December 30, 2022
Africa: No Winner of Daily Trust African of the Year Award 2022.
The Selection Board of the DAILY TRUST African of the Year Award has announced that there is no winner of the award for the year 2022. The announcement followed a… Read more »
November 02, 2022
Africa: Africa's Leaders Pursue Fossil Fuels, Ignore Interests of People and Climate Crisis
Last month, Frans Timmermans, the European Union Commission vice-president and the person in charge of leading its work on the European Green Deal and the European Climate Law,… Read more »
October 25, 2022
West Africa: Nigeria Must Get It Right in 2023 for Africa's Sake - ECOWAS
The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has said it is concerned about the success of Nigeria's 2023 general elections due to its position in the region and the… Read more »
October 24, 2022
Africa: Akwa Ibom Rated Nigeria's, Africa's Cleanest State
Akwa Ibom State has been named as one of Africa's Cleanest subnationals. Read more »
October 15, 2022
Africa: 13 Times 'The Daily Show With Trevor Noah' Put a Spotlight On Africans
Last month, Trevor Noah announced that he would be parting ways with The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, the show he's hosted for the last seven years. Noah replaced Jon Stewart in… Read more »
October 07, 2022
Africa: The West Must Return Africa's Stolen Assets, As Well As Its Artefacts
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September 28, 2022
Africa: Africa Needs U.S.$2.5 Trillion to Deal With Climate Change Disaster
From November 6 to 18, El Sheikh, Egypt, will host the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, often known as COP27. This will be the 27th United Nations Climate Change… Read more »
September 22, 2022
Africa: Gates Foundation Announces U.S.$1.27bn to Fight HIV, TB, Malaria, Others
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation -- alongside governments, philanthropies, the private sector, NGOs, and global and community leaders -- has announced commitments totalling… Read more »
August 23, 2022
Africa: Fact Check - Is Lagos Third Largest Economy in Africa As Shettima Claimed?
The vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kashim Shettima has said that the economy of Lagos State is the third largest on the African continent. Read more »
July 26, 2022
West Africa: Credible Polls Crucial to Peace in West Africa - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said free, transparent, and credible elections are indispensable to peace and stability in West Africa. Read more »
July 21, 2022
West Africa: Kano to Get First Liver Transplant Center in West Africa
Kano State is set to get a National Digestive Disease and Liver Transplant Center, the first of its kind in West Africa. The centre is aimed to treat cases of liver and other… Read more »
September 13, 2021
Africa: Daily Trust Invites Nominations for African of the Year 2021 Award
A leading independent newspaper in Nigeria, DAILY TRUST, has called for nominations of exemplary personalities for the coveted African of the Year 2021 award. Nominations are open… Read more »
January 17, 2021
Africa: Musu Bakoto Sawo Emerges 2020 Daily Trust African of the Year
Musu Bakoto Sawo, a Gambian changemaker and tireless women rights advocate, has emerged winner of the 2020 Daily Trust African of the Year award. Read more »
December 12, 2019
Africa: Mama Rosie Emerges 2019 Daily Trust African of the Year
Rosie Mashale, popularly known as Mama Rosie, the founder of Baphumelele Children's Centre of South Africa has emerged winner of the 2019 Daily Trust African of the Year award. A… Read more »
November 20, 2015
Africa: Daily Trust Unveils 'African of the Year' 2015 Award Winner
'African of the year award is an initiative of DAILY TRUST, Nigeria's leading newspaper. The annual award is for Ordinary Africans who have distinguished themselves in their… Read more »
May 21, 2013
Africa: Mbeki - Continent Can Solve Its Problems
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki said yesterday that Africans can solve the numerous problems affecting the continent without giving room for external interference which… Read more »
May 20, 2013
Africa: Mbeki - African of the Year
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki, former South African president, main co-founder of the African Union and current leading continental conflict resolver and peacemaker, receives his award of… Read more »
January 21, 2010
Africa: 2009 - Abdulraheem is Daily Trust African of the Year
The late Nigerian activist, scholar, newspaper columnist, social campaigner and exemplary Pan Africanist Dr. Tajudeen Abdulraheem was last night named as the Daily Trust African of… Read more »
January 14, 2009
Africa: 2008 - DR Congo Doctor Mukwege is African of the Year
Fifty-three year old Congolese gynaecologist Dr. Denis Mukwege Mukengere was named last night as the Daily Trust African of the Year 2008 for his devoted work in treating rape… Read more »