Nigeria’s Ambassador to World Trade Organization, Ambassador(Dr.)Adamu Mohammed has thanked members of Goods Council for their collaboration and flexibility in reaching consensus on the 2023 chairs of the subsidiary bodies of the council. Ambassador Adamu is the chair of the Goods Council. It will be recalled that World Trade Organization …
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Executive Secretary, National Action Committee on African Continental Free Trade Area,Mr Olusegun Awolowo during his visit to His Excellency, Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, GCON. The Executive Secretary of the National Action Committee on African Continental Free Trade Area(AfCFTA) Mr Olusegun Awolowo has made a commitment to continue working with …
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Nigeria’s Akinwumi Adesina and 21 other leaders to spearhead the fight against malnutrition in all its forms as members of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Lead Group. Mr Adesina, who is currently the President of the African Development Bank was appointed together with …
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The West African Examination Council (WAEC) said it has identified 56 rogue website operators that leaked its West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). The Head of National Office, Nigeria (HNO) Mr Patrick Areghan, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja while monitoring the examination in some Government Secondary Schools. Areghan …
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The Federal Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have been commended for creating a platform for the public and private sector stakeholders to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the WTO and Agricultural subsidy Agreement. This formed part of the communique issued at the …
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Juergen Klopp said he would personally drive any of his players to another club if they wished to leave Liverpool after the Premier League side failed to qualify for the Champions League. Liverpool will finish the season in fifth place, qualifying for the Europa League but missing out on Europe’s …
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THE African Agricultural Technology Foundation, AATF, weekend, explained why former President Goodluck Jonathan was appointed ‘Africa Ambassador for Agricultural Technology’, which was based on the indelible agricultural initiatives he reeled out to take Nigeria’s agricultural sector to an enviable height with various policies, programmes and projects. Speaking in an interactive …
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In August 2011, the Nigerian Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission on Private Sector agreed to a $61.5 million deal to have a maritime shipping company that will connect the West African coastal ports to facilitate trade. The project, seen as a watershed …
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In a keynote speech, she delivered at the maiden Tertiary Education Summit themed ‘Fresh Ideas for Overhauling Nigeria’s Tertiary Education Complex’ the next day, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Lilian Salami, said the country’s tertiary education needs a holistic overhaul. The Chair of the Committee of …
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China will no longer be the world’s most populous nation. India’s population will overtake it this year at an estimated population of 1.42 billion. It’s an epochal transition which speaks to other underlying demographic changes across the world, including the fact that China’s population has peaked and is now falling. Meanwhile, the region with the fastest-rising population – …
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