February 5, 2021

Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed has disclosed that the Federal Government is aware of talks between renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi, and bandits terrorizing Zamfara State.

He said it was not unusual for the cleric to act as a bridge between the government and the bandits.

Mohammed spoke while featuring on TVC’s ‘This Morning’ show monitored by The Nation.

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He said the government was using some back channels to address the security challenges, adding the bandits might be ready to listen to the cleric than they …

Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala desire to become the first woman and first African director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) may have gotten a major boost as South Korean trade minister Yoo Myung-hee on Friday abandoned her bid to head the global body.

Yoo had consulted with the United States — her prime backer — and other major countries and ‘decided to renounce her candidacy’, South Korea’s trade ministry said in a statement.

The process to name a successor to Roberto Azevedo had been deadlocked since October when key WTO ambassadors tapped Okonjo-Iweala as the best pick to lead the organization …

The Federal Government on Thursday, disbursed ₦27 billion to Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as part of the MSMEs Survival Fund Scheme.

This was disclosed by the Minister of State, Industry, Trade and Investment, Amb. Mariam Katagum, while addressing newsmen on Thursday, in Abuja.

The minister revealed that the government would open portal for the last phase, February 9.

According to her, the Steering Committee for the Survival Fund would turn in its reports to the Ministry of Finance as well as await the second tranche of the fund.