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The Director General, of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has debunked the report that the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, IMF, have concluded plans to hand a massive N57.5bn to Biafra. The WTO DG was reacting to a post by Simeon Ekpa, a leader of the Indigenous…

by Deborah Nnamdi The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, has said grain hoarders and smugglers are responsible for the persistent hike in food prices in Nigeria. The Executive Vice Chairman of FCCPC, Tunji Bello, made this known at a town hall meeting with industry leaders, micro, small and…

by Deborah Nnamdi Workers from the former Ministry of Women Affairs were seen celebrating after Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye was dismissed as Minister on Wednesday. In a video posted on the social media platform X by APC chieftain Abubakar Sidiq Usman, employees were filmed dancing in the office corridors, chanting “finally” in…

by Deborah Nnamdi Gunmen killed four police officers who were stationed in the ‘Yar Tsamiyar Jino area of Kankara local government, Katsina State on Wednesday. Aside from eliminating the officers on duty, the attackers burned the police operational vehicle. A source revealed that the gunmen initially planned to ambush travellers…

File Photo: M346 Attack jets in flight by Deborah Nnamdi The federal government has approved a $618 million loan to purchase six Italian-made M-346 attack jets and ammunition for the Nigerian Air Force. The development was announced by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Wednesday. Recall…

A minor tsunami has hit Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council, as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu lays off the Ministers of Education, House and Development (State) and Youth, Tahir Mamman SAN, OON; Abdullahi Tijjani, and Jamila Bio Ibrahim respectively. Others affected are Uju Kennedy Ohanenye, and Lola Ade-John of Women’s Affairs and…

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has eliminated the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development as part of a significant restructuring aimed at improving government efficiency. This decision was made during the ongoing Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House in Abuja, as reported by Bayo Ononuga,…

by Deborah Nnamdi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has raised the alarm over the threats posed by cybercrime, revealing that Nigeria lost more than $500 million to criminal activity in 2022. Chairman of the anti-graft agency, Ola Olukoyede spoke during a National Cybercrime Summit in Abuja on Tuesday.…

Former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, has saluted his cousin and successor, Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, on the occasion of the latter’s 70th Birthday on Tuesday. Ibori, in a post dripping with emotion, looked back at his growing stage with his ‘brother’ Uduaghan, confessing, “As I pen…

A deserted street in Enugu on Monday Government and business activities suffered varying degrees of shutdown in the five Southeast states of Nigeria on Monday as residents and business owners locked their shops in compliance with the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Our findings showed that…