The United States is moving to block Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala selection as consensus candidate to lead the World Trade Organisation. Major news media organizations have earlier reported that key WTO ambassadors have given a node to the candidature of Okonjo-Iweala on Wednesday. However, the US it was learned is supporting the South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee, who is Okonjo-Iweala’s
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s ex-finance minister and nominee for the office of the director-general of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, has emerged winner of the highly competitive race. The former minister according to TheCable, polled 104 votes from 164 member countries to defeat her South Korea’s trade minister opponent, at the final stage of the race. She has broken many records,
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The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has urged the Nigerian government to go for dialogue with the #EndSARS protesters rather than force. He advised the President against violence which he described as not being the solution to the crisis arising from protests against police brutality and bad governance in Nigeria. Akufo-Addo said he had a conversation with the Nigerian President
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Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has expressed confidence in her quest to lead the crisis-wracked World Trade Organisation after all of Africa backed her candidacy, vowing she would champion reform. She expressed her confidence in the race after she received news that the 55-member African Union would officially support her candidacy over her sole remaining opponent, Yoo Myung-hee of South Korea for
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The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) is seeking the help of the Cameroonian military structures to defeat the Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria. This appeal was made by the military leadership in a public statement delivered by the Chief of Military Public Information for MNJTF, Col. Muhammad Dole, on Saturday. The appeal was made by the Force Commander, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim
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The sitting Chair of the ECOWAS Authority and President of Ghana and Chairperson of the ECOWAS , Nana Akufo-Addo, says the operations of Al-Qaeda and the Boko Haram sects are of serious concern. In his recent statement, he made it clear that such operations of the insurgents were made possible by the growing poverty situation in West Africa. He also
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Nigerians numbering 75, of which 41 were women, including twin four-year-old girls, as well as four Togolese, three Ghanaians, and a Malian have been rescued in the Sahara Desert by the International Organisation for Migration(IOM). Those who left Nigeria the passed through the Nigerien transit town of Agadez, the main stepping-off point for African migrants trying to cross into Europe
Read moreA young Rwandan has rejected offers from any country outside Africa continent and said that he all is want is Africa transformation. Watch him speak in this engaging interview
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President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a congratulatory statement to the African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Akinwunmi Adesina following his exoneration by an independent review panel from 16 allegations of ethical misconduct levelled against him as the chief executive of the AfDB and urged him to remain steadfast in pursuing the goal of the institution. were on Tuesday excited, following the
Read morePresident Muhammadu Buhari has issued a congratulatory statement to the African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Akinwunmi Adesina following his exoneration by an independent review panel from 16 allegations of ethical misconduct levelled against him as the chief executive of the AfDB and urged him to remain steadfast in pursuing the goal of the institution. were on Tuesday excited, following the
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