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Okonjo-Iweala: Africa’s meal ticket at WTO?
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Unarguably, expectations are high across Africa following the emergence of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). For a continent that has struggled
Timi Frank faults confirmation of ex-Service Chiefs
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Wednesday, condemned in strong terms, the Senate’s confirmation of the immediate past Service Chiefs as
Niger Opposition Leader Claims Win Despite Official Results Showing He Lost
Women walk past a campaign poster of Niger’s former president and presidential candidate Mahamane Ousmane on Febuary 18, 2021 in Niamey ahead of Niger’s presidential election runoff on Febuary 21.
UPDATED: Ahead of Nigeria, Ghana receives 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccines from COVAX
By Sola Ogundipe In an unprecedented development, Ghana has received a historic first shipment of 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility, ahead of Nigeria. Ghana is
2016 Coup Attempt: 148 suspects to be detained
Picture from Aljazeera.com Turkish prosecutors on Wednesday ordered the detention of 148 people in nationwide raids over their alleged links to a network behind a coup attempt in 2016, local
Union invites EFCC to probe alleged fraud in CAC Housing Scheme
Abuja—Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies, SSASCGOC, an affiliate of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has invited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
COVID-19: NCDC reports 571 new Infections, 12 death
Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, NCDC DG. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 571 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 153,
Challenges, prospects of increasing access to insurance
By Rosemary Iwunze In 2012, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, launched the National Financial Inclusion Strategy with the aim of increasing the number of adults that have access to
Army disowns video clip on security operations in Imo
The Nigerian Army has disowned a social media video clip concerning its ongoing internal security in Orlu, Imo. Col. Aliyu Yusuf, Deputy Director, Public Relations Department, 82 Division of the
FG secures €400,000 grant to kick off Nat’l Livestock Transformation Plan in 4 states
By Gabriel Ewepu THE Federal Government, yesterday announced securing €400,000 grant to kick off National Livestock Transformation Plan, NLTP, in four states. In a statement by the Federal Ministry of
