A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a suit filed against the Federal Government for directing television and radio stations to delete their Twitter accounts. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgment, dismissed the suit for lacking in merit and awarded the sum of N100,000 against the plaintiff. The Incorporated Trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights…
Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju Consistency and diligence are essential tools in attaining greater height. It is no news that the Nigerian Youth Parliament has recorded a new shift with Dr Azeezat Yishawu emerging as the first female Speaker. Dr Azeezat is a woman of great intellect and integrity whose passion and drive for…
Telecommunication giants, MTN-Nigeria, on Wednesday, said it is perfecting paper works to commence the construction work on the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway project. Mrs Lynda Saint-Nwafor, Chief Enterprise Officer, MTN-Nigeria, made the assertion at the announcement of the company’s N97 billion public offer to retail investors for the sale of 575 million shares, in Awka. Saint-Nwafor said:…
Lagos State Government on Wednesday, unveiled the ”Lagos State Electricity Policy”, geared at providing cleaner, reliable, affordable and uninterrupted power supply to residents. Speaking at the unveiling of the policy, organised by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said that what residents wanted was regular power supply. Sanwo-Olu…
Nigeria and Israel have expressed determination to prioritise investment on youth innovative and research programmes, to tackle poverty. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made this known in his inaugural address at the Innovative Fellowship for Aspiring Inventors and Researchers (i-FAIR-2) ceremony on Tuesday in Abuja. Osinbajo was represented at the event by Minister of Science and…
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, says the military is unrelenting in the prosecution of war against terrorists and bandits across the country. He also said weapons to be acquired from the recently approved supplementary budget might not arrive earlier than one year because manufacturers needed time to produce the military hardware….
The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 has disclosed that Lagos and Kano States got N10 billion and N5 billion respectively from the Federal Government to combat the pandemic as part of resources made available to states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Chairman of PSC and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss…
Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju The Executive Chairman of the FIRS, Muhammad Nami has highlighted the need to include all revenue generated at the national and sub-national levels in order to properly determine the accurate computation of Nigeria’s tax-to-GDP ratio. He stated this in his welcome remarks at the “National Symposium On Taxation And…
Activist and convener of Unemployed People of Nigeria, Dr. Uzor Ngoladi has called on Nigerians to embark on a nationwide #EndSARS walk against poverty and oppression on the same day of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s scheduled Peace Walk.In a statement sent to media organizations, Ngoladi noted that no amount of propaganda which is the…
