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JUST IN: Wike, Adelabu, Umahi, Others Take Oath Of Office As Ministers

Lifestyle Nigeria gathered that the inauguration of 45 ministers-designate into the Federal Executive Council is currently underway at the Conference Centre of the State House, Abuja.

The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Aguri Ngelale, read the citation of the Ministers, which was followed by their oaths-taking.

The oath of office was administered by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola.

Recall that it was reported on August 7, the Senate confirmed 45 ministers-designate out of the 48 nominees sent by the President.

The ministers-designate were sworn in according to their respective states of origin.

The swearing-in ceremony comes less than a week after President Bola Tinubu released the portfolios for the ministerial nominees, which had former Rivers State, governor Nyesom Wike as the Minister of Federal Capital Territory and Festus Keyamo as Minister of Aviation.

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Global Trade Hit Over $30tn In 2023 – WTO

According to the World Trade Organisation, global trade has experienced a significant growth over the years, amounting to more than US$ 30.4 trillion in 2023, which is a fivefold increase since 1995.

Lifestyle Nigeria reports the WTO, which was founded 30 years ago on April 15, 1994, noted in a recent report that between 1995 and 2023, total world trade in goods and commercial services increased by an average of 5.8% per year.

This highlights the significant impact of international trade on the global economy, and the role of the WTO in fostering trade growth and development.

“Notably, trade in commercial services outpaced goods trade, with an average annual increase of 6.8 per cent, compared to 5.5 per cent for goods.

“The growth of world trade outpaced that of global gross domestic product, which increased by an average of 4.4 per cent per year over the same period. The global trade-to-GDP ratio showed a significant upward trajectory, rising from 20 per cent in 1995 to 31 per cent in 2022, before falling back to 29 per cent in 2023, as goods trade declined in value terms on a balance-of-payments basis,” the report stated.

It added that tariffs had declined markedly under the WTO, helping to reduce trade costs.

According to the report, this trade growth has coincided with a significant decrease in poverty worldwide, indicating the impact of trade on supporting economic development and improving people’s lives.

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The Untold High-Level Conspiracy Against Ganduje – Lifestyle Nigeria

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown and not surprisingly, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje has found himself in the same circumstances that nearly all his predecessors in the office of national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC found themselves at one time or the other.

Indeed, with the notable exception of Chief Bisi Akande, who served as interim national chairman of the APC after the merger of the component parties, almost all his successors were forced out of office unceremoniously.

However, for Dr Ganduje who was appointed national chairman at the instance of President Bola Tinubu just less than a year ago, it is surprising that his time of distress is coming so early.

What started with reports of plots by the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP administration in Kano to entrap Dr Ganduje with all sorts of political and criminal webs have now fully escalated to a nationwide agitation from even members of the APC directed against Dr Ganduje.

The alleged moves by the NNPP were initially believed to be part of a script by the Kano State government to seek its pound of flesh from Ganduje over his past vitriolic against Senator Rabiu Kwakwanso.

Handy to the NNPP in this regard was the unsettled controversy over Ganduje’s role in the dollar bribe videos. To sufficiently embarrass Ganduje, the NNPP-controlled Kano State government dug up the case and recommenced the prosecution of Ganduje on the issue.

Meanwhile, the attack from the Kano State Government was followed by the suspension of the APC national chairman by party members who portrayed themselves as ward executives from his Ganduje Ward in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State.

The circus in Kano State has seen at least three different factions of the APC Ganduje ward executive emerge taking a decision for or against the national chairman.

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Family Announces Date For Junior Pope’s Burial

The family of the late Nollywood actor John Paul Odonwodo has announced the funeral arrangements for his burial.

Lifestyle Nigeria reports that the actor, popularly known as Junior Pope, was among five individuals who died in a tragic incident when their boat capsized in the Anam River in Anambra State on April 10.

They were returning from a movie shoot when the incident occurred.
Out of the 12 individuals who were on board, only seven were rescued alive.

The demise of Junior Pope and his colleagues has left the Nollywood industry in shock and mourning.

Family Announces Date For Junior Pope's Burial

The details of funeral arrangements for the late actor, signed by Divine Odonwodo on behalf of the family, indicated that besides the April 23 requiem mass at Saint John-Mary Vianney Parish in Asaba, Delta State, another requiem mass is scheduled to be held at Christ the King Catholic Parish, G.R.A., Enugu, on May 13.

On May 14, an evening of tributes and candlelight will follow at Amadeo Event Centre in Enugu at 5 pm. A wake will follow on May 16 at his country home in Uwala Abaka, Ukehe, a community in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of the state.

Pope will be buried on Friday, May 17, at his country home after a burial mass at Saint Peter’s Catholic Church, Ukehe. Interment will follow immediately after the burial of the actor.

The burial arrangements will be wrapped up with a thanksgiving mass at Saint Peter’s Catholic Church, Ukehe, on May 20.