Prof. Fatima Waziri-Azi, Director General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has disclosed plans to boost the campaign against the societal ill with increased sensitisation in secondary schools. She announced plans to inaugurate Anti-Human Trafficking and…
THE new terminal of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NMPP) in Apapa, Lagos has been gutted by fire. The Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, made this known in a statement on Friday afternoon.…
THE Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has dropped her legal action against Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, the Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, in light of his intention to marry off 100 orphans from his constituency. Trojan News had earlier reported…
Backs Abuja based lawyer position A human rights body, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has strongly condemned the men of Nigeria Police Force (NPF) over the way and manner they employed in arresting the Lagos-based singer,…
THE Peoples AGM, a Pan-Nigeria Civil Society platform campaigning for the enforcement of Paris Climate Agreement has expressed deep concern over the announcement by Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), one of the largest shareholders in Shell that it will vote…
THE Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede has called on the Borno State Security agencies to continue to partner with the Commission to tackle the menace of corruption more frontally in Nigeria. Olukoyede…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has written to the House of Representatives, seeking its approval for the federal government to grant (reimburse) N24 billion promissory notes to Kebbi and Nasarawa state governments. The N15 billion and N9 billion promissory notes for the…
ELDER statesman, Atedo Peterside has berated the federal government over the payment of N90 billion to subsidise the cost of the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage. The founder of Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc said the Bola Tinubu-led federal government has continued to…
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a plan to pay the power sector debts estimated at N3.3 trillion. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, disclosed this on Thursday at the 8th Africa Energy Marketplace in Abuja. He noted that the government…
THE Federal Government has said electricity distribution in the country cannot improve because most of the Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) in Nigeria are technically insolvent. Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Engr. Sanusi Garba, said this on Thursday…
