News at its Zenith
News at its Zenith
Helicopter crash Six dead in helicopter crash. According to aviation authorities, all six occupants aboard a tourist helicopter in Nepal were killed when it crashed shortly after takeoff in the Everest region on Tuesday. The Manang Air flight from near Lukla, the gateway for climbing expeditions to the world’s highest peak, was carrying five Mexican […]
Carbide ripened fruits NAFDAC says Carbide ripened fruits are bad. Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, stated that eating fruits ripened with calcium carbide may cause cancer, heart failure, renal failure, and liver failure. Prof Adeyeye further stated that fruits ripened with calcium carbide might […]
Court Court addresses River state vigilante commander over murder. Court addresses River state vigilante commander over murder. Niece Ajuru, the commander of a vigilante group in the Rundele community, Emuoha local government area of Rivers State, has been remanded at the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre by a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt. The […]
Atiku Abubakar Atiku says he worked against Fayose. Former Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose says he has no regrets fighting ‘one hundred percent’ against the Peoples Democratic Party’s nominee, Atiku Abubakar, in the run-up to the February 25 presidential election. Fayose, a PDP member, also stated that he was not concerned about getting booted out […]
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu Akeredolu seeks extension of medical leave. Ondo State House of Assembly confirmed on Monday the letter submitted to it by state Governor Rotimi Akeredolu alerting it of the continuation of his medical leave. The governor, who is ill and being treated in a hospital, informed the Assembly of his medical leave on […]
ICT skill acquisition FG-students must acquire ICT skill before graduation. The Federal Government says it is resolved to close the digital skills gap between industry and schools through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund. This comes as Sonny Echono, Executive Secretary of the TETFund, stated that the government has devised a policy to ensure that students […]
China Flag Six dead in China Kindergarten attack. Six people were killed and one was injured in an attack on a kindergarten in South China’s Guangdong province on Monday, according to a city administration spokesman. “The victims include one teacher, two parents, and three students,” she explained. She did not reveal the identities or ages […]
President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu APC shifts NEC meeting in honour of Tinubu. The ruling All Progressives Congress postponed by one week the long-awaited sessions of its National Caucus and National Executive Committee, NEC, previously scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. According to a statement issued in Abuja by the party’s National Secretary, Iyiola Omisore, both […]
Abdulaziz Yari, Ex Governor of Zamfara state Yari released from custody. Abdulaziz Yari, a former governor of Zamfara State and senator representing Zamfara West, has been released from the custody of the Department of State Services, according to the PUNCH. Senator Sumaila Kawu (NNPP, Kano South), one of his buddies and the senator representing Kano […]
DSS DSS denies Yari’s arrest. The Department of State Services disputed on Sunday that Senator Abdulaziz Yari was arrested for refusing to answer President Bola Tinubu’s phone call. Dr Peter Afunanya, the DSS’s spokesman, issued a statement on Sunday. The claim was branded as “laughable and insignificant” in a statement made on the DSS’s Twitter […]
