Twice Nigeria’s finance minister and first woman foreign minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been described as a trailblazer. The 66-year-old made more history on Monday when she was appointed as the first African and woman to head the World Trade Organization (WTO). Aside from her time in public office, the development economist also spent a quarter-century […]

We want him dead or alive By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Calabar, Branch on Monday demanded the unconditional release of their colleague, Dr David Ugwu who has been in captivity since February 14, 2020. Addressing newsmen during the peaceful procession at the main gate of the […]

Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed Monday as the first female and first African head of the beleaguered World Trade Organization, saying a stronger WTO would be vital for the global coronavirus recovery. The WTO called a virtual special general council meeting at which member states officially selected the former Nigerian finance minister and World Bank […]

A housewife, Sumayya Shu’aibu, on Monday appeared in a Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano, for allegedly pouring hot water in a kettle and allowing her husband to use. Shu’aibu, whose age was not provided by the court, resides in Mijinbir Local Government Area of Kano, and was charged with causing grievous hurt. She, however, […]

By Charly Agwam – Bauchi The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has handed over the 104th renovated Primary Health Centre (PHC) to the state government to enhance health care delivery in the state. At the handover ceremony of the renovated Yalwan Duguri Primary Health Care Center in Alkaleri local government area of the state on […]

By Gabriel Enogholase – Benin Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), University of Benin branch, has disclosed that the Federal government lost N1 billion monthly to ghost pensioners monthly. The pensioners, in a Save Our Soul (SOS) message to President Muhammadu Buhari and signed by the Chairman, Mr Michael Ehinyameh, and Secretary, Mr Samanu Momodu, respectively, […]

After the match, which AC Milan won, Ibra, it was understood, spoke to his teammates, assuring them that he wasn’t racist in intentions.

Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh’s ex-husband Churchill Olakunle has introduced his former personal assistant (P.A), Rosy Meurer as his new wife. Meurer was at the centre of Churchill’s divorce brouhaha with Tonto who alleged that he was having an extra marital affair with Meurer, his then P.A. in 2017. Meurer later came out to debunk the […]

By Kingsley Omonobi The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu has ordered the immediate deployment of Police Intervention and Stabilization Forces to Oyo State to reclaim the public space, reinforce security and bolster public confidence in the areas affected by the recent crisis in the State. A statement by CP Frank Mba, Force Public Relations […]

By David Odama – Lafia The Nasarawa State House of Assembly Monday, worried by the new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state urged Governor Abdullahi Sule to direct the state Ministry of Environment to fumigate its complex including offices as part of measures to prevent the spread of the second Coronavirus in the […]