From Our Correspondent ….. commends quality of his early appointments of principal officers The Muslim Congress (TMC), Edo State Chapter, joins the good people of Edo State to extend heartfelt felicitation to Gov. Monday Okpebholo on his electoral victory in last Saturday’s gubernatorial election. TheNewsZenith reports that this is contain in a congratulatory letter from […]
From Our Correspondent Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Ondo State governorship election. TheNewsZenith reports that Aiyedatiwa defeated the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mr Agboola Ajayi and other candidates, securing the majority of votes across the state’s 18 local government areas. While announcing the final results of the […]
From Abdulfatah Babatunde, Yenagoa A Media Practitioner and former Managing Director of The Guardian newspaper, Mr Martins Oloja, has appealed to politicians in Nigeria and Africa to learn from the near-perfect American democratic process. Oloja made the appeal in an exclusive interview with TheNewsZenith on the sideline of the just concluded 20th All Nigeria Editors […]
From Our Correspondent The Muslim Congress (TMC), a faith-based organisation, has felicitated with the newly appointed Secretary to the Edo State Government, Barr. Umar Musa Ikhilor. TheNewsZenith reports that Waali (Chairman) of TMC in Edo, Alhaji Ismail Mutairu, in a congratulatory message, described the appointment as “well deserved”. “My heartfelt congratulations on your appointment as the […]
From Our Correspondent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured that Nigeria’s most challenging economic period is now behind them. TheNewsZenith reports that Stanley Nkwocha, the vice president’s spokesman, announced this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said Tinubu gave the assurance at the inauguration of Sen. Monday Okpebholo and Dennis Idahosa as Governor […]
From Our Correspondent To improve Nigeria’s electoral legal framework, a coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), has presented its Citizens Memorandum on Electoral Reforms to the National Assembly’s Joint Committee on Electoral Matters. TheNewsZenith reports that the Executive Director of YIAGA, Samson Itodo, announced this in a statement on behalf of the coalition members, on […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde TheNewsZenith reports that a new political pressure group, ‘Itesiwaju Mainland,’ has sprung up in the Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State, poised to mobilise voters for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). On Thursday, the group set the council area agog when its leadership organised an inaugural meeting at the Hubert […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has described the approval of the Seplat/ExxonMobil divestment deal and other related agreements as clear proof of the Tinubu administration’s readiness to boost Nigeria’s crude production capacity. TheNewsZenith reports that the approval is capable of pushing Nigeria’s daily crude oil production to four million barrels/day by […]
From our Correspondent Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate, has advised the Federal Government to invest more in agriculture to conquer food insecurity. TheNewsZenith reports that Obi gave the advice in a statement circulated on Friday in Abuja. The former governor of Anambra State stated this in response to the recent World Bank’s […]
From Our Correspondent Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State says being a state governor at this time in Nigeria is not a fanciful job, given the gamut of allegations against governors on local government funds. TheNewsZenith reports that Soludo made the remarks at a news conference on Tuesday in Awka. He used the occasion to […]