The European Union and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Nigeria have hosted a private screening of the feature film “Deafening Silence” to advocate gender equality and women empowerment in Nigeria. The film which is a result of the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative aligns with the government of Nigeria’s gender priorities as well as the…
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), on Monday, May 20, 2024, declared that students in federal tertiary institutions would first be considered in the rollout of the scheme. NELFUND Managing Director Akintunde Sawyerr, who made the declaration at a press conference on pre-application sensitisation on the loan scheme in Abuja, said the Fund would roll…
A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the interim forfeiture of $4,719,054, N830,875,611, and several property linked to the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. The order was issued on Friday, by Justice Yellim Bogoro after an ex-parte motion by EFCC counsel Bilkisu Buhari and C.C. Chineye. The forfeited…
A pupil of the Landmark International School, Mgbakwu in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Henry Okonkwo, who was reportedly beaten to coma by a teacher has died. It was gathered that the boy gave up the ghost in the early hours of Wednesday. Trust News Africa had said that a 30-year-old teacher…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, has stated that the nation needs to act quickly to address its electricity issues in order to preserve its economy. Kyari stated that no nation in the world could progress without access to sufficient and reasonably priced electricity during a recent stakeholders’ engagement…
His Royal Highness Muhammadu Sanusi II was on Friday morning officially reinstated as the 16th Emir of Kano. Trust Africa News recalls that this is coming barely 24-hours after Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State reappointed him as Emir after signing into law the bill that abolished the five emirates created by the Abdullahi…
US President Joe Biden has named Kenya as a major non-Nato ally, making it the first sub-Saharan African country to receive that designation. Mr Biden announced the move during a three-day state visit by Kenyan President William Ruto. It is the first such visit to Washington by an African leader in more than 15 years…
Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka says Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election Peter Obi is “unfit” to lead Nigeria. Soyinka said this in a recent interview with digital creator Noble Eyisi. The renowned playwright said Obi, a two-term former governor of Anambra State, was “unfit” to lead the country over the actions…
The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has fixed Monday, May 27, 2024, to deliver judgement in the petition filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its governorship candidate, Murtala Ajaka, against the election victory of Governor Usman Ododo. The three-member panel of justices, headed by Justice Ado Birnin-Kudu, announced the…
