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The race to find a new leader of the World Trade Organization has been thrown into renewed uncertainty after the cancellation of a key appointment meeting following the US presidential election.

The Geneva-based WTO, which acts as an international arbiter for trading disputes, said it had put off a meeting scheduled for Monday that had been called to appoint Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its next director general.

Donald Trump’s administration opposed her selection in one of its final acts before the US election, despite the former Nigerian finance minister securing the overwhelming backing of the WTO’s 164 members.
The special meeting of the trade body’s general council had been convened to take a formal decision on the appointment. Officials had been set to put forward Dr Okonjo-Iweala as the candidate most likely to attract a majority, after most countries expressed a preference for her over South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee.

Okonjo-Iweala had moved a step closer to becoming the first woman and the first African to be director of the global trade watchdog after securing backing from the EU, China, Japan and Australia. Liam Fox, the leading Brexiter and former international trade secretary, had run as the UK government’s preferred candidate but failed to win enough support from other countries to reach the last two in the process.

Trade experts said Joe Biden defeating Trump in last week’s election may have led to countries calling for a delay in the WTO leadership race, with the aim of securing the Biden White House’s backing for Okonjo-Iweala after he takes charge in January.

The delay in selecting a new WTO director general comes at a fragile moment for the world economy amid the second wave of Covid-19, and after years of criticism of the WTO and calls for reform from Trump.

The WTO said the meeting would be postponed until further notice, during which time the organisation would continue undertaking consultations with delegations from countries around the world to pick a new leader.
It said in a statement: “For reasons including the health situation and current events, delegations will not be in a position to take a formal decision on 9 November.”
Source :https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/08/appointment-wto-chief-doubt-meeting-cancelled-ngozi-okonjo-iweala

This is so crazy. I believe time will tell

[quote author=Kestolove post=95065438]Igbo business is non of my business....infact #EndSouthEast[/quote]

You sure say you get sense. You are nothing but a piece of shit

The Government want to use this medium as a means of distraction. It wont work.

Buhari is confused already.

These people called SARS are heartless. Is there no Court of law in the country? I believe this is the best time our stupid Government should look into this issue. For God sake, you cant just keep people inside the police cell without prosecution in the court of law.

This is madness

She can open zenith bank account online but she can only make deposits into the account she can't transact with the account until she is back to Nigeria. It is like saving your income without touching it.

Them no go hear

Let us wait and see

I dont think Nigeria still have a president.

What kind of stupid tax? Did i make my income in Nigeria? I pay alots of tax where i am, Nigeria Government still want to collect another tax from me. I think this is the worse Government i have ever seen. If the Federal Government needs money to run her country i think he should put the right things in place. I can make Nigeria a better country just in space of 6months through different channels. To me Nigeria is the easiest country to rule with the population of over 200 million. So sad we dont have the right leader to make Nigeria great.

This is a crazy story

I think mr president made a mistake with that statement. It suppose to be, ensure massive rigging during Edo state election.

This is so bad in our society, I think it is becoming competition.

Nigeria policemen are turning to something else in the society

Nothing wey person no go see for nigeria

I made it to front page , I dedicate this to all my friends out there.

Nigerian man cross dresser Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju aka Bobrisky in his optimised sensation, claims being 2 weeks pregnant....

He later shared a video of him dancing with baby bump. The video is currently trending on social media.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DjxwADgO9w

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Yesterday, reports went viral that popular Nollywood actress Funke Akindele bought veteran actor Kayode Olasehinde “Ajirebi” better known as Pa James a house.
The Nigeria legendary actor, Kayode Olasehinde has come out to debunk reports making the rounds that actress Funke Akindele built him a new house after his house was destroyed by flood.

Speaking via a new video on Thursday, share by Actor Kunle Afod on Instagram, the veteran actor cleared the air by stating emphatically that the actress only gifted him some money to rent a new house in the meantime.
“I won’t lie she did me well….but I need to clear the air on the reports that she bought me a house, while passing on my street this morning, some area boys stopped me and hailed me saying they will visit me in the house Funke Akindele built for me and I was shocked. Funke only paid for an apartment for me to rent for the meantime……and I am truly grateful but she didn’t build me a house

He went on to thank the popular actress for her kind gesture

Source https://thespacenetwork.ng/videofunke-akindele-didnt-buy-me-a-house-says-pa-james/

Will you keep quiet! If you have nothing reasonable to say must you write comment. You believe the igbos dont have tangible resources. why are you all enemy of progress? I will appreciate if you the yorubas can stop hiding under the umbrella of the hausas because you are nothing but snitch.
I see yorubas as a tribe that cannot be independable as a country. They prefer to sell their rights just because of stipend.
Mind you, if you want to know how the yorubas behaves, travel abroad and see your tribe denying their fellow nigerian.










How was Buhari named the speaker for Boko Haram? If you're insinuating that the commander in chief of the armed forces of Nigeria is a Boko Haram member, then you really have to be careful so as not to land yourself in prison for libelous claims.

You can keep talking about people who are doing evil and how that should help them become president. When you are ready, go to Abuja and collect staff of office from Buhari.

In case you don't know your own history, the problems of Igbo started when Ironsi Aguiyi planned the first coup and killed the Sardauna of Sokoto, something which hitherto had never taken place. This was followed by the Biafra war, where your beloved Ojukwu claimed Niger Delta as Biafra after discovery of crude oil. It was all about the crude oil. Ojukwu was a thief. There is more oil in Ondo state than the entire south east. Google is your friend.

Igbos don't have any tangible resource apart from their well developed business acumen, which we love and respect them for. You see Igbos need Nigeria more cos your people trade everywhere. That's the money they send back to the east.[/quote]

This is rape of the highest order

Breaking: Ajimobi is alive, but in critical condition.
A source closer to the Governor has debunked the news and told Ijom Times the Governor is still alive as at 9:43pm.
We'll give more update soon to ascertain the true condition of the former Oyo state Governor.
According our source at the hospital, People are posting fake news because his condition is really bad at the moment. Only the machine is keeping him alive. He is not pronounced dead yet.
Source

https://ijomtimes./Ajimobi

EDO State deputy governor Comrade Philip Shaibu has said that Governor Godwin Obaseki deserves a second term in office to enable him to curtail the extravagance and overindulgence in government.

Shaibu, in a statement in Benin through his Special Assistant on Media Mr. Benjamin Atu said, “The volumes of the government programmes and projects that are creating wealth and job opportunities, reviving collapsed business enterprises stimulating agriculture and local food production are reasons why Governor Godwin Obaseki is in the race in order to consolidate on these first-term achievements in office.

He said that Governor Obaseki will continue to deepen the mechanism of governance and service delivery in the State just as he said Youth employment and Women empowerment has been given attention just as rapid results have been achieved in the economic section

He maintained that the Infrastructure development being executed by the present administration in less than four years in office, far more exceeded what was recorded in the eight years of the previous administration.

He explained further that the returned of an equitable dispensation of the State resources which has been the bedrock of the Obaseki administration negates what was the norm during the previous administration when Edo Central was fully cut off and neglected as a non-existing part of the State due to political vendetta against the elder statesman late Chief Tony Anenih.

A man has been jailed for urinating at the Westminster memorial dedicated to PC Keith Palmer.

Andrew Banks, 28, of Stansted, Essex, was photographed during Saturday's right-wing protests in London.

He was sentenced to 14 days in custody, after pleading guilty to outraging public decency at Westminster Magistrates' Court.

He was said to have drunk 16 pints during Friday night into Saturday morning, and had not been to sleep.

Banks contacted police after being confronted by his father, the court heard.

Jailing Banks, Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot said: "I accept you were drunk and did not know where you were urinating.

"Your explanation is you had 16 pints to drink, you hadn't been to bed, and a group of football supporters were coming up to protect the monuments.

"The irony is rather than protecting the monuments, you almost urinated on one. That was more by luck than judgment."

Operatives of the 34 Field Artillery Brigade, Obinze have killed a notorious Kidnapper and Cultist identified as Chijioke Onyeze aka Bracket, in Ohaji, Imo state.



A statement released by the spokesperson of the Imo state police command, Ikeokwu Orlando, said the soldiers brought Bracket at the point of death to the Divisional Police Headquarters Ohaji on Monday, June 15 with an AK47 rifle recovered from him.


According to Ikeokwu, Bracket was behind all the killings in Ihie, Obiti and other communities around Ohaji/ Egbema lately. He said notable among the kidnapper's victims were: Obioma Iheka who was killed on April 6, 2020, Maduakolam Nwoguzo who was killed on April 14, 2020, and Alozie Amadi who was killed on April 4, 2020.




Ikeokwu said efforts are being made to arrest other members of his gang.



See graphic photos of Bracket's body below

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Modakeke, Osun State, Manashe Ehile, on Monday, alleged that some suspected political thugs sent by a party leader loyal to ex-governor Rauf Aregbesola, on Sunday, disrupted the inauguration of ‘4 + 4 = Oyetola’ initiative.

Ehile spoke on the telephone on Monday that the event was nearly marred by the armed men, who stormed St. Stephen’s ‘B’ Primary School, Famia Road.

He however said the 12 suspects, after they had been overpowered, mentioned Rasheed Opatola, the ex-special adviser on environment to Aregbesola as their sponsor.


“One particular man called ‘Ori’ was said to be destroying the billboard of ‘4 +4 = Oyetola at the venue. But when we got to the venue, we calmed people down.

“Later, some thugs were sent to disrupt the event. We were able to identify and apprehended some of them and they said Rasheed Opatola sent them.

“About 12 of them were apprehended and we later released them after they apologised and confessed that they were sent,” Ehile said.


Opatola, however, dismissed the allegations, saying, “I did not send anyone to disrupt any awareness campaign of our Governor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola. On that Sunday, I was in an APC meeting alongside 18 other leaders of the party where we were discussing the progress of the party in our local council development area.”

The General Court Martial set up by the Nigerian army to try the former General Officer Commanding(GOC), Major-General Hakeem Otiki, has dismissed him from service.

The GCM, headed by Lieutenant-General Lamidi Adeosun found the former GOC guilty on all the five counts charges filed against him. The former GOC was charged for Stealing N100 million and N160 million, respectively money belonging to the Nigerian army in count one and two and disobedience to standing order under section 66 of the Armed Forces Act(AFA), on count there, four and five respectively. The pronouncement is however subject to confirmation from the Army Council.


The Court which started at exactly 7:55 monday night and held at the army headquarters command officers Mess, Asokoro, pronounced the judgement at exactly 23:13 hours.

The GCM sentenced the former GOC to dismissal with disgrace and dishonor on count one, dismissal with disgrace on count two, reduction to the rank of brigadier General with two years seniority, severe reprimand on count four and two years loss of seniority on the rank of Major-General.

All the sentences are subject to approval by army council.


Otiki, an infantry officer was accused of stealing money allocated to the 8 Division Nigerian army Sokoto. The said money which was supposed to be in the custody of the Finance Officer of the division was said to have been diverted by the senior officer who was also accused of engaging in private business other than the army job.

But the Defence counsel while appealing to the court for leniency on his client, said the accused had already returned the money which he was being charged for and that most of the projects he was accused of embarking on had been completed or are at various stages of completion

He also said accused officer was due for retirement this year and that he is very sick and that his wife was down with cancer. He said the officer lost his mother last July and is the bread winner of his family. “For this reason we ask the court to temper justice with mercy.

“By next month, which is July, the accused senior officer would have been in incarceration for almost one year. So we plead that your lordship look at the officer with compassion”. The Defence counsel pleaded with the court.

The GCM, which has Major-General Lamidi Adeosun as president and Major A Mohammed as Judge also has

Major-Generals AA Tarfa , FO Agugo,JS Malu, M Mohammed and Maj Gen CT Olukoju, as members while Major General CC Okonkwo, is the waiting member.

The GCM, was inaugurated on Tuesday September, 17, 2019.

Otiki, was arrested and placed under house arrest and moved to Abuja after Five soldiers belonging to his escort had sometimes in July, absconded with over N100 million while providing security for a Very Important personality to Kaduna. The soldiers who are now in the run include Coporals Gabriel Oluwaniyi, Mohammed Aminu, Lance Corporals Commander Haruna, Oluji Joshua, and Hayatudee, all soldiers of Operation Harbin Kunama III of the Nigerian Army 8 Division.

The soldiers along side a relative of the former GOC, were said to have abandoned their service riffles, uniforms, mobile telephones and other military accoutrements and escaped with the loot. Reports also had it that the soldiers who may have been planning the operation after being sent on several occasion to deliver huge sums of money by their principal, also relocated their families from the barracks at Jaji, in Kaduna state thus making it very difficult for the military authorities to track and arrest them.

However, one of the soldier who refused to participate in the illegal act, was said to have reported the matter to the authorities. The said soldier was also said to have returned the sum of N16million.

The former GOC, who was placed in custody of the SIB, at the Shehu Yaradua barracks Abuja, was later placed on house arrest at his residence in Abuja.

The Defence counsel in an interview frowned against the judgement of the court especially after his client had returned the stolen money to army authorities and vowed to make a representation to the army council on the matter.

450k, please can i see the picture of the engine

With three more years to the presidential election, Pastor Tunde Bakare has said his vision to become the next president still stands - The cleric said when the time comes, may the best candidate and the best party win - According to him, every citizen has the right to express his or her own political aspirations.

Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Citadel Global Community Church has a vision to become the next president after Muhammadu Buhari.

In a recent interview with Sunday Sun, the man of God maintained that he would be the 16th president. According to him, he has never had the ambition to become president, but a vision, which he says are two different things. "A companion of ambition is anxiety, while a companion of vision is peace. If that is my destiny, you will see it happen," he explained.

Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) on Sunday, June 7, admonished Nigerians to pray to God for the end of coronavirus by June 2020.

During a Sunday service themed Fly over mountains broadcasted on Dove TV, Adeboye encouraged Christians to worship and pray to God for him to make the lockdown a thing of advantage to them.

During a Sunday service themed Fly over mountains broadcasted on Dove TV, Adeboye encouraged Christians to worship and pray to God for him to make the lockdown a thing of advantage to them.

The cleric said: "Sooner or later, the lockdown will be over. For some people, it will be over sooner than expected. Worship God appropriately and see how the lockdown will be a blessing.