A contractor with the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Victor Onyejiuwa, on Thursday, told the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja how he was pressured to pay $600,000 before he was paid for a contract. Onyejiuwa, the Managing Director of Resource Computer Limited, testified in the ongoing trial of the former CBN Governor, Mr…
The Kogi State Government has confirmed the abduction of nine students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Okene. This was as the State Governor, Usman Ododo assured the people of the state of the safe return of the abducted students. Trust News Africa gathered that the students, who were reading for their…
The couple arrived Friday in the Nigerian capital Abuja where they visited a school to open an event on mental health for students there.Greeted by a drum and dance group from the Igbo ethnic group, Prince Harry and Megan toured the Lightway Academy where they were welcomed by pupils.“If you take anything away from today,…
Trust News Africa gathered that the Lagos-Kano narrow gauge rail line will begin services soon It was reported that during the visit of the Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali, to the project site in Kano State on Thursday. The contractors, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, disclosed that the line had been successfully linked to the…
The Dr Asue Ighodalo and Osarodion Ogie Campaign Council for the Edo 2024 Gubernatorial election wishes to express strong disapproval of actions that tend to insinuate any form of disrespect for the highly revered person of Oba Ewuare II , Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, and the Royal throne of the Great Palace. We are…
Former aviation minister, Osita Chidoka, has asked President Bola Tinubu to suspend the controversial Lagos-Calabar coastal road project. Trust News Africa reports that the Federal Government recently started the construction of the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal road, which is being done by Hitech Construction Company Ltd. The road project has attracted considerable criticism from Nigerians, with many questioning the…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reported a significant interception at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Trust News Africa reports that between January and April this year, officers seized fake $1.2 million notes, 148 drones, and five cryptocurrency machines. The confiscated items were handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and…
Former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, on Friday, finally agreed to submit himself to the Federal High Court in Abuja for arraignment on June 13 in the corruption charges against him. Bello’s lead counsel, Abdulwahab Mohammed gave the undertaking to Justice Emeka Nwite on Friday shortly after the request for suspension of trial by…
An evangelical Nigerian pastor based in the UK, Michael Oluronbi, 60, has been jailed for 34 years after he was convicted of multiple rapes of members of his congregation. A jury heard that some of his female victims became pregnant multiple times. He was also found to have used his position to abuse children and…
