WTO: FG moves to counter US position against Okonjo-Iweala

October 30, 20200Comments

Opinion

Heeding Adeboye’s call to national prayer and fasting

By Frank Tietie …. And to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord_ “ – Abraham Lincoln A Proclamation For a Day of National Humiliation Fasting and Prayer, 13th March,1863. (Quoted in Shaping History Through Prayer and Fasting…

October 30, 2020130Comments

Shock, surprise over price crash of food items in Abuja; govt hints at demolition of shanties

Are food items lootied from government and private warehouses making their way into some Abuja markets , or what informed the crash of staple food in the markets during the week? The nagging questions come as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Mohammed Bello, has hinted that shanties around the Idu Industrial…

October 30, 20200Comments

Opinion

Lekki Massacre: Fake News, Anarchy and the Rest of Us

By Yushau A. Shuaib What we have learnt from history, including World Wars, civil wars and communal conflicts are what others are failing to learn from, as newer cycles of history unfold before our eyes. It is, no doubt, easier to tell lies about incidents than to go the inconvenient way of seeking the truth about…

Regent abducted, molested as crisis hits Ondo community over throne succession

There is an ongoing crisis in Alade Idanre kingdom in Ondo state over the succession of Olusegun Akinbola, the traditional ruler of the community who died on October 16. Two days after the demise of the monarch, Temilowa Akinbola, his first daughter, was crowned the regent. But five days after her emergence, hoodlums invaded…

October 29, 2020177Comments

Opinion

Win or Lose,Trump Is A Danger To Africa, By Azu Ishiekwene

If Donald J. Trump were president of Wakanda on the eve of an election, that country would have received several warnings from the US State Department on the need for free and fair polls, and the necessity for all parties to play by the rules. But what is playing by the rules if parties will…

Foreign

WTO leadership race upended by Trump now hinges on American election

World Trade Organisation members are confronting the reality that the future of the Geneva-based institution is now in the hands of the American electorate. Trade officials in capitals around the world are evaluating their options following the Trump administration’s decision Wednesday to block the appointment of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the WTO’s next director-general. The U.S.…

21 dead as school bus, trailer collide in Enugu

The Federal Road Safety Corps, on Thursday, confirmed the death of 21 people, including school children, in an auto crash at Mgbowo in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State. The Enugu Sector Commander, Mr Ogbonna Kalu, who confirmed the incident to The PUNCH, on the telephone, said the accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon. He…

Fleeing Police Sergeant Who Shot Girlfriend, Joy Eze In The Mouth, Nabbed, Now In Police Net

Sergeant Eze and Joy Eze Sergeant Eze Aiwansone, the Policeman who allegedly shot his girlfriend, Joy Eze, in the mouth three weeks ago and disappeared into thin air immediately after committing the crime, has been apprehended by the Lagos State Police Command. The incident occurred on 8th October, 2020, at Opebi area of Lagos The…

October 29, 2020107Comments

Hearings begin into killings of Nigerian protesters

By Eleni Giokos, Stephanie Busari, Lamide Akintobi and Eoin McSweeney, CNN CNN — A week after the killing of activists protesting police brutality in Nigeria's largest city, a Lagos state government judicial panel began hearings into the violence on Tuesday. President Muhammadu Buhari tweeted on Sunday that the panel had his "full support", but protesters say…