Trust Africa News, By Ayomide OtitojuAhead of the 2023 general elections, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged leaders and members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State to unite and work for the victory of the ruling party at the local, state and national levels, especially for the presidential aspiration…
United Nations has said $1.1 billion would be needed in 2022 to undertake humanitarian assistance in the troubled North East. The United Nations, who revealed that an estimated 8.4 million people will require humanitarian assistance in north-east Nigeria in the course of the year, lamented that the total number of those displaced in the 12…
The Second Circuit, a United States Court of Appeal has revived Nigeria’s bid for discovery aimed at propping up bribery allegations relating to a nearly $10 billion arbitral award, ruling that a lower court wrongly found that the country seemed to be trying to avoid US Department of Justice scrutiny in the Process and Industrial…
Russia and Belarus launched joint military drills Thursday despite concerns in Western countries that Moscow is plotting a major escalation of the conflict in Ukraine. The exercises, scheduled to continue until Feb. 20 in Belarus, had begun and would center around “suppressing and repelling external aggression,” Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement.Soldiers would practise…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited posted a total of $224.29 million receipt from crude oil and gas export in August 2021 as against $191.26 million in July 2021. Garba Deen Muhammad, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC Limited, noted that a breakdown of the figures captured in the August 2021 NNPC…
Bayelsa State Governor Duoye Diri has explained that oil wasn’t developed in Nigeria by money made from cocoa farming but money invested by international oil companies. The governor, on Thursday, during an interview on Channels Television breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily said many Nigerian leaders wrongly spread the notion that cocoa money was invested into oil…
Rangers manager, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, has delivered a worrying update on the injury suffered by Leon Balogun during their league clash with Hibernian on Wednesday. Balogun clashed with Paul McGinn in the first half at Ibrox. McGinn limped off first before the Nigerian defender followed in the 14th minute. Borna Barisic was brought on to…
MTN Nigeria Communications PLC has denied receiving any communication regarding an impending disruption of telecommunications services by telecoms workers over anti-labor practices. In a statement signed by the Company’s Secretary, Uto Ukpanah, on Thursday, the company said that since it was unaware of such notice, it, therefore, would be unable to validate or comment on…
Wikki Tourists FC coach Kabir Dogo has stated that he is hopeful that is team will continue to peak after sitting 8th on the 11 games old NPFL season although believed the team could have been better placed especially after failing to win their last game against Enugu Rangers at home.Dogo speaking in a chat…
