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  Achike Chude Far away, across the seas and the oceans, across mountains and valleys, across countries and continents, a battle is taking place in the United States of America, in 'the land of the free and the brave'. It is a battle being fought by two antagonistic forces from a foreign land over a crime that may or may not have been committed by a foreigner in violation of that country’s domestic laws and the 'laws of international morality?' Two very big, influential, rich, and powerful men who were once business partners, political associates and allies are locked in a battle of wits in the judicial system of the United States in an attempt to unravel the matter of the mystery of one of them who is now the leader of a country with the largest concentration of black people in the world. Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president of Nigeria, says that the man he has dealt with in the past across different interests and issues is not who he says he is. He wants the American

  The current generation of Yoruba leaders are served, they are not interested in serving anyone… There was this Awoist from Lagos Island, Ganiyu Dawodu, he was called. I have politically active friends of Lagos Island extraction, and they have an oft expressed legend of the veritable gentleman. I have heard how disbelieving of his protestations of probity and temperance they were, and how his constituents devised a way to test the gentleman. Ganiyu Dawodu was known to wear the same attire for days on end, the classic nondescript buba and sokoto, made of some cotton material, and more of a uniform and of utilitarian use, than a statement of fashion. He lived modestly, and eschewed sybaritic and affluent living. He was a model of probity. A few constituents hatched a plan, one of them was mandated to surreptitiously burn a hole with a cigarette on his clothing. The purpose being to find out if the identical clothes worn the next day were the same as the one burnt the day before. Baba Da

  Bola Tinubu  Mr. President, Heads of State and Government, Secretary-General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the people of Nigeria, I congratulate you on your well-deserved election as President of this Session of the United Nations General Assembly. We commend your predecessor, His Excellency, Mr. Csaba Korosi for his able stewardship of the Assembly. We also commend His Excellency, Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, for his work seeking to forge solutions to humanity’s common challenges. This is my first address before the General Assembly. Permit me to say a few words on behalf of Nigeria, on behalf of Africa, regarding this year’s theme. Many proclamations have been made, yet our troubles remain close at hand. Failures in good governance have hindered Africa. But broken promises, unfair treatment and outright exploitation from abroad have also exacted a heavy toll on our ability to progress. Given this long history, if this yea

  Wally Adeyemo US Deputy Secretary of Treasury  If you’re one of those looking for a midnight miracle from the regime of Bola Tinubu, you need to increase your climbing faith to surmount the mountain of economic hardship created by the past regime of Mohammadu Buhari. Speaking in Lagos at the Lagos Business School on the US-Nigeria Economic Relationship, the US Deputy Secretary of Treasury, Nigerian-born Wally Adeyemo said there is no easy solution to the current economic challenges that the country is facing. Adeyemo said Nigeria does not have a macroeconomic framework to bring dollar-denominated foreign direct investment into the country’s economy. Adeyemo in his word said, “our administration recognises that your economic success is not only important to the approximately 200 million people who call Nigeria home; it is important to the region, the continent, and the global economy.” He further said,  “where decisive actions by your government and the determination and shared effort

  Iweala and Biden Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, the Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance (or Secretary of  Treasury) and the Nigerian-American economist who is now the Director General of the World Trade Organization was at the 2023 G20 Leaders Summit which took place in India.  She shares one of her great moments where the US President Joe Biden takes a selfie of the two. Dr Iweala feels so honored when she posts the pictures on her X (Twitter) page with a message that says, “At the G20 leaders Summit. Some great moments with President Joe Biden @POTUS and also with @JakeSullivan46 National Security Advisor, discussing @WTO reform especially reform of the Dispute Settlement System. President Biden surprised us by taking a photo of me, my staff and @JakeSullivan46”

Akintola Williams  Nigeria’s first Chartered accountant Chief Akintola Williams dies at 104. He died early this Monday morning. Chief Akintola who was the older brother of the late legal luminary Chief Fredrick Alade Rotimi Williams popularly known as Timi the Law was born on 9th August 1919. A highly principled man, the doyen of accounting celebrated his 104th birthday just last month in a very good spirit. Chief Williams was one of the founders of Egbe Omo Oduduwa a socio-cultural organization that metamorphosed into a political party the Action Group alongside Chief Obafemi Awolowo, he fought for a just and egalitarian society.