Four days into the one-month warning strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the federal government has made a move towards addressing one of the grievances of the union.This the government did on Thursday by announcing the setting up of 21 panels to draft the White Papers for the reports of visitations…
Nigeria’s federal government on Thursday in Abuja, officially handed over Spectrum Allocation for 5G deployment to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami, who doubles as the Chairman of the National Frequency Management Council (NFMC), did the official handover of the Spectrum Allocation for 5G licence to…
Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.40 per cent in 2021, the highest since 2014, when the economy grew by 6.22 per cent, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed on Thursday.According to the National GDP Q4 report released by the NBS, the expansion in economic activities was majorly driven by the non-oil sector.The…
Pro-Russia rebels in Ukraine accused government forces of shelling a village on Friday while Russian media reported more infantry and tank units were returning to their bases in contrast to Western fears of an imminent Russian invasion. For a second consecutive day, pro-Russian separatists who have been at war with Ukraine for years said they…
Canadian police are poised to clear out on Friday hundreds of truck drivers from Ottawa who have staged a three-week-long protest against pandemic restrictions that has crippled the capital and prompted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to assume emergency powers for the first time in more than 50 years.The drivers, joined by thousands of demonstrators and…
Today makes it exactly a year to the 2023 presidential election and aspirants in the two main political parties – the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – as well as some other parties, are positioning for the most coveted office in the land. They have started to throw their hats…
•Governor rallies support for Tinubu’s candidacy at Executive-Legislative Forum Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju Diversity of culture and ideas took the centre stage at the opening session of the 17th Executive and Legislative Parley organised for all elected public office holders in Lagos State.The forum offered Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu an opportunity to share the…
By Johannes Oluwatobi The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has stated that it would use the instrumentality of the Finance Act 2021, through collaboration with taxpayers and key stakeholders to ensure adequate funding of the country’s budget and raise the requisite financing for national development. This was stated by the Executive Chairman of the FIRS,…
Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, has been applauded for his “forthrightness and sincerity” in adopting the recommendations of the six-man panel set up to examine the Ikoyi building collapse. The 21-storey structure went down on November 1, last year. During a telephone interview with the Commissioner…
