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Nigeria Successfully Defends Rights in Dispute Against Switzerland

July 10, 2019/Aetoswire Nigeria won an important victory before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), in a decision handed down on July 6, 2019, in a case brought against the African state by Switzerland. The Tribunal’s Order on Provisional Measures, in The M/T “San Padre Pio” Case […]

Nigeria Finally Signs AFCTA Agreement

Culled—Proshare July 7, 2019 Ottoabasi Abasiekong for Proshare WebTV President Muhammadu Buhari today on the sidelines of the 12th extraordinary session  African Union Heads of State and Governments Meeting in Niamey, Niger signed the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, on behalf of Nigeria.  Recall that this had been an issue […]

IMF Board Accepts Lagarde’s Temporary Decision to Relinquish Responsibilities on Nomination as ECB President

July 3, 2019/IMF The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued the following statement today following the nomination of IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde to the presidency of the European Central Bank. “We, the Executive Board of the IMF, take note of the nomination of IMF Managing Director […]