Trust Africa New, By Halimah Balogun Lagosians and the Awori Descendants of Olowogbowo community have lauded the Lagos state governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu over the appointment of Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello as the Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU). Speaking at a press briefing organised by the Awori Descendants, the Akogun of Oto-Awori Kingdom,…
Trust Africa news, By Halimah Balogun The 9th edition of the annual Chief of Naval Staff Open Swimming Championship hosted by the Nigerian Navy in collaboration with the Nigeria Aquatics Federation (NAqF) came to an end at the swimming pool complex of the National Stadium Surulere, Lagos, with Delta State retaining its title as the…
Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike, has urged the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission to reduce revenue accruable to the Federal Government from the federation account to 40 per cent, and increase those of states and local government councils to 40 and 20 per cent respectively. The governor said the current revenue sharing formula that…
The National Executive Committee meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party has started in Abuja. Members of the PDP NEC, which is the second highest decision-making body of the party, are expected to take a final position on the recommendations of the Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi-led Zoning Committee, which recommended that the next national chairman of the…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has presented N16.39 trillion as the 2022 budget proposal before a joint session of the National Assembly on Thursday. The oil benchmark for the 2022 appropriation is $57 per barrel, while the exchange rate is N410.5 per dollar in the budget proposal titled, “Budget of Economic Growth and…
Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Palestinian and international rights groups have renewed a campaign demanding that digital payment giant PayPal stop excluding millions of Palestinians from accessing its services. As part of the #PayPal4Palestine initiative, the Haifa-based 7amleh digital rights group hosted a webinar on Thursday featuring Palestinian entrepreneurs and business managers who have faced…
Pfizer has asked the United States government to approve the use of its COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11. The company announced in a tweet on Thursday that it had formally filed its application with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency authorisation. If regulators agree to the request, health workers could…
An increasing number of African migrants moving through Latin America to seek asylum in the United States demands greater attention and humanitarian responses, a new report has urged, as these asylum seekers face unique challenges along their routes. The US, Latin American countries and international groups must better manage the flow of a group of…
Nigeria’s government finalized plans to ramp up spending and borrowing as it grapples with reviving an economy that shrank by the most in a quarter century last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Expenditure is projected at 16.4 trillion naira ($39.7 billion) next year, or 17.7% more than initially proposed, President Muhammadu Buhari said in…
