President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with the United States of America’s (USA) Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Blinken arrived at the Aso Rock Villa at about 3:47 pm and was received at the State House by State Chief of Protocol (SCOP), Ambassador Lawal Kazaure, who led him to the…
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation and Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has met with US President Joe Biden at the G20 Meeting in Rome. Okonjo-Iweala, who shared pictures from their meeting, said she used the opportunity to appreciate the support rendered by the US on vaccine equity and pandemic preparedness. She…
Okonjo-Iweala has described her purported resignation as WTO DG as fake news. reports that the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has described her alleged resignation last week as fake news. Okonjo-Iweala made the clarification on Tuesday during a virtual media briefing on the updated WTO’s Trade Forecast for 2021 and 2022,…
By: VINCENT EGUNYANGA with Agency Report The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Thursday launched the 2021 edition of its Annual Statistical Bulletin (ASB), via videoconference. The launch was attended by HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, OPEC Secretary General; Professor Thomas Lindner of the Executive Academy at the Vienna University of Economics and Business;…
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 76TH SESSION OF UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN NEW YORK, USA FRIDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER, 2021 Protocols: Mr. President, Let me, on behalf of the government and people of Nigeria, congratulate you on your well-deserved election as…
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally agreed that Boko Haram is a Terrorist Organization. Speaking in New York at the United Nations General Assembly meeting on Friday, President Buhari said “terrorism continues to dominate security discourse worldwide. In Nigeria, Boko Haram terrorist group, though fragmented by internal strife and weakened by our defence forces, is still active…
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has congratulated the Zambian opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema on his deserving victory at the nation’s Presidential election. The opposition leader Hichilema was pronounced winner by the country’s Electoral body after landslide victory with over a million votes more than the incumbent President Edgar…
Nigeria High Commission office in London has been shut as more staff tested positive to covid 19. A statement from the High Commission stated that the shut down is in line with covid 19 protocols and the laws of the United kingdom. The shutting down of the high Commission is coming at a time two…
Former Director-General of the Security and Exchange Commission Arunma Oteh has been elected the new chair of The Royal African Society. Ms Oteh, previously the Treasurer and Vice President of the World Bank will be taking over from journalist and broadcaster, Zeinab Badawi. Ms Oteh tweeted: “Delighted to join as Chair of @royafrisoc, an organisation that has…
The Director-General, World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said that the global trade agency was working to facilitate trade and investments in Nigeria. Okonjo-Iweala spoke from Geneva at the 2021 National Diaspora Day webinar with the theme, ‘Diaspora Integration for National Peace and Development’, moderated by the Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa,…
