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WTO members made history today (15 February) when the General Council agreed by consensus to select Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria as the organization’s seventh Director-General. When she takes office on 1 March, Dr Okonjo-Iweala will become the first woman and the first African to be chosen as Director-General. Her term, renewable, will expire on 31
On January 15 1966, Nigeria suffered its first military coup. The military coup was erroneously tagged an Igbo coup because most of the coup plotters were Majors from the East (even though most grew up in the north and spoke Hausa better than Igbo), and in July 1966, there was a ‘rematch’. Aggrieved northern soldiers
Popular on-line comedian, Mr Macaroni was arrested at the #Lekkitollgate protest and taken away in a black Maria vehicle. This he made available in a live Instagram post where we could see some other arrested youths seizing the opportunity to snap with the comedian. See video below.. Mr Macaroni has been arrested and is currently in
Lagos state government has shown her preparedness to stop the proposed Peaceful protest that’s supposed to be held at the Lekki toll gate in furtherance to the Lagos state government’s insistence on the reopening of the toll gate where Some Innocent Nigerians lost their lives during a peaceful protest on the 30th of October 2020. However,
Access Bank and Gtbank have been trending for the wrong reasons today as they have started blocking the account of their customers that have traces of cryptocurrency transactions. You’d recall that CBN had placed a ban on cryptocurrency and asked banks to block accounts with cryptocurrency related. In furtherance to that, Gtbank and Access bank have
This funny but interesting video clip of a Nigerian Soldier and Police trying to dismantle and couple back an Ak47 rifle made most people doubt the competence of the Police while handling the gun. Some argued that Police should be stripped of the gun and rather handed catapults instead. From the video, they were both
Nollywood veteran actor has endorsed his son Yul Edochie to succeed Buhari come 2023. Yul revealed his father’s full support for his presidential ambition on his Instagram page on Thursday, February 12. In the less-than-three-minute video tagged: “My Father Chief Pete Edochie endorses my 2023 Presidential ambition. God Almighty, take absolute control,” Pete confirmed his
Chairman of the University of Lagos chapter of the Non Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions, Mr. Kehinde Ajibade, has described the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) used to pay civil servants as fraudulent. He accused the Federal Government of deceiving the Union to sign up for it. NASU and the Senior
Alhaji lateet Kayode Jakande, the first civilian governor of lagos state has passed on. The news of his death was announced by the governor of lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on his official twitter account. With gratitude to God for a worthy life well spent in the service of Lagos State, Nigeria and humanity, I announce
Nigerian athlete Blessing Okagbare has been recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the only athlete to have attended the Athletics Diamond Meetings 67 times. Okagbare on Wednesday shared the good news via her verified Instagram handle. She said, “A dream made reality through God’s grace and determination. “Look what finally came in