ECONOMY By Yinka Kolawole, with agency report The selection panel for the new Director General/ Chief Executive of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has formally submitted the name of Dr.  Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to the Organisation’s General Council for appointment to the position. The panel, constituted from the WTO Ambassadors, recommended that Okonjo-Iweala is the candidate […]

There is absolutely no further justification to continue condoning the activities of the so-called “palliatives” looters. Enough is enough! Over one week since ‘unknown’ soldiers marched to the Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos venue of the EndSARS protest and shot at unarmed youth, incidents of looting are still being reported in some parts of the country. […]

By Samuel Fasanmi These are not the best of times for Nigeria. One thing that no one can deny is the fact that when bullets raced down from the tube of a gun, it does not search for its victims’ political party, gender, ethnic lineage, or socio-economic status. No. The bullets pierced the body ferociously, […]

…Engage OPC members to secure communities …Police, FRSC finger destruction of patrol vehicles for absence By Evelyn Usman LAGOSIANS have expressed worry over the continued absence of policemen on major roads and streets in the state. For instance, many vehicles stationed at flashpoints in different parts of the state to ensure police presence, have been […]

The United States has explained that the reason it moved against the election of former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next Director-general of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, was the fact that the UN agency was in dire need of reform which must be driven by ‘’someone with real, hands-on experience.’’ In a statement […]