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Director General of World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has declared that she is not interested in running for 2023 presidency, describing the rumours as “utterly ridiculous and not true.” Okonjo-Iweala spoke in reaction to…

Director General, Scientific Equipment Development Institute (SEDI) in Enugu state, Samuel Ndubuisi, has been shot dead on Wednesday by unknown gunmen. Ndubuisi, a professor of Physiology and Biotechnology, was killed along with a police…

Shuaibu Ibrahim, director-general of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says the scheme is “critical to the unity of the country”. He stated that the scheme is not a waste of time, adding that its relevance in integration and…

Director-General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has on Friday said COVID-19 vaccine would not be made compulsory for corps members. He also urged prospective corps members to be security conscious at…

Senate has postponed its meeting with Service Chiefs, Director General of National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and Inspector General of Police to Thursday May 6. Ahmad Lawan, Senate president, disclosed this at plenary on Tuesday May 4,…

After nearly six months without a captain, the World Trade Organization (WHO) looks set to appoint Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its first female and first African leader next week. The global trade body announced on Tuesday that it…

Federal Government has lifted a suspension earlier placed on Emirates airline flights from Nigeria for violating COVID-19 testing directive. The government conveyed the new development in a letter signed by Musa Nuhu, director-general of…

South Korean Trade Minister, Yoo Myung-hee has withdrawn her bid to become World Trade Organisation’s next director-general. The latest development leaves former Nigerian Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the only remaining…

Director General of National Institute of Policy and strategic Studies, Kuru in Jos, Plateau State, Professor Habu Shuiabu Galadima is dead. In a statement signed by Brigadier Gen CFJ Udaya (rtd), Secretary/Director of…

Former Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has emerged the first African and first female Director General of World Trade Organization in 25-year history of the global trade body. Okonjo-Iweala, who is the former managing director…

Federal Government has on Thursday inaugurated a campaign strategy team for Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as she contests for the position of Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The Minister of Industry, Trade and…

Sir TC Okere, former Director-General of Imo Broadcasting Corporation, has allegedly stabbed his wife of 50 years to death. The tragic incident reportedly happened on Monday morning in Imerenwe, Ngor-Okpala council area of Imo State.…

Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said that by the end of the week, the agency would…