Reflections on ancestry and our personal and national history Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex was in Nigeria over the weekend with her husband, Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex. Their 3-day private visit was to promote the Invictus Games,…
Geometric Power’s commissioning rescheduled for Monday, February 26, 2024
The 181-megawatt Geometric Power plant in the Osisioma Industrial Layout of Aba in Abia State will now be commissioned on Monday, February 26, 2024, according to a statement by the company’s management issued just now. The plant was originally scheduled…
Forbes lists Okonjo-Iweala, Mo Abudu among 2023 “world’s most powerful women”
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been named in the 2023 “The World’s Most Powerful Women” on Forbes. Forbes, a renowned international business magazine, unveiled its annual list of the most powerful women in the…
Delta State,season of garnering honor and fratricidal crisis — Magnus Onyibe
This is indeed a season of jubilation generally for Deltans, the Anioma and particularly the lka nations whose sons and daughters have steadily and surely gotten into the center of gravity of power or hub of governance of the federal…
Buhari present as 449 individuals get National Honours
President Muhammadu Buhari and other dignitaries at the event on Tuesday in Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday attended the 2022 National Honours Award Investiture in Abuja where 449 Nigerians and friends of Nigeria are set to be conferred with…
Lack of electricity killing Nigerian industries – Adesina
President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, on Tuesday lamented that a paucity of energy was negatively affecting the growth of Nigerian industries. Adesina made the comment while speaking at a meeting organised by the Manufacturers Association of…
Okonjo-Iweala resumes duty as DG of WTO
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Monday resumed duty as the director general of the World Trade Organisation, weeks after her appointment was endorsed by the United States and approved by the trade organisation. Her appointment was ratified on February 15. “WTO members…
A toast to my Auntie Okonjo Wahala – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
They no longer make women like my very own Auntie Ngozi. No, I have to be more precise: they no longer make men and women like Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the newly-minted Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). …
First woman, first African: Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala set to be named WTO boss
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala looks set to be confirmed Monday as the first woman and first African leader of the beleaguered World Trade Organization, a near-paralysed institution desperately needing a kick-start. The WTO has called a special general council meeting at…
*Lawyers dare Lagos over Anti-Cultism Bill (Guardian)*Lagos butcher arrested for defiling two stepdaughters (Punch)
Lawyers dare Lagos over Anti-Cultism Bill (Guardian) Lawyers have criticised punishment for parents of suspects found guilty of cultism, describing such as unconstitutional. The Lagos State House of Assembly, while considering amendment of the Anti-Cultism Bill submitted to it by…