WTO: Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment will boost trade relations in the world — NUTAG
The Nigerian Union of Traders in Ghana (NUTAG), said the appointment of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the Director-General (DG) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) would boost trade cooperation around the world. The President of the union, Mr Chukwuemeka Nnaji, stated this on Monday during a telephone conversation with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
Breaking: New petrol price imminent as landing cost hits N180 per litre
…NNPC meets MOMAN, IPMAN, others in Abuja By Udeme Akpan THERE were indications, Monday, that stakeholders would soon emerge with a new price of petrol as the landing cost of the product rose from N151 to N180 per litre, due mainly to rising price of crude oil in the international market. The rise of crude […]
Adebayo hails Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment as WTO D-G
Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment has described the appointment of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) as the right choice. Adebayo said this in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Ifedayo Sayo, in Abuja on Monday. The statement was sequel to the minister’s […]
Nat’l steering committee plots roadmap for alternate school programme
By Joseph Erunke THE National Steering Committee on Alternate School Programme held its inaugural meeting yesterday in Abuja. The meeting, according to a statement by Nneka Anibeze, Special Assistant to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, “set the ball rolling for mapping out strategies and an action plan to […]
Breaking: Makinde, 4 Northern govs in closed-door meeting over Shasha market mayhem
By Adeola Badru Governor Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi), on Monday evening, led Governors Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Abubakar Bello (Niger) and Bello Matawalle (Zamfara) in a closed-door meeting with Governor Seyi Makinde in Oyo state. The governors who arrived by 7.03pm were subsequently led into a closed door meeting by the host governor Makinde. The meeting with […]
Shasha market mayhem: Oyo APC sues for calm, peaceful coexistence
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Oyo State chapter, has appealed to residents of Shasha community in Ibadan to remain calm and embrace peaceful coexistence. This is contained in a statement issued by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Dr AbdulAzeez Olatunde, and made available to newsmen on Monday, in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls […]
