The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters has indicted 58 policemen for killing and brutalising unarmed Nigerians including #EndSARS protesters in the state. Over the past year, the panel has heard petitions on police brutality and has also investigated the contentious Lekki tollgate incident. In its…
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Chief Niyi Adebayo, has disclosed that a total of N56.84 billion had been disbursed to operators of micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria, out of the N75 billion Survival Fund earmarked by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. The minister said this yesterday, during the opening of…
Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju The chairman-elect of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Hon. Cornelius Ojelabi, has lauded the giant strides of the Lagos State Government in infrastructures particularly in the provision of social amenities to the people of the state. Hon. Ojelabi’s view was contained in a statement signed by his…
Senator representing Kano South Senatorial district and former governor of Kano State, Kabiru Gaya has expressed shock at the disappointment at Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) which failed in some polling units at the just concluded Anambra Governorship election. Gaya, who is the Chairman of Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the…
A political support group, Niger Delta Coalition for Governor Bello 2023 (NDCGB 2023), has urgedthe Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, to declare his interest to run for the presidency in 2023. In the recent months, a number of support groups, hitherto unknown, have been touting the presidential aspiration of Mr Bello. Political jobbers from Kano, North-Central and also…
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has appointed his son, Babajide Akeredolu, as the Director-General of the state’s Performance and Project Implementation Monitoring Unit (PPIMU), IgbereTV reports. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Ondo, Donald Ojogo, announced this in a statement on Tuesday, November 16. Ojogo added that the governor has nominated 14 new commissioners-designate…
Former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Bill into law in the interest of the masses and also deepen Nigeria’s democracy, the controversy over direct primaries notwithstanding. Saraki, who is also former Kwara State governor, said the raging debate on the propriety or otherwise generated by the…
An international company that specialized in the engineering, manufacturing and supply of Liquified Petroleum Gas, Liquified Natural Gas and Industrial Gases and its related equipment for storage and transport, Euro LPG BV Holland has indicated interest to build gas plants in Kogi State. The chairman of the company, Dr Wahaab Abdullah disclosed this on Saturday…
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (Retd), has said that separatist agitations in some parts of the West African region were gaining global attention due to international sympathy. Monguno stated this in paper he presented at the Nigeria International Partnership Forum in Paris, France, titled: “Combating Persistent and Emerging Threats to Regional…
