Author: Ishaku Yohanna

WTO Race: Okonjo-Iweala, one other candidate advance to final stage

Ishaku Yohanna

World Trade Organization members selected two final candidates Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee to advance to the final round in the race to lead the Geneva-based trade body, according to people familiar with the matter. By advancing two women to the final round of the selection process, the WTO will likely have the first female director-general in its 25-year history. Okonjo-Iweala served two stints as Nigeria’s finance minister and one term as foreign affairs minister. She has experience working at international governance bodies as a former managing…

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Buhari is 76, oil price should be N76/litre, says Guru Maharaj Ji

Ishaku Yohanna

The founder of One Love Family, Sat Guru Maharaj Ji, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to review the price of petrol in Nigeria because of the hardship it is causing Nigerians. In a statement to mark Nigeria’s 60th Independence anniversary, Maharaj Ji suggested that the age of the president should determine the pump price of petrol in the country. “I have severally made it clear that as an oil-producing nation, the pump price of petrol should be determined by the physical age of Mr President. In other words, if…

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IGP vows to dismiss erring SARS personnel

Ishaku Yohanna

Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has vowed to dismiss and prosecute any officer who engages in unprofessional conduct. The IGP had on Sunday banned operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), the Special Tactical Squad (STS) and Intelligence Response Team (IRT) from undertaking routine patrols as well as stop and search duties. The directive came in the wake of the outrage over alleged criminal and extra-judicial actions of FSARS officers against citizens in various parts of the country. In a circular dated October 5 to all police…

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Zazzau Emirate: Jubilation in Zaria as Bamali becomes Emir

Ishaku Yohanna

It was an atmosphere of celebration as hundreds of well-wishers trooped to the palace of the Emir of Zazzau on Wednesday to register their support for the new and 19th Emir, Ahmed Bamali. In the crowd were many traditional title holders who had also rushed to the palace to pay obeisance to the new emir. His appointment was announced in a statement yesterday by the Commissioner of Local Government Affairs, Alhaji Ja’afaru Ibrahim Sani. Bamali’s appointment follows the death of Shehu Idris who died on September 20 after reigning for…

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El-Rufai appoints Ahmed Bamali as new Emir of Zazzau

Ishaku Yohanna

Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufa, has e appointed Ahmed Bamali as the new emir of Zazzau This was announced in a press statement by the Kaduna State Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Ja’afaru Sani, on Wednesday. The long awaited appointment comes 17 days since the stool became vacant with the demise of Shehu Idris, who died on Sunday, September 20, 2020, after reigning for 45 years. The statement was titled, ‘KDSG appoints Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli as Emir of Zazzau’. The statement read in part, “Following the death of His Highness,…

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‘With over 350 rape cases in five months, our society has become an animal kingdom’ – Adamawa Commissioner laments

Ishaku Yohanna

Adamawa State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Lami Ahmed, has said the state recorded over 350 cases of rape and sexual assault between May and October 2020. The commissioner made this known on Monday in Yola at the launch of SMARTRR, a technological-driven solution that allows users of mobile phones to report and refer cases of rape and other gender-based violence in their community. Ahmed also explained that the culture of silence over rape cases and other sexual violence was responsible for the recent surge in the number…

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Why building collapse will persist in Nigeria – NIOB

Ishaku Yohanna

The Nigerian Institute of Building, NIOB, has said that the incidents of building collapse will continue in Lagos State in as much as developers continue to perform the function of building engineers. Speaking during the survey of the first story building in Nigeria which was built in 1842 (Shitta Bey Mosque) and Water House by Candido Da Rocha, which was built in 1946, the President of NIOB, Kunle Awobodu, said that all these buildings were built before Nigeria gained independence but yet they are still durable while many buildings nowadays…

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PENGASSAN pickets Multinational Oil Company over sack of 64 workers

Ishaku Yohanna

Oil workers, under the aegis of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), on Tuesday picketed the office of Baker Hughes, a multinational oil company, over the sack of 64 workers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the picketing took place at the Mansard House, Victoria Island area of Lagos State. NAN reports that some aggrieved members were seen chanting solidarity songs, while holding placards of various inscriptions, to drive home their demands. Some of the inscriptions on the placards read: “We say no to…

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Plateau: Gunmen kill village head, three others in fresh attack

Ishaku Yohanna

Gunmen suspected to be herders on Monday night attacked Wereng community in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, killing six people including a crowned Prince of the village. The lawmaker representing Riyom State constituency, Timothy Dangtong told journalists about the attack. He said the assailants, armed with guns and other deadly weapons invaded the community around 9:00 p.m shooting sporadically, thereby causing panic among the villagers. Dangtong confirmed that six corpses were taken to the mortuary after the attack. The acting village Head, Chungyang Mwadkon, was due for coronation…

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FG orders fresh verification of N-Power beneficiaries

Ishaku Yohanna

Beneficiaries of Batch A and B of the N-Power programme, who were omitted from receiving their stipends, have been directed by the Federal Government to report to their various state focal persons for verification and revalidation. This directive was given by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, in Abuja on Tuesday. According to the minister, measures to resolve unpaid stipends withheld for various reasons were almost being concluded. Farouk said that beneficiaries affected now have another opportunity to verify and re-validate their eligibility. She…

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