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November 30, 2024 Nigeria’s Flag Flies High at FIFA Best 2024 Nominations
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Nigeria’s Flag Flies High at FIFA Best 2024 Nominations

The Nigerian quartet of ADEMOLA LOOKMAN, WILLIAM TROOST-EKONG, ASISAT OSHOALA, and PAUL ONUACHU has been shortlisted in various categories of the FIFA Best Awards for 2024.

A list released yesterday by the World Football governing body shows that LOOKMAN, who plays for Atalanta in the Italian Serie A, was nominated in the Best Attacker category. He will battle it out with the impressive VINICIUS JUNIOR, LAMINE YAMAL, BUKAYO SAKA, ERLING HAALAND, LIONEL MESSI, and CRISTIANO RONALDO among other high-profile players.

Nigeria’s stand-in captain TROOST-EKONG was named in the Best Defender category alongside Arsenal’s WILLIAM SALIBA, MANUEL AKANJI, ANTONIO RÜDIGER, DANI CARVAJAL, and others.

OSHOALA, who has won the CAF Women’s Player of the Year crown for a record number of times, was listed in the newly-introduced Marta Award. The prize is for the best goal in women’s football.

Her compatriot and Southampton forward ONUACHU earned a place for the male version – the Puskas. His deft flick in Trabzonspor’s 2-1 win over Konyaspor on November 10, 2023, was enough to put him in contention for the best goal gong in men’s football.

November 30, 2024 Borno State Governor Voices Fears Over Tax Reform Bills
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Borno State Governor Voices Fears Over Tax Reform Bills

Governor BABAGANA ZULUM of Borno State has voiced the North’s opposition to President BOLA TINUBU’s Tax Reforms Bill currently before the National Assembly.

ZULUM, who spoke with Newsmen stressed that the North will not be party to the proposed legislation, emphasizing the detrimental effects the bill would have on the North and other regions in the country.

He warned that the tax reforms would lead to economic decline, hunger, poverty, and insecurity, especially in the northern region.

The governor also questioned the rush by the National Assembly to ensure swift passage of the bill, contrasting it with the prolonged delay of the Petroleum Bill in the National Assembly.

November 30, 2024 Federal Government Disburses N40b to Small Businesses in Nigeria
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Federal Government Disburses N40b to Small Businesses in Nigeria

The Federal Government in collaboration with the Bank of Industry (BoI), has disbursed 40 billion naira to 810,945 Micro, Small and Medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) in 774 Local Government Areas across the country.

According to the bank, the disbursement is under the 50 billion naira Presidential Grants and Loans Scheme to meet the needs of one million SMEs in the country.

Flagging off the disbursement at a Town Hall meeting, in Maiduguri, Borno state, the BoI State Manager, MUKHTAR MUSA disclosed that the Bank and National Assembly have targeted traders, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) providers, transporters, and artisans in the various trades of profession.

In a breakdown of the disbursement, MUSA said that 70 percent of the loans and grants are for youths and women, while 10 per cent each were also allocated to people with disabilities, pensioners and vulnerable groups in the six geopolitical zones.

November 30, 2024 Ngozi Okonjo Iweala Gets Nod for 2nd Term as World Trade Organization DG
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Ngozi Okonjo Iweala Gets Nod for 2nd Term as World Trade Organization DG

Nigeria’s NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA has been reappointed as the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

This is her second term in office. Her present stint will end on 31 August 2025. She was first elected as the Director General of World Trade Organisation on February 15, 2021.

OKONJO-IWEALA, the first woman and the first African to head the World Trade Organisation was the only candidate in the race and had been all but assured a second term.

The organisation’s 166 members yesterday agreed to give incumbent NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA a second term as director-general.

In her acceptance speech, she promised to get to work immediately and deliver on the results of improving the welfare of people around the world.

Since taking the WTO reins, OKONJO-IWEALA has tried to breathe new life into the fragile organisation, pushing for a fresh focus on areas like climate change and health.

Meanwhile, President BOLA TINUBU has congratulated Dr NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA, on her unanimous re-election as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation.

TINUBU in a statement also assured OKONJO-IWEALA of Nigeria’s steadfast support as she consolidates her bold reforms, dedication to equitable global trade practices, and tireless efforts to promote international cooperation

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