The Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been named in the 2023 "World's Most Powerful Women” on Forbes.Forbes, a renowned international business magazine, unveiled its annual list of the most powerful women in the world on Tuesday, with Okonjo-Iweala claiming the 87th spot.This is the second
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The Chief of Staff (CoS) to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, has debunked reports that the sum of N10 billion has been proposed in the 2024 budget estimates presented to the National Assembly for the reconstruction and repair of his official residence.In a rebuttal on his X handle on Wednesday, Gbajabiamila
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Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, the President of the Court of Appeal, has relocated the Kogi Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal from Lokoja to Abuja.A statement by David Umar Mike, secretary of the tribunal, said that its sitting would now be at the National Judicial Institute on Umar Yar’Adua Way.It urged litigants to
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Protesters stormed the National Assembly premises in Abuja on Wednesday in reaction to the Sunday bombing of a village in Kaduna State.UNITY TIMES reports that the protesters, who occupied the National Assembly entrance gate for more than two hours, demanded justice for the victims and challenged the Minister of Defence,
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A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Wednesday issued a warrant of arrest for a Lebanese man, Maged Ali-Taan, for failure to appear before it.Justice Muhammad Nasir-Yunusa issued the warrant following the refusal of the defendant to appear in court to enter his plea over a charge of alleged
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The Medical Director of the Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr. Olufemi Olaleye, has asked the Court of Appeal to set aside the judgment of the lower court that convicted him of rape.The Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Ikeja, had, on October 24, found him guilty of defiling his
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President Patrice Talon of the Benin Republic arrived at the State House in Abuja today for a visit with his Nigerian counterpart, President Bola Tinubu.The purpose of the meeting remains unclear at this time.This visit comes a day after President Tinubu returned to Nigeria from a six-day trip to Dubai,
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Gunmen attacked the secretary of the Kogi State Governorship Election Tribunal, Mr. David Umar Mike, on Monday and stole sensitive petition documents related to the just concluded gubernatorial election, the Nigerian Police have disclosed.The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP William Aya, who confirmed the incident on Wednesday, said
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Estimates by the ICIR from its independent findings have shown that the Nigerian government might have spent N1.09 billion on round-trip flights for all participants it sponsored to the ongoing COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).Following an uproar from Nigerians on social media, questioning why the Federal
Read MoreUS consumer goods powerhouse Procter & Gamble (P&G) will discontinue manufacturing in Nigeria and pivot to import-only activity, the company said Tuesday.The multinational expects $2.5 billion in charges over the next two years from rejigging operations in some of its markets and writing down the value of its Gillette business.The
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