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The director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has be named one of the Forbes Magazine’s 100 Most Powerful Women in the World. Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigeria’s Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, was named alongside fellow compatriot…

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has denied visiting the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, at the Kuje Custodial Facility in Abuja. News of the reverred traditional ruler visiting Emefiele twice on Tuesday went viral on…

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has raised the alarm over the mass resignation of lecturers from Nigeria’s universities. It said most departments and units in Nigeria’s public universities were short-staffed due to the resignation of lecturers in search of greener pastures. The union…

Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has broken its silence over the air strike by the Nigerian Army at Tudun Birni community in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, saying terrorists embedded with civilians. Eighty-five people were killed with several others injured in the bombing,…

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, on Tuesday, visited Tudun Biri community, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State to commiserate and tender unreserved apologies to the victims of the accidental bomb that claimed over 80 lives on Sunday. The…

Presidential aircraft, Falcon 900B, has been put up for sale, with the Nigerian Air Force  (NAF) asking interested persons to submit their bids for the purchase of the aircraft. This was disclosed in a Monday tweet on NAF’s X page where it said…

The Nigerian Army has taken responsibility for Sunday’s Air Strike that left many villagers killed and several others injured at Tudun Biri village in Kaduna State. Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said this at the end of…

The Vice Chancellor, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Florence Obi, has directed that the new fees introduced by the institution be put on hold until further notice. The directive is contained in a statement issued by UNICAL’s Registrar, Mr Gabriel Egbe, and made…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has denied being involved in a bombing that left many villagers killed at Tudun Biri village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Sources from Kaduna had in an earlier report alleged that a jet operated by…

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has been urged not to approve an alleged plan by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike to build a ‘befitting residence’ for the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima. In a letter dated December 2, the group – Socio-Economic Rights…