Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju As part of activities to mark the World Diabetes Day, the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation (OOF) has flagged-off its free diabetes screening campaign for 10million Nigerians across the country. The ceremony which held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Complex Abeokuta, Ogun state attracted dignitaries from all works of life….
Social media skit maker Ahmed Gafar aka Cute Abiola has been declared missing by friends and family for over 24 hours. A statement shared on Tuesday evening by comedian Mr Macaroni said Cute Abiola, a Nigerian naval officer left his residence at about 6:00 a.m. on Monday for office at Navy Town, but nothing had…
The Coordinator of Plateau Potatoes Value Chain, Thomas Muopshin, says no fewer than 1,500 farmers in potatoes and other root crops will be on Plateau for exposition on modern farming. Mr Muopshin said this on Tuesday in Jos. He explained that the conference would bring international investors into the state. Mr Muopshin also noted that…
Electricity users in Warri and environs have decried the escalating bills the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) give them amidst poor power supply. “I occupy a two-bedroom apartment. Sometime last year, I was paying N5,000, some months later it was increased to N8,000 and I complained to the bill distributor. I was surprised to receive…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says electricity consumers are not required to pay directly for the meters issued to them. This is contained in a statement issued by NERC on Monday. “We wish to reiterate that the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP), designed to provide all consumers of electricity with meters, is a policy…
A report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expert suggests that demand for deposits in Nigerian commercial banks may reduce due to the introduction of eNaira. In the publication released on Tuesday, Jack Ree, an economist with IMF, highlighted the need to manage potential risks that could spring in the cause of making transactions with…
The manner of the unprovoked and unjustifiable killing of unarmed and peaceful #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020, was a massacre, says the Lagos judicial panel. “At the Lekki Tollgate, officers of the Nigerian Army shot, injured and killed unarmed helpless and defenceless protesters, without provocation or justification, while they were…
The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has kept his mouth following the Lagos judicial panel’s report that affirmed that Nigerian soldiers massacred unarmed and peaceful #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate on October 20 last year. Mr Mohammed has rabidly denied the soldiers killed protesters, predominantly Nigerian youths, at the Lekki facility. After the report…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says more than three million eligible Nigerians have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, said this at the bi-weekly briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this represented the…
