*UK’s Liam Fox, Saudi’ s Al-Tuwaijri Also In Final Push… By Hamilton Nwosa(Head, The New Diplomat’s Polling, Research and data desk) As the race for the coveted seat of Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) enters its final stage, all eyes are gradually focusing on three women; namely former Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,…
Immediate past Governor of Bayelsa state, Mr Seriake Dickson and his former Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Mr Furoebi Akene have exchanged hot words over alleged rising debt portfolio the former accumulated while in office. The altercation and squabble between former Governor Dickson and his erstwhile Commissioner, Akene who exhibited bitterness and frustrations in…
...Divides Stakeholders Scrapping PAP 'will wake up sleeping lion', Edwin Clark, PANDEF War Ex-militants, Others React From Joseph Obukata (The New Diplomat's N'Delta correspondent) Leaked reports alleging that a presidential committee set up to appraise the activities of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) may have recommended the scrapping of the programme this year have generated…
By Hamilton Nwosa (Head, The New Diplomat’s Business and Data Tracking Desk) There is no doubt that Nigeria’s Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala looks pretty good for the position of Director-General of the World Trade Organization(WTO) following her nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari given growing geo-political war between the United States and China on the one hand,…
*Akpabio: It’s Sheer Campaign of Calumny Against Me As I paid duly Verified Contracts *Niger Delta Actvists: Can Akpabio Explain How Rodnab Got Paid N16bn, reportedly misleading the NDDC? By Hamilton Nwosa(Head, The New Diplomat’s Business and Data tracking desk) As the controversy over the alleged inappropriate expenditure of N40bn by the Interim Management of…
Unlike other trafficked goods that cause fear for the men of the underworld, cigarette smuggling out of Benin and Togo is not a risky enterprise for any smuggler. "We have other worries to deal with and trafficking of cigarettes is not one of them", said a former smuggler, Adebo Sukanmi, standing four metres away from…
By Hamilton Nwosa with Agency reports Twenty-four years after the execution of eminent writer, environmentalist and president of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), Mr Ken Saro-Wiwa, by the military regime of late General Sani Abacha, a document just released by the United Kingdom(UK) government reveal that both the United States and…
As Obaseki Loyalists Move Against Oshiomhole's Appointees Oshiomhole's Supporters Kick Against Edo Gov. Second Term Bid The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state took a new turn over the weekend as camps loyal to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki and his predecessor in office and National Chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomhole…
Every 6pm, Chima Jacob must close his mechanic workshop if his family must get water to stay the next day as his wife waits to prepare dinner at home. The tap that he fetches from is located at a building, three streets away to his rented apartment in Shasha, Alimosho local government area in Lagos.…