FG Says No Funds to Finance, Establish New Agencies The Federal Government has disclosed that it had no funds to finance the establishment of another or more agencies in Nigeria, as the existing ones were already too many. This was revealed at the Ministries, Departments and...

AfDB Appoints Barrow As New DG For Nigeria       The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has appointed Mr Lamin Barrow as the director-general of its Nigeria office. According to a statement issued by the bank on Tuesday, before his appointment, Barrow was Acting Senior Director, Nigeria Country...

Nigeria's Okonjo-Iweala Emerges WTO Director-General         A former Nigerian minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has emerged the first female Director-General of the World Trade Organization. Mrs Okonjo-Iweala was confirmed DG of the trade body in a statement by the WTO on Monday. The United States government had last...

Breaking: Okonjo-Iweala Emerges WTO DG       Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s ex-finance minister and nominee for the office of the director-general of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, has emerged winner of the highly competitive race. The former minister According to TheCable, polled 104 votes from 164 member countries to...

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has produced over one million national identity cards, out of which it has issued 300,000, the Director-General of the commission, Mr Aliyu Aziz, has said. Aziz, who made the disclosure in a chat with newsmen in Abuja, said over...

The Director-General, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Nteranya Sanginga  has said the Federal Government would launch N59.7 billion Youth-In-Agriculture Scheme in September. Sanginga, who disclosed this to newsmen  in Ibadan on Sunday, said the scheme would be sponsored by the federal government and...