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NIGERIA'S former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala looks set to be officially named as the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after South Korea indicated that it intends to withdraw the candidature of its trade minister Yoo Myung-hee.

SIX foreigners and a Nigerian have been jailed for seven years by a federal high court in Port Harcourt after they were found guilty of oil theft in a suit brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

MEMBERS of the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have debunked claims that they are planning to cut back on safety measures in a bid to recoup the losses they are suffering as a result of reduced traffic due to the coronavirus pandemic.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has virtually inaugurated the 5,000 barrels per day modular crude oil Waltersmith refinery in Ibigwe in Imo State in a major step aimed at ending Nigeria's dependence on petrol imports.

PRESIDENT Donald Trump has promised to file what he describes as a big law suit that will back his widespread vote rigging claims despite being forced by the weight of public opinion to authorise the General Services Administration (GSA) to initiate transition proceedings.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) They could have floated a Niger Delta Petroleum Company to bid for oil blocks

(2) They could have built a massive refinery as Aliko Dangote has just done

(3) They could have created a regional company like Odua Investment Industries which could have bought stakes in oil companies like Shell, Total, Agip, Mobil, etc

(4) They could have opened a network of petrol stations across the country

FORMER finance minister Chief Olu Falae has once more become the victim of Fulani cattle herdsmen who have again raided his farm near Akure in Ondo State and destroyed crops said to be worth millions of naira.

NIGERIA'S avoided total economic collapse earlier this year at the height of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown in April when crude oil prices collapsed to such a low level that the federal government was begging buyers to make purchases at $9 a barrel.

KINGSWAY International Christian Centre (KICC) founder Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo has joined the thousands of Nigerians in the UK who have signed a petition asking the British government to condemn the recent killing of unarmed protesters at Lekki.

MEMBERS of the Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development (NEPD) have asked Nigeria's two leading political parties the All Progressives Congress (APC)  and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to both zone the 2023 presidential ticket to the southeast.