Key World Trade Organisation (WTO) ambassadors on Wednesday tapped Nigeria’s nominee, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the best pick to lead the organization, but she was opposed by the United State of America (USA), which said it supported South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee instead. The ‘troika’ of ambassadors heading the WTO’s three main branches determined after […]

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday approved full reopening of all markets in the state. The approval was announced in a statement by the state commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Dr. Wale Ahmed. According to the statement, both food markets and non-food markets can reopen every day of the week. Before now, […]

A leader of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Ekiti State, Chief Segun Ajibulu, has condemned the shoddy handling of the #EndSARS protests that engulfed Nigeria in past weeks and called on government to embark on equitable restructuring of the country. Ajibulu who spoke from his base in America, said the mismanagement of the protest […]

The National Broadcasting Commission(NBC) has sanctioned three major television stations over their alleged roles in the escalation of the #ENDSARS protest. The regulators fined Arise TV, African Independent Television, and Channels Television between N2million and N3million. Acting Director-General of the Commission, Armstrong Idachaba who made the announcement on Monday, October 26 alleged that the major […]

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reviewed the curfew imposed on the state to curb the unrest of the aftermath of the #ENDSARS protest from 8 pm to 6am The governor made this known on Sunday evening in a statement signed by his Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso. The commissioner stated, “The curfew […]

Former Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi has dismissed  an article that has gone viral on various digital platforms. The ex-minister said the article titled: ‘Bola Tinubu: The Fall Of An Emperor At Lekki Toll Gate By Dr Bolaji O. Akinyemi‘ was neither  authored by him nor originate from him. Reacting to the […]

Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka has called on Igbo indigenes to ignore threats of asking them to leave Yorubaland. In a video circulating on social media, Grandson Adeyinka, a UK-based Nigerian, called on Igbo indigenes to leave south-west states within 48 hours , warning that those who refuse to leave will be dealth with. “This is […]