Protesters opposed to COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other restrictions withdrew their vehicles from a key U.S.-Canadian border bridge Saturday though access remained blocked while other demonstrations ramped up in cities across Canada, including the capital, where police said they were awaiting more officers before ending what they described as an illegal occupation.The tense standoff at…
Former Nigeria Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Saturday came under fire for faulting the call on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone its presidential ticket to a particular region of the country, and insisting that the Nigerian constitution does not recognise zoning.The 17 southern governors; the Southern and Middle-Belt Forum, comprising the Yoruba socio-political…
Following the circulation of adulterated petrol in Nigeria, which damaged vehicle engines last week, the federal government has turned back two tankers carrying petrol loaded in Antwerp, Belgium, and destined for Lagos.This is coming as the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies have continued to produce crude oil below their production targets,…
President Joe Biden told Russia’s Vladimir Putin that invading Ukraine would cause “widespread human suffering” and that the West was committed to diplomacy to end the crisis but “equally prepared for other scenarios,” the White House said Saturday. It offered no suggestion that the hourlong call diminished the threat of an imminent war in Europe.Biden…
On Saturday evening in Abu Dhabi, the man who scored the only goal in last May’s Champions League final stepped up to take one of the most important penalties in his club’s history, and cooly stroked the ball past Palmeiras goalkeeper Weverton to claim the Club World Cup for the Blues.No wonder they call him…
Trist Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju Three consumers of WAW detergent from the stables of Expand Global Industries Limited (EGIL) have become N1m richer for emerging winners in the maiden WAW Wash and Win Millions promotion.At the prize presentation ceremony done at EGIL corporate head office in Lagos state, the detergent maker restated that it…
Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju As part of efforts to promote environmental sustainability, Coca-Cola Nigeria has revealed that it targets to enable the collection and recycling of 15 percent equivalent of its packaging from the Nigerian market in 2022.Director, Public Affairs, Communications, and Sustainability, Coca-Cola Nigeria, Amaka Onyemelukwe, disclosed this to newsmen in a…
Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju A leading player in Nigeria’s power sector, Dr Chukwueloka Umeh, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Century Power Generation Limited, has advocated that Discos have to be auctioned again for the public to start getting value from the sector.According to Umeh, aside from solving the liquidity problem that ails…
Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju PA Michael Bereola Jongbo is a descendant of lkere Ekiti, Ekiti State, of the Jongbo‘s Family from Odo- Ola of Alada clawn. His father’s name is pa Peter Alada Jongbo. A farmer and his mother is madam Tinuade Comfort Jongbo a trader. She gave birth to four of them…
