Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: A Well-Qualified New Leader for the WTO

EssayWorldWorld NewsNgozi Okonjo-Iweala: A Well-Qualified New Leader for the WTO

PilotnewsFebruary 17, 2021

by John Campbell Culled from The Council on Foreign Relations When Robert Azevedo stepped down last year from the post of director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the trade body’s top leadership position, former Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala quickly became the universal favorite to land the job—except for among members of the Trump administration. Because the WTO operates on the basis of consensus, the Trump administration’s opposition effectively vetoed her in favor of the current South Korean Trade...

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Buhari Dispatches Search Party as Gunmen Abduct 27 students; kill one in North-Central

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBuhari Dispatches Search Party as Gunmen Abduct 27 students; kill one in North-Central

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 2021

Gunmen have killed a student and abducted 27 others in a night-time raid on their boarding school at Government Science Secondary School, Kagara Niger state in the North-central Nigeria. Niger state Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello who confirmed the incident said three members of staff and 12 of their relatives were also abducted. The Principal of the school Danasabe Ubaidu, said about 600 boys were asleep in their dormitories when the school during the raid. Meanwhile, President Muhammadu...

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Government to install CCVs on Major Highways Across the Country to tackle Kidnapping

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaGovernment to install CCVs on Major Highways Across the Country to tackle Kidnapping

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 2021

Muhammad Dingyadi, Minister of Police Affairs said machinery had been set in motion to install Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras on all major highways across the country as a measure towards curtailing kidnapping. He said the project would be a public-private partnership scheme. Dingyadi on Channels Television breakfast programme, “Sunrise Daily” said “President Muhammadu Buhari already gave approval for the project, and an agreement had been brokered with NPS Technology Company to revamp an abandoned...

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INEC receives 9,777 requests for the establishment of additional polling units

NewsNigeriaPoliticsINEC receives 9,777 requests for the establishment of additional polling units

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 2021

The National Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, on Tuesday, disclosed that as of February 15, the commission had received 9,777 requests from across the country for the establishment of additional polling units. Yakubu made the disclosure when he visited the offices of the Arewa Consultative Forum office, in Kaduna, for consultation on creating additional polling units in the country. He said the requests, which were 5,700 as of October, 2020, had...

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“The bitter truth about the Igbos” –The Lies of Femi Fani Kayode (Part 2)

NigeriaOpinionPolitics“The bitter truth about the Igbos” –The Lies of Femi Fani Kayode (Part 2)

PilotnewsFebruary 16, 20211

Scholar disgraces Femi Fani-Kayode and demolishes claims on Igbo/Yoruba history with facts and figures This concludes a rejoinder by this Igbo scholar, Dr. Samuel Okafor, who made one-time Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, look so small and uneducated by using facts and figures to demolish the claims he made in the controversial August 8, 2013 article, “The Bitter Truth About The Igbo”, which set off a storm that almost threatened Igbo-Yoruba relations. Indeed the action...

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“The bitter truth about the Igbos” –The Lies of Femi Fani Kayode (Part 1)

NigeriaOpinionPolitics“The bitter truth about the Igbos” –The Lies of Femi Fani Kayode (Part 1)

PilotnewsFebruary 16, 2021

Scholar disgraces Femi Fani-Kayode and demolishes claims on Igbo/Yoruba history with facts and figures This Igbo scholar, Dr. Samuel Okafor, has made one-time Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, look so small and uneducated by using facts and figures to demolish the claims he made in the controversial August 8, 2013 article, “The Bitter Truth About The Igbo”, which set off a storm that almost threatened Igbo-Yoruba relations. ___________ In the first part of an article...

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Femi Fani-Kayode: The bitter truth about the Igbos

NigeriaOpinionPoliticsFemi Fani-Kayode: The bitter truth about the Igbos

PilotnewsFebruary 16, 2021

Permit me to make my second and final contribution to the raging debate about Lagos, who owns it and the seemingly endless tensions that exist between the Igbo and the Yoruba. It is amazing how one or two of the numerous nationalities that make up Nigeria secretly wish that they were Yoruba and consistently lay claim to Lagos as being partly theirs. Have they forgotten where they came from? I have never heard of a...

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United Arab Emirates extends suspension of flights from Nigeria

NewsNigeriaTransportationUnited Arab Emirates extends suspension of flights from Nigeria

PilotnewsFebruary 15, 2021

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has extended the suspension of flights from Nigeria (Lagos and Abuja) from February 28 to March 10. The UAE aviation authorities made this known in the updated travel protocol posted on the website of the Emirates Airline, the flag carrier of the UAE, on Sunday afternoon. The update read, “In line with government directives, passenger services from Nigeria (Lagos and Abuja) to Dubai are temporarily suspended until 10 March 2021....

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My Father’s Funeral Inspires My Last Album – Vector

EntertainmentNewsNigeriaMy Father’s Funeral Inspires My Last Album – Vector

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 15, 2021

Olanrewaju Ogunmefun, popularly known as Vector, is one of the respected rappers in Nigeria at the moment. He is known for his punch lines. However, artist stated that he tries not to get used to being called one of the best rappers in the music industry. “I appreciate the views of the people who love my music. I appreciate that they all think I am one of the best in the music industry. It is...

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We Need to Get the Global Economic Going Again – Okonjo-Iweala

NewsNigeriaWe Need to Get the Global Economic Going Again – Okonjo-Iweala

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 15, 2021

The newly appointed Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has reacted to her appointment, saying that the organization would get the global economy running again during her tenure as the WTO DG. The financial expert said this on Monday. Her appointment will take effect from March 1, 2021. She also expressed her desire to make the WTO stronger, saying that the organization would adapt to “realities of the day.” “I am...

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