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*Janet Yellen tipped for head of Treasury President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday introduced key national security and foreign policy nominees for his incoming White House Cabinet, moving forward with the traditional transition process as President Trump still has yet to formally admit defeat. The Biden team released a list of names on Monday, including Antony Blinken…
November 24, 2020
By Oyinlola Awonuga (The New Diplomat's Entertainment, Fashion and Sports Desk) Fans will be able to return to football grounds from December 2 as Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepared to confirm new coronavirus measures on Monday. Premier League and Football League matches have been behind closed doors since the outbreak of the virus in the…
November 24, 2020
The Gombe state House of Assembly Tuesday dramatically impeached its Speaker, Hon. Abubakar Sadiq Ibrahim. The impeached speaker was immediately replaced with Hon Abubakar Mohammed , who majority of the House members say would henceforth pilot the affairs of the House and lead them accordingly. Chief Whip of the House, Hon. Musa Buba who announced…
November 24, 2020
Officials of member nations of the Organization of Oil producing Countries(OPEC )are scheduled to meet tomorrow, Wednesday to determine the fate of OPEC oil producers for next year, beginning from January 1, 2021. The meeting billed to run through Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday is expected address key crucial subject matters confronting the organization and its…
November 24, 2020
From Akanimore Kufre (The New Diplomat's A|Ibom & Cross River States Correspondent) A state High Court sitting in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital has issued an arrest warrant against Professor Ignatius Uduk, a professor of education at the University of Uyo for alleged complicity in election fraud. Going by an earlier scheduled court hearing…
November 24, 2020
*Nigeria Not included in this six months pilot program... By Hamilton Nwosa(Head, The New Diplomat's Polling, Research and Data Desk) with Agency report. With just about 57 days to go, the administration of President Donald Trump of the United States on Monday unveiled a new temporary protocol that might potentially necessitate tourist and business travelers…
November 24, 2020
*S'Korea writes Washington, gives reasons for withdrawing from race... South Korea's trade minister, Yoo Myung-hee who has remained the opponent of Nigeria's former finance minister and recommended candidate for the position of Director-General of the World Trade Organization(WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has reportedly dropped from the race. This latest development follows the decision of South…
November 24, 2020
It was a shocking drama on Monday with video(see attached) and podcast showing former well-known president of France, Mr Nicolas Sarkozy facing trial over allegations of corruption in Paris on Monday. In what appears to be a historic and landmark trial, former president Sarkozy becomes the very first ex- France head of government to be…
November 23, 2020
On November 17, I learnt about the passing of one of Africa’s unarguably foremost intellectual giants, Professor Peter P Ekeh in New York, United States. I first came across the writings of this erudite scholar rather fortuitously during one of my late afternoon conversations with Waziri Ado, executive secretary, at the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency…
November 23, 2020
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*Janet Yellen tipped for head of Treasury President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday introduced key national security and foreign policy nominees for his incoming White House Cabinet, moving forward with the traditional transition process as President Trump still has yet to formally admit defeat. The Biden team released a list of names on Monday, including Antony Blinken…
November 24, 2020
By Oyinlola Awonuga (The New Diplomat's Entertainment, Fashion and Sports Desk) Fans will be able to return to football grounds from December 2 as Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepared to confirm new coronavirus measures on Monday. Premier League and Football League matches have been behind closed doors since the outbreak of the virus in the…
November 24, 2020
The Gombe state House of Assembly Tuesday dramatically impeached its Speaker, Hon. Abubakar Sadiq Ibrahim. The impeached speaker was immediately replaced with Hon Abubakar Mohammed , who majority of the House members say would henceforth pilot the affairs of the House and lead them accordingly. Chief Whip of the House, Hon. Musa Buba who announced…
November 24, 2020
Officials of member nations of the Organization of Oil producing Countries(OPEC )are scheduled to meet tomorrow, Wednesday to determine the fate of OPEC oil producers for next year, beginning from January 1, 2021. The meeting billed to run through Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday is expected address key crucial subject matters confronting the organization and its…
November 24, 2020
From Akanimore Kufre (The New Diplomat's A|Ibom & Cross River States Correspondent) A state High Court sitting in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital has issued an arrest warrant against Professor Ignatius Uduk, a professor of education at the University of Uyo for alleged complicity in election fraud. Going by an earlier scheduled court hearing…
November 24, 2020
*Nigeria Not included in this six months pilot program... By Hamilton Nwosa(Head, The New Diplomat's Polling, Research and Data Desk) with Agency report. With just about 57 days to go, the administration of President Donald Trump of the United States on Monday unveiled a new temporary protocol that might potentially necessitate tourist and business travelers…
November 24, 2020
*S'Korea writes Washington, gives reasons for withdrawing from race... South Korea's trade minister, Yoo Myung-hee who has remained the opponent of Nigeria's former finance minister and recommended candidate for the position of Director-General of the World Trade Organization(WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has reportedly dropped from the race. This latest development follows the decision of South…
November 24, 2020
It was a shocking drama on Monday with video(see attached) and podcast showing former well-known president of France, Mr Nicolas Sarkozy facing trial over allegations of corruption in Paris on Monday. In what appears to be a historic and landmark trial, former president Sarkozy becomes the very first ex- France head of government to be…
November 23, 2020
On November 17, I learnt about the passing of one of Africa’s unarguably foremost intellectual giants, Professor Peter P Ekeh in New York, United States. I first came across the writings of this erudite scholar rather fortuitously during one of my late afternoon conversations with Waziri Ado, executive secretary, at the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency…
November 23, 2020
