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Lawal Shereef Babatunde Nigerian set to become first female DG of the International Organization The race was recently narrowed down to two candidates,with the former Nigerian minister pitted against South Korean trade minister, Yoo Myung-hee A key group of World Trade Organisation (WTO) ambassadors has proposed Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to lead the organisation, trade sources told Reuters News Agency on Wednesday, thereby creating a pathway for her to become the first woman and African to head the global watchdog in its 25-year history. Join our Whatsapp group for more updates The proposal, which still needs full WTO approval next month, caps a more than four-month selection process involving intensive lobbying which saw her square up against South Korean trade minister, Yoo Myung-hee, in the final round. The recommendation of Okonjo-Iweala was made by three WTO ambassadors, the so-called “troika”, after consulting with members in a series of closed-door meetings in...

Lawal Shereef Babatunde Monday meeting postponed ASUU waiting on government to verify UTAS THE Academic Staff Union of Universities while clearing the air on having any meeting on Monday and why it is yet to call off strike has said that it's yet to call off its ongoing strike because it is waiting for the government to conduct an integrity test on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution. The UTAS is the payment platform proposed by ASUU against government’s Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System,IPPIS which the body believed doesn't cover their peculiarity. ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi in an interview with The PUNCH said the government needed to give the clearance to National Information Technology Development Agency to conduct integrity test on UTAS. “The integrity test will be handled by NITDA, it is government that will facilitate it because NITDA is a government, agency and unless you get clearance from the government that ...

The Nigerian government through their official Twitter handle @NGRPresident has banned the Federal Special anti-robbery Squad and several other similar squads after massive online protests. The tweet stated that 'All FSARS, STS, IRT & other Tactical @PoliceNG Squads operating at Federal, Zonal & Command levels are hereby BANNED from carrying out routine patrols & other conventional low-risk duties - stop & search duties, checkpoints, roadblocks, traffic checks, etc - WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT'. Several reactions have trailed this breaking news and we will keep you updated as things go