for being in possession of 7.2 kilogrammes of Methamphetamine. The suspect allegedly concealed the substance in a crayfish sack in an attempt to export it. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, announced the arrest in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi […]
By Our Correspondent in Abeokuta At least, four persons died in a lone accident involving a commercial bus on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in the early hour of Sunday in Ogun State. The NewsZenith gathered that 11 other passengers in the bus, marked AGL989YA, sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident at the Aiyetoro axis […]
From Our Correspondent in Ilorin The Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi, on Saturday, personally led a special operation to rescue kidnapped victims in Isin forests in Isanlu-Isin. Spokesman of the command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, announced the operation in a statement on Saturday in Ilorin. Ajayi said in another kidnapping incident in Isanlu-Isin […]
By Our Correspondent It was a sorrowful Saturday for the family of a teenage girl hawking eggs on the ever-busy Lagos road as an articulated truck crushed her to death. TheNewsZenith reports that the accident occurred on the Otedola bridge along Lagos/Ibadan expressway at about 3.30 p.m. No one could identify the teenage girl at […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is attending the mid-year coordination meeting of the African Union in Nairobi, Kenya as Nigeria has fulfilled its financial obligations to the Union. Abiodun Oladunjoye, State House Information Director, in a statement on Saturday, said Nigeria had fully paid its contributions for 2023. The statement quoted the Permanent Secretary (PS), Ministry […]
Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River State has pledged to complete the abandoned 39-kilometre Ukelle Road in Yala Local Government Area, connecting Benue State. Otu stated this on Saturday during an assessment visit to the road project abandoned about two decades ago. He made the plea during a meeting with the Clan Head of Wanokom, […]
Whispers of Al-Waarith …..with Abdulwarees Solanke Man shall attain only that which he strives for, so says the book of guidance which distinguishes the truth from error, “The Furqaan” The implication is that we are not to gamble about life. We are to make deliberate choices, plan and act in accordance with verifiable and objective […]
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kwara State Command, says it generated about N6.25 billion as of the end of June, this year. The Area Comptroller, Kehinde Ilesanmi, announced this during an interaction with newsmen, on Friday in Ilorin. Ilesanmi said the amount represents a 9.14 per cent increase in revenue in comparison with the same […]
A Nigerian Air Force FT-7NI trainer aircraft has crashed in Makurdi, the Benue State capital with the two pilots ejecting to safety. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday. Gabwakwet said the plane crashed during a routine training exercise on Friday evening. He […]
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Chairman, Council of Imams in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr Tajudeen Adigun Bello, over the death of his mother, Hajiya Aishatu Muhammad Bello Adigun. This is contained in a statement issued by Garba Shehu, Media aide to the former President, on Thursday in Abuja. The NewsZenith […]