The Lagos State Government has insisted it only approved May 2nd and 3rd as public holidays for this year’s International Workers’ Day and the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations. The government also informed workers to ignore its earlier circular which approved three days as public holidays. The Head of Service in Lagos State, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, in a circular…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has told Polish media he’s still ready to speak to Vladimir Putin despite Russian atrocities in Bucha, Mariupol and other places. Zelensky says he wants to meet President Putin because “a single man decides everything” in Russia. He also said the risk of talks falling apart are high because of Russia’s…
Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska has indicated that she’s not seen her husband since the war started more than two months ago. Speaking to Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita, she said she was seeing President Zelensky “just like you – on TV and on video tapes of his speeches”. Zelenska said the conflict has not changed her…
Ukraine has received an 88.5 million euro ($93.54m, £74.46m) grant from the World Bank, according to the Reuters news agency, citing the country’s finance ministry. In a statement, the ministry says the grants will be used for social, humanitarian and healthcare needs as well as to support people who’ve been internally displaced in the country….
In the bid to close the metering gap in the country, MOJEC International alongside its DISCO partners have embarked on a nationwide Mobile MAP initiative. under the Phase 2 of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) ‘Meter Asset Provider (MAP)’ Regulation. The Mobile MAP scheme is a one- day metering drive designed to actively ensure…
Trust African News, By Ayomide Otitoju To harmonize means to produce a pleasing combination; the way it happens in music production. Different sounds and notes are blended to produce harmony; and that is when a musical piece is pleasing. For taxation to be pleasing, there is need to harmonise the tax system. The above analogy…
…..Stakeholders to discuss ” Sunset Airports : Safety, Economic Implications No fewer than 250 travel and aviation stakeholders in Nigeria and the diaspora would participate at the 26th edition of the annual conference of the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) slated for Thursday, July 28, 2022 at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that leaders who plan to visit Ukraine “should not come here with empty hands.” Zelensky made the comments when asked about what he expects from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s visit to Kyiv on Sunday. “Why is it important for leaders…
The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has picked the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Francis Nwifuru, as his successor in 2023. The governor, according to a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Francis Nweze, confirmed the development during the burial of the father of the state’s Commissioner for Trade…
