Former Nigeria Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Saturday came under fire for faulting the call on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone its presidential ticket to a particular region of the country, and insisting that the Nigerian constitution does not recognise zoning.The 17 southern governors; the Southern and Middle-Belt Forum, comprising the Yoruba socio-political…
Following the circulation of adulterated petrol in Nigeria, which damaged vehicle engines last week, the federal government has turned back two tankers carrying petrol loaded in Antwerp, Belgium, and destined for Lagos.This is coming as the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies have continued to produce crude oil below their production targets,…
President Joe Biden told Russia’s Vladimir Putin that invading Ukraine would cause “widespread human suffering” and that the West was committed to diplomacy to end the crisis but “equally prepared for other scenarios,” the White House said Saturday. It offered no suggestion that the hourlong call diminished the threat of an imminent war in Europe.Biden…
On Saturday evening in Abu Dhabi, the man who scored the only goal in last May’s Champions League final stepped up to take one of the most important penalties in his club’s history, and cooly stroked the ball past Palmeiras goalkeeper Weverton to claim the Club World Cup for the Blues.No wonder they call him…
Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju PA Michael Bereola Jongbo is a descendant of lkere Ekiti, Ekiti State, of the Jongbo‘s Family from Odo- Ola of Alada clawn. His father’s name is pa Peter Alada Jongbo. A farmer and his mother is madam Tinuade Comfort Jongbo a trader. She gave birth to four of them…
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…
