Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju In line with his administration’s commitment to Traffic Management and Transportation, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday inaugurated a 12-member State Road Safety Advisory Council (SaRSAC), to further work on solving the challenges of road safety in the State. Speaking during the official inauguration of the State Road Safety…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has requested the National Assembly to approve for it $4,054,476,863 and €710 million. Buhari is also seeking the nation’s legislature’s approval for grant components of $125 million in the 2018-2020 external rolling borrowing plan. This is contained in a letter addressed to both chambers of the National Assembly…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is mourning the loss of his mother after she died “suddenly and peacefully,” aged 79. Charlotte Johnson Wahl, a painter, passed away at St Mary’s Hospital Paddington, on Monday according to a death notice in The Times. Mr Johnson once described his mother as the “supreme authority” in the family and…
At least 108 out of 240 inmates who escaped from a prison in central Nigeria have been recaptured, a prison official said Tuesday. Heavily armed gunmen stormed the Security Custodial Centre in Kabba, in Kogi State, late on Sunday, freeing scores of inmates. It was unclear who the gunmen were but criminal gangs have terrorised…
The United States and the European Union have agreed to try and cut emissions of the planet-warming gas methane by about one-third by the end of this decade and are pushing other chief economies to join them, according to documents seen by the Reuters news agency. Their pact comes as Washington and Brussels seek to…
Climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes by 2050 unless urgent action is taken, the World Bank has warned. In a landmark report published on Monday, the international financial institution called on states to reduce global emissions and bridge the development gap to avoid the effects of slow-onset climate…
The caretaker committee is thus expected to inaugurate a committee on zoning arrangements ahead of the zonal congress and the national convention. It was gathered that the date for the national convention will be fixed through the recommendation of the caretaker committee after wide consultations with some critical stakeholders to the party’s National Executive Committee…
New Zealand’s biggest city, Auckland, will stay under coronavirus lockdown until Sept. 21 after 33 new cases were recorded in the area in the past day, the prime minister said on Monday. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said three clusters were continuing to produce cases of community transmission in Auckland, compelling the extension of the hard…
North Korea said Monday it had test-fired a new type of long-range cruise missile over the weekend. The tests took place on Saturday and Sunday after two years of research, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA called it a “strategic weapon of great significance.” Observers saw this as an indication the…
