March 2021

Food Blockade: DSS Invites Cattle Dealers, Seeks Explanations

March 1, 2021 8:27 pm

The officials of the Department of State Service. (DSS) on Monday demanded a meeting with the leadership of Cattle and Foodstuff dealers under the aegis of Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN).

The General Secretary of the AUFCDN, Ahmed Alaramma, made this disclosure at a press briefing at Labour House, Abuja, on Monday, where he noted the President of the Association, Mohammed Tahir, is with the DSS.

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Alaramma also alleged that the military personnel were intimidating members and a task force of the union, advising the …

WTO: Okonjo-Iweala Resumes As DG

March 1, 2021 10:44 am

Former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has resumed her new position as the Director General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO.

WTO disclosed this on his verified Twitter handle on Monday.

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The trade organisation said Okonjo-Iweala was the first woman and African to take up the job.

‘Welcome to Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; @NOIweala on her first day as WTO Director-General!’

‘She makes history as the first woman and first African to take up this post,’ WTO tweeted.

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Osinbajo No Longer Part Of Buhari Govt – Bamgbose

March 1, 2021 10:43 am

Olusegun Bamgbose, Esq., National Coordinator, Concerned Advocates for Good Governance, CAGG, on Monday claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari has left Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo out of the scheme of things.

According to him, Osinbajo is no longer part of the decision-making caucus of the current administration, a situation he described as ’embarrassing.’

‘It’s quite embarrassing that the Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has been left out of the scheme of things,’ Bamgbose told Newsmen on Monday.

‘He is not consulted or allowed to air his views about the security situation of the country.’

The senior lawyer accused …

Ndume Kicks Against Blanket Amnesty For Bandits

March 1, 2021 10:36 am

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, has rejected the provision of blanket amnesty to bandits.

Ndume said it has the tendency to breed new forms of criminality in Nigeria.

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The Borno South senator spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.

According to Ndume, ‘I don’t think blanket amnesty is the solution because if you do that, another form of criminality may emerge, hoping that the government will bring them to the negotiating table.’

He added: ‘This is not a conventional war, we are not fighting another country. We

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Bribes For Votes Dominate UN-Led Peace Talks In Libya

March 1, 2021 12:34 am

Experts from the united nations have alleged that at least three participants in UN-led Libya peace talks were bribed for votes, this was according to a report for the Security Council of the world body.

Interim prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah was selected early this month during Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) talks launched in Tunisia in November, the United Nations’ latest bid to salvage the country from a decade of conflict and fragmentation.

In a report set to be presented to the Security Council in March, UN experts found that during the Tunisia talks, two participants ‘offered bribes of …