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March 1, 2021

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New DG Of WTO Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Expected To Resume Today

The new Director General of the World Trade Organization, NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA is expected to resume today amid hopes that she will spur the under-pressure body into addressing its towering challenges, including the pandemic-fueled global economic crisis.

The 66-year-old Nigerian former finance minister takes the helm after the WTO was left adrift for seven months following the sudden departure of Brazilian career diplomat ROBERTO AZEVEDO last August, a year ahead of schedule.

Following a lengthy selection process, development economist OKONJO-IWEALA, who spent 25 years at the World Bank, was finally anointed by the WTO’s 164 members on February 15.

From an initial eight candidates, she was the clear favorite among the last two standing in November but her appointment was delayed by former US president DONALD TRUMP.

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March 1, 2021

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Buhari Assures Nigerians That The Recent Abduction Will Be The Last To Happen In The Country

President BUHARI has also assured Nigerians that Friday’s abduction of female students from Government Girls Science Secondary School, Jangebe, will be the last to happen in the country.

The president’s statement was relayed through Minister of Aviation, HADI SIRIKA, who led a federal government delegation to sympathize with the people and government of Zamfara state.

He said new measures had been developed by the federal government which would bring complete end to all forms of criminality in the nation.

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HADI SIRIKA restated the federal government’s resolve to rescue the abducted girls alive.

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March 1, 2021

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Bello Matawalle: Nigerians Will Be Shocked About Those Behind The Kidnap At Jangebe School

Zamfara State Governor BELLO MATAWALLE has said Nigerians would be shocked to know those behind the abduction of the Government Girls’ Secondary School, Jangebe.

You will recall that gunmen on Friday attacked the school and abducted over 300 girls, while seven of the girls escaped when they were being taken into the bush.

The governor, who stated this when 17 Emirs in the state paid him a sympathy visit over the abduction of the schoolgirls, said he had many revelations to make about the kidnap.

Also during the visit, the Emir of Anka and Chairman of Zamfara state Council of Chiefs, Alhaji ATTAHIRU ANKA, berated the President over the upsurge in killings and kidnappings by bandits in the country.

The attack occurred almost two weeks after bandits abducted 27 students and 15 workers of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State.

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FG To Give Top Officials And Frontline Workers Covid-19 Vaccine First

Federal Government Says Top Officials And Frontline Workers Will Be Accorded Priority as Nigeria Awaits Delivery Of First Shipment Of Covid-19 Vaccine.

As Nigeria awaits delivery of the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine from COVAX this week, the Minister of State for Health, Dr. OLORUNNIBE MAMORA has said frontline workers and the elderly will be accorded priority.

Speaking on a monitored programme, MAMORA also said the president and governors will receive the vaccine jab openly to display strategic leadership by showing citizens that it is safe.

He however said after receiving the vaccine, Nigerians must still adhere to the COVID-19 safety guidelines.

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced that Nigeria recorded 240 new COVID-19 cases and 2 deaths.

This brings the total number of infections in the country so far to 155,657.

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