A group, under the aegis of Umunna Lekki Association, has shortlisted some persons in Igboland as potential candidates for the emergence of an Igbo President in 2023. The group that comprises young Igbo entrepreneurs residing in the Lekki, Ikoyi, Banana Island, Victoria Garden City (VGC) and Victoria Island axis of Lagos State, expressed its readiness to support the course. This...

OKONJO-Iweala has been nominated by President Buhari for the position of director-general of the World Trade Organisation. The candidacy of Yonov Frederick Agah, Nigeria’s permanent representative to the WTO was withdrawn to make way for the ex-coordinating minister. The election is scheduled to hold in Geneva, Switzerland in 2021 for a four-year term that would run from 2021 to 2025 after Roberto Azevedo,...