The Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has disclosed what she discussed with President Muhammadu Buhari, while thanking him and Nigerian youths for supporting her candidacy for the WTO position. Addressing State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with the President, the WTO boss said she was in the Presidential Villa first on a thank-you visit for his support when she was campaigning for the position. “I felt I had to come to Nigeria first to say thank you to the President for his nomination and his support throughout the campaign, when he signed so…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday hosted Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, newly selected Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), expressing Nigeria’s appreciation to the world over her selection. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman in a statement in Abuja, said that the president told the visiting WTO boss that in spite of the robust support Nigeria gave to her candidacy for the position, she also deserved the selection. He said: “We are happy you made it, but you earned it with your record of performance both at home and abroad. “I congratulate you, as well as the country. I know you…
Nigeria has vaccinated 8,000 persons so far in 35 states and the FCT, the Presidential Task Force (PTF), on COVID-19, said on Monday in Abuja. The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, made the disclosure at the PTF briefing, on Monday in Abuja. Shuaib however, said Kogi remained the only state yet to receive the vaccines because its cold chains for preservation of the vaccines were under repair. He said the vaccines had been tested and verified to be effective and safe for use, dismissing rumours and concerns about the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines…
The governors of the 36 states in Nigeria, under the umbrella of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) will meet on Wednesday to discuss issues related to petrol subsidy and COVID-19 vaccines. The governors made the disclosure in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, the Head, Media and Public Affairs of NGF Secretariat. The forum’s spokesperson said the emergency meeting would be held virtually. Bello-Barkindo said that Gov. Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna State, who is the Chairman of NGF Committee on Subsidy on petrol, would brief his colleagues before any decisions on the supply and…
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide, has appointed the publisher and Chief Executive Officer of Defender Media Limited, Prince Bashir Adefaka as its Media and Publicity Consultant. This is contained in a letter titled: Appointment as Media and Publicity Consultant to Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide”, dated March 13th and addressed to him and jointly signed by the President General, Barr Basil Onyeachonam Onuoran and Secretary General, Barr Elvis Arthur Chukwu, a copy of which was sighted by ASHENEWS on Monday. “The leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide hereby appoint you as the Media and Publicity Consultant to the…
The Founder of the Centre for Children’s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE) an NGO, Mrs Betty Abah has called for the establishment of more shelters for victims of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). Abah made the call on Monday at the inauguration of the Hearts of Hope Shelter, a project initiated by CEE-HOPE and Hearts 100, an international body in Lagos on Monday. She said the advent of COVID-19 led to a global spike in gender-based violence. According to her, an ongoing research by leading GBV response organisation, Project Alert, found that there were less than 20 women shelters in the…
The Nigerian Army says the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have eliminated over 41 Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists in an encounter at Gulwa and Musuri in Gamboru Ngala local government area of Borno. The Army spokesperson, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima in a statement on Monday, said the success was recorded in the early hours of Monday. Yerima said 60 captives were rescued from the terrorists, and sophisticated weapons were recovered during the encounter with the criminals. He said the troops engaged the terrorists at Musuri in a firefight that lasted about 45 minutes leading to the killing of 41 terrorists…
By Habibu Harisu The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, on Monday, commenced special investigation into cases that border on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in Sokoto State. The panel which is led by the Executive Secretary of the commission, Mr Tony Ojukwu, begun the two-day exercise in Sokoto with more than 10 complaints so far submitted to it. Conducted in collaboration with the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative Project and aimed at eliminating Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), Ojukwu urged survivors to open up. According to him, the panel would entertain testimonies on abuse cases in the last 10 years,…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state, has denied that the minor skirmish reported at Sani Dingyadi Secondary School is linked to abduction attempt. The governor stated this when he promptly visited the scene with his Deputy, Manir Dan’Iya and some Commissioners Sunday evening. According to him, the incident involved a motorbike thief who ran into the school when he was chased by some people. “In the ensuing melee, there was an unexpected entrance of the pursuers into the school premises, which scared the students, some of who called their parents thinking it was a case of kidnapping.” Tambuwal also indicated…
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with the newly appointed Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Nigeria’s former finance minister, who is on a four-day official visit, was accompanied to the villa by the Ministers of Industry, Trade and Investment, Chief Niyi Adebayo; Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyeama; and Minister of state for Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajiya Maryam Katagum. The visiting WTO boss had earlier met with the Ministers of Finance, Dr Zainab Ahmed, and that of Foreign Affairs, Geofrey Onyeama. Okonjo-Iweala is expected to address the media after the meeting…