South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee has withdrawn her candidacy from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General’s race, according to Washington Trade Daily. Yoo, Korea’s Minister of Trade was contending with Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the top job at the WTO.
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday tasked urges federal and states government to put all machinery in place that would enhance the fight against illegal poaching and felling of trees to protect Nigerian forests and its abundant resources. The former President stated this at the 42nd annual conference of Forest Association of Nigeria (FAN) which […]
The Speker, Gombe state House of Assembly Tuesday morning Hon. Abubakar Sadiq Ibrahim impeached. A new Speaker was installed in person of Hon Abubakar Mohammed. The Chief Whip of the House, Hon. Musa Buba who briefed the press on behalf of the House said the removal of the former Speaker was in exercise of the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate seeking approval for the confirmation of Professor Mahmoud Yakubu for a second term in office as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Senate President Ahmad Lawan read the letter on Tuesday at the resumption of legislative proceedings after a one month recess. In his […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has revoked the bail granted to Faisal Abdulrasheed Maina who is standing trial for alleged fraud to the tune of N58million. Faisal Maina who is the son of the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina is also being accused of operating accounts that were […]
The trial of ex-chairman of the Pension Reform Tasks Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina continued on Tuesday before a Federal High Court in Abuja despite his absence and not being represented by any lawyer. Maina is being tried with a firm – Common Input Property and Investment Limited – by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission […]
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