The Lagos-Kano train service will go into operation from Friday, Aug. 13. Mr Ismail Adebiyi, Regional District Manager, Northern District of the Nigerian Railway Corporation made this known in Zaria, Kaduna State, on Sunday when he spoke The train would leave Lagos on Friday evening and arrive in Kano on Sunday morning, he said. Adebiyi…
The Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Exchange Group Plc, Mr Oscar Onyema, has said demutualisation will reduce conflict of interests in the shareholder-owned entity and support agile decision-making. Onyema said this at the Association of Capital Market Academics of Nigeria (ACMAN) webinar on Friday where he featured as the guest speaker. He added that demutalisation…
Access Bank Plc has equipped 74,000 Access Closa agents to provide financial services to customers across the country, to drive financial inclusion. Mr Robert Giles, Senior Banking Advisor, Retail, Access Bank, made this known in a statement on Friday in Lagos. He said the agents were empowered with POS, to deliver superior value to its…
Trust Africa News reporter: by Halimah Belogun Ajibola The Rotaract District 9110 club, Nigeria has commissioned renovated four blocks of toilet at the Home of Destitute, Okobaba, Ebute Metta, Lagos State. The toilets, according to the club, will provide adequate sanitation and hygiene for the occupants especially considering the needs for sanitation and personal hygiene…
Trust africa news reporter by Halimah Balogun Ajibola, A book aimed at addressing the needs of albinos was launched recently at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry Building, Ikeja`, Lagos. The book entitled: ‘Melanin Minus A Mother’s Account of Raising a Child with Albinism)’, was written by Mrs. Fatimah Salahdeen-Omoyele. According to the author,…
By Ayomide Otitoju, Editor The Manager, Smart Choice Bakery, Issac Adelakun, has lamented the high cost of purchasing baking ingredients in Nigeria. Ispatus, made this call during an exclusive interview with TrustAfrica news at his bakery in Lagos, he called on the federal government to look into the increase in the prices of the essential material, describing…
US e-commerce giant Amazon has won a major legal victory in India as the country’s top court blocks a $3.4bn deal struck by domestic rival Reliance. Amazon, Walmart-backed Flipkart and Reliance, owned by Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, are locked in a titanic battle to dominate online retail in the country of 1.3 billion people….
Expand Global Industries Limited (EGIL), the makers of WaW and Nittol detergents hosted the Nigerian Idol Season 6 Top 11 at its office in Lagos, with a resolve to continue to support youth-oriented programmes. This, according to the company, is to support youth’s creativity towards their betterment and it is part of its long-term ambition…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a new allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) equivalent to 650 billion U.S. dollars to combat COVID-19 crisis. The allocation is the largest in the IMF’s history for the containment of COVID-19 pandemic. “This is a historic decision, the largest SDR allocation in the history of the IMF…
