South Korean trade minister Yoo Myung-hee on Friday abandoned her bid to become head of the World Trade Organization, Seoul said, clearing the way for Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to become…
Read More Okonjo-Iweala set for WTO top job as South Korean candidate withdraws from race
Nigerian troops backed by jets have taken control of several camps of IS-linked jihadists, with two senior commanders escaping after several other ranking militants were killed, two military sources told…
Read More Nigeria troops overrun Boko Haram camps in northeast
By our reporter| Islamic Scholar Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Mahmoud Gumi on Thursday narrated his encounter during a trip to the camps of bandits in Zamfara State. Gumi who was disturbed…
Read More Sheik Gumi: My encounter with bandits in Zamfara forests, says they were treated badly by the people of the state
By our reporter| Barring last-minute development, members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of the Universities and Allied Institutions (NASU) will commence a…
Read More Varsity workers to begin nationwide strike Friday
By our reporter|President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday forwarded the names of the immediate past Service Chiefs to the Senate as non-career Ambassadors-Designate. In a letter to Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan,…
Read More Buhari nominates Buratai, three former Service Chiefs as Non-Career Ambassadors