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The Federal Government says Nigeria will continue to engage relevant stakeholders to ensure the emergence of NGOZI OKONO-IWEALA as the next Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO).A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, FERDINAND NWONYE, gave the assurance in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja.He noted that the third and final round of the selection process for the director-general of the global organization was concluded on Tuesday and the...

CSP CATHERINE UGORJI of the Nigerian police and serving with the UN Multi-dimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali has been selected by the United Nations as one of two runners-up for the prestigious UN Woman Police Officer of the Year award for 2020.A statement by the National Information Officer of the UN System in Nigeria, OLUSEYI SOREMEKUN said Officer UGORJI has exemplified the best of UN policing through both her words and actions, according to Under-Secret...

The Inspector-General of Police, MOHAMMED ADAMU, has rejected reports by global rights organization, Amnesty International, that police officers shot at #EndSARS protesters.He described Amnesty’s report of October 21, 2020, that police personnel shot at peaceful protesters as “untrue, misleading and contrary to all available empirical evidence”.IGP ADAMU said police officers, instead, “acted professionally, exercised commendable rest...

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US Objection Delays Okonjo-Iweala’s Emergence As WTO DGChannels Television  Updated October 29, 202011In this file photo taken on July 15, 2020 Nigerian former Foreign and Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala smiles during a press conference in Geneva, following her hearing before World Trade Organization 164 member states’ representatives, as part of the application process to head the WTO as Director-General.  PHOTO: FA...

World 100 meter champion CHRISTIAN COLEMAN will appeal his two-year ban from athletics for anti-doping violations, his manager have confirmed.COLEMAN’S manager EMANUEL HUDSON in a tweet said the decision of the Disciplinary Tribunal established under World Athletics Rules is unfortunate and will be immediately appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.COLEMAN, who won the men’s 100 metres at last year’s World Championships in Doha, wa...

Nigeria’s manufacturing sector has continued its decline for the sixth consecutive month in October, according to the latest Purchasing Managers Index PMI report from the Central Bank.The manufacturing PMI witnessed a 49.4 points dip, below the 50 percent threshold used to aggregate activities and performances, since it started the contraction in May this year.According to the PMI report, eight subsectors from the 14 subsectors surveyed, had a slow co...

The West African Examinations Council WAEC says the results of the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination would be released next week.The examinations body made this known in a statement on its official twitter handle, and confirmed by the Head of Public Affairs, WAEC Nigeria, DEMIANUS OJIJEOGU. The results were supposed to be out on October 28 but the examination body said the postponement was due to the violence and arson in the country whi...

The Deputy President of the Senate, OVIE OMO-AGEGE, has appealed to members of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers to halt their planned attacks on oil facilities in the region.OMO-AGEGE’s appeal, was contained in a statement by his media office, after he met a delegation of the Oil and Gas Host Communities of Nigeria, in Abuja.The Deputy Senate President warned the groups that going ahead with their threat would create economic setback for the country ...

The United Nation’s General Assembly, has appointed the Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), JULIE OKAH-DONLI, to the board of trustees for United Nations Office on Drug and Crimes UNODC.OKAH-DONLI’S appointment is contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Abuja by VINCENT ADEKOYE, of NAPTIP’s press and public relations unit. The statement said that OKAH-DONLI’s appo...