The European Union and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Nigeria have hosted a private screening of the feature film “Deafening Silence” to advocate gender equality and women empowerment in Nigeria. The film which is a result of the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative aligns with the government of Nigeria’s gender priorities as well as the…
No fewer than 200 officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria were on Friday relieved of their duties. This is an addition to the long list of ongoing disengagements in the apex bank. This adds to the list of 117 staff sacked by the bank between March 15 and April 11, 2024. The termination of…
The Federal Government has approved January, 2025 as the official date for the 22nd edition of the National Sports Festival, tagged “Gateway Games, Ogun 2024.” In a communiqué released after the first National Council on Sports, held at the Old Government Lodge, Abakaliki Road, Enugu, Enugu State, the Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Owan…
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), on Monday, May 20, 2024, declared that students in federal tertiary institutions would first be considered in the rollout of the scheme. NELFUND Managing Director Akintunde Sawyerr, who made the declaration at a press conference on pre-application sensitisation on the loan scheme in Abuja, said the Fund would roll…
A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the interim forfeiture of $4,719,054, N830,875,611, and several property linked to the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. The order was issued on Friday, by Justice Yellim Bogoro after an ex-parte motion by EFCC counsel Bilkisu Buhari and C.C. Chineye. The forfeited…
The Federal Government said on Thursday it was unaware that Dangote Refineries imported its crude oil from the US. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil) Heineken Lokpobiri, said the country was blessed with enough crude to supply all the refineries in the country, including the modular ones. The Minister stated this in Abuja…
A pupil of the Landmark International School, Mgbakwu in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Henry Okonkwo, who was reportedly beaten to coma by a teacher has died. It was gathered that the boy gave up the ghost in the early hours of Wednesday. Trust News Africa had said that a 30-year-old teacher…
● Outcomes may return Nigeria as Africa’s economic powerhouse, lower fiscal deficit to GDP ratio, remarkable decline in tax-to-GDP Statistician-General of the Federation/Chief Executive, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Prince Semiu Adeniran, yesterday said the statistical agency had commenced the process for the rebasing of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Consumer Prices Index…
The head coach at AC Milan, Stefano Pioli, has been sacked. Trust News Africa reports that the club announced his departure in an official statement on Friday. Despite leading the team to a second-place finish this season, they fell far behind their city rivals, Inter Milan, who dealt them a blow by defeating Pioli’s team…
