Abia assembly urges Ikpeazu to suspend trade commissioner, others
By Ugochukwu Alaribe – Umuahia The Abia State House of Assembly has urged Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu to suspend the Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Dr Cosmas Ndukwe from office. The House also called on the Governor to suspend the Chairman of Ekeoha Shopping Centre Traders Association, Aba, Mr Friday Dimiri and as well as the […]
PHOTOS: Buhari receives in audience Former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed door with the former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Okonjo-Iweala is running to become the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and has already emerged as one of […]
Passengers feared dead in Osun multiple auto accident
An unknown number of persons were said to have died in a multiple auto accident that occurred along Ilesa-Akure Highway.
Debt burden of least developed countries climb to a record $744 bn in 2019 – IMF
The total external debt for the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) countries climbed 9.5% to a record $744 billion in 2019 from the previous year highlighting an urgent need for creditors and borrowers alike to collaborate to stave off the growing risk of sovereign-debt crises triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gunmen release Kidnapped Kaduna school students, teacher six weeks after
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo After collecting ransom in two tranches, the four JS-3 students and their teacher, have been released by their abductees. Those who regained freedom were the three female students, a female teacher and a male student. The victims were students and a teacher of Prince Academy, Damba Kasaya, in Kaduna According to a […]
JUST IN: PDP BoT meets over Ondo poll, SARS disbandment
By Dirisu Yakubu A meeting of the Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP is currently ongoing at the party’s national secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja. Although details of the meeting remained sketchy at the time of filing this report, a highly-placed official of the party told our correspondent that top on the […]
